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Swifts! -- WTNs 08 SEQ

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Subject: Swifts! -- WTNs 08 SEQ
From: "Tom Tarrant" <>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:08:26 +1000
We had our first 10+ at Samsonvale (Qld) in front of Tuesday evenings large
storm.

Tom

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:11 PM, <> wrote:

>
> Yesterday 22 Oct 08 we saw our first White-throated Needletails for this
> season.
>        From the Mt Mee /D'Aguilar Range (SEQ) we could see the newsworthy
> storm way down south over the Gold Coast. By late afternoon its edging
> clouds were slipping up past us rapidly, bringing strange light and cold
> air. Then, abruptly, the Swifts had arrived:  both high-zoomers and low
> swoopers, the latter working the air over the trees in our garden. We could
> hear their calls; and the Dollarbirds were calling agitatedly too.
>
> Always a joy to see the Swifts back, as if looking at them makes breathing
> easier.
> Judith.
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