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Fwd: ?NIGHTJARS OVER MELBOURNE TENNIS

To: "'Dave Torr'" <>, "'birding-aus'" <>
Subject: Fwd: ?NIGHTJARS OVER MELBOURNE TENNIS
From: "Alan Stuart" <>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:38:52 +1100
I didn't watch the tennis. My guess would be Silver Gulls.

Alan

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 On Behalf Of Dave Torr
Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2012 9:09 AM
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Subject: Fwd: ?NIGHTJARS OVER MELBOURNE TENNIS

Can anyone help this guy. Not being a tennis fan I did not see the bird,
but any form of nightjar seems unlikely?

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Roger <>
Date: 30 January 2012 19:57
Subject: ?NIGHTJARS OVER MELBOURNE TENNIS
To: BIRDS AUSTRALIAN <>
Cc: Tatchell Jane <>, Sutherst Bob <
>


  I have tried to send a message on your website but the security defeated
me.  Here goes for another try.

During the recent Australian Open Tennis tournament brief TV shots showed
large numbers of Nightjar-like birds hawking over the courts in the bright
lights at night.  As a matter of curiosity does anyone know the species?  I
had thought that Owlet-Nightjar might be a possibility but one site tells
me they are rare in Melbourne (indeed a single pair was worthy of note) and
the numbers I glimpsed seemed quite large.

My apologies for troubling you over a trivial matter.

Regards

Roger Tatchell
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