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White-breasted Woodswallows at Moruya NSW

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Subject: White-breasted Woodswallows at Moruya NSW
From: "David Rosalky" <>
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:06:26 +1100

A few years ago I saw a significant flock (perhaps 10, I don’t now remember the details) WBSWs at the same spot that Harvey mentions.  They were hawking from two tall eucalypts on the Moruya side of the bridge.  I was surprised and mentioned it to Barbara Allan who birds there a lot and she confirmed that she had also seen these birds. 

 

David Rosalky

 

From: Harvey Perkins [
Sent: Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:12 PM
To: Canberra Birds;
Subject: [canberrabirds] White-breasted Woodswallows at Moruya NSW

 

While on holiday at Broulee over the weekend I came across six White-breasted Woodswallows hawking, calling, and occasionally resting in high dead branches of trees at 17:45 h on Friday 3 Feb. They were  around the bridge that crosses the entrance to Malabar Lagoon from the Moruya River, 2 km east of Moruya along the road that follows the northern bank of the river to the aerodrome. Four of the birds were resighted on the following morning (11:00 h), Saturday 4 February. No doubt as to identity. Poor but diagnostic photos available. This is well to the south of their normal range along the east coast.

 

Harvey Perkins

Canberra

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