Further to the other Chiltern White-throated Needletail sightings: I saw 2
birds flying low over Donchi road yesterday morning (in the Chiltern- Mt Pilot
NP) Cheers,Joseph
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> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 22:00:07 +1100
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] WTNT - Chiltern, NE Victoria
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> G'day Peter & other readers
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> WTNT have gone scarce in Victoria in the last fortnight - so good to
> have your sighting. The Larmours saw 3 in Chiltern on the 4th March,
> and Michael Ramsey saw 10 west of Castlemaine today, so only small
> flocks when they are being located.
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> WTNT have been found in cold weather or when food was in short supply
> in a state of temporary hibernation in a tree hollow in Qld (Emu 85,
> 200-201). This makes one think of this possiblity when we realise
> how cold it has been in Vic recently.
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> Happy swift hunting
>
>
> Mike
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> On 07/03/2015, at 4:07 PM, Peter Ewin wrote:
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> > Driving back from lunch in Milawa, there were White-throated
> > Needletails just above the tree canopy over the Hume Highway. Five
> > birds were seen between the northern edge of the Chiltern Forest
> > and the Barnawatha Forest, but I suspect they were part of a larger
> > flock within the area.
> > Cheers,
> > Peter
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