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WTNT - Chiltern, NE Victoria

To: Michael Tarburton <>
Subject: WTNT - Chiltern, NE Victoria
From: James Mustafa <>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 23:15:48 +1100
Hi Michael,

I saw just shy of 20 birds yesterday in Glen Waverley, South East suburbs of 
Melbourne. 



All the best,
James Mustafa

0400 951 517
www.jamesmustafajazzorchestra.com

> On 7 Mar 2015, at 10:00 pm, Michael Tarburton <> 
> wrote:
> 
> G'day Peter & other readers
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Happy swift hunting
> 
> 
> Mike
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>> On 07/03/2015, at 4:07 PM, Peter Ewin wrote:
>> 
>> 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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