Having spent a bit of time cleaning the debris from my pool yesterday
afternoon, my guess is they were following a swarm of flying ants. Would be
interesting to see if other reporters can also determine (guess?) food source.
Cheers
Tom Wilson
From: Philip Veerman
Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 4:42 PM
To:
Subject: Woodswallows over northern Sydney
Several people have seen them (both species) in Canberra today (including
me, over my house whilst hanging out clothes) and recent days.
Philip
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From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
Kurtis Lindsay
Sent: Sunday, 4 October 2015 4:01 PM
To:
Cc:
Subject: Woodswallows over northern Sydney
Hi Tom et al.
I was staying at the in-laws on Burns Rd in Wahroonga (northern Sydney)
yesterday. I was excited to hear then see (presumably) the same flock of
Masked and White-browed Woodswallow a little before 10.30am yesterday.
Burns Rd is approximately 1km from Tom's sighting.
Was great to see the flock. I didnt get a full count like your did Tom as
the tall trees obscured full view of the flock but I saw about 30 birds, at
least 5 were Masked.
The flock was circling interestingly low unlike usual woodswallow flocks
which often fly quite high. No other species interracted with them while I
watched.
I used to see larger flocks over East Killara (app. 10km away) when I lived
there from 2009 - 2012. They often appeared ahead of hot dry weather.
Regards,
Kurtis Lindsay
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