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Hi!
This evening while watching a couple of W T
Eagles soaring over a hill a couple of klms away. A bird flew across my line of
sight at a massive rate of knots, I immediately knew it was a Hobby, thinking
that any-one less skilled would have thought it was a large swift. Feeling
somewhat superior with my instant recognition, I followed its supersonic
flight until it zoomed skywards to join another and another and another. Having
never ever seen a flock of Hobbies I quickly re-assessed my first I.D., thankful
that no-one was with me. These are the first SpineTailed Swifts I
have seen down here in Tass in 2 yrs, another magic moment. They were heading
North towards Canberra, but if you are reading this more than an hour after I've
sent it don't bother even looking. The speed they were traveling at they would
have crossed over 10 mins ago, you should hear the boom in 5mins.
Cheers
Bob Rusk
PS Has any study been done on the distance
they travel in 24hrs?
PSS Ha Haa Richard Allen didn't see these
first, but knowing Richard he probably seen them heading down
here!.
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