WTNTs over Tuggeranong

Philip, I also counted 3 White-throated
Needletails yesterday from 1745-1815 over the northern end of Lake Tuggeranong
and on the previous night (Saturday evening (23-2-07)), over the same time
period, I counted 40 flying over Urambi Hills Nature Reserve, the largest
flock numbering 30 birds, flying north at speed.

In an aside, I reported to this line
last week that Kambah had received about 150mm of rain since New Years
Eve.  I can revise that figure now to say that it is about 200mm,
with about 10mm falling on Wednesday evening (21-2-07) and, I would estimate,
about 50mm hosing down on Friday evening.  If anyone living in western
Kambah has a rain gauge and recorded the fall on Friday evening I'd be
interested to hear if my estimate is close to the mark.

Matthew Frawley

"Philip Veerman" <>

25/02/2007 03:10 PM

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I had about 12 White-throated Needletails
passing over my house (or GBS Site in Kambah) yesterday (24-2-07) over
an approx 20 minute period near 7 p.m. All were flying south in fairly
direct speedy path. Largest simultaneously present group (for GBS) was
4. Always nice to get them at least once for the GBS Chart.
 
Philip