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Woodswallows [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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Subject: Woodswallows [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
From: "Perkins, Harvey" <>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:57:51 +1000
Hi all,
 
Obviously lots of Woodswallow activity recently....
 
On Sunday afternoon, probably about 5.30 pm, I was in the garden and looked up on hearing the high-pitched chipping of woodswallows just in time to see a tight-knit flock of about 35 birds heading east, quite high up. I didn't have binoculars with me and they were gone almost as soon as I was aware of them. The only impression I was left with was the alternate dark/silver flashing of wing beats.
 
I became acutely aware of my limitations in recognising the different woodswallow calls, my fairly mediocre eyesight, and my poor knowledge of woodswallow behaviour generally.
 
Any one care to give an opinion on which species they might have been on such minimal evidence? And no I didn't see darker bodies, or tail notches or anything else that might help...
 
any comments welcome.

Harvey Perkins

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