While Anthony was watching
them above his garden, I was just up the street at the Pinnacle
watching the same flock. I was able to watch many of them land
(apparently settling in to roost) and the majority of the flock
(which I would've put at around 40-50) were White-browed
Woodswallows, though there were a lot of Masked among them. Hard
to estimate exact proportions given that most of them were in the
air and difficult to distinguish in the late afternoon/evening
light. I didn't see where they eventually settled, but they seemed
at one point to be jostling with the local Duskies for roosts. And
they were indeed a lovely sight.
John Brannan
On 19/09/11 5:26 PM, Anthony Overs wrote:
While sitting at the computer reading Nicki's message
I heard the woodswallows outside here in Hawker! I've been out
looking at them for the last ten minutes or so. About 30 birds,
and most of them Masked as far as I can tell in the fading light.
They were flying quite low including down amongst the tree tops. A
great sight!
Cheers
Anthony
On 19 September 2011 16:55, Nicki Taws <m("bigpond.com","ntaws");">>
wrote:
I was alerted by their
chirping to a flock of 40 woodswallows flying over our
house in Cook (4.45pm) heading into the breeze in a
north-westerly direction. Of the 5 or so that were low
enough to see clearly, they were all Masked Woodswallow.
Doesn't mean there were no White-browed amongst the
other 35, I just couldn't confirm it.
cheers
Nicki Taws
02 6251 0303
0408 210 736
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