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White-browed Woodswallows

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Subject: White-browed Woodswallows
From: "Philip Veerman" <>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:09:16 +1100
About 2 pm today I could hear a flock of Woodswallows, high over my house. I tried really hard, but even with clear skies and with binoculars I could not see any of them. It raised the question as to where they were. Given that I could not see them, they were probably several hundred metres away. I note that as sound travels at about 330 metres per second, the time it took for the sound to reach me, they may not have still been where I thought they were when the sound was issued. But maybe just too high to see. Either way I don't know which species, or how many, so I think I'll need to wait till I get a better view to put them on my GBS Chart. I suspect they would be (mainly) White-browed Woodswallows as I don't think the Dusky makes the same chirp sound.
 
Philip Veerman
24 Castley Circuit
Kambah  ACT  2902
 
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From: Nicki Taws [
Sent: Tuesday, 1 November 2011 5:40 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] White-browed Woodswallows

A flock of at least 30 Woodswallows, high over Wybalena Grove Cook at 17.35. The few I could identify were White-browed. Heading slowly north-west.
 
There was also a flock here on Sunday but coming down to treetop level and even landing briefly in the trees. (An incidental record for the blitz). 
 
cheers
Nicki Taws
 
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