Arriving there about 0740 I followed the ink-ink calls and found not only
Lindsay but the last of the flock as it headed off to the north-east.
Following the ink-ink calls for about 400m I was about to make visual contact
when the flock flew back over my head in the direction from which I had come.
Retracing my steps I found the flock preening in a tree about 50m N of the
profusely flowering yellow gum. After a bit of snapping I left to get a
different camera and on return found Leo Berzins who reported the flock had
left the preening tree and was feeding in the yellow gum. After a bit, Leo
left to get a different camera, and, as you might have expected, just before he
returned the flock again took off towards the NE.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lindsay & Diana
Sent: Sunday, 17 May 2015 11:01 AM
To: 'COG Mailing List'
Subject: Ainslie Swifties
This morning from sometime about sunrise to 7.40 am there were at least
8 Swifties including at least one juvenile (brown iris) feeding in the slender,
profusely-flowering, smooth-barked gum 100 to 150m north from
the Foveaux St entrance and on the east side of the levee. There were
a few juvenile Superbs with them. All were eventually driven off by Noisy
Miners.
Lindsay Nothrop
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