Flocks of smallish birds flying NW along Constitution Ave, Reid this afternoon

[Janet Russell <>]

Thank you for your emails. Michael Lenz suggested starlings and I think that they may fit the bill There were was one flock of about 12 and a couple of 3-4. It was about 4 pm. 

They would not be small birds such as wee-bills or honeyeaters. We do see the honeyeaters fly by when they are on the move and they mostly tend to fly on the north side of the building where there are some eucalypts where they sometimes stop for a while.

We have been here 3 years and we have not seen these birds flying past before. They have been flying for a few weeks now.

Thanks.

Janet 

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On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 at 10:21, Barbara Allan <> wrote:

And weebills. b

 

From: Geoffrey Dabb [
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2019 10:12 AM
To: 'Canberrabirds'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Flocks of smallish birds flying NW along Constitution Ave, Reid this afternoon

 

A challenging question Janet.  Can you give an indication of roughly (a) how many birds in a flock (b) size of an individual bird?

 

Some large starling flocks are moving around at present.

 

From: Janet Russell <>
Sent: Saturday, 15 June 2019 5:37 PM
To: Canberrabirds <>
Subject: [canberrabirds] Flocks of smallish birds flying NW along Constitution Ave, Reid this afternoon

 

 

Does anyone have any idea what these birds may be? I can't see reference any on the chatline to groups of birds on the move at the moment.

 

Janet 

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