Up at crack of dawn this morning to head to Kambah (Jenke Circuit) to try & see the Superbs. Got there about 0645, nothing heard or sighted, then about 0720, a small group of 10 Superbs flew in an easterly direction
over the car park towards Drakeford Drive & continued out of sight.
A few seconds later & a small group of 10-15 Swifts arrived from the northern end of the car park & landed in the tree directly above the trailered flashing advisory sign on the side of Drakeford Drive. Within less
than a minute, another similar sized group flew in from the west and a group of about 20-30 flew in from the south, all landing in the same tree.
They stayed here for 5-10 minutes before a number of Rosellas flew past alarm calling. All the Swifts took off as one group, did a loop above Drakeford Drive & landed in the top of one of the large Eucalypts within
the medical centre car park. They stayed here for the next 15-20min (that's when I left), all in the very top of the tree, preening in the sunshine. No feeding, no calling at all, just thawing out.
One of my many images attached of the collective group in flight. I've counted 64 birds in this one image!
Cheers,
Adam FitzGerald
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