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Hi Lawrie,
No thunder clouds here! The
sky was dark from smoke and ash. Not putting down Lawrie's id abilities. For a
while, about 20 minutes before it got really bad at home, I was fairly sure I
saw White-throated Needletails in the sky (not that I could see much). I went
and got my binoculars so that I could check and put them on my GBS chart and
then noticed it wasn't birds at all, just high flying swirling leaves and sticks
looking like a flock of swifts. My neighbour, a retired professional forester,
pointed out leaves from Eucalyptus fastigata blown into the garden and
they don't exist within many km from here.
Does anyone need any proof that birdos are
crazy?
Philip
-----Original Message-----
From:
Lawrie Conole <>
To:
<>
Date:
Wednesday, 22 January 2003 10:16
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS]
Canberra fires & needletails
Hi
folks
Watching one of the TV news services last night (ABC or SBS I
seem to
recall) and coverage of the Canberra fires. In one sequence
of footage,
thunder clouds were shown associated with the change, and
ever so
briefly the camera zoomed in on birds in the foreground - they
looked
like swifts - White-throated Needletails perhaps?? Did
anyone else see
it, or was I having pre-bedtime
hallucinations?
L.
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Lawrie
Conole
Senior Ecologist
Ecology Australia Pty. Ltd.
Flora and
Fauna Consultants
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FAIRFIELD VIC 3078
Australia
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