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Hi Birders,
Obviously yesterday was a good day for
White-throated Needletails along the NSW Coast. While driving along Wyong Rd,
between Berkeley Vale and Chittaway, over a distance of 2 km between the 930-940
hrs I counted 120 Swifts but that would have to represent a much larger flock as
the birds were passing over the road continuously. Later that morning around
1015 hrs 20+ were seen over Wyong itself.
Other good birds seen on the Central Coast last
weekend included 9 Black-tailed Godwits at Picnic Pt The Entrance (very uncommon
on Tuggerah Lakes), 26+ pairs of Little Terns nesting Karagi Pt The Entrance
together with 72 non-breeding Little Terns, 32 Common Terns, a Gull-billed Tern,
and 2 pairs of Red-capped Plovers with chicks and one pair on eggs, a late
Double-banded Plover at Soldiers Pt Norah Head, the Bush Stone-curlews at
Kincumber have successfully hatched a chick and a White Goshawk at
Palmgrove.
Alan Morris
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