Dusky Woodswallows (from B Everingham)

[Russell Woodford <>]

> From: "Brian Everingham" <>
> To: <>
> Subject: Dusky woodswallows
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 16:41:27 +1000
>
>
> I was walking with my wife out in Royal National Park, south of Sydney,
> this morning and came across some Dusky Woodswallows in the tree tops 
> on
> the slope leading down to Kangaroo Creek (off Bottle Forest Trail).
> Several were flying in and out but most seem settled. By the time I
> reached the creek blow, in about 10 minutes, I looked up and they were
> no longer perched. Indeed it appeared that at least forty birds were
> hawking the skies, wheeling and soaring and making a splendid sight.
>
> I do not remember such a sizable flock in Royal National Park before 
> but
> people on this list with a longer memory might enlighten me. They were
> truly stunning.
>
> Incidentally there was also a most obliging Peregrine Falcon in the 
> open
> on the ridge line between Uloola Falls and Audley as well. Ah, to be
> birding on a Sunday in Sydney!
>
>
> Brian Everingham
> PO Box 269
> Engadine
> NSW 2233
>
> 0011 61 2 95209341
> +0419260236 (mobile)
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