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Re: Needletails

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Subject: Re: Needletails
From: "Ricki Coughlan" <>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:25:36 +1100
Hi All
 
I'm not a Swift authority (Needletail or Fork-tailed) but I can say that on a number of occassions here in Broome, when observing raptors I have noticed small black specks a great deal higher and, when focussing on them, finding that there are a number of Fork-tailed Swifts working the skies. Sometimes there are several and at others there are many dozens. There is no way that I would notice these birds in the first place without the aid of binoculars. I wonder how many of these birds we actually miss.
 
Cheers
Ricki Coughlan
Broome WA
 
 
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