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Hi all,
It is interesting to see the number of coastal NSW
reports of Fork-tailed Swifts during the past week or so. Following on
from my recent observation at Woody Head, Russell Jago and I saw 5+ Fork-tailed
Swifts at Lawrence yesterday, February 10.
Andrew Ley advised me that he observed 100+ at
Woody Head on 11 February 1997. This prompted me to check my records for
the past 26 years. My Fork-tailed Swift sighting are as
follows:
02.01.03 1 with WTNs at Iluka
NR.
29.11.02 2 with WTNs at Brooms
Head.
03.12.02 18+ at Brooms
Head.
06.04.98 2+ at Chaelundi SF.
03.12.96 50+ at Station Creek, Yuraygir
National Park.
10.12.96 20+ at Station Creek, Yuraygir
National Park.
08.04.95 6+ at South Grafton Water
Reserve.
05.11.94 1 with WTNs near Tabbimoble Crk, S
of Woodburn.
18.10.94 6+ at Station Creek, Yuraygir
National Park.
08.01.94 20+ with WTNs at Bobo River (Dorrigo
area).
07-25.01.92 max. 150+ at Woody Head,
Bundjalung National Park.
23.11.88 2 with WTNs at Station Creek,
Yuraygir National Park.
12.03.88 5+ at South Grafton Water
Reserve.
19.02.86 1 with WTNs at Moonee.
17.04.85 6+ at
Mill Creek, Dharug National Park.
30.12.82 3+ with WTNs at Macquarie Nature
Reserve, Port Macquarie.
03.02.80 3 at South Grafton.
Only 4 out of 17 records are before December 1, 4
out of 19 if you include the recent two records, and 3 of these were in
November.
Regards
Greg
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