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To all on Birding-aus,
On Saturday 23rd April I observed a mixed
flock of Masked and Whire-browed Woodswallows at Koah about 14 km SW of Kuranda
NQ. They numbered in excess of 200 birds and many were feeding on the blossom of
flowering bloodwoods and other planed for insects.
Koah is at elevation about 20
kms due west of Cairns.
It is rare to see these birds here and the Masked
were recorded sparingly in both Atlasses and the White-broweds only in the last
Atlas. It was my first encounter of either species having been guiding
regionally for ten years.
These records may be a prelude
to the movement of what are normally inland bird species due to the drought
conditions to be found extensively in inland Australia.
Regards,
Del. Richards, Fine Feather Tours, Mossman,
NQ.
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