How about two flocks of
Gouldian Finches, one of 30 and another of 40 – along the Golden Gate track near the NT / WA border.
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[ On Behalf Of Ricki Coughlan
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005
6:31 AM
To: Lorne Johnson;
Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] finch
flocks in OZ
That's
easy, Lorne. Whilst I've seen couples or dozens of most species, I've seen
hundreds of Zebra Finches in central Australia in 1978 and last
September I saw at least a thousand Zebra Finches adjacent to the Barkly
Roadhouse on the Barkly Highway, NT.
I've
also seen hundreds of breeding family groups of Crimson Finches at Geikie Gorge
near Fitzroy Crossing, which easily tallied into the thousands. However, these
were more interconnected groups rather than flocking in the true sense of
the word.
