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RFI Sightings of early swifts in Australia

To: "'Mike Tarburton'" <>
Subject: RFI Sightings of early swifts in Australia
From: "Robyn Howard" <>
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 10:30:54 +1000
I was completely unaware that Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes migrated!   I
always have more in winter here in Maroochydore S.E.Qld, and have assumed
that they move down from the hills in the hinterland as quite a number of
species seem to do.

My summer BFCS are sedentary and are here all year, including winter.   Do
others in Australia lose their BFCS in winter?

Robyn


-----Original Message-----
From: 
 On Behalf Of Mike Tarburton
Sent: Thursday, 1 September 2005 8:45 AM
To: birding-aus
Subject: RFI Sightings of early swifts in Australia

G'day birding Aus-o-philes

I am snowed under at the moment and my annual swift sighting summary is
going to be late but I would like to remind and request people to let me
have any Needletail or fork-tailed swift sightings you may make.  Also send
them in to the atlases as well please.

Channel-billed Cuckoos, and Palaearctic waders have been moving through
Central and Western Provinces for some weeks now so Swifts should not be far
away.  There are masses of Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes around here at the
moment, frantically hunting down anything that looks like an invertebrate -
to fill their fuel tanks before heading down to Aus.

Enjoy your birding

Mike

Dr Mike Tarburton
Dean: School of Science and Technology
Pacific Adventist University
PMB, Boroko
Papua New Guinea


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