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
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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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