Thanks Mike,
I spend my days looking upwards so it's a nice reward to get a report.
I'm staggered some people had 20 + + sightings, I guess they must be laying on
the deck or by the pool;-) You too? Do you compile this outside;-)
Very best, great stuff and here's to Spring arrivals ... in more ways than one.
Alan
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On 20/05/2010, at 11:10 , Michael Tarburton wrote:
White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) Report for 2009/10 Season.
The 1004 records I have obtained so far are 420 more than the previous season.
Thank you so much for making a great effort this year & for sharing these
records.
The first Australian sighting for the season that I know of, was made on 18
Sept 2009, in NSW and is 24 days earlier than the first reported sighting for
last season, and is more like the average timing in previous years. It was of
25 birds seen at Bundjalung NP (S of Evan Head) by Bob Moffatt. Bob saw
another one there the following day then Michael Cheers saw four at Sawtell on
27 Sept.
The first record from Qld was from “Tiddalac” Upper Lockyer, where Mick Atzeni
saw 25 on 3 Oct. The first group observed in Victoria was of four birds seen
at Genoa (4 Nov) by Nick Day & Andrew Weggoner. The first reported
observation from ACT was of 1 bird on 8th December, seen by Peter Miller at
Hackett. The first SA record was made at Millicent where Adrian Boyle’s
parents saw 15 birds 31 Jan. The first record for Tasmania was made by Eric
Woehler at Baker Beach (somewhere on the Central N coast), where 15 birds were
seen on 18 Feb.
There were no reported records from the NT or WA this last season. There were
5 records from TAS, 6 from SA, 8 from ACT, 190 from Qld, 179 from Vic, & 380
from NSW.
This season there were four sightings of a thousand or more birds. Three were
in NSW made by Martin Chard, Ian Kerr & Bob Moffatt. One was in Qld, made by
Tom Tarrant. There were 14 sightings of 300 or more birds: 7 from Qld, 5 from
NSW, and 2 from Vic.
These flock sizes are low compared with the records for say the 1957/58 season
when nine flocks of more than a thousand birds were recorded. Four of those
came from Tasmania. The largest flock recorded that season was 12,000 WTNT, and
was seen at Antill Ponds in Tasmania.
The average flock size this season was 48 compared to 37 for last year.
The last sightings were 5 birds at Maramingo (Princes Hwy just S of NSW border,
Vic) 10 April obs by Ron Becker, 2 obs at Tolderol GR in SA 21 April. Then
Marlene Lyell saw 7 birds just North of Axedale nr Bendigo in Vic on 19 May.
These last birds would be considered as probably over-wintering birds (my data
in Table 1 of HANZAB Vol 4, p1074 )
Thanks again to all those who have taken the trouble to send me your sightings.
Here is the alphabetically arranged list of contributors with their number of
reported sightings in brackets: Peter Abbott (1), D Adams (1), Irene Allen
(40), Robert Allen (2), John Allsop (10), Chris Armstrong (2), Michael Atzeni
(15), Jacquie & Len Axen (10), Chris Barnes, (2), Peter Barrand (1), Tim Bawden
(6), Ron Becker (4), Wilma Becker (22), Liz Benson (1), Tim Birch (1), Birds
Australia Atlas (140), Blue Mtns Bird Observers (1), Greg Bortolussi (3),
Adrian Boyle (1), Shane Brady (2), D Bright (1), Ian & Jill Brown (1), Warren
Brown (3), Celia Browne (3), Ray Bryant (2), Lynda Bullen (2), Paul Burcher
(4), Steve Burke (1), Martin Butterfield (1), Martin Cachard (1), Jim Caine
(1), Margaret Cameron (14), Nev Capelll (1), John Carpenter (1), Michael Cheers
(2), Greg Clancey (38), Steve Clark (1), Debbie Colbourne (3), Henry Coleman
(2), Bob Cook (1), Barbara Crighton (1), Peter Crow (1), Ben Darlow (1), Steve
Davidson (7), Arron Davies (1), Nick Day (5), James Dening (2), Jill Denning
(3), Paul & Ruth Dodd (3), Tim Dolby (2), Sean Dooley (4), Robert Dougherty
(11), Paul Doyle (2), Tony Eales (1), Jan England (2), Len Ezzy (1), Far South
Coast Birdwatchers (2), Rob Farnes (1), Mrs Alex Ferguson (2), L Field (1),
Eric Finley (4), Trevor Ford (2), Dougald Frederick (1), Col Gibson (1), Tony
Gibson (1), Matt & Cathy Gilfedder (29), Alan Gillanders (2), Gloria Glass (1),
Jason Goodwin (2), Mark Graham (3), Chris Gregory (1), Phil Gregory (6), John
Hamilton (1), Brian Hawkins (1), Bryan & P Haywood (3), Chris Healey (18),
Frank Hemmings (3), Bastian Hensen (31), Liz Herbert (1), Robin Hide (1), Bas
Hensen (24), Peter Higgins (27), Peter Horler (6), Matt Hughes (2), Michael
Hunter (3), John Huchison (1), Carla Jackett (2), Gavin Jackson (3), Paul
Jackson (1), T Jarman (1), Dick Jenkin (4), Andy Jensen (10), Barbara Jones
(3), D Jones (1), Brian Johnston (1), Richard Johnston (3), Ian Kerr (2), Des
King (2), Neil Kirby (1), David Kleinert (1), Laurie Knight (7), John & Claire
Kooistra (4), Russ Lamb (11), D Lambert (1), John Leonard (1), Paul Lester (1),
Andrew Ley (12), Mark Ley (1), Greg Little (1), Noel Longergan (1), Marlene
Lyell (1), Doug Lyons (2), Ian McAllan (1), Alan McBride (9), Steve McBride
(1), Pat McConnell (1), Roger McGovern (1), David Mackenzie (1), Barry McLean
(1), John McLennan (1), Max Markey (7), Ray Marston (4), Adrian Martins (1),
Lee Mason (4), Clive Meadows (4), Lorna Mee (1), Rosalie Merigan (15), Maria
Merkling (4), Peter Miller (1), I. Mitchener (1), Bob Moffatt (11), Bill
Moorhead (3), Bill & Jack Moorhead (10), Alan Morris (3), Rob Morris (1), Colin
Mulvogue (1), Troy Mutton (3), RG Nathan (8), Julie Neumann (1), Terrill
Nordstrom (2), John & Beverley O’Brien (1), Paul Osborne (15), Des Palmer (2),
Kay Parkin (1), Phil Penlington (5), Harvey Perkins (1), Stuart Pickering (4),
Margaret Pointer (1), Carol Probets (10), Trevor Quested (3), Michael Ramsey
(10), John Rawsthorne (2), David Redhead (1), J Reed (2), Colin Reid (6), John
Reidy (2), Mick Roderick (16), Steve Roderick (1), Chris Ross (3), Chris
Sanderson (1), G Santos (1), Colin Scouler (1), Bob Semmens (17), Merrilyn
Serong (1), Ken Sherring (4), S Skelton (1), Jim Smart (9), Dennis Smith (1),
Nicole Spillane (1), Jenny Spry (1), Mark Stanley (1), Matthew Stanton (6),
Simon Starr (1), David Stowe (1), Wes & Norma Sturdee (1), Michael Tarburton
(58), Tom Tarrant (3), Andrew Taylor (1), Jean Taylor (1), Warren Thompson (1),
Dirk & Wulan Tomsa (2), Dave Torr, (3), Esther Townsend (1), Brian Tuney (22),
Suzanne Tunks (1), Graham Turner (10), Edwin Vella (3), Brian Venables (1), D
Waldon (4), K Waldon (1), Trevor Waller (1), Andrew Weggoner (3), Brook Whylie
(1), Tom Wilson (3), Eric Woehler (1), Michael Wood (2), Russell Woodford (3),
Arwen Ximenes (3), Harry Zawacki (1), Marnix Zwankhuizen (1),
Happy swift watching.
Mike Tarburton.
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