I didn't watch the tennis. My guess would be Silver Gulls.
Alan
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From:
On Behalf Of Dave Torr
Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2012 9:09 AM
To: birding-aus
Subject: Fwd: ?NIGHTJARS OVER MELBOURNE TENNIS
Can anyone help this guy. Not being a tennis fan I did not see the bird,
but any form of nightjar seems unlikely?
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From: Roger <>
Date: 30 January 2012 19:57
Subject: ?NIGHTJARS OVER MELBOURNE TENNIS
To: BIRDS AUSTRALIAN <>
Cc: Tatchell Jane <>, Sutherst Bob <
>
I have tried to send a message on your website but the security defeated
me. Here goes for another try.
During the recent Australian Open Tennis tournament brief TV shots showed
large numbers of Nightjar-like birds hawking over the courts in the bright
lights at night. As a matter of curiosity does anyone know the species? I
had thought that Owlet-Nightjar might be a possibility but one site tells
me they are rare in Melbourne (indeed a single pair was worthy of note) and
the numbers I glimpsed seemed quite large.
My apologies for troubling you over a trivial matter.
Regards
Roger Tatchell
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