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Where have the Swifts gone?

To: Michael Tarburton <>
Subject: Where have the Swifts gone?
From: Andrew Bell <>
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:23:06 +0930
Hi Mike

I assume you are monitoring our birding nt website? 40-50 fork taileds out of 
my Darwin office window last Friday morning but didn't seem to linger over the 
city as they have done in the past

Cheers

Andrew

Sent from my iPad

On 15/04/2012, at 11:52 AM, Michael Tarburton <> 
wrote:

> G'day B-aussers
> 
> It appears that White-throated Needletails have all (or almost all?) left 
> Australia. At the moment the last records I have are from Victoria on 1st and 
> 3rd of April.
> 
> Fork-tailed (Pacific) Swifts are still in the NT, with a number of sightings 
> around Darwin, but at the same time they are the first I have records of as 
> reaching South Korea.  Ten were seen on the tenth April by Nial Moores - his 
> first for the season.
> 
> So if you have any records for the 2011-12 season please send them to me or 
> publish them where I can find them, so I can fill out their behaviour and 
> continue to document their decline.
> 
> Many thanks & Happy birding
> 
> Mike
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