Hi
Interesting I have had an influx of fork-tails over Yorkeys Knob the last
couple of days. On Thursday there were about 35+ over my house from early
afternoon onwards. Today this has increased to over 150 birds, the fock has
been highly mobile and difficult to keep in view. Within the flock there were
several clear Fork-tails in wing moult and at least two others that I took to
be in tail moult as when they spread their tails they were very square. The
variability in white on the throat was quite marked in birds that came low
enough to be studied properly, some having very bright clearly defined white
chin patches and others far less distinctly marked.
Dom
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From: Alan Gillanders <>
To: Mike Tarburton <>; birding-aus
<>
Sent: Friday, 11 January 2013, 8:14
Subject: Swifts
Mike,
At least 17 Fork-tailed Swifts hawking over Petersen Creek Yungaburra yesterday
evening. Maximum number something like 25.
There were also two other swifts there which I did not get good enough looks at
to identify. They may have been Fork-tails in tail moult but one had a clear
white throat. They may have been House Swifts. My impression was a smaller
swift with a flight more like that of the Swiftlets. They were not Swiftlets.
Regards,
Alan
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