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White-Throated Needletails Chiltern VIC

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Subject: White-Throated Needletails Chiltern VIC
From: Joseph Birckhead <>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:40:20 +1100
I saw a small flock of eleven White-throated Needletails yesterday at around 
7.30pm. They were swooping low over Toveys road which is around 10km south of 
Chiltern just off the Beechworth- chiltern road.
>From Joseph Birckhead, Chiltern
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> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:28:41 +1100
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] White-Throated Needletail & Fork-Tailed Swifts,        
> Sydney Olympic Park
> 
> 
> Hi List,
> Conditions must have been excellent this morning at Concord West, NSW & 
> Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush, NSW this morning for Needletails and Swifts. 
> As I exited the station at 7:50am I could see a flock of about 40 
> White-Throated Needletails circling right above the station. GPS Co-ords 
> -33.84857,151.085637. While I was watching them with my binoculars I was 
> surprised to see a second higher flock of about 60 White-Throated Needletails 
> flying due East very fast. The first flock was still at the same spot when I 
> left after ten minutes. The second flock disappeared very soon after I first 
> noticed it. I managed to take a few not very impressive photos of the first 
> flock.
> 
> Arriving at Lake Belvedere at 8:15am there were approximately 30 
> White-Throated Needltails and 2 Fork-Tailed Swifts circling above Lake 
> Belvedere and nearby grass. GPS co-ords -33.850887,151.076088.
> 
> I was also thrilled to spot a Nankeen Night Heron standing on the edge of the 
> island in Lake Belvedere. I keep hearing & reading of them being seen at this 
> spot & I finally managed to find one!
> 
> From Jenny Stiles, Sydney
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