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Cicadas, Christmas Beetles and Birds

To: 'Prof Michael Tarburton' <>, Greg and Val Clancy <>, Birding-aus <>
Subject: Cicadas, Christmas Beetles and Birds
From: Peter Shute <>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 07:49:27 +1100
Mike, were the WTNTs feeding on them in flight? I thought cicadas didn't fly 
that much, but I don't really know.

Peter Shute 

> -----Original Message-----
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> Prof Michael Tarburton
> Sent: Wednesday, 12 February 2014 2:19 PM
> To: Greg and Val Clancy; Birding-aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Cicadas, Christmas Beetles and Birds
> 
> Thanks Greg
> Nice photos: Sure has been a cicada season and a half, in NSW 
> & even down here in Vic with all the excess heat we have had. 
>  The White-throated Needletails that I caught some years ago 
> in Qld were feeding on small cicadas beside a farm road. 
> Happy birding Mike Tarburton

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