Hi Wes,
Fork-tailed Swifts often fly with their tails closed so the tail appears
long and un-forked and only appear forked when the tail is spread. Although
I have not experienced it this year large flocks of Fork-tailed Swifts can
and do occur on the NSW North Coast in some years. Sounds like what you
saw.
Regards
Greg
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From: Wes Tolhurst
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 12:09 PM
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Subject: [Birding-Aus] Swifts Nth NSW??
I was at the beach at Pottsville, Northern NSW on Sunday and counted around
50 swifts/swiftlets. Only once did I see what appeared to be a forked tail
and then only for a moment. They were definitely not white throated
needle-tails… much smaller, more slender and uniformly grey/black. They
were quite low to the ground over the top of me so I had extended views,
though not with binoculars. Can anyone tell me if forked tailed swifts fly
most of the time with their tails no appearing forked??? Anyone else see
this or another flock in NNSW???
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