Hi Mike, and to anyone interested on Birding-Aus,
Here are my most recent sight records of Fork-tailed (Pacific) Swifts and White-throated Needletails:
- 23/12/20 6:30pm: 1 x Fork-tailed Swift, flying directly NE low above suburban Urangan, Hervey Bay, SEQ;
- 28/12/20 6:30am: 3 to 5 White-throated Needletails, hawking low to medium height above heathland, Kings Bore Rd West, Cooloola, SEQ;
- 05/01/21 7:30am: minimum of 5 White-throated Needletails, flying directly SSE above Bruce Hwy, 5kms south of Miriam Vale, SEQ;
- 10/01/21 8:30am: 150+ Fork-tailed (Pacific) Swifts, hawking low to medium height above Park Ridge, Whitfield Range, Cairns, FNQ;
- 31/01/21 8:00am: 50+ White-throated Needletails, hawking low to medium height above Clamshell Falls, Behana Gorge, near Cairns, FNQ;
Cheers for now, Martin
Martin Cachard
Cairns, FNQ
phone:
+61 428 782 808
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