Day: January 18, 2015

Swifts

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Hi Mike First Fork-tails of the season over Caravonica (northern suburb of Cairns) with over 4000 appearing over house and along edge of Kuranda range. First appeared at about 1000 and were present all day only vanishing during rain storm – small groups still around at dusk 1845 ish Mixed in were a handful of … Read more

White-rumped Sandpiper

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Thanks for all the help with the White-rumped Sandpiper sightings. The bird was successfully seen today by me from about 9.00 to 12.00. What a great spot! Christina Port Sent from Windows Mail Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org

Long-billed Dowitcher

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Has anyone searched for the LB Dowitcher in the last week? I think the latest reported sighting was on Mon 5 Jan with a report of unsuccessful searches on Fri 9 and Sat 10 Jan. Has the bird moved on or has everybody else seen it except me? If you have any recent news of … Read more

needletails

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Hi Mike On 17th January at about 4.30 pm for about 15 min, there were 10 White-throated Needletails circling over the suburb of Pymble in Sydney, NSW. The weather was hot, sunny and humid with no cloud. They disappeared off to the south. The sighting has been logged on eBird. Cheers Mona Birding-Aus mailing list … Read more