WTNs

Today at 3.50pmAEST, 4+ Needletails sailing NNE high, fast, & straight, across the E-SE wind – the birds approx following the 1012 pressure line on this map – www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/synoptic_col.shtml (MSLP Analysis for 00:00 UTC on Friday 26 January 2018 – 11amAEDT) BOM radar at 4pmAEST shows a storm front (in a NW-SE line) at 120km … Read more

Birding Watching in Lake Cargelligo

Some years ago a number of birding-aus correspondents (you know who you are) colluded to develop a reasonably accurate bird list and some routes for the district around Lake Cargelligo. Yesterday the Lachlan Shire Council sent me this link. There is still some work to do but here is another LGA trying its best to … Read more

White-throated Needletails at Como, NSW

Mike, Flock of >100 WTNT over Como, NSW (33O, 59′, 54″ S, 151O, 03′, 55″ E)around 8amm this morning. Circling low, some just over the tops of the trees. Another smaller flock (~20-30 birds) at Soldiers Rd. Jannali (34O, 00′, 32″ S, 151O, 03′, 58″ E) around the same time. Also very low, just over … Read more