On 2 July this year I saw/photographed a single White-browed Woodswallow at Gunlom Falls in a group of a dozen or so Masked Woodies. A fairly northerly record, yes?
John Weigel
On 06/08/2012, at 12:0
> Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 11:09:21 +1000 > From: “Gil Langfield” > To: “‘Birding Aus’” > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Dusky Woodswallows near Darwin, NT > Message-ID: <006101cd7370$1cf4f780$56dee680$@bigpond.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” > > I have a record of Dusky Woodswallows at Mindil Beach Reserve, Darwin on 3 > July 1986. Until today, I did not realise that they were unusual in the NT. > So my record may be a case of mistaken identity. > > Regards, > > Gil Langfield > Melbourne, Australia > gil.langfield@bigpond.com > > > > > —————————— > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:37:22 +0930 > From: Denise Goodfellow > To: Bas Hensen , Birding Aus > > Cc: “ntbirds@yahoogroups.com” > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] sight record of Dusky woodswallow near > Darwin NT > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”ISO-8859-1″ > > I recall Martin Schulz saying he’d seen Dusky Woodswallow in the Top End > back in 1990. > Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow > 1/7 Songlark Street, > Bakewell, NT 0832 > 043 8650 835 > > PhD candidate, SCU > Vice-chair, Wildlife Tourism Australia > Nominated for the Cond? Nast international ecotourism award, 2004 by the > renowned American website, Earthfoot. > Wildlife Adviser, BBC?s ?Deadly 60? > > Birds of Australia’s Top End and Quiet Snake Dreaming available on > amazon.com > A second edition of Fauna of Australia?s Top End used by the University of > NSW as a text for 12 years is now under preparation. > > ‘It gave me huge insight into the lives’ of Aboriginal Australians?, > Jonathon Franzen, American author, birder, conservationist (August, 2011) > on Quiet Snake Dreaming. > > www.denisegoodfellow.com > > > > > > On 5/8/12 4:03 PM, “Bas Hensen” wrote: > >> I posted the following observations on ntbirds a few days back and did not >> receive too much of a response. > > Lightly edited copy: “we saw 2 (dusky) >> woodswallows in the company of a large flock of Masked birds. They had very >> contrasting whitish wings and entirely dark blackish body plus tail”….It was >> only when we checked Simpson & Day that we realised we might be onto something >> unusual. We saw the birds once more afterwards and they still looked the same, >> ie. not white-browed, black-faced or little, but looking like dusty! > > “They >> appeared to be the same size as the masked, which were flying with them. We >> saw many little woodswallows all day, and minutes after sighting the higher >> flying flock of masked, and these birds were clearly different, with little to >> no contrast between body and wings. > We only saw the birds in flight from >> underneath, so could not see a white streak on the leading edge of the >> wings. > My question is: are there any previous records of Dusky in the NT ? >> Could the somewhat unusual weather pattern with sustained strong SE winds have >> something to do with it? > The large flock was in exactly the same >> area/airspace as the one observed during the Fieldnats excursion on July 8. >> (namely where the Marakai track crosses the Adelaide river). Hope to hear re >> woodswallows. Does HANZAB have any records ?” Dominic Funnell was the second >> observer. > > Considering that : > > 1. Woodswallows are nomadic > > 1. Woodswallows >> often form mixed flocks > > 2. The known ranges of masked and dusky woodswallows >> show considerable overlap. > > Should the occasional sighting of dusky >> woodswallow in the Top End be much of a surprise? > > Comments please > > Cheers. >> Bas Hensen > > > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post >> | Start a New Topic > Messages in this topic (1) > RECENT ACTIVITY: New Members >> 1 > Visit Your Group > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest ? Unsubscribe ? 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