Gooday Michael and birders,
Homestead Waterhole Prince of Wales Is. Coordinates 10 37 36 S 142 11 31 E
29 March 2021 15.00 Very high 6 Swifts sni. By the time I got my glasses the birds were out of view and were heading in Northerly direction. Strong SE breeze and Storm front approaching. My Wife Laura and daughter Camilla also witnessed the birds up very high and agreed on the scythe like wings of the birds.
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Jon Wren
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Gooday Michael and others,
21 March 2018 1755 Homestead waterhole Prince of Wales Is. Very cloudy sky with showers. Birds were observed just over the treetops and feeding. Main flock of 15 followed by smaller groups of 2 – 7 birds. Total 30+ birds over 30 min. period.
22 March 2018 Muralug Beach POW Is. 1825. Very heavy sky with storm front to the East of Horn Is. Flock of 60 birds first observed high up and travelling East. Over next 40 mins. flocks of 5 – 30 birds flew through at various heights. Birds lower seemed to be feeding above the treetops while others up higher moved easterly. Also observed a few smaller Swifts mixed in with the flock but unable to get a good view. Total of 200+ birds by the time the light failed.
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Jon, Laura and Camilla Wren
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Gooday,
Observed 9 Ft Swifts at the Homestead waterhole 17 Jan. 2018. We are experiencing a late Wet Season and the creek is not running. At 17.45 hours a cool front came through and 3 birds were sighted this was followed by a further 6 birds, very scattered group at various heights moving in a southerly direction.
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Gooday Michael and all,
Today 29 March 6.20 at Forrest Beach Qld. I observed another sparse flock of 30+ Ft Swifts accompanied by some smaller Swifts flying in a Southerly direction. Weather conditions were calm with high cloud. Sorry Michael for calling you Mark in the previous report. Didn’t have my glasses to try and identify the smaller swifts.
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Gooday all and Mark.
At 17.20 Tuesday 28 March at Forrest Beach 18 45 S 145 20? I observed 19 F-t Swifts flying in a Southerly direction in a sparse flock. The position of the sighting is on the Northern side of Cyclone Debbie with the weather here being very calm with light rain.
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Greetings all and a Happy safe Birding New Year.
While doing the rounds on Wed. 4 January 2017 on Greenhill, Thursday Is. I observed 40+ Ft Swifts. They were moving Northerly and at various heights. Some swooping low and feeding. Weather was sunny after a morning rain shower and no breeze. Time 08.48. Also observed some smaller swifts mixed in with the flock but had no glasses available.
At 09.30 I observed a further 6 Ft Swifts again travelling N.
In the evening I was just going down to check the dinghy when 9 Ft Swifts flew through travelling North. Time 18.25. Weather calm and a slight NE breeze.
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Jon Wren.
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Gooday,
Observed 3 Fork-tailed Swifts near Greenhill Fort at Thursday Is. flying in southerly direction. Rain earlier in the day with a strong SE breeze. A flock of 35 Spangled Drongo’s were also observed flying South. Osprey nesting on Broadcast Australia tower judging by behaviour.
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Gooday all, Could I suggest that the prey of the Spangled Drongo was a young or fledgling bird of those species mentioned. I have observed S Drongo feeding or taking advantage of fledgling birds at certain times of the year when other prey may be unavailable. But this is not common in my observations so I would consider it more opportunistic than normal behaviour? What is “normal” Regards Jon Wren and Gregg Malone. —–Original Message—– From: birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 2:00 AM To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org Subject: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 7, Issue 3 2. Spangled Drongo eating brown honeyeater (Trevor Quested) ———————————————————————- Message: 2 From: Trevor Quested <tquested@bigpond.com> To: Birding Aus <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Spangled Drongo eating brown honeyeater Message-ID: <aB3E0F67-0E61-4CFE-8FF2-30123CF8FCA9@bigpond.com > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii This morning in our garden in Bundaberg Queensland Annie noticed a Spangled drongo eating a brown honeyeater. This is the first time I have seen a drongo eating another bird. —————————— Message: 3 Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 08:56:53 +1000 From: “John Walter” <jcwally@bigpond.net.au> To: “‘Trevor Quested’” <tquested@bigpond.com>, “‘Birding Aus’” <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Spangled Drongo eating brown honeyeater Message-ID: <001501cf7eb5$f2b48190$d81d84b0$@net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” About 30 years ago in North Qld we saw a Drongo catch and eat a silvereye. —–Original Message—– From: Birding-Aus [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org] On Behalf Of Trevor Quested Sent: Tuesday, 3 June 2014 7:46 AM To: Birding Aus Subject: [Birding-Aus] Spangled Drongo eating brown honeyeater This morning in our garden in Bundaberg Queensland Annie noticed a Spangled drongo eating a brown honeyeater. This is the first time I have seen a drongo eating another bird. _______________________________________________ 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 Also in northern Queensland (Townsville) Spangled Drongo recorded catching and eating Zebra Finch. Peter Valentine On 03/06/2014, at 7:46 AM, Trevor Quested <tquested@bigpond.com