Hello all, We arrived on a very dry Christmas Island on Saturday afternoon with all the usual pools/ponds of water bone dry. Sunday night bought a change of weather, with over night rain, which has continued intermittently for the last two days.
The first morning after the rain we found a nice PURPLE-BACKED STARLING close to our accommodation which was very co-operative with several excellent photos obtained. An afternoon storm had us all heading to North West Point in search of incoming swifts and we weren’t disappointed. Two hours of exciting swift watching revealed over 30 ASIAN HOUSE MARTINS, EDIBLE-NEST SWIFTLET, HOUSE SWIFT and a yet to be identified larger swift/swiftlet which we are thinking is HIMALAYAN SWIFTLET. We have video footage and photos of this bird which should help with ID.
Cheers Richard Baxter WWW.birdingtours.com.au
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