I saw a small flock of eleven White-throated Needletails yesterday at around 7.30pm. They were swooping low over Toveys road which is around 10km south of Chiltern just off the Beechworth- chiltern road. From Joseph Birckhead, Chiltern > From: jstiles@optusnet.com.au > To: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au; tarburton.m@optusnet.com.au > Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:28:41 +1100 > Subject: [Birding-Aus] White-Throated Needletail & Fork-Tailed Swifts, Sydney Olympic Park > > > Hi List, > Conditions must have been excellent this morning at Concord West, NSW & Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush, NSW this morning for Needletails and Swifts. As I exited the station at 7:50am I could see a flock of about 40 White-Throated Needletails circling right above the station. GPS Co-ords -33.84857,151.085637. While I was watching them with my binoculars I was surprised to see a second higher flock of about 60 White-Throated Needletails flying due East very fast. The first flock was still at the same spot when I left after ten minutes. The second flock disappeared very soon after I first noticed it. I managed to take a few not very impressive photos of the first flock. > > Arriving at Lake Belvedere at 8:15am there were approximately 30 White-Throated Needltails and 2 Fork-Tailed Swifts circling above Lake Belvedere and nearby grass. GPS co-ords -33.850887,151.076088. > > I was also thrilled to spot a Nankeen Night Heron standing on the edge of the island in Lake Belvedere. I keep hearing & reading of them being seen at this spot & I finally managed to find one! > > From Jenny Stiles, Sydney > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > ===============================
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