Hi Tom et al. I was staying at the in-laws on Burns Rd in Wahroonga (northern Sydney) yesterday. I was excited to hear then see (presumably) the same flock of Masked and White-browed Woodswallow a little before 10.30am yesterday. Burns Rd is approximately 1km from Tom’s sighting. Was great to see the flock. I didnt get a full count like your did Tom as the tall trees obscured full view of the flock but I saw about 30 birds, at least 5 were Masked. The flock was circling interestingly low unlike usual woodswallow flocks which often fly quite high. No other species interracted with them while I watched. I used to see larger flocks over East Killara (app. 10km away) when I lived there from 2009 – 2012. They often appeared ahead of hot dry weather. Regards, Kurtis Lindsay
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They’ve been around Melbourne area over the last few days, so maybe something to do with the sudden burst of warmer weather and strong winds.
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Having spent a bit of time cleaning the debris from my pool yesterday afternoon, my guess is they were following a swarm of flying ants. Would be interesting to see if other reporters can also determine (guess?) food source. Cheers Tom Wilson Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 4:42 PM Several people have seen them (both species) in Canberra today (including me, over my house whilst hanging out clothes) and recent days. Philip —–Original Message—– Kurtis Lindsay Sent: Sunday, 4 October 2015 4:01 PM Cc: birding-aus@birding-aus.org Hi Tom et al. I was staying at the in-laws on Burns Rd in Wahroonga (northern Sydney) yesterday. I was excited to hear then see (presumably) the same flock of Masked and White-browed Woodswallow a little before 10.30am yesterday. Burns Rd is approximately 1km from Tom’s sighting. Was great to see the flock. I didnt get a full count like your did Tom as the tall trees obscured full view of the flock but I saw about 30 birds, at least 5 were Masked. The flock was circling interestingly low unlike usual woodswallow flocks which often fly quite high. No other species interracted with them while I watched. I used to see larger flocks over East Killara (app. 10km away) when I lived there from 2009 – 2012. They often appeared ahead of hot dry weather. Regards, Kurtis Lindsay
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Several people have seen them (both species) in Canberra today (including me, over my house whilst hanging out clothes) and recent days. Philip —–Original Message—– Kurtis Lindsay Sent: Sunday, 4 October 2015 4:01 PM Cc: birding-aus@birding-aus.org Hi Tom et al. I was staying at the in-laws on Burns Rd in Wahroonga (northern Sydney) yesterday. I was excited to hear then see (presumably) the same flock of Masked and White-browed Woodswallow a little before 10.30am yesterday. Burns Rd is approximately 1km from Tom’s sighting. Was great to see the flock. I didnt get a full count like your did Tom as the tall trees obscured full view of the flock but I saw about 30 birds, at least 5 were Masked. The flock was circling interestingly low unlike usual woodswallow flocks which often fly quite high. No other species interracted with them while I watched. I used to see larger flocks over East Killara (app. 10km away) when I lived there from 2009 – 2012. They often appeared ahead of hot dry weather. Regards, Kurtis Lindsay
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