A comment from Steve Debus Regards Shirley Cook —– Original Message —– From: “Steve Debus” < sdebus@une.edu.au> To: “Shirley Cook” < shirleycook@skymesh.com.au> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 4:51 PM Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] woodswallows > Hi Shirley, > > In dry years we do get big invasions of White-browed and a few Masked that > breed here among the local Duskies. Maybe the storm activity put a lot of > flying insects in the air and the woodswallows were foraging on them, much > as swifts do at storm fronts. Just a guess. I can’t recall offhand where > the nearest Little Woodswallow records are, I guess out towards Bingara or > Ashford normally. > > Cheers, > > Steve > > > > —–Original Message—– > From: Shirley Cook [mailto:shirleycook@skymesh.com.au] > Sent: Friday, 11 December 2015 4:43 PM > To: Steve Debus < sdebus@une.edu.au> > Subject: Fw: [Birding-Aus] woodswallows > > Any comment Steve? > > —– Original Message —– > From: “David Bishop” < kdbishop@ozemail.com.au> > To: “birding-aus” < Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org> > Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 3:23 PM > Subject: [Birding-Aus] woodswallows > > >> At 14.30 this afternoon and seemingly associated with a small but >> dramatic >> storm cell, hundreds of White-browed Woodswallows together with a handful >> of Masked, Dusky (they also nest on our property) and I think one or two >> Little, passed ESE to NW in a narrow front over our property (84 Kirby >> Rd., Armidale, NSW 2350) for some 35 mins. I’m not often home enough to >> see such events but was thrilled to witness this. Any comments on what >> was >> going on would well received. >> >> Best wishes for the festive season >> David >> >> >> >> >> >> >> P. O. Box 1234, Armidale, NSW 2350, Australia >> >>
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