While on holiday at Broulee over the weekend I came across six White-breasted Woodswallows hawking, calling, and occasionally resting in high dead branches of trees at 17:45 h on Friday 3 Feb. They were around the bridge that crosses the entrance to Malabar Lagoon from the Moruya River, 2 km east of Moruya along the road that follows the northern bank of the river to the aerodrome. Four of the birds were resighted on the following morning (11:00 h), Saturday 4 February. No doubt as to identity. Poor but diagnostic photos available. This is well to the south of their normal range along the east coast.
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As a south coast resident, this species is almost always along the Moruya River. I think most birds can’t read distribution maps 😉
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Hi Harvey
This seems to be a more regular site for this species than thought. Birds seen in Dec 2004.
http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/canberrabirds/2004-12/msg00070.html
Cheers Marnix
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A few years ago I saw a significant flock (perhaps 10, I don’t now remember the details) WBSWs at the same spot that Harvey mentions. They were hawking from two tall eucalypts on the Moruya side of the bridge. I was surprised and mentioned it to Barbara Allan who birds there a lot and she confirmed that she had also seen these birds.
David Rosalky
Sent: Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:12 PM
While on holiday at Broulee over the weekend I came across six White-breasted Woodswallows hawking, calling, and occasionally resting in high dead branches of trees at 17:45 h on Friday 3 Feb. They were around the bridge that crosses the entrance to Malabar Lagoon from the Moruya River, 2 km east of Moruya along the road that follows the northern bank of the river to the aerodrome. Four of the birds were resighted on the following morning (11:00 h), Saturday 4 February. No doubt as to identity. Poor but diagnostic photos available. This is well to the south of their normal range along the east coast.
Harvey Perkins
Canberra
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