Two mixed flocks (~30 around noon; 150+ around 3pm) of Masked and White-browed Woodswallows yesterday over Mt Lofty (Boyce Gardens, Mackenzie St). They were travelling in a westerly direction.
Keep your eyes/ears open for more over the next month or so. Be good if we can pick up a Black-faced amongst them too.
Cheers
Mick
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Hi Michael
The same thing was going on here on Saturday - thanks for your phone call by the way.
Michael Wood and I saw at least 100-150 in one flock at Abberton between 8 and 9am at Abberton, predominately White-browed.
Throughout the day several more largish flocks came over, all heading more or less NW-ish.
I believe Michael W saw a very much larger flock earlier in the day, which he will no doubt post.
Bill
The same thing was going on here on Saturday - thanks for your phone call by the way.
Michael Wood and I saw at least 100-150 in one flock at Abberton between 8 and 9am at Abberton, predominately White-browed.
Throughout the day several more largish flocks came over, all heading more or less NW-ish.
I believe Michael W saw a very much larger flock earlier in the day, which he will no doubt post.
Bill
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Masked and White-browed Woodswallows
Hello Mick and Bill
Yes, you are correct, Bill. Early on Saturday morning there was a very large flock (>1500 birds) of mixed woodswallows seen along Little Oakey Creek Road, just north of Withcott. The overwhelming majority were white-browed, but there was the odd masked woodswallow among them. Interestingly, they too eventually headed off in a westerly direction.
Yes, you are correct, Bill. Early on Saturday morning there was a very large flock (>1500 birds) of mixed woodswallows seen along Little Oakey Creek Road, just north of Withcott. The overwhelming majority were white-browed, but there was the odd masked woodswallow among them. Interestingly, they too eventually headed off in a westerly direction.
Michael Wood
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Masked and White-browed Woodswallows
Another huge flock of mixed woodswallows numbering a couple of thousand were in the skies over Darling Heights yesterday afternoon. The make-up of the flock appeared to be somewhere in the vicinity of 25-33% and 75-66% masked and white-browed woodswallows respectively. They were busy on the start of a large rain front, which ended up dropping hail.
Michael Wood