On my weekly walk down our valley today I saw 2 white-browed woodswallows: 1 male, the other looked like a female but behaved like a juvenile by calling to the male (presumably) & vibrating its wings. This is only the 2nd time I've seen this species in 24 years of living where I live.
Very interesting Woko, I have never seen one either, although I looked in my book (for the second time tonight,LOL), and it tells me I could find them everywhere in Australia. Where would I look for them, if I wanted to find any? M-L
(Woko,do you take photos?It would be so good to see some.If I would give you my e-mail ad., would you send them to me, and I could post them?)
M-L
I did take some shots with my pocket camera & I'll try to post them in a few days time. (I've been on the verge of learning to post photos for a couple of months!) But the light wasn't very good so I'm not confident the shots will be very useful. Still, I can but try. Thanks for the offer to post them but I really must get off my derriere & learn to do it myself.
You'd be likely to see white-browed woodswallows almost anywhere from the WA border eastwards but I understand they tend to fly high in large flocks. My impression is that it's pot luck if you see any at close quarters. The pair I saw today & the birds I saw about 20 years ago were in the vicinity of lots of dusky woodswallows. We've had excellent breeding of the latter species this spring & I counted 19 of them, adults & young together, today.
Saw lots of white-breasted and masked woodswallows on long trips, all across the country, but haven't managed to see a white-browed o ne. The white-breasted ones are cute though, they like to cuddle.
Meave
Good shot of the masked trio, Meave: Athos, Porthos & Aramis.
Much to my pleasant surprise the white-browed woodswallows are still in residence. There are an adult male & female & what I think is a young male. The last looks identical to an adult male without the white eyebrow. I was also attacked by the adults so that's an indication there's at least one young one about. They're still in the vicinity of a bunch of dusky woodswallows.
Those white-browed woodswallows are still in residence. I haven't seen the young one for a couple of weeks but I'm attacked by the male occasionally. I've also seen the male with a grasshopper in its bill, waiting for me to move on before feeding it to the young one(s), presumably. As yet, I haven't been able to get a decent photo.