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John Tongue  
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 More options May 10, 11:13 pm
From: John Tongue <j...@iprimus.com.au>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 13:13:47 +1000
Local: Sat, May 10 2008 11:13 pm
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Amazing birding experiences - honeyeater migration
Hi Arwen,
Could the pigeons be racing pigeons?  Owners let them out most days  
for exercise, and they fly around 'aimlessly' in tight groups.

John Tongue
Ulverstone, TAs.

On 11/05/2008, at 12:56 PM, Arwen B. Ximenes wrote:

> Carol, this makes more sense to me now because the first flocks of  
> migrating honeyeaters I saw (at Lawson, approx. 15 kms east of  
> Katoomba) were heading west. Then there seemed to be a shift  
> northwards for a while, now they seem to be heading in both  
> directions (I guess it just depends when you're looking out the  
> window - some have been going south too - go figure!) I thought  
> they would have started petering out by now - I'm going to miss  
> them when they do. They like stopping off to feed in our Banksias  
> (spinifolia, I think), so it would be nice to plant some more.

> While we're on flocks - this morning we saw flocks of 100 or so  
> Feral Pigeons flying over Bullaburra and Lawson - they didn't seem  
> to have any particular goal, just swooping around up high in fairly  
> tight formations. Any idea what that's about?
> cheers,
> Arwen
> ......................................... Arwen Blackwood Ximenes
> Lawson, Blue Mountains, NSWarwe...@hotmail.com
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