Hirundo neoxena
Welcome Swallow at Molonglo Valley, ACT
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| Hirundo neoxena | natureguy | 18 Sep 2018 | |
| Hirundo neoxena | JonSteinbeck | 17 Sep 2018 |
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The area I was standing in was alive with Welcome Swallows. They were swooping, turning, diving and just showing why they are such good flyers. They were drinking water occasionally by skimming across the lake's surface but that was too hard to photograph. They would perch on a branch of a dead tree but as I started approaching they would start flying again. I think they may have been eating some of the small flying insects in the reeds based on some of the small objects in the photographs.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.088318-35.287590
- Altitude 550.0m
- Maps Lake Burley Griffin West
- Places Molonglo Valley, ACT
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- 9 Sep 2018 08:29 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
Collections
- BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hirundo neoxena Intermediate size Other Birds Birds
Species information
- Hirundo neoxena Scientific name
- Welcome Swallow Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1321.3m Recorded at altitude
Seasonal activity
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Nesting site
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