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Jan 17, 2017

Hello Ros,

I have now paid the invoice, but I would like to write to you just to say a big THANK YOU for getting me the Penguin!

The ChatterMate Penguin became a nice memory for me when I was in New Zealand, and I am so greatful to you for arranging so that I could have it! :-)

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!

Regards,
Malin

Hi Ros,

Many thanks for your very kind email.  I really appreciate your prompt reply!

I appreciate your advice regarding the decorations and customs.  These are a gift for my daughter’s exchange student family so when she returns home on the weekend  I will show her and see if she loves them as much as I do!

Thanks so very much again - I am truly grateful for your kind assistance.

Kind Regards
Bernadette

Ros,

Thanks again for the great customer service. It's a refreshing change!

Best regards,
Trevor

Hey Roz,

Thank you for your emails. Just loved my first order. The cute little Aussie bush critters are going to be used for an office Christmas decoration. My colleagues also liked them and talked about making an order to your site. I'll send you a photo when completed.

I'll be ordering more to send to my daughter's host family in America.
Fabulous service from you.

Kind regards,
Michelle

Thankyou. Order arrived today. One very happy grandson with his new beastly binoculars.

Regards,
Irene

White-breasted Woodswallow

White breasted Woodswallow

Quick Facts

Length: 18 cm
Height: -
Weight: 40 grams
Colour: -
Habitat: eucalypt forests and woodlands
Food: insects as well as nectar
Predators: -
Status: Not present in Tasmania - Secure in all other states and territories

The White-breasted Woodswallow is a medium-sized bird with a dark grey head and neck. It has dark blue-grey upperparts, tail and wings, white white underparts and underwings. The bill is bluish, tipped black and the eye is dark brown. Young birds tend to be mottled brown on the upperparts with a creamy tinge to the white undeparts and have a thin cream eyebrow. This species can be seen in flocks of 10 to 50, even up to 100, birds. These flocks may cluster together day or night in roosts.


Similar species: 

The White-breasted Woodswallow is the only one of the woodswallows with no white in its tail. Its distinctive 'hood' and white breast also help to distinguish it.

Distribution: 

The White-breasted Woodswallow is found from northern coastal Western Australia, across the Kimberley region into the Northern Territory, and through most of Queensland, New South Wales (but not on the south coast), western Victoria and north-eastern South Australia. 


Habitat: 

The White-breasted Woodswallow is found in eucalypt forests and woodlands, usually close to water, and in mangroves.
 

Seasonal movements: 

Nomadic; partially migratory in the south of its range, moving north during autumn and south during spring.

Feeding: 

The White-breasted Woodswallow feeds on insects, catching them on the wing. Will also forage on the ground or in canopy. Like other woodswallows, this species has a divided, brush-tipped tongue that can be used to feed on nectar from flowers.
 

Breeding: 

The White-breasted Woodswallow builds a shallow, bowl-shaped nest from grasses, roots and twigs, lined with fine grass. The nest is placed in a tree fork, hollow stump or inside the abandoned nest of a Magpie-lark, 4 m - 30 m off the ground. Both sexes build the nest, incubate the eggs and feed the young.

Author: Ros Plunkett
Last Updated: Thursday 30th January, 2014
References:
BirdLife Australia - www.birdlife.org.au

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