Today I did a belated June woodland survey for south Canberra. It was
belated due to missing the reminder as my current address was not in the
vital 'group', another unfortunate consequence of placing faith in
technology. Although the list archive is less than fully functional, it did
not go phut before I had conducted a little analysis of the June
correspondence, an easy thing to do with this excellent tool.
You may be interested to know that 56 different persons contributed
messages - using the term broadly - not counting A. Spammer who was
responsible for 6. I was appalled to find that I had contributed 23 -
nearly twice as many as the next 2 combined, who had 12 each. This is a
performance that I do not intend to repeat. I also find it necessary to
state that I do sometimes do other things.
Back to the survey. In case you were not aware of it, today was a brilliant
day. Absolutely cloudless after a little ground mist had lifted, and quite
still until about 1030. I am told that, as Marnix and Alastair will be
delighted to hear, Callum Brae is now functional as a nature park, although
still needing some 'setting up', whatever that means. However, there was
not a lot of bird life there this am, the main thing of note being numbers
of noisy and active Wood Duck inspecting and jostling for hollows. This
looks like being another busy year for this ever-increasing species.
There was more of interest on the other side of Mugga Lane, with a Grey
Currawong bathing and a few Fuscous with a couple of Yellow-faced
Honeyeaters. (I believe the Y/F occur there year-round). There was also a
mixed feeding flock including a pair of Scarlet Robins. There is only the
one pair, but they are always around roughly the same area and great MFF
participants, so if the Great Robin Expedition thinks it might have
difficulty with this species I am happy to give directions. Flame Robins
were on the upper grassy slopes of Callum Brae, but these seem to be hardly
worth a mention these days.
Speaking of things hardly worth a mention, there was a fox in one of my
sub-sites, which reminds me to report that the next-door-person saw one
running down the middle of the street the other day, being chased by a
magpie. I expect the street peacock, which thrives on a bit of drama, will
let us know if it comes around again.
Geoffrey Dabb
email :
ph/fax : 02 6295 3449
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