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I'd like to add my congratulations to everyone who
participated so enthusiastically in COG's first blitz. The team I was
with was not put off by the rain and covered 8 grid cells in the Cotter
Hut/Flats area. Amazingly the rain mostly held off and the birds were
surprisingly active - with generally over 10 species in each 2 ha
survey.
Most of all I'd like to congratulate and thank
Barbara Allan and her very small team for having done all the hard work in
organising this very successful event, which I'm keen will become an annual
one. It's so invaluable to be able to get a snapshot of what is present in
the ACT over a particular weekend. It's probably the only place in
Australia where you can do it, and to me so much more important than a
twitchathon, worthy as that is.
So let's make sure you participate and every grid
cell is visited in 2006
Jack Holland
COG President
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