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If any one is interested in viewing
darter/cormorant nesting at close quarters, there are still some spots available
on the COG trips this weekend.
Details are below. Please contact me by
return E-mail or as indicated below.
Jack Holland
Lake Burley Griffin/Molonglo
Reach cruises.
What better way to start off
the outings in the new year by spending a balmy summer?s evening cruising
silently either on Lake Burley Griffin or East
Basin/Molonglo Reach on the all electric "E.L. Cygnet?. Both are
designed so that food and drinks can be taken on board and
consumed during the trip, for example during a lull in bird
activity. Please book your place on the boat with Jack Holland (6288 7840
AH or by E-mail on m("deh.gov.au","jack.holland");">). As the boat
takes a maximum of 10 passengers it will be on a ?first in best dressed?
basis.
Lake Burley Griffin;
Saturday 14 January ? Evening electric boat cruise
On this trip we?ll be keeping
close to shore looking at the darter and cormorant nesting on the eastern shore
of Black Mountain Peninsula and visiting Yarralumla and Orana Bays checking for
for Silver
Gulls nesting on moored boats or
pontoons. We will also be listening for Bitterns booming,
and it is expected there will be a range of other birds both on shore and on the
water.
The boat trip will last about
2 hours and will cost $20, payable in cash on boarding. The boat will
leave at 6 pm from the jetty at the Australian Museum. Note this is
different from 2005 and is where the steam paddler is tied up (near the labelled
Hospital Pt on Map 59 of the Yellow Pages).
East Basin/Molonglo River;
Sunday 15 January ? Electric boat cruise
The final outing for 2004 will
be a further cruise on the upper parts of Lake Burley Griffin and the adjacent
Molonglo River on the all electric "E.L. Cygnet?. As members
will be aware this boat allows both a quiet approach as well as access to areas
normally difficult to get to. The main objective will be to view nesting,
with three species of cormorant and lesser numbers of darters having already
started, but the area is also rich in other waterbirds. A variety of brids
can also be expected to be seen on the shore.
The boat trip will leave at 5
pm and last about 2 hours and will cost $20, payable in cash on boarding.
Note that the point of departure continues to be from the little landing
adjacent to the car park in Bowen Park opposite the new Landmark
Apartments. This car park may be accessed off Bowen Drive (going either
way).
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