Turquoise Parrots at Hospital Creek

[Julian Robinson <>]

Anybody tossing up whether to brave the showers forecast for Sunday's
walk might be encouraged by the results of my recce this morning with
Lindsay Nothrop.  A Turquoise Parrot in the depths of Hospital Creek
and then 6km away and an hour later, another one, this time a female (or
immature?).  Noticed and recognised by Lindsay of course. 
Other sightings included Lyrebird, Gang-gangs and at the carpark were
Rufous Songlark, Diamond Firetail and a Brown Treecreeper.

Julian

At 08:34 PM 27/11/06, Jack and Andrea Holland wrote:
> A
> reminder that the final COG formal weekend outing for takes place this
> Sunday to the Hospital Creek area of the Namadgi NP.  There's still
> plenty of room as numbers are relatively modest at this time.  With
> cooler weather forecast this will be the place to be (and who cares if we
> manage to bring on a shower or two while we're walking, something COG
> trips haven't been able to do this spring since the thunderstorm at
> Campbell Park drenched us all on the raptor twitchathon.
>  
> Details follow.
>  
> Jack Holland
>  
>  
>
> Hospital Creek, Namadgi National Park, Sunday 3 December ? day outing
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> The last formal COG outing for 2006 will be held in this popular national
> park to the south of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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> />Canberra.  The ACT Parks and Conservation Service have
> suggested Hospital Creek, with its 4 years of regrowth, as a site which
> should have birds plus be of use to them if surveyed.  We will be
> car parking and using the toilets at Yankee Hat carpark, then do a walk
> in.  Julian Robinson who knows the area has kindly offered to help
> guide us on a circular walk of 4-6 km following both the road and the
> creek, lunching on the creek (possibly at the Hospital Creek Hut). 
> We can be flexible about the exact route, which will depend on where the
> birds are and the weather on the day.
>
>  
>
> If you are interested in participating, please contact Jack Holland (6288
> 7840 A/H or by E-mail on
> m("deh.gov.au","jack.holland");">
> ).  We will meet at the Kambah Village shops at 7:30 am, so we
> can consolidate cars and get to the Yankee Hut car park well before 9
> am.
>
>

Cheers

Julian
Canberra
Australia