Well done David; the drongo rewards
the brave.
As to the proposed itinerary, that will be
Mullies and East Burley Griffies, but if you’re devoting a weekend surely
you’d want to take in Campbellies, Newlies and Fyshwick Sewagies -
and why not Namadgies?
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Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007
4:55 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Spangled
Drongo and other delights of downstream Jerra Creek
This morning Rod Mackay kindly guided Noela and me on a delightful
canoe/kayak trip at the east end of Lake
BG. We observed 49
species over four hours, incl two classified as unusual birds in COG's area of
concern, namely Pied Cormorant (4 or 6) and Spangled Drongo (1).
This is just the sixth record of the Drongo in the ACT, the others being Aranda
1980, Mt Majura 1989, Kambah 1990, ANBG 2000 and Downer 2002. Location of the
Drongo:
- Kingston
side of Jerrabomberra Creek near its mouth
- a short distance (50-100m) upstream of the power
lines that cross the creek which are, in turn, a short distance upstream of the
rowing club.
- the co-ords, from the map, are 0695750 6090100 GDA
Others saw it later in the day. Yarden Oren describes
the access as follows:
Land access through The Causeway, Kingston. enter the gate at the end of the
road, through the locked gate to the right, it was in the willows bordering the
creek.
I understand that it is quite weedy and snakey. Best
access may be via a disused oval.
Other birding highlights of our trip were lots of Darters on nests, and
Darter nests with fluffy pale young, in the lower reaches of the Molonglo River. Also 4 Black-fronted Dotterels
and 7 Dollarbirds.
It seems, then, for birders who keep lists, a morning's visit to Mulligan's
Flat and second morning at Jerrabomberra Creek could well produce 100 species.
A pretty good weekend's birding.
David
