Breeding records in an office complex [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Breeding records (dependent young) this
week for Australian Reed-Warbler, Eastern Spinebill and Brown-headed Honeyeater
at Tuggeranong Office Park (TOP), within the Tuggeranong Town Centre.  It
shows what is possible when attention is paid to creating suitable bird
habitat in an urban environment, in particular a large office complex.

For those not familiar with TOP, the
complex has an artificial river corridor running between the buildings,
generously planted with a variety of eucalypts, casuarinas, acacias, grevilleas,
croweas, correas, lomandras, xanthoreas, banksias, hakeas, various reeds
and native grasses.  Even the car park at the front of the complex
is full of native plants, but sadly has been in decline since the drought.
 Other breeding records for this location include Pied Currawong,
Magpie-lark, Noisy Friarbird, Australian Magpie, Australian Raven.  Sadly,
the new building for the town centre, the Caroline Chisolm Centre next
door, is merely a concrete and glass monolith.  Considering it has
been built some 16 years after TOP, and in an age of increased attention
to environmental impacts, it is a sad indictment to what can be achieved.

Matthew Frawley**********************************************************************
IMPORTANT:  This e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is confidential, commercially valuable or subject to legal or parliamentary privilege.  If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that any review, re-transmission, disclosure, use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited by several Commonwealth Acts of Parliament.  If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this transmission together with any attachments.
**********************************************************************