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Hello subscribers
During the very successful COG trip up Molonglo
Reach yesterday participants saw close to a record number of Darters (>80)
and lots of Darter nesting. However, numbers of cormorants were down
compared with previous years.
Jim the skipper indicated that he had recently been
down the eastern side of Black Mountain Peninsula where numbers, particularly of
Little Black Cormorants, are much higher. This is concentrated in 3
discrete little areas, and is therefore a shorter trip.
I'm keen to check this and compare it with previous
years. Part of it can be seen from the bike path but only a very
small percentage compared with gliding past in a boat.
So the following opportunity has arisen to join me
on either the electric or powered boat (depending on numbers).
Date: Saturday 29 March
Time: 17:30
Route: Roughly along the W bank to Sullivans
Creek and then down the eastern side of Black Mountain Peninsula - return the
same way or cutting around Springbank Island depending on the prevailing
conditions?
Timing: 60 minutes
Cost: $10 per person
Point of Departure: From the boats' home base
on Acton Peninsula (on the right angle bend on Lawson Crescent as noted on the
map on p59 in the Yellow Pages Directory).
Grateful if anyone who is interested in coming could let me know before
Easter so we can determine whether the trip is viable.
Jack Holland (6288 7840)
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