A blitz update, Friday 24 October
Well the weekend is almost upon us and hopefully the weather will be
ok, at least for Saturday. A few areas/grid cells remain either unclaimed,
their owners have relinquished them or their status has not been confirmed. Anyone
who is available at the last minute to do a spot of bird counting might like to
consider the following.
- drive out the Cotter
Rd, surveying in H15 (eg near "Winslade"), take in the Cotter
Dam G14 then swing back along Paddys River Rd/Tidbinbilla Rd to take in
H16 (Flints Crossing) and maybe I17 – a GPS would be useful for this
run, otherwise specific locations please
- any or all of the
grassland reserves – Crace, Gungaderra or Mulangarri in Gungahlin;
Jerrabomberra
- Yerrabi Track,
Namadgi NP
- Nursery Swamp,
Namadgi NP
- M15 – Canberrra Avenue
near Harman etc
- N12 - Goorooyarroo
South
- Rob Roy NR
- Farrer Ridge
- Blundells Ck and
Warks Rd
- Corin Dam and Corin Rd after
Square Rock [I am assured the road has now been reopened, as of today]
And of course if you know the location of a special bird or an
interesting breeding event, stop by if you can and make an incidental record of
it e.g. the Pied Cormorants on Aspen
Island. It's
amazing how many known birds are missed in the blitz because we are
concentrating on other areas.
May we all have a bird-rich, useful and safe weekend!
Barbara
