Another small warning is that on Sunday the Fitz's Challenge cycle
event is on from 6:30am, so anyone travelling on the following roads
should be especially careful of cyclists: Uriarra Road, Brindabella
Road, Cotter Road, Paddys River Road, Corin Road, Naas Road, Apollo
Road, Boboyon Road.
Matthew Frawley
martin butterfield wrote:
One
small warning. There is apparently a car rally happening in the
Cotter-Urriara area tomorrow - I'm not sure of the details but those in
that direction might like to keep alert for (a) closed forest roads
(the red low flying thing may be a Toyota not a Crimson Rosella) and
(b) the spectators who may not be travelling at the speed used by
birders.
Martin
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Barbara
Allan <>
wrote:
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
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