Flowering and Frogmouths [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Hi Martin, I'm not sure if the issue
of Me Tooism on the chatline has been decided in favour of the cessation
of such postings.  I speculate that there is a good proportion of
people who don't mind hearing of other sightings, even if they might be
considered mundane to some, or a repeat of something similar.  I also
suspect a strong sense of feeling that everyone should feel safe to post
their observations without fear of negative judgement from elite opinion.
 I concede that the finer detail of frogmouth nesting observations
would be better going direct to you if you are preparing an article for
Canberra Bird Notes.

Finally, I put forward the sentiment
that encouraging posting of observations is more valuable to the group
than the opposite, which could result in missing out on knowing what is
being seen, especially if it is an influx - and a reminder that all such
observations are ideally followed-up with the completion of an official
COG observation record for the database.

Matthew Frawley

From:	martin butterfield <>
To:	COG List <>
Date:	10/07/2009 10:51 AM
Subject:	[canberrabirds] Flowering and Frogmouths

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I was a tad late late joining the Meeting on Wednesday
but noticed some discussion of flowering when I arrived.  It looks
from the amount of buds around that the Red Box (Eucalyptus polyanthemos)
around Carwoola are going to flower very vigorously this year.  (Last
year it was mainly the Yellow Box E. meliodora that performed.)  Also
today i noticed that some of out Mistletoes (Ameyema sp - probably pendula,
from the timing) are in flower and the flowers are being knocked off. 
It will be interesting to see if any of the mistletoe specialists turn
up.

Earlier in the week our pair of Tawny Frogmouths appeared, roosting very
close to their nest-site of last year.  If they do nest again I will
attempt to monitor the site and write it up for Canberra Bird Notes. 
If others with regularly visited sites cared to share their observations
with me that would be welcome.  To avoid upsetting the members of
Me Too it would probably be good if most of such updates came directly
to me rather than to the chatline.

Martin

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