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Spring flowering in the Riverina

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Subject: Spring flowering in the Riverina
From: "Jenny Bounds" <>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:07:28 +1000
Greetings: Several members and I have just returned from a COG trip to Oolambeyan National Park in the Riverina.  The display of wildflowers in the native grasslands across the Riverina is stunning this year, many different paper daisies in mass flowering particularly.  While the 30 degrees plus temps in the first week of Sept did start to dry plants off, the 10ml rain there last Thursday and milder weather may keep things looking good for a little while longer.  On the birds front, the trip highlights were close views of Black Honeyeater, Crimson Chat and Black-eared Cuckoo, plus some very fruitful spotlighting walks in the grasslands and Black Box woodlands.  There are many grassland birds breeding as you would expect, eg Brown Songlark, Singing Bushlark, Little Button Quail and Stubble Quail.  We did not record Plainswander this time, although we spotlighted on foot around a couple of known areas. Unfortunately, the rain downpour on the last afternoon meant the Ranger could not take vehicles in to spotlight in one of the best paddocks.  However, we expect to take a COG group again in two years time.
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