Con
Many thanks for the directions. I saw all three birds at about 11:30 this morning. It was made easy by them calling which focussed my attention of the correct bit of the paddock. Unusually for this genus, although I was only about 150m away, they didn't attack me.
A couple of comments about getting to the site:
- It is far closer to use the entrance off Horse Park Drive (HPD). However this involves crossing a deep'n'steep drain which could pose risks to the underside of a conventional vehicle: my Forester made it OK but did ding the exhaust pipe on the way out. It might be possible to park between HPD and the drain.
- If entering from this point just follow the boundary fence (include entering the predator free area) until you are past the dam and come to a fence in the paddocks running perpendicular to the ppf. Then scan the area between the old house site (elm trees stand out) and a large heap of dirt about 300m away. The grass is reasonably high but the lapwings poked out of the top of it on occasion.
Martin
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 8:25 PM, con <> wrote:
Frank
There are two adults and a chick. They are on private leaseholder's land. They can be viewed from inside the fence at Mulligan's Flat.
Directions are:
1. Go to the main entrance to Mulligan's Flat NR at Forde suburb.
2. Proceed to the Big Dam.
3. Move to the south-east from the Big Dam.
4. You will then have the security fence between yourself and the private leaseholder's land.
5. The territory of the Banded Lapwing pair covers the northern-most section of the paddock (ie the section adjacent to the fence) and they should be within view from Mulligan's Flat NR. (At the north-eastern corner of the paddock there is a copse of trees that once marked the location of a house. These trees are light green in colour. They are the clue that you are looking into the right paddock.)
6. The lapwings have a tendency to occupy the north-westernmost section of the paddock but are quite mobile.
I would appreciate any observations of the Banded Lapwings, particularly those relating to the chick.
regards
Con
wrote:
Hi Barbara
Banded Lapwing is an interesting record - where was that seen, please?
Regards
Frank Antram
-----Original message-----
From: "Barbara Allan"
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:24:18 +1000
To: "'COG List'"
Subject: interim blitz results
Thanks to everyone who participated and who responded so promptly to my plea
for datasheet returns. So far there have been 211 datasheets (153 hard copy,
58 via COG's electronic data input system) from 62 participants, who covered
80 named grid cells in the ACT (and many more whose identity I have yet to
check). 171 bird species have been recorded, 56 of them breeding. Three
species were recorded for the first time in the blitz: Powerful Owl,
White-fronted Chat and Banded Lapwing. I shall have tubestock of dodonea and
indigoferra, courtesy of Greening Australia, available for collection at the
November COG meeting for all blitz participants (presuming I can keep them
alive till then!) plus there will be fantastic lucky draw prizes. To those
of you who have asked specific questions or put in dodgy data, I shall be
contacting you in due course. Cheers, b
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