Callum Bare - weed management and cool birds

[Sue Lashko <>]

This was done at Newline a number of years ago and then the piles of weeds were left as habitat for small bird.  This was very successful but the downside was that rabbits found the piles perfect for building burrows under.

 

Sue

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Brett Howland <> wrote:

Saw many birds in Callum Brae today, including southern white faces, diamond firetails, massive group of flame robins, scarlet robins, and speckled warblers.

 

While at Callum brae I noticed some sweet briar has been chopped down. If there is a plan to continue to remove this, and other habitat weeds like black berries I would be very concerned. Has COG contacted Environment ACT regarding leaving these types of weeds? Unless they plan to replant native shrubs, it’s the only cover small birds have.

 

Brett

Brett Howland
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Fenner School of Environment and Society
ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment
The Australian National University
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