Following a good response to my call for additional blitzers
at the COG meeting on Wednesday, there are many more spotted grid cells on the
blitz map on the COG website, showing “adopted” sites for our
annual bird blitz on 30-31 October. But as always there are areas not yet
spoken for, and others whose status is unclear – that is, the possibly
interested blitzers have not confirmed whether they are available to survey or
not. I know some of you need to wait till nearer the time, because of work or
other commitments, but as soon as you can let me know, pls do so. Since sending
my last update to the website, the lower part of J14 has been adopted. The
following areas haven’t yet been found desirable.
In the north: Hall village, cemetery, TSR; Percival Hill NR;
Mulligans Flat North.
In the west: Uriarra Crossing; Woodstock NR; Coppins
Crossing area; Stoney Creek NR; properties along Cotter and Uriarra Rds.
In the south: Mt Mugga Mugga; Isaacs Ridge; Nursery Swamp;
Yankee Hat; Gibraltar Falls; Woods Reserve; Jerrabomberra grasslands; Lake
Tuggeranong; Corin Dam.
In the east: Queanbeyan sewage works; Oaks Estate.
Let me know if you can find time to adopt any of these areas
to survey over the weekend of 30-31 October. And yes, I keep sliding in a few
extra named sites to these lists as some people are unfamiliar with the COG
grid system and can cope more easily with names on a map. That’s fine, so
long as you can be precise on your datasheets about where you were surveying. Remember,
too, that if you see something worth recording (a raptor, for example) on your
travels over the blitz weekend, put in an incidental record for it.
Datasheets are downloadable from the COG website or can be
obtained from me; if you prefer to enter your data electronically, contact our
database manager Paul Fennell at
for a COG code, a password and instructions.
Happy blitzing, everyone! b
