Just a reminder that for the purpose of Jerry Olsen’s
monitoring we are keen to get reports of breeding activity by – including
sightings of pairs of – Little Eagle, Whistling Kite and Swamp
Harrier. Any report of such activity on the blitz weekend, or at any other
time, can be sent to me. We are now watching the west Macgregor pair and
the Uriarra pair of LEs. We do not know of any nest activity by pairs
east of those locations.
I also note that the White Ibis survey that was the subject of
Chris Davey’s message is on that Sunday. This asks for all records
of White Ibis on that day to be sent to the organiser. gd
From: Barbara Allan
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Sent: Friday, 15 October 2010 5:32 PM
To: 'COG List'
Subject: [canberrabirds] COG's bird blitz update
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
