Spaces are still available for the first COG field trip of 2011.
Details are below, and I would add that bringing gaiters to protect
shoes & socks from grass seeds and insect repellent for mosquitoes
will enhance the experience.
Saturday 15 January 2011 — Mt Taylor Nature Reserve (morning
walk)
Meet at 7am at the Colquhoun Street entrance to the Mt Taylor Nature
Reserve, which is off Sulwood Drive in Kambah. This is a repeat of the
outing to this location held in early September 2009. We will look to
see how this important habitat for birds has responded to a year of
high rainfall and experience the differences from visiting in the
middle of summer compared to early spring. This part of the nature
reserve contains the endangered Yellow Box-Red Gum Grassy Woodland and
so we hope to see a large variety of birds. We will also ascend a short
way up the slope of the mountain, where the habitat changes to include
a lot of Allocasuarina verticillata – a food source for the Glossy
Black-Cockatoo, which we hope to record here for the first time
since 1996. Medium fitness required as terrain is sloped. Bring water,
sunscreen and morning tea. To register or for further information,
contact Matthew Frawley email: m("gmail.com","frawley.matthew");"> or on
6155 1358 (w), 6296 1026 (h).
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