At the COG meeting last night, prizes [kindly donated by
Steve Stephinson, Vivien Pinder, Margaret Aston, Susan Robertson and Bob Digan ]
were awarded in various categories, as follows:
Lucky draw for participation in every blitz so far (prize a
copy of “Waterbirds”, by Theodore Cross, donated by Bob Digan):
Bruce Lindenmayer
Lucky draw prize for two days’ blitzing or more than
10 datasheets in 2010 (prize a painting by Vivien Pinder): John Brannan
Lucky draw prize for recording a vulnerable species (prize a
framed photograph by Steve Stephinson): Roger Curnow
Lucky draw prize for recording the most unusual bird, the
Channel-billed Cuckoo (prize a bottle of wine from Margaret Aston): John
Brannan
Lucky draw prizes for participants in the 2010 blitz (packs
of greeting cards or assorted books): Lia Battison, Terry Bell, Darryl Beaumont,
Jenny Bounds, Muriel Brookfield, Erin Brown, Jean Casburn, Geoffrey Dabb, Chris
Davey, Eva de Kool, Marthijn de Kool, Paul Fennell, Peter Fullagar, Jim Graham,
Horst Hahne, Kay Hahne, Roy Harvey, Jack Holland, Anne Holmes, Alison
Mackerras, Paul Mackerras, Peter Milburn, Gail Neumann, Vivien Pinder, David Rees,
David Rosalky, Ros Walcott and Louise Wangerer.
Only a few prize-winners were present to collect their
prizes, so I shall take them again to the February COG meeting. If winners are
not going to be at that meeting, they might like to contact me to arrange
collection or delivery.
Again, many thanks to all participants for their
contribution to COG’s blitz surveys. A report on the outcomes will be
available in Canberra Bird Notes later
in the year. And please put the dates of this year’s blitz in your
diaries NOW – 29-30 October 2011. Barbara
Allan, blitz coordinator
