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Hi Denis,
most interesting to have some one who went out with Don
Lamm to Lake George. However, the area surveyed by Don Lamm and others (incl.
the "Wilson family" as in the acknowledgements) is very much the same that COG
surveyed later as part of its waterbird surveys, although we did not manage
to round the northern tip as far East as probably D.L. would have done (heavily
stocked with cattle by then).
Michael Lenz
From:
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] [Fwd: Lake George] - student seeking
information
Hi Sandra
I know that my father's close friend Don Lamm
(D.W. Lamm) conducted a waterbird survey at the northern end of Lake George over
a number of years through the early 1960s. From memory he resumed this survey
which he had conducted during a previous posting to Canberra (in the 1950s I
believe).
Don was Charge D'Affaires at the American Embassy in Canberra
during the early 1960s.
He had been posted here in the 1950s I
believe.
He was around Canberra probably before COG was formed - I am not
totally sure when he left Australia.
From memory he published papers in
the Emu. Some were jointly published with my father (S.J. WIlson) but they would
have been papers on small passerines.
RE Lake George, I found one
reference with a quick Google Search.
Incidentally, the
area Don surveyed has been totally dry for about 30 years. Even with the return
of some water to the southern end of the Lake bed, the area Don surveyed would
be approx 8 Kms from standing water. I may be able to help give general
directions to the area he surveyed, as I accompanied him on several such
surveys.
Mark Clayton and other senior members of COG might also
be able to flesh out this report, as Mark would almost certainly remember
Don.
Don Lamm travelled widely in his diplomatic career, in Africa
and South America, and then retired to Arizona, so Google Searches with DW Lamm
and birds will probably all relate to him. I know he collected many specimens
for the Smithsonian Museum, mostly South American birds.
I hope that is
of interest to your correspondent.
Denis Wilson
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Canberra Ornithologists
Group Inc. <>
wrote:
the request below is self explanatory - please get back to
me if you can help this student and if you're happy for me to pass on contact
details so she can email you or phone you.
sandra henderson
COG
secretary
__________________________________________
I am
currently completing history honours at the ANU. Broadly speaking, my thesis
is an environmental history of Lake George. I have found early evidence of a
bird and animal sanctuary on the Lake. I was wondering if your group has had
any association with Lake George and if not, if you would know which
organisations did? I am very keen to write about the significance of
conservation in the area historically, so any help, or direction you could
give me would be very much appreciated.
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