COG’S BIRD BLITZ 26-27 OCTOBER – Update 8 October
Nominations to survey sites have been coming in steadily and city sites have been pretty well covered but there are still many outstanding areas yet to be “adopted” for survey purposes over that weekend. If you “adopt” a site, you commit to doing at the very minimum a 20-minute 2-hectare survey there, though of course longer surveys and surveys of several sites are most welcome. Full details about the blitz and an Excel spreadsheet of the adopted sites are provided on the COG website; to “adopt” a site, please contact the blitz organiser Barbara Allan at m("canberrabirds.org.au","blitz");"> or telephone her on 6254 6520 or see her at the COG meeting. Here are some of the sites waiting adoption. More than one individual or group may survey each site, but it is helpful to spread our coverage as widely as possible.
Northside
Umbagong District Park; Ginninderra Creek; north Mulligans Flat NR; south Goorooyarroo NR
Central sites
National Museum environs; ANU; Kings Park; Commonwealth Park; Campbell Park; Mt Pleasant
Eastern sites
Fairbairn Pines; Queanbeyan Sewage works (yes this is in the ACT!); Oaks Estate
Western sites
Woodstock NR (W of the river); Coppins Crossing environs; Stoney Ck NR
Southern sites
Mt Mugga Mugga NR; Point Hut; Rob Roy NR; Urambi Hills NR; Bullen Range NR
Further afield in the Brindabellas and Namadgi NP
Fitz’s Hill; Shanahans Mtn; Yerrabi Track; many spots in the Brindabellas; Brandy Flat Hut; Square Rock; Mt Gingera; etc.
Come on, COG members! Sign up for an enjoyable day’s – or weekend’s – birding to help us build as complete a picture as possible of the birds of the ACT over that weekend!
