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Barbara Allan and myself were driven around the Range to our 8 sites by Environmental Officer Clare Joseph, because the previous Friday I had written off my Toyota Prado in a slight altercation with a Ford Falcon on Belconnen Way. Many thanks
to Clare for taking the time to escort us around.
It was a beautiful winter’s day, cold, sunny and bright and no wind. Not many birds either. A miserly total of 24 species observed in or around the sites. Mostly the usual suspects - starlings, rosellas, magpies, ravens and the odd thornbill
here and there. A couple of Grey Teal on the dam at site 9 replaced the grebes that are normally there. Water level on the dam as low as we have ever seen. The only bright spot was the sighting of a couple of Scarlet Robins at site 10, a rare event there.
Between the sites we saw some pipits, a white-faced heron, a common Bronzewing and a brace of choughs (fewer than usual).
So bird wise the soup was a bit thin, but it was a lovely day to be out contemplating the wonders of nature. Looking forward to a brighter spring.
Paul Fennell
Editor, COG Annual Bird Report
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