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Re: FW: [canberrabirds] Parkwood update

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Subject: Re: FW: [canberrabirds] Parkwood update
From: "David McDonald (personal)" <>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 10:28:14 +0000
The ACT Govt Place Names folk advise as follows:

Parkwood
Alick Osborne, a Royal Navy surgeon, applied for permission to purchase land in January 1829; he eventually obtained an area of 987 acres on the Ginninderra Creek at its junction with the Murrumbidgee River; in 1854 he sold his land to Thomas Southwell, who named the property `Parkwood'. Named after Park Wood near Robertsbridge in England from whence the Southwells came.

Cheers - David

On 2019-02-15 14:42, Geoffrey Dabb wrote:

Speaking of going first, I was wondering about the naming process.  Did the egg business take the name from the road, or perhaps from a property of that name served by the road?  In other words, which came first, Parkwood or the Eggs?

-----Original Message-----
From: Con Boekel <>
Sent: Friday, 15 February 2019 2:18 PM
To: canberrabirds chatline <>
Subject: Parkwood update

Activity has quietened down considerably.

Bushlarks and Brown Songlarks were still present.

Some display singing from Bushlarks still in progress.

Stubble Quail still doing their three note calls.

Cisticolas still calling.

Only two short display flights by male Brown Songlarks in a two hour duration. No sightings of female or juvenile Brown Songlarks.

A single Wedgie.

A flock of Gang Gangs which flew from the direction of the Bidgee Valley into the Big Row of Pines, plus a very large flock of Starlings which were demonstrating good formation flying and which were feeding in the grasslands were the highlights. At one stage I observed a single young Starling leading a flock of several hundreds of birds. This prompted the question.

'Who decides who goes first?'

regards

Con


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