The editors of Gang-gang may wish to include this brief and somewhat tardy report
11 members gathered in the AIS car park and were consistently entertained
by a modest number of Superb Parrots in the usual trees. As we moved off towards Ginninderra Drive others flew past in both directions. We concluded that there were 20 birds present.
Possibly the most exciting sighting occurred as we walked through a degraded car park covered with 20 cm high grass, A Latham's Snipe flushed - a long way from any water - and took off flying fast and high. It was joined by a second snipe and both headed
towards Kaleen.
The water features provided a fair range of the usual suspects including very young Dusky Moorhen and Eurasian Coots. Our other breeding record was Magpie-lark feeding young.
A good range of suburban and bush birds were seen as we looped around the AIS and back through Bruce Ridge below the rumble of Gungahlin Drive.
Our final tally was 46 species.
