Good morning COG/Canberra Birds members and chat line subscribers, a reminder that the monthly COG/Canberra Birds meeting will be held tomorrow evening Wednesday 11 June from
7:30 pm at our usual Canberra Girls Grammar School venue.
However, please note that we will be meeting in the Chapel while the Multi-media Theatre (MMT) is being renovated. The amended map showing the new arrangements
can be accessed through the following link
Canberra Birds monthly meeting location - Canberra Birds.
Also, unfortunately, our main speaker
Bethany Dunne
on
Birds of the Snow Gum woodlands: a post-fire study, both has COVID and has also completely lost her voice, so is not able to present.
Instead, I have dusted off a Bird of the Month talk on the Fuscous and Brown-headed Honeyeaters as the second presentation.
Everyone is welcome so please come along to hear about COG/Canberra Birds involvement in the
BirdLife Photography Australia Biennial Conference March 2026 and also to learn how to identify our two plainest local honeyeaters.
There will be the usual raffle, and you will also be able to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee after the meeting.
Jack Holland
The June 2025 meeting will be a normal face-to-face one held as usual at the Canberra Girls Grammar School but will be held in the Chapel where we will be meeting for the
rest of 2025 while the Multi-media Theatre (MMT) is being renovated (see details below).
Graham Gall - the BirdLife Photography Australia Biennial Conference March 2026 - Canberra Birds Collaboration.
Jack Holland – Birds of the Month; Fuscous and Brown-headed Honeyeaters
The Chapel is much easier to find than the MMT. As for previous 2025 meetings entry and exit for the Chapel are from the main gates on Melbourne Ave, which automatically
open and close. The Entry gate will be open, so please drive through and park in the main parking area to your left. Once parked proceed to the Chapel using main path as previously before turning left at the Admin Hub, or use the more direct (but darker)
route keeping the Boarding House to your left – see the amended map to that provided by the Canberra Girls Grammar School on
can be accessed through the following link
Canberra Birds monthly meeting location - Canberra Birds.
Limited parking will also be available using the Chapel Drive entrance on Gawler Cres and car park, this gate should also be open.
Though it is well lit, as it will be dark before and after the meeting, a torch for finding your way to the Chapel and back to your car is recommended. The Exit gate is on
a sensor pad, so please drive up to the gate and it will open for you.
As COVID is still widespread in the community attendees should heed social distancing and good hygiene practice etc, and use their common sense and stay home if they have
COVID symptoms. Mask wearing is recommended.
The short presentation will be by Graham Gall,
who will introduce the “BirdLife Photography Australia Biennial Conference March 2026 - Canberra Birds Collaboration”.
Graham, who is Chair of the organising committee for the BirdLife Photography Australia Biennial Conference to be held in Canberra on 7-8 March 2026, will present an outline
of this exciting event that will bring 250+ bird lovers to the ACT from all over Australia.
He will introduce Ben Harvey and Kristina Sands from his Committee who are working with Canberra Birds’ Sue Lashko on the pre and post Conference Field Trip program. COG/Canberra
Birds is hosting these field trips and will be manning an industry display table at the Conference.
Sue will be asking for volunteers to act as guides/facilitators for the field trips which will be held at the Jerrabomberra Wetlands, the ANBG, Mulligans Flat NR and Tidbinbilla
Sanctuary. An outline of the proposed field trip program will be presented.
From past experience Graham advises that we can expect around 100+ delegates to attend these field trips, so Sue will need a good number of COG/Canberra Birds members to volunteer
to host our visitors who will be excited and keen to capture great bird images at our iconic hot spots.
So please come with questions and a willingness to help if you can.
The second presentation will be by Jack Holland giving
Bird of the Month talk on the Fuscous and Brown-headed Honeyeaters.
Hopefully, this will help attendees
learn how to identify our two plainest and often overlooked local honeyeaters, one of which is mainly present in Canberra during the winter.
