Our first saturday outing will occur soon on the 30 January
at Parklakes in Bli Bli; meeting at 7am. Full details are below. This is an
easy site; flat with a mixture of vegetation types that offer the promise of a
reasonable variety of birds.
Please note that there are no public toilets at Parklakes
nor Burton Road.
At our Saturday outing, prior to the bird call, I am hoping
to introduce a very minor fund raising effort; a raffle. $1 per ticket. The
prize? Your choice of one of a variety of bird related books that have been
donated. Many of these titles have been donated by a member, Dianne Goodwillie,
who has recently returned to Canada. I thank her for her donation. So please
bring a dollar coin and you may find your home library slightly enhanced…
Post bird walk, bird call and chit chat I am suggesting we
can car pool and visit the nearby Burtons Road. This has been dubbed by some
the new Finland Road. And like Finland there is not any one place but a long
road with a variety of habitats that allow for good road-side birding. Recently
a few interesting species have been recorded; Wood Sandpiper and Horsefield’s
Bushlark to name a couple from 2021. For others there are a variety of worthy
nearby sites including the Maroochy Wetland Sanctuary and Finland Road.
JANUARY –
SATURDAY OUTING
Leader/s and
contact details – Ken Cross friarbird43@bigpond.com
Location – Park
Lakes, Bli Bli, with extension to Burton Road [Bli Bli – Yandina Road]
Location –
Meet at the car park at Park Lakes, adjacent to the Soccer fields.
Date – 30
January, 2021
Time –
[beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending
-estimated] – c. 9am with bird call
What to bring –
hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details –
no toilets on site.
The following week I am also leading our first Beginners
Bird Walk at the Mapleton Lilyponds. I am advertising this walk for beginners
only.
FEBRUARY – BEGINNING BIRDING WALK
Leader/s and contact details – Ken Cross friarbird43@bigpond.com
Location – Mapleton Lilly Ponds - Possible
extension to Mapleton Falls NP circuit
Location – Meet at the Lilly Ponds car
park.
Date – Saturday 6 February, 2020.
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with
bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details – Beginners only. Members are
only invited if they are bringing beginning birders.
Beginners please bring your birding
questions!!!
Any questions, comments or suggestions please email me.
Kind regards and good birding,
Ken Cross
Ken Cross | Local Branch
Convenor
Sunshine Coast Branch
BirdLife Southern Queensland
PO Box
375
Annerley QLD
4103
southernqld@birdlife.org.au |birdlife.org.au
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