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Cottage Talk Thursday 16 February postponed

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Dr Sue Turner’s talk this coming Thursday – Having an eco-friendly garden in the suburbs – has unfortunately been cancelled. Dr Turner has kindly agreed to give her talk later in the year (date to be confirmed).

Members are still invited to drop in on Thursday morning from 10am, though! 

You can browse the Library, look at hard copies of past Newsletters, study maps of the area, look up info on native plants, or weeds, look at Ed Frazer’s books of native birds photographed in Brookfield, see the dung beetles collected in the local survey,  find out about the Richmond Birdwing vine available at our nursery, or just find out more about MCCG and its activities.
 

Also, your help in dusting, sweeping and swabbing floors would be greatly appreciated.
 

And if you do drop in, you may be rewarded with Dale’s famous cold fruit punch!

Please give Dale a call so she can confirm numbers on 3374 1035. 

Clean Up Australia Day

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Location: Refer to the Clean Up Australia website
Type: Event
Organiser: Clean Up Australia
Contact: http://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/

A Myriad of Topics

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In this month’s Feather Fascination, Jim reflects on the past five years sharing his infinite love of birding through his column.

But he also invites you to let him know the topics that interest you!

What can we do together for the birds in our district?

Click here to read on.


A Feather Fascination moment!! This stunning Little Wattlebird
paused and posed on 17 April 2016
at Adavale St Brookfield – (photo courtesy of Alison Staines)

MCCG AGM

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Location: Brookfield Showground Hall
Type: Event
Organiser: MCCG Secretary
Contact: [email protected]

Please join us for our 2019 AGM. Our guest speaker will be Dr Melinda Laidlaw, Queensland Herbarium Senior Ecologist.

New Flight Arrivals

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We are very excited to announce that four new birds were officially recorded in the Catchment in 2016!  They include: 

  • Black-shouldered Kite
  • Little Eagle
  • Little Wattlebird.

This in itself is a remarkable result!

But the most recently observed new bird is particularly interesting. A male Hooded Robin was observed at Brookfield on the afternoon of 12 December 2016.

What is remarkable is that this bird was observed in Brookfield at all!


Photo courtesy of Julie Sarna

The distribution of the Hooded Robin does not include Brisbane but is spread over much of mainland Australia. This solitary bird was only observed once, so it was probably a bird that became disoriented, arrived in our Catchment by mistake and quickly went on its way back to its usual habitat. When this happens, the bird is called a ‘vagrant’ in the Australian databases and bird lists.

The observation of the Hooded Robin is spectacular because it is so beautiful and this is exactly what makes bird surveys and time-in-the-bush so rewarding.  The male is a beautiful jet black and pure white robin, while the female has more subdued grey-brown colours.

If you’d like to see a list of all the birds in our catchment and where to find them, please visit the Bird Project section of this website.  

Incidentally, the Hooded Robin is number 210 on the Moggill Creek Catchment Historical Bird List!

Bushcare Reminder – this Sunday!!

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Why not give start off your New Year by giving something back to the environment?

We have two working bees scheduled for Sunday 29 January – one at Huntington (Section 3) and another (Section 4) behind the Brookfield Showgrounds. Both commence at 8.30am.

Please click here to see more info about specific locations and times.



WHAT Aquatic Macro-Invertebrate Survey Training

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Location: Gold Creek Reservoir, end of Gold Creek Road Brookfield
Type: Event
Organiser: BCC Creek Catchment Team
Contact: Email to [email protected] by Friday 17 March

This workshop is part of the Waterway Health Assessment Training (WHAT) provided by Council’s Creek Catchment Program. An Aquatic Ecologist will guide participants through the requirements and methodology required to undertake an aquatic macro invertebrate survey in your local creek. Training will include capture techniques, identification of macro invertebrates, and how the results relate to waterway health. This is a fantastic workshop for those interested in monitoring creek health, and providing and protecting aquatic habitat.

Please note that places are limited to 2 catchment groups, however if there are still places available by Friday 17 March they will be offered to a waiting list of people.

WHAT = Waterway Health Assessment Training