Taylor meet
G'dy! Problems with e-mails etc now sorted out with broad band, so lets meet at the new Richmond track at 2 pm, Saturday 14, walk up weeding as we go from both sides of the track, and at the same time mark the old Eucs that are near there, adding to the nesting knowledge.
I have noted from our Mannheim/Sulwood side that at least 5 myna couples have taken over, or returned to the E.rossi trees near the park entrance and in the old agistment. I would also like to consult about the next roo count!
I will bring tea and tools to the start of the Richmond track. See you soon, and even if it rains??!! We are delighted that Sam Ning is now our Park care coordinator..very welcome Sam!
Meet time 2pm
Saturday 14 June
Richmond track start, N side
Meet on this Saturday
My profound apologies, I have had to cancel our meet on Saturday, as due to a grandson's final cricket match in the morning. I will try and organise the following Saturday, and if the weather has cooled down, pm instead of morning. As they say, mice and men get unstuck sometimes!
Cheers Anne
Saturday's meet and foot and mouth
Hope the day is not too hot for our meet on Saturday, still meet at 9am on Waldock street. I will stop at the reservoir before we get to the car park, so we can get into the LH area near there: I guess our best idea is to cut off Verbescum heads, pile them up and enjoy the ants.
A very happy wedding to Ross..see you in the next month or two!! So, I will see you on Waldock street, 9 a,m on Sat 15 March. Suggest bring some extra secateurs, as no digging up, just removal of heads! The mountain is drying out rapidly, and the St J W which seeded again, is now dying. I also cut off many seed heads and chopped them up: many of those heads rotted, or were immature, and this may reduce the seed load. The St J W has also continued flowering after the situation "beyond" spraying time, and I'm sure we need to extend that time: other carers have found spraying the rosette stage at early spring etc..is very effective. The other methods that we have tried out also appear to be useful. Anyway, will see you on Saturday morning. Take care.
We need to do two extra programs, which will be fun: 1) a roo number again (any betting on the increase?!) and the second program is mark out all the nesting holes in all large trees on Taylor! The idea is to identify the trees, then we will mark them with a small spot of paint, where we note on the map, pick up the colour easily, out of reach (and is only small, but will last about 3 years before the bark peels off) . There is also some good airphoto photos, so I will try and get one for us to identify the large trees. Let me know who would like to be in the programs, then we get organised.
Cheers Anne