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BirdLife Castlemaine District eNews December 2019

Tuesday, 26 November 2019

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Welcome to Castlemaine District eNews!

Dear Supporter,

Here is our December eNews – we hope you find it useful and informative.

December Bird Walk

Saturday 7 December – Leanganook Picnic & Camping Grounds, Mount Alexander Regional Park

Our final bird walk for 2019 takes us to Mount Alexander Regional Park where we will walk the Leanganook Camping Ground loop track.

The habitat is open with Manna Gums, grassy woodland and scattered wattles.  Birds that may be seen include Eastern Yellow and Scarlet Robins, Thornbills, White-throated Treecreepers, Yellow-faced Honeyeaters and Striated Pardalotes. Our walk leader is Jane Rusden.

To celebrate a successful year for BirdLife Castlemaine District Branch, the walk will be followed by morning tea, so please bring some food to share plus your preferred beverage.

Please note that there are toilets available at the camping ground.

Location and directions: Access is via Joseph Young Drive, which is off the Faraday-Sutton Grange Road (travelling from the south). Link to Google Maps is here.

Time: Meet at Leanganook Picnic & Camping Ground at 9:00am, or to carpool from Castlemaine meet at 8:30am outside Castlemaine Community House (formerly Continuing Ed), Templeton Street.

Important information about walks: Bring water, snacks, binoculars, hat, sunscreen, sturdy shoes, long pants during snake season, and other weather-appropriate gear.

Walks will be cancelled if the temperature is forecast to be 35 degrees or more during the walk period, severe weather warnings are in place, persistent rain is forecast, or if the day has been declared a Total Fire Ban day.

Please check your email or BirdLife Castlemaine’s Facebook page on the evening before a walk/activity to find out if the event has been cancelled.

Questions? If you have questions about our walks program, you can email us at castlemaine@birdlife.org.au, or call Judy Hopley (0425 768 559) or Asha Bannon (0418 428 721).

2020 Walks & Events Program

We are currently finalising our walks and events program for 2020, with many interesting activities in the pipeline. In the meantime, we are thrilled to confirm that that Tanya Loos, birder extraordinaire, will lead the 4 January walk in the Wombat State Forest and we will ‘Breakfast with the Birds’ again at Warburtons Bridge, Glenluce, in February, led by Peter and Rosemary Turner.

Stay tuned for more details!

From all of us at BirdLife Castlemaine District, we wish you a safe and happy holiday season however you choose to celebrate, and extend a huge thank you for all your support during 2019.

Photo and Artwork: Crimson Chat by Jane Rusden

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Kind regards,

The BirdLife Castlemaine Committee

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Bird Walk Calendar

  • Saturday 7 December – Mount Alexander Regional Park – Leanganook Picnic & Camping Ground, followed by end-of-year morning tea. Walk leader – Jane Rusden.
  • Saturday 4 January – Wombat State Forest. Walk leader – Tanya Loos. Details to come.
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