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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Butterfly Walks on Black Mountain | Sunday, 13 March 2022 - 10:30am to 12:00pm |
Meet: Lookout Terrace slightly uphill from Telstra Tower on Black Mountain (see banners). Booking is essential: The number of places is limited, and only available to people aged 8 years or more. Please email your NAME and PHONE NUMBER to friendsofblackmountain@gmail.com, or phone Libby (6296 1936) or Linda (0437 298 711). This helps us to let you know if arrangements need to change (e.g. because of the weather). Please be aware that COVID-19 requirements are subject to change at short notice. Please ensure that you do not attend if you are unwell. |
| Dr Leo Joseph ‘Australian bird names are all sorted out. Yes? No? Maybe?’ | Thursday, 10 March 2022 - 12:30pm |
Leo, Director of the Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO, will focus on birds from northern Australia to show where knowledge of the names we need to apply to birds still needs a lot more work. Examples from lorikeets, friarbirds, orioles, quail-thrush, whipbirds, black-cockatoos, pigeons and maybe a few more! Bookings are essential because of the COVID-19 guidelines related to Thursday Talks and limited seating. Bookings will open Friday before the talk until Wednesday night or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/BWZJR |
| Black Mountain Weeding Work Party | Saturday, 5 March 2022 - 8:30am to 11:30am |
Our next weeding work party is planning to remove more weeds from the grassland and woodland areas in the southwest part of the reserve. This weekend is also Clean-Up Australia weekend so we shall be collecting some rubbish on our way, too. Meet: Caswell Drive entry on the mountain side. Drive from Belconnen Way southwards along Caswell Drive towards Glenloch Interchange, Woden, or Tuggeranong. Note the yellow diamond shape advisory sign showing access road on left (mountain side) and the blue and white “P” sign for parking. Pull into the carpark carefully. Look for banners. Bring: Do you have a mattock? If so, could you put your name on it and bring it along, too, please? Maybe bring a rubbish bag, too. Wear: hat, sunscreen, long-sleeved shirt, long pants, gloves, stout shoes. Please book: if you are planning to come, please email your name and phone number to friendsofblackmountain@gmail.com or phone 0437 298 711. This complies with COVID-19 requirements, and helps us to let you know if arrangements need to change at the last minute (for example, adverse weather conditions). |
| Dr Denis Saunders AM ‘A working life with Carnaby’s Cockatoo 1968 – 2021’ | Thursday, 3 March 2022 - 12:30pm |
Denis will talk about his research on Carnaby’s Cockatoo. Classified as “vermin” in 1968, this magnificent species was reclassified in the 1980s as endangered by the WA and Commonwealth governments, and internationally. He will provide results of a study of one breeding population from 1969 to 2020. Bookings are essential because of the COVID-19 guidelines related to Thursday Talks and limited seating. Bookings will open Friday before the talk until Wednesday night or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/BWZJL |
| Con Boekel ‘Local extinctions of birds from Canberra's inner north nature reserves’ - POSTPONED | Thursday, 17 February 2022 - 12:30pm |
Con, formerly of the environment department and now a citizen scientist since retirement, studied the patterns of occurrence of six woodland species in 16 inner north natural and semi-natural fragments. He will present the study findings and discuss some implications for the urbanization of the Lower Molonglo. Bookings are essential because of the COVID-19 guidelines related to Thursday Talks and limited seating. Bookings will open Friday before the talk until Wednesday night or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Unfortunately, the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has made it necessary to postpone all February Thursday Talks. A new date will be announced. |
| Dr Sophie Lewis ‘Climate change and Australia’s extreme events.’ - POSTPONED | Thursday, 10 February 2022 - 12:30pm |
Sophie, ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment, will discuss human influences on past, present and future extreme climate events in Australia. Are our recent extremes a sign of a new normal and how bad could it get? Bookings are essential because of the COVID-19 guidelines related to Thursday Talks and limited seating. Bookings will open Friday before the talk until Wednesday night or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Unfortunately, the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has made it necessary to postpone all February Thursday Talks. A new date will be announced. |
| Black Mountain Weeding Work Party | Saturday, 5 February 2022 - 8:30am to 11:30am |
Meet: Caswell Drive entry on the mountain side. Drive from Belconnen Way southwards along Caswell Drive towards Glenloch Interchange, Woden, or Tuggeranong. Note the yellow diamond shape advisory sign showing access road on left (mountain side) and the blue and white “P” sign for parking. Pull into the carpark carefully. Look for banners. |
| Dr Penny Olsen 'The Norfolk Island Morepork: rebuilding a population from the last survivor’ - POSTPONED | Thursday, 3 February 2022 - 12:30pm |
Penny, is an Honorary Professor in Division of Ecology and Evolution, ANU. In 1986 she organised a group to visit Norfolk Island and conduct a search for the Morepork. But what do you do with only one owl? A recovery program began and today a small population persists. This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Bookings are essential because of the COVID-19 guidelines related to Thursday Talks and limited seating. Tickets are free. Unfortunately, the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has made it necessary to postpone all February Thursday Talks. A new date will be announced. |
| Secrets of the Australian Bush - a family flora adventure [CANCELLED] | Tuesday, 25 January 2022 - 11:30am to 12:30pm |
Join us for a family-friendly Flora Explorer bus tour and discover the amazing secrets of the plants that live in the Australian bush. [CANCELLED] |
| Summer Butterfly Walks | Sunday, 23 January 2022 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm |
Meet: Outside the Visitor Centre, ANBG |
