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Date	Type	Title	Short Description / Leader
Sun 23/06/2024	Field Trips	Oaks Estate River Corridor	Sandra Henderson
Wed 19/06/2024	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – McQuoids Hill	Sandra Henderson
Sat 15/06/2024	Field Trips	Superb Lyrebird survey – Tidbinbilla NR	Chris Davey
Wed 12/06/2024	Meetings	June meeting	Kim Farley - Pilotbird in the ACT. Rare? Yes. Hard to find? Not so muchMatt Herring - Tracking the Australian Painted-snipe, a wetland enigma
Tue 11/06/2024	Other & Activities	Coffee & Chat at the Gardens	Informal, monthly, all welcome
Sun 09/06/2024	Field Trips	Wollogorang Lagoon and Wet Lagoon, Cullerin and Lade Vale	Bill Graham
Sat 01/06/2024	Field Trips	Eden pelagics	Julian Teh and Sue Lashko
Sun 26/05/2024	Field Trips	venue required 26/5	leader required
Sat 18/05/2024	Field Trips	ANBG beginners	Anthony Overs
Wed 15/05/2024	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – Montgomery Creek, Googong	Lia Battisson
Tue 14/05/2024	Other & Activities	Coffee & Chat at the Gardens	Informal, monthly, all welcome
Sun 12/05/2024	Field Trips	North Pine Island Loop Walk	Michael Robbins
Wed 08/05/2024	Meetings	May meeting	Doug Liang - MARCH OF THE MINERSMichael Mulvaney and Chris Davey - How a citizen science project has informed us about the Gang-gang Cockatoo.
Sun 05/05/2024	Field Trips	Square Rock	Lia Battisson
Sun 28/04/2024	Field Trips	Honeysuckle Creek	Sandra Henderson
Wed 24/04/2024	Other & Activities	Social evening at the Public (bar & dining)	Informal catchup
Sun 21/04/2024	Field Trips	McLeod’s Creek Nature Reserve, Gundaroo	Bill Graham
Wed 17/04/2024	Field Trips	Wednesday walk Sanctuary at Tidbinbilla NR	Sandra Henderson
Sun 14/04/2024	Field Trips	K2C surveys – Bredbo area	Nicki Taws
Wed 10/04/2024	Meetings	April Meeting	Anthony Overs – Thornbills as the Birds of the MonthIan Fraser - Costa Rica; where the Americas meet.
Tue 09/04/2024	Other & Activities	Coffee & Chat at the Gardens	Informal, monthly, all welcome
Sun 07/04/2024	Field Trips	Narrabundah Hill	Jack Holland
Thu 28/03/2024	Field Trips	Easter at Bimbimbi River Camp	Marcus Hellyer
Wed 27/03/2024	Other & Activities	Social evening at the Public (bar & dining)	Informal catchup
Sun 24/03/2024	Field Trips	Mt Jerrabomberra	Sandra Henderson
Wed 20/03/2024	Field Trips	Wednesday walk 20/3 – Kambah Pool	Michael Robbins
Tue 19/03/2024	Field Trips	Cowra, Central Western Slopes, NSW	Bill Graham
Sun 17/03/2024	Field Trips	Canberra Centennial Trail – Hall to One Tree Hill	Lia Battisson
Wed 13/03/2024	Meetings	March meeting	Lisa Fortana and Brendah Nyaguthii – our experiences at the Brisbane Australasian Ornithological ConferenceMichael Lenz - A very interesting lake – 41 years of counting birds at Lake Bathurst (“Bundong”).
Tue 12/03/2024	Other & Activities	Coffee & Chat at the Gardens	Coffee & Chat at ANBG
Sun 10/03/2024	Field Trips	Mt Rogers, Spence	Kirsty Craven
Sun 03/03/2024	Field Trips	Namadgi NP – Rendezvous Creek	Marcus Hellyer
Wed 28/02/2024	Other & Activities	Social evening at the Public (bar & dining)	Informal catchup
Sun 25/02/2024	Field Trips	Mt McDonald	Sandra Henderson
Wed 21/02/2024	Field Trips	Wednesday walk 21/2	Sandra Henderson
Sun 18/02/2024	Field Trips	Gungahlin Hill	Lachlan Duncan
Wed 14/02/2024	Meetings	February meeting	Nicki Taws - Preliminary findings of the 2023 annual COG Bird BlitzDamien Farine - Uncovering the secret social lives of birds: the curious case of the Vulturine Guineafowl (and other intriguing species)
Tue 13/02/2024	Other & Activities	Coffee & Chat at the Gardens	Coffee & Chat at ANBG
Sun 11/02/2024	Field Trips	Moncrieff Ridge	Bill Graham
Sun 04/02/2024	Field Trips	Jerrabomberra Wetlands NR – World Wetlands Day	Chris Davey
Sun 28/01/2024	Field Trips	Two Sticks Road, Brindabella NP	Archer Callaway and Prue Watters
Sun 21/01/2024	Field Trips	Black Mountain Nature Reserve	Julie Hotchin
Wed 17/01/2024	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk – Mulligans Flat NR evening walk	Sandra Henderson
Sun 14/01/2024	Field Trips	Namadgi National Park – Blundells Creek Rd/Warks Rd	Kim Farley
Wed 10/01/2024	Meetings	January meeting	COG QUIZ NIGHT - MARK CLAYTON QUIZMASTER
Tue 09/01/2024	Other & Activities	Coffee & Chat at the Gardens	Coffee & Chat at ANBG
Wed 20/12/2023	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – Casuarina Sands NR	Sandra Henderson
Wed 13/12/2023	Meetings	December meeting	COG Christmas BBQ - Black Mountain Peninsula
Tue 12/12/2023	Other & Activities	Coffee & Chat at the Gardens	Coffee & Chat at ANBG
Sun 10/12/2023	Field Trips	North Mulligans	Bill Graham
Sun 03/12/2023	Field Trips	Coombs ponds	Anne Fulker
Tue 28/11/2023	Other & Activities	Australasian Ornithological Conference 2023	Birdlife Australia and Birds New Zealand
Sun 26/11/2023	Field Trips	Birding for Photographers	Anthony Overs
Sun 26/11/2023	Field Trips	Murrumbidgee River walk to De Salis historic cemetery	Sandra Henderson
Wed 15/11/2023	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – Molonglo River loop walk	Sandra Henderson
Tue 14/11/2023	Other & Activities	Coffee & Chat at the Gardens	Coffee & Chat at ANBG
Sun 12/11/2023	Field Trips	Campbell Park nest workshop	Jack Holland
Wed 08/11/2023	Meetings	November meeting	AGM – see details under Annual Reports and Administrative PapersLibby Robin - Canberra Ornithologists Group goes International
Sun 05/11/2023	Field Trips	Glenburn Precinct	David Dedenczuk
Sun 29/10/2023	Field Trips	Northern Namadgi NP	Michael Robbins & Matthew Larkin
Tue 24/10/2023	Field Trips	Shellharbour area	Prue Watters
Sat 21/10/2023	Field Trips	COG Blitz	Nicki Taws
Wed 18/10/2023	Field Trips	Tidbinbilla NR, Lyrebird Trail	Sandra Henderson
Sun 15/10/2023	Field Trips	Murrumbateman – private property	Sue Lashko
Sat 14/10/2023	Field Trips	ANBG beginners outing	Anthony Overs
Wed 11/10/2023	Meetings	October meeting	Lori Gould - River Restoration and Management – Rivers of CarbonJulia Penndorf - Cockatooing around – the social lives of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos in our cities
Tue 10/10/2023	Other & Activities	Coffee & Chat at the Gardens	Coffee & Chat at ANBG
Sun 08/10/2023	Field Trips	Kama NR	Muriel Story
Sun 08/10/2023	Field Trips	K2C surveys – Bredbo area	Nicki Taws
Sun 01/10/2023	Field Trips	Private property, Majors Creek, near Braidwood	Sue Lashko
Sun 24/09/2023	Field Trips	Botanic Gardens Bushland Nature Walk	Botanic Gardens Bushland Nature Walk
Wed 20/09/2023	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – Lower Western Slopes of Mt Taylor	Michael Robbins
Sun 17/09/2023	Field Trips	Urambi Hills NR	Michael Robbins
Wed 13/09/2023	Meetings	September meeting	Jack Holland - Leaden and Satin Flycatchers Nicki Taws - 20 years of K2C and Birdwatch surveys; how COG has helped demonstrate the value of woodland restoration for birds.
Tue 12/09/2023	Other & Activities	Coffee & Chat	Coffee & Chat at ANBG
Sun 10/09/2023	Field Trips	Umbagong District Park, Latham	Lia Battisson
Sun 03/09/2023	Field Trips	Stromlo Forest West	Kim Farley
Sun 27/08/2023	Field Trips	Percival Hill	Bill Graham
Wed 16/08/2023	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – Molonglo Reserve Woodland Walk	Sandra Henderson
Sun 13/08/2023	Field Trips	Cooleman Ridge	Alison Mackerras
Wed 09/08/2023	Meetings	August meeting	Emmeline Norris - Potential impacts of Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs) on native fauna in the ACTAndy Taylor - Connecting with Canberra - the Scarlet Robin Project.
Sun 06/08/2023	Field Trips	Bungendore	Sandra Henderson
Sun 30/07/2023	Field Trips	Goorooyarroo NR	Duncan McCaskill
Wed 19/07/2023	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – Nadjung Mada Nature Reserve	Sandra Henderson
Sun 16/07/2023	Field Trips	Googong Western Foreshore	Sandra Henderson
Wed 12/07/2023	Meetings	July meeting	Peter Fullagar - Estimating Little Penguin numbers on Barunguba (Montagu Island), NSWGeoffrey Dabb - WHAT’S BLACK AND WHITE AND SWOOPS CYCLISTS?
Sun 09/07/2023	Field Trips	Kambah Pool	Michael Robbins
Sun 25/06/2023	Field Trips	The Pinnacle NR	John Brannan
Wed 21/06/2023	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – Rendezvous Creek	Sandra Henderson
Wed 14/06/2023	Meetings	June Meeting	Emmeline Norris - Monitoring woodland birds and other fauna to validate and refine urban habitat models and track biodiversity responses to changeShoshana Rapley - Curlews in the capital, and next stop: Victoria
Sun 11/06/2023	Field Trips	Tidbinbilla NR – Superb Lyrebird survey	Chris Davey and Peter Fullagar
Sat 03/06/2023	Field Trips	Eden pelagics	Sue Lashko & Julian Teh
Sun 28/05/2023	Field Trips	Queanbeyan Bush Cemetery	Sandra Henderson
Sat 20/05/2023	Field Trips	ANBG beginners	Anthony Overs
Wed 17/05/2023	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – Strathnairn to Shepherds Lookout	Sandra Henderson
Sun 14/05/2023	Field Trips	McQuoids Hill	Michael Robbins
Wed 10/05/2023	Meetings	May Meeting	Michael Lenz - Dynamics of Eurasian Coots on two suburban Ponds in Canberra over seven years, including two La Niña eventsMelissa Snape - Connecting Nature, Connecting People: implications for woodland birds
Sun 30/04/2023	Field Trips	Reedy Creek TSR	David McDonald
Sun 23/04/2023	Field Trips	Stony Creek Nature Reserve, Carwoola	Sandra Henderson
Wed 19/04/2023	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – Glendale Depot	Sandra Henderson
Sun 16/04/2023	Field Trips	K2C surveys – Bredbo area	Nicki Taws
Wed 12/04/2023	Meetings	April meeting	Olivia Congdon - Communicating Superb Fairy-wren research. Andrew Cockburn - Lifetime success in Superb Fairy-wrens: a tale of two sexes
Sat 08/04/2023	Field Trips	Narrabundah Hill	Jack Holland
Fri 07/04/2023	Field Trips	Easter camp – Tumut	Sandra Henderson
Sun 02/04/2023	Field Trips	Weston Ponds	Doug Laing
Sun 26/03/2023	Field Trips	Tinderry Nature Reserve	David Dedenczuk
Tue 21/03/2023	Field Trips	Ulladulla/Milton – mid-week accommodated/camping	Bill Graham
Sun 19/03/2023	Field Trips	Googong Western Foreshores	Sandra Henderson
Wed 15/03/2023	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – Stony Creek Nature Reserve/Uriarra East Reserve	Sandra Henderson
Sun 12/03/2023	Field Trips	Red Rocks Gorge	Lia Battisson
Wed 08/03/2023	Meetings	March Meeting	Silvia Colombo - Evolutionary drivers and thermal consequences of nest architecture in birdsSue Beatty - Extreme Birding on Cocos Island Michael Guppy and Peter Fullagar
Sun 05/03/2023	Field Trips	Casuarina Sands – walk along Murrumbidgee	Prue Watters
Sun 26/02/2023	Field Trips	Stromlo Forest West	Kim Farley
Sun 19/02/2023	Field Trips	Wanna Wanna Nature Reserve, Carwoola	Sandra Henderson
Wed 15/02/2023	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – Mulligans Flat NR	Sandra Henderson
Sun 12/02/2023	Field Trips	Molonglo Reach boat trip	Jack Holland
Fri 10/02/2023	Field Trips	Capertee National Park – camping (5 nights)	Kathy Walter & John Goldie
Wed 08/02/2023	Meetings	February Meeting	Sue Beatty - Extreme Birding on Christmas and Cocos Islands Janet Gardner - Bush birds and climate change: what does the future hold?
Sun 05/02/2023	Field Trips	Mulligans Flat NR, Border Track	Bill Graham
Sun 29/01/2023	Field Trips	Jerrabomberra Wetlands (World Wetlands Day )	Lia Battisson
Sun 22/01/2023	Field Trips	Gilmore Horse Paddocks	Sandra Henderson
Wed 18/01/2023	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – Campbell Park	Sandra Henderson
Sun 15/01/2023	Field Trips	Namadgi Visitor Centre	Dianne Deans
Wed 11/01/2023	Meetings	January Meeting	COG Members’ Night - St James Uniting Church Hall, Curtin
Wed 21/12/2022	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – Queanbeyan Bush Cemetery	Sandra Henderson
Wed 14/12/2022	Meetings	December Meeting	COG Christmas Barbeque - Black Mountain Peninsula
Sun 11/12/2022	Field Trips	Barren Grounds NR	Suzi Bond
Sun 04/12/2022	Field Trips	Grassy Creek, Namadgi NP	David Dedenczuk
Sun 27/11/2022	Field Trips	Private property near Hoskinstown	Peter Smith
Sun 20/11/2022	Field Trips	Woodstock NR	Sandra Henderson
Wed 16/11/2022	Field Trips	Wednesday walk Tharwa river track (north)	Sandra Henderson
Sun 13/11/2022	Field Trips	Campbell Park nest workshop	Jack Holland
Wed 09/11/2022	Meetings	November Meeting	AGM - see details under LATEST NEWSCon Boekel - Dark Secrets of the Bush Capital
Sun 06/11/2022	Field Trips	Sherwood Forest	Kim Farley
Sat 29/10/2022	Field Trips	Eden pelagics	Sue Lashko
Wed 19/10/2022	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – Lake Tuggeranong	Lia Battisson
Tue 18/10/2022	Field Trips	Green Cape	Sue Lashko & Peter Fullagar
Sun 16/10/2022	Field Trips	Sunday nature walk – Urambi Hills Birdspotting – NPA/COG	Cynthia Burton (NPA/ACT) and Michael Robbins (COG)
Sun 16/10/2022	Field Trips	Bungonia NP	Ned Johnston
Wed 12/10/2022	Meetings	October Meeting	Anthony Overs - Bird banding in IndonesiaChris Lloyd - The Housing Crisis: A Penguin Perspective.
Sun 09/10/2022	Field Trips	K2C surveys – Bredbo area	Nicki Taws
Tue 04/10/2022	Field Trips	Grenfell area – mid-week accommodated	Bill Graham & Kim Farley
Sun 02/10/2022	Field Trips	Corin Road meander	Sandra Henderson
Sun 25/09/2022	Field Trips	Youth Haven	Sandra Henderson
Wed 21/09/2022	Field Trips	Wednesday walk	Sandra Henderson
Sun 18/09/2022	Field Trips	Ashbrook Firetrail, Tidbinbilla NR	Ned Johnston
Wed 14/09/2022	Meetings	September Meeting	Kevin Windle- Ivan Sokolov-Mikitov’s ornithological notes: an introductionHeather McGuinness- Satellite-tracking the movements of waterbirds
Mon 12/09/2022	Field Trips	Yathong NR	Noel Luff
Sun 11/09/2022	Field Trips	Melba Wetlands	Sandra Henderson
Sun 04/09/2022	Field Trips	Namatjira Drive woodlands	Judi
Tue 30/08/2022	Field Trips	Tathra area – mid-week accommodated	Prue Watters
Sun 21/08/2022	Field Trips	Gungaderra Grasslands	Bill Graham
Wed 17/08/2022	Field Trips	Apollo/Naas Rd intersection and Top Naas Rd	Sandra Henderson
Wed 10/08/2022	Meetings	August Meeting	Steve Wallace - HANZAB Online – what’s different to the books. Philip Veerman - On the naming of the Australian Sarus Crane
Sun 07/08/2022	Field Trips	Mount Taylor	Doug Laing
Sat 30/07/2022	Field Trips	Australian National Botanic Gardens – beginners’ outing	Anthony Overs
Wed 20/07/2022	Field Trips	Callum Brae NR	Sandra Henderson
Wed 13/07/2022	Meetings	July Meeting	Bonnie Koopmans - An introduction to Natural History Illustration Geoffrey Dabb - The bird art of Ellis Rowan, and the strange story of her bird of paradise paintings
Sun 10/07/2022	Field Trips	Aranda Bushland	Michael Robbins and Matthew Larkin
Sun 26/06/2022	Field Trips	Yanununbeyan SCA	David Dedenczuk
Sun 19/06/2022	Field Trips	McQuoids Hill	Sandra Henderson
Wed 15/06/2022	Field Trips	Birrigai Time Trial	Sandra Henderson
Sat 11/06/2022	Field Trips	Tidbinbilla NR – Superb Lyrebird survey	Chris Davey
Wed 08/06/2022	Meetings	June Meeting	Jack Holland - Forty seven years of local birdingNeil Hermes - The Garden Bird Survey
Sun 05/06/2022	Field Trips	Mt Arawang	Lia Battisson
Sun 29/05/2022	Field Trips	The Pinnacle NR	John Brannan
Sat 21/05/2022	Field Trips	Australian National Botanic Gardens – beginners’ outing	Anthony Overs
Wed 18/05/2022	Field Trips	Mulligans Flat	Sandra Henderson
Sun 15/05/2022	Field Trips	Brooks Creek TSR	David McDonald
Wed 11/05/2022	Meetings	May Meeting	Julian Teh - Introducing the Plains-wanderer Julian Reid - Long-term Trends of Birds in the Cowra District, central Western Slopes, NSW.
Sun 08/05/2022	Field Trips	Farrer Ridge	Sandra Henderson
Sun 01/05/2022	Field Trips	Picaree Hill Conservation Area	Chris Davey
Sun 24/04/2022	Field Trips	Private property near Gunning	Sandra Henderson
Wed 20/04/2022	Field Trips	Namarag Reserve	Sandra Henderson
Fri 15/04/2022	Field Trips	Round Hill NR – Easter camp	Sue Lashko
Wed 13/04/2022	Meetings	April Meeting	Geoffrey Dabb - Arthur Mattingley, Mathoura, the Murray River, and the Egrets Lori Gould - Latham’s Snipe Project Update
Sun 10/04/2022	Field Trips	K2C surveys near Bredbo	Nicki Taws
Sun 03/04/2022	Field Trips	Narrabundah Hill	Jack Holland
Sat 26/03/2022	Field Trips	Eden pelagics	Sue Lashko
Fri 18/03/2022	Field Trips	Green Patch, Jervis Bay	Kathy Walter and John Goldie
Wed 16/03/2022	Field Trips	Pine Island to Point Hutt	Sandra Henderson
Sun 13/03/2022	Field Trips	Kama NR	Lia Battisson
Wed 09/03/2022	Meetings	March Meeting – in person at usual venue Canberra Girls Grammar	Chris Davey - Difficulties in assessing breeding success in the Gang-gang Cockatoo Richard Beggs - War on the Noisy Miner: reassessing the casus belliil
Sun 06/03/2022	Field Trips	Tin Hut Dam	Liam Manderson
Sat 26/02/2022	Field Trips	Forde Creek	John Harris
Sun 20/02/2022	Field Trips	Mt Ginini	Suzi Bond
Wed 16/02/2022	Field Trips	Honeysuckle Creek	Sandra Henderson
Sun 13/02/2022	Field Trips	Molonglo Reach boat trip	Jack Holland
Wed 09/02/2022	Meetings	February Meeting – ONLINE	Nicki Taws - Preliminary findings of the 2021 annual COG Bird Blitz.Ross Crates - An update on Regent Honeyeaters from the Difficult Bird Research Group.
Sun 06/02/2022	Field Trips	Pejar and Crookwell	Bill Graham
Sun 30/01/2022	Field Trips	Jerrabomberra Wetlands NR	Sue Lashko
Sun 23/01/2022	Field Trips	Private property near Hoskinstown	Pater Smith & John Brannan
Wed 19/01/2022	Field Trips	Glendale Depot	Sandra Henderson
Sun 16/01/2022	Field Trips	Blundells Creek Rd/Warks Rd	Sue Lashko
Wed 12/01/2022	Meetings	COG Members Night – CANCELLED	Cancelled due to Covid uncertainties. Next meeting will be on 9th February.
Wed 15/12/2021	Field Trips	Percival Hill NR	Lia Battisson
Sun 12/12/2021	Field Trips	Capital Hill	Sandra Henderson
Wed 08/12/2021	Meetings	December Meeting – Christmas Get Together	Christmas BBQ at Black Mountain Peninsular
Sun 05/12/2021	Field Trips	Rendezvous Creek	Sandra Henderson
Sun 28/11/2021	Field Trips	Wamboin White Gum Forest Reserve	David McDonald
Sun 21/11/2021	Field Trips	Mt Ginini, Brindabellas	Suzi Bond
Wed 17/11/2021	Field Trips	West Belconnen Pond	Sandra Henderson
Sun 14/11/2021	Field Trips	Campbell Park nest workshop	Jack Holland
Wed 10/11/2021	Meetings	November Meeting (AGM) – online	AGM; Leo Joseph - Let’s Talk About Whistlers: A tale of the “golden” whistlers in Australia and a researcher’s ups and downs
Sun 07/11/2021	Field Trips	Tin Hut Dam, Googong.	Liam Manderson
Sat 23/10/2021	Field Trips	COG Blitz weekend	Nicki Taws
Wed 20/10/2021	Field Trips	Jerrabomberra Wetlands NR	Sandra Henderson
Sun 17/10/2021	Field Trips	Bluetts Block	Jean Casburn
Sat 16/10/2021	Field Trips	Eden pelagic	This trip cancelled due to NSW restrictions - Sue Lashko
Wed 13/10/2021	Meetings	October Meeting – online	McComas Taylor – The five 'red' RobinsRussell McGregor - The History of Birdwatching in Australia: A Bird’s Eye View
Mon 11/10/2021	Field Trips	Green Cape	This trip cancelled due to NSW restrictions - Sue Lashko & Peter Fullagar
Sun 03/10/2021	Field Trips	Gang-gang Cockatoo surveys	This trip cancelled due to Covid
Sun 26/09/2021	Field Trips	Bluetts Block	This trip cancelled due to Covid - Jean Casburn
Sun 26/09/2021	Field Trips	Gang-gang Cockatoo surveys	This trip cancelled due to Covid
Sun 19/09/2021	Field Trips	Gang-gang Cockatoo surveys	This trip cancelled due to Covid
Mon 13/09/2021	Field Trips	Yathong NR	This trip cancelled due to Covid Noel Luff
Sun 12/09/2021	Field Trips	Pejar and Crookwell	This trip cancelled due to Covid. Bill Graham
Wed 08/09/2021	Meetings	September Meeting — Online	Alice Wells and Jean Casburn - Bluett’s Block: Wildlife Haven and Corridor Claire Taylor - Cracking egg investment: maternal investment in superb fairy-wrens
Sun 05/09/2021	Field Trips	Reedy Creek TSR, Mt Fairy	This trip cancelled due to Covid. David McDonald
Tue 31/08/2021	Field Trips	Tathra – Kianinny Bush Cottages	This trip cancelled due to Covid Prue Watters and friends
Sun 29/08/2021	Field Trips	The Pinnacle NR	This trip cancelled due to Covid John Brannan
Sun 22/08/2021	Field Trips	Private property beyond Hoskinstown	This trip cancelled due to Covid Peter Smith and John Brannan
Wed 18/08/2021	Field Trips	Jerrabomberra Wetlands NR	Sandra Henderson
Sat 14/08/2021	Field Trips	Gungahlin Cemetery	Archer Callaway
Wed 11/08/2021	Meetings	August Meeting	Susan Wishart - Hooked: where swans and recreational interests intersect. Geoffrey Dabb - The distribution, movements and status of the South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoo.
Sun 08/08/2021	Field Trips	Jerrawa Creek TSR, Dalton Cemetery and Showground and Berrebangalo TSR	Bill Graham
Sat 31/07/2021	Field Trips	ANBG beginners	Anthony Overs
Wed 21/07/2021	Field Trips	Gossan Hill	Sandra Henderson
Sat 17/07/2021	Field Trips	Gungahlin Cemetery	Ryu Callaway
Wed 14/07/2021	Meetings	July Meeting	Ian McMahon - Stamp Designs of Betty Temple Watts Kim Farley - All about eBird
Sun 04/07/2021	Field Trips	Tharwa Sandwash	Lia Battisson
Sun 20/06/2021	Field Trips	The Pound (Kowen Forest)	David Dedenczuk
Wed 16/06/2021	Field Trips	Point Hutt Pond District Park	Sandra Henderson
Sat 12/06/2021	Field Trips	Superb Lyrebird survey	Chris Davey
Wed 09/06/2021	Meetings	June Meeting	Peter Fullagar and Chris Davey - Assessing Silver Gull breeding numbers on Spinnaker Island, Lake Burley Griffin, ACT- 2010-2020 Stuart Rae - Little Eagles in the ACT area – and beyond, 2017-2020
Sun 30/05/2021	Field Trips	Mulanggari Grasslands Nature Reserve	Bill Graham
Sun 23/05/2021	Field Trips	Scott Nature Reserve, Mulloon,	David McDonald
Sat 22/05/2021	Field Trips	ANBG beginners	Anthony Overs
Wed 19/05/2021	Field Trips	Oaks Estate Heritage River walk	Sandra Henderson
Wed 12/05/2021	Meetings	May Meeting	Geoffrey Dabb - Mysteries of the Glossy Black-Cockatoo Michael Guppy - Home-range sizes of 11 bird species on a 10 ha site in South-east Australia
Sun 09/05/2021	Field Trips	Goulburn	Sandra Henderson
Sun 02/05/2021	Field Trips	Private property near Tharwa	Sue Genner
Sat 24/04/2021	Field Trips	Mallacoota	Martin Butterfield
Wed 21/04/2021	Field Trips	Gungahlin Hill, Crace	Sandra Henderson
Sun 18/04/2021	Field Trips	Goorooyarroo NR	Suzi Bond
Wed 14/04/2021	Meetings	April Meeting	Martin Gascoigne - Birds in Rosalie Gascoigne’s art James Nicholls - DNA-based diet analysis of Blue Tits and the impacts of garden bird feeding.
Sun 11/04/2021	Field Trips	K2C	Nicki Taws
Sat 03/04/2021	Field Trips	Narrabundah Hill	Jack Holland
Fri 02/04/2021	Field Trips	Wanganella – Easter camp	Sandra Henderson
Sun 28/03/2021	Field Trips	Murrumbidgee River walk from Tharwa	Lia Battisson
Wed 17/03/2021	Field Trips	Molonglo River nest sites	Sandra Henderson
Wed 10/03/2021	Meetings	March Meeting	Sandra Henderson - The Great-crested Grebe breeding event on the Cotter Dam Shoshana Rapley - An update on the warabin (Bush Stone-curlew) reintroduction to the ACT
Sun 07/03/2021	Field Trips	Wee Jasper	Sue Lashko & Patricia Wilkinson
Sun 28/02/2021	Field Trips	Flea Bog Flat	Chris Davey
Sun 21/02/2021	Field Trips	Uriarra TSR	Sandra Henderson
Wed 17/02/2021	Field Trips	Red Hill NR	Sandra Henderson
Sun 14/02/2021	Field Trips	Molonglo boat trip	Jack Holland
Wed 10/02/2021	Meetings	February Meeting	Jack Holland - The Rise and Rise of the Eastern Koel in the ACTNicki Taws - Preliminary findings of the 2020 annual COG Bird Blitz
Tue 09/02/2021	Field Trips	Shoalhaven Heads	Sue Lashko
Sun 07/02/2021	Field Trips	Warks Road/Blundells Creek Road	Sandra Henderson
Sun 31/01/2021	Field Trips	Jerrabomberra Wetlands (World Wetlands Day )	Sue Lashko
Wed 20/01/2021	Field Trips	Lindsay Prior Arboretum	Sandra Henderson
Sun 17/01/2021	Field Trips	Uriarra	Sue Lashko
Wed 13/01/2021	Meetings	January Meeting – COG MEMBERS NIGHT	COG Members’ Night – 7:30 pm, St James Uniting Church Hall, Curtin
Wed 16/12/2020	Field Trips	Lyrebird Trail, Tidbinbilla NR	Sandra Henderson
Sun 13/12/2020	Field Trips	Aranda Bushland NR	Sue Lashko
Wed 09/12/2020	Meetings	December Meeting (Christmas get together)	COG Christmas get-together – 6 pm, Black Mountain Peninsula. BYO food!
Sun 29/11/2020	Field Trips	Callum Brae NR	Sandra Henderson
Sun 22/11/2020	Field Trips	Mt Majura	David Dedenczuk
Wed 18/11/2020	Field Trips	Stony Creek NR	Sandra Henderson
Sun 15/11/2020	Field Trips	Campbell Park nest workshop	Jack Holland
Wed 11/11/2020	Meetings	November Meeting (AGM)	Peter Fullagar and Chris Davey - The Rodent eradication program on Lord Howe Island - the COG contribution
Sun 08/11/2020	Field Trips	Mystery outing from Uriarra Crossing	Sandra Henderson
Sun 01/11/2020	Field Trips	Kambah Pool to Red Rocks Gorge	Sandra Henderson
Sat 24/10/2020	Field Trips	Blitz	Nicki Taws
Wed 21/10/2020	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to West Belconnen Ponds	Lindell Emerton
Tue 20/10/2020	Field Trips	Green Cape	Peter Fullagar and Sue Lashko
Sat 17/10/2020	Field Trips	‘Gang-gang’ at Yass River	Ryu Callaway
Sat 17/10/2020	Field Trips	Eden pelagics	Tobias Hiyashi
Wed 14/10/2020	Meetings	October Meeting	Rhiannon Kiggins - Do Shy Heathwrens increase during times of drought? Michael Mulvaney - Canberra residents helping us understand and better conserve the Gang-gang Cockatoo
Sun 04/10/2020	Field Trips	Less-visited TSRs of Bungendore	David McDonald
Sat 26/09/2020	Field Trips	Bluetts Block, Uriarra Road	Jean Casburn
Sun 20/09/2020	Field Trips	Molonglo Gorge	Suzi Bond
Wed 16/09/2020	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Church Rock Heritage Loop, Tidbinbilla	Sandra Henderson
Sun 13/09/2020	Field Trips	Oakey Hill	Alison McKerras
Wed 09/09/2020	Meetings	September Meeting – Virtual Meeting	James O’Connor - From Monitoring to Mapping, Analysis to Action: BirdLife Australia's Bushfire response program
Sat 05/09/2020	Field Trips	Glendale, Namadgi National Park	Ryu Callaway
Sun 30/08/2020	Field Trips	Sherwood Forest	David Dedenczuk
Wed 19/08/2020	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk from Tharwa	Sandra Henderson
Sun 16/08/2020	Field Trips	North Mulligans	Bill Graham
Wed 12/08/2020	Meetings	August Meeting (virtual meeting)	Laura Rayner - The Goldilocks Hollow.
Sat 01/08/2020	Field Trips	ANBG beginners	Anthony Overs
Sun 26/07/2020	Field Trips	The Pinnacle Nature Reserve	John Brannan
Wed 22/07/2020	Meetings	July Meeting	Virtual meeting - rescheduled date as above Leo Joseph - Another instalment in the ongoing saga of: “Australian bird names are all sorted out. Yes? No? Maybe?” Some updates from black-cockatoos, lorikeets, quailthrush, and grasswrens.
Sun 19/07/2020	Field Trips	Cuumbeun NR	Lia Battisson
Wed 15/07/2020	Field Trips	July Wednesday Walk to Mulligan’s Flat	Sandra Henderson and Lia Battisson
Sun 12/07/2020	Field Trips	Point Hutt Pond	Sandra Henderson
Mon 29/06/2020	Field Trips	Lake Burrendong near Wellington	Ryu Callaway
Sun 21/06/2020	Field Trips	Narrabundah Hill	Jack Holland
Wed 17/06/2020	Field Trips	Murrumbidgee Discovery Track	Sandra Henderson
Sun 14/06/2020	Field Trips	Superb Lyrebird survey – Tidbinbilla NR	Chris Davey
Wed 10/06/2020	Meetings	Monthly meeting – online	VIRTUAL meeting! Alice McGlashan - Hollow using species and nest box designs for the Canberra region
Sat 06/06/2020	Field Trips	Venue required for Queens’ Birthday long weekend	leader required
Sat 30/05/2020	Field Trips	Mallacoota	Sandra Henderson
Sat 23/05/2020	Field Trips	ANBG beginners	Anthony Overs
Sun 26/04/2020	Field Trips	The Settlers Track, Namadgi National Park	David McDonald
Sat 18/04/2020	Field Trips	Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area (Private Property)	Ryu Callaway
Wed 15/04/2020	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Mulligans Flat Cancelled	Sandra Henderson
Sat 11/04/2020	Field Trips	Narrabundah Hill	Jack Holland
Sun 05/04/2020	Field Trips	K2C surveys near Bredbo	Nicki Taws
Sat 28/03/2020	Field Trips	South Googong	Ryu Callaway
Sat 21/03/2020	Field Trips	Eden pelagics	Tobias Hiyashi
Wed 18/03/2020	Field Trips	March Wednesday Walk to Bluetts Block	Martin Butterfield, Jean Casburn
Sun 15/03/2020	Field Trips	Molonglo River walk from Weston	Sandra Henderson
Wed 11/03/2020	Meetings	March Meeting	Geoffrey Dabb - Encounters with the Regent Honeyeater. Danny McCreadie - A photo record of Square-tailed Kites nesting in the Adelaide Hills.
Tue 10/03/2020	Field Trips	Ulladulla	Bill Graham
Sat 07/03/2020	Field Trips	Yass River Private Property	Ryu Callaway
Sun 23/02/2020	Field Trips	Cotter Reserve	Sandra Henderson
Wed 19/02/2020	Field Trips	February Wednesday Walk to Coombs Pond	Sandra Henderson
Sun 16/02/2020	Field Trips	Molonglo Reach boat trip	Jack Holland
Wed 12/02/2020	Meetings	February Meeting	Jack Holland - Leaden and Satin Flycatchers David Lindenmayer - Changing landscapes change birds – new insights into how softwood plantations reshape temperate woodland bird communities.
Mon 10/02/2020	Field Trips	Guthega, Snowy Mountains	Jean Casburn
Sun 09/02/2020	Field Trips	Campbell Park	David Dedenczuk
Sun 02/02/2020	Field Trips	Jerrabomberra Wetlands	Sue Lashko
Sun 19/01/2020	Field Trips	Uriarra	Bruce Lindenmayer
Wed 15/01/2020	Meetings	COG Members’ Night	COG Members’ Night – 7:30 pm, St James Uniting Church Hall, Curtin
Wed 15/01/2020	Field Trips	New Date for Wednesday Walk to AIS and Bruce Ridge	Sandra Henderson
Wed 11/12/2019	Meetings	Christmas BBQ	Black Mountain Peninsula
Sun 08/12/2019	Field Trips	Nursery Swamp	David Dedenczuk
Sun 24/11/2019	Field Trips	Molonglo Gorge	CANCELLED
Wed 20/11/2019	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk along the Molonglo	Martin Butterfield
Sat 16/11/2019	Field Trips	Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area	Ryu Callaway
Wed 13/11/2019	Meetings	November Meeting (AGM)	Penny Olsen – The Night Parrot: Still Australia's Most Elusive Bird
Sun 10/11/2019	Field Trips	Nest Workshop Campbell Park	Jack Holland
Sat 02/11/2019	Field Trips	Eden pelagics	Sandra Henderson
Sat 26/10/2019	Field Trips	Bird Blitz	Barbara Allan
Sun 20/10/2019	Field Trips	Glendale	Sandra Henderson
Wed 16/10/2019	Field Trips	October walk to Gambles TSR	Martin Butterfield
Sun 13/10/2019	Field Trips	K2C surveys	Nicki Taws
Wed 09/10/2019	Meetings	October Meeting	David McDonald - COG's 2019 member survey: topline findings Claire Taylor - The effect of the physical and social environment on maternal investment of cuckoo and their hosts Alistair Drake - A trip to the Top End of Australia
Sat 05/10/2019	Field Trips	Percival Hill	John Harris
Sun 29/09/2019	Field Trips	Namadgi Visitors Centre	Sandra Henderson
Sun 22/09/2019	Field Trips	Blue Range Hut/Sherwood Historic Site	David McDonald
Wed 18/09/2019	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Hume	Martin Butterfield
Mon 16/09/2019	Field Trips	Green Cape – mid-week accommodated	Peter Fullagar & Sue Lashko
Sun 15/09/2019	Field Trips	Bluetts Block	Jean Casburn
Wed 11/09/2019	Meetings	September Meeting	Shorty Westlin - Bird baths, the benefits to the birds and you the observer Geoffrey Dabb - Some Notable Canberra Birds
Sun 08/09/2019	Field Trips	Callum Brae NR	Sandra Henderson
Sat 31/08/2019	Field Trips	Lake Road, Bungendore	Chris Davey
Sat 24/08/2019	Field Trips	Burrinjuck Dam	Ryu Callaway
Wed 21/08/2019	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Hall village	Martin Butterfield
Wed 14/08/2019	Meetings	August Meeting	Jon Coleman - The Breeding Biology of Black Swans in Australia: A comparison between Queensland and the ACT Peter Marsack - Painting for the Australian Bird Guide
Sat 03/08/2019	Field Trips	Lake Ginninderra beginners’ outing	Anthony Overs
Sun 21/07/2019	Field Trips	The Pinnacle NR	John Brannan
Wed 17/07/2019	Field Trips	July Walk to ANBG	Martin Butterfield
Wed 10/07/2019	Meetings	July Meeting	Details soon
Sat 06/07/2019	Field Trips	Kambah Pool to Red Rocks (with possible side trip)	Michael Robbins
Sat 22/06/2019	Field Trips	Nelanglo TSR	Ryu Callaway
Wed 19/06/2019	Field Trips	Wednesday walk: Tidbinbilla to Birrigai and back	Martin Butterfield
Sat 15/06/2019	Field Trips	Superb Lyrebird survey	Chris Davey
Wed 12/06/2019	Meetings	June Meeting	Duncan McCaskill - The Canberra Garden Bird Survey, a brief overview Chris Tzaros - Out of the blue – The resurgence of the Turquoise Parrot
Sun 02/06/2019	Field Trips	Uriarra loop	David Dedenczuk
Sun 19/05/2019	Field Trips	Square Rock	Lia Battisson
Wed 15/05/2019	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Tharwa	Sandra Henderson
Sun 12/05/2019	Field Trips	Autumn bus tour	Jack Holland and Jenny Bounds
Wed 08/05/2019	Meetings	May Meeting	Cassandra Taylor - Interactions between Australian bronze-cuckoos and their hosts Connie León - Exploring the social structure of a cooperatively breeding bird, the White-winged Chough
Sat 04/05/2019	Field Trips	ANBG beginners’ outing	Anthony Overs
Sun 28/04/2019	Field Trips	Jerrabomberra Hill	Sandra Henderson
Fri 19/04/2019	Field Trips	Round Hill Nature Reserve – Easter camp	Sue Lashko
Wed 17/04/2019	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Mount Pleasant	Martin Butterfield
Sun 14/04/2019	Field Trips	K2C surveys	Nicki Taws
Wed 10/04/2019	Meetings	April Meeting	Jack Holland - The Crescent Honeyeater Geoffrey Dabb - An overview of our grassland birds
Sun 07/04/2019	Field Trips	Narrabundah Hill	Jack Holland
Sun 31/03/2019	Field Trips	Lanyon Homestead	Terry Bell
Sat 23/03/2019	Field Trips	Booroomba Rocks to Mt Tennant	Michael Robbins
Wed 20/03/2019	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Gigerline	Martin Butterfield
Sat 16/03/2019	Field Trips	Bournda NP – weekend camping	John Goldie and Kathy Walter
Wed 13/03/2019	Meetings	March Meeting	Alison Russell-French - The East Asian–Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) – a retrospective 25 years on Janet Gardner – How are Australian birds affected by climate change?
Sat 09/03/2019	Field Trips	Tumut – camping or accommodated	Sandra Henderson
Sat 02/03/2019	Field Trips	Forde Creek	John Harris
Wed 20/02/2019	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – Umbagong Park, Latham	Sandra Henderson
Sun 17/02/2019	Field Trips	Lake Burley Griffin by bike	David Dedenczuk
Wed 13/02/2019	Meetings	February Meeting	David Rees - Birds of the wetlands at Warren, NSW (video) Michael Guppy – Cracking the Code. What regulates breeding in the Bird Community at Moruya
Sun 10/02/2019	Field Trips	Molonglo boat trip	Jack Holland
Sun 03/02/2019	Field Trips	Jerrabomberra Wetlands	Chris Davey
Sun 03/02/2019	Other & Activities	COG Survey open until 13th March	COG Survey open until 13th March
Sun 27/01/2019	Field Trips	Yerrabi Track	Sandra Henderson & Steve Read
Sun 20/01/2019	Field Trips	Uriarra	Bruce Lindenmayer
Wed 16/01/2019	Field Trips	Glendale	Sandra Henderson
Wed 09/01/2019	Meetings	January Meeting	COG Members’ Night
Wed 19/12/2018	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to West Belconnen Ponds	Martin Butterfield
Wed 12/12/2018	Meetings	December Meeting	COG December BBQ 6pm
Sat 08/12/2018	Field Trips	Tuggeranong Horse Paddocks	Ryu Callaway
Sun 02/12/2018	Field Trips	Monga National Park	David Dedenczuk
Sun 25/11/2018	Field Trips	Wee Jasper	Sue Lashko
Wed 21/11/2018	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Baroona Rd	Martin Butterfield Sandra Henderson
Sun 18/11/2018	Field Trips	Warks Road, Brindabellas	David Dedenczuk
Wed 14/11/2018	Meetings	November Meeting	Alistair Drake - A trip through the Great Victoria Desert Rob Magrath - Alarm calls and eavesdropping in wild birds
Sun 11/11/2018	Field Trips	Campbell Park Nest Workshop	Jack Holland
Sun 04/11/2018	Field Trips	Barren Grounds	Suzi Bond
Tue 30/10/2018	Field Trips	Balranald area extended camping trip	Noel Luff
Sat 27/10/2018	Field Trips	Bird Blitz	Barbara Allan
Sat 20/10/2018	Field Trips	Percival Hill	John Harris
Wed 17/10/2018	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Googong	Martin Butterfield
Sun 14/10/2018	Field Trips	K2C surveys	Nicki Taws
Wed 10/10/2018	Meetings	October Meeting	Leo Joseph - Who Doesn’t Like A Change of Scientific Names Every Now and Then? Science, taxonomy, nomenclature and Australian birds
Sun 07/10/2018	Field Trips	Harold’s Cross near Tallaganda SF – day trip	Libby Keen and Sue Lashko
Sun 30/09/2018	Field Trips	day trip to private property at Kangiara near Boorowa	Sue Lashko
Tue 25/09/2018	Field Trips	Kangaroo Valley mid-week camp	Lia Battisson
Sun 23/09/2018	Field Trips	Urambi Hills	Sandra Henderson
Wed 19/09/2018	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Red Hill	Martin Butterfield Lindell Emerton
Sat 15/09/2018	Field Trips	Tuggeranong lakes by bike	Ryu Callaway
Wed 12/09/2018	Meetings	September Meeting	Birgita Hansen and Lori Gould - Building an understanding of habitat use, movement and migration of Latham’s Snipe
Sun 09/09/2018	Field Trips	Kelly Road	Sandra Henderson
Sat 01/09/2018	Field Trips	Eden pelagics	Sandra Henderson
Tue 28/08/2018	Field Trips	Wonga at Bawley Point	Terry Bell
Sun 26/08/2018	Field Trips	Mt Taylor	Matthew Frawley
Wed 15/08/2018	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Hume	Martin Butterfield Sandra Henderson
Sun 12/08/2018	Field Trips	Western Palerang	David McDonald & Martin Butterfield
Wed 08/08/2018	Meetings	August Meeting	Stuart Rae - Local or not so local Little Eagles Richard Allen - Birds at the Weddin Mountains – some results from a long-term study
Sat 04/08/2018	Field Trips	Lake Ginninderra beginners outing	Anthony Overs
Sun 22/07/2018	Field Trips	Rowes Lagoon and Collector area	Bill Graham
Wed 18/07/2018	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to (Lower) Mount Ainslie	Martin Butterfield
Sat 14/07/2018	Field Trips	Cooma Cottage, Yass	Bill Graham
Wed 11/07/2018	Meetings	July Meeting	Jack Holland – Brown and Stubble Quail, Birds of the MonthHeather McGinness - Waterbird recruitment and movements: New information for water and wetland managers
Sat 30/06/2018	Field Trips	North from Kambah Pool	Michael Robbins
Sat 23/06/2018	Field Trips	Superb Lyrebird Survey	Chris Davey
Wed 20/06/2018	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Watson	Martin Butterfield
Wed 13/06/2018	Meetings	June Meeting	Paul Fennell - Highlights and Lowlights of the most recent 2016-2017 ABR Richard Beggs - War against the Noisy Miner: the casus belli may not be as clear as we thought
Sun 03/06/2018	Field Trips	Hall area and Wallaroo Road	Bill Graham
Sun 27/05/2018	Field Trips	Late autumn mystery bus trip	Jack Holland, Jenny Bounds
Sun 20/05/2018	Field Trips	Mulligans Flat by bike	Duncan McCaskill
Wed 16/05/2018	Field Trips	Walk to North Weston Ponds	Lindell Emerton
Tue 15/05/2018	Field Trips	Jenolan Caves Birding and Dining	Michael Robbins
Wed 09/05/2018	Meetings	May Meeting	Alison Russell-French - the Woodlands and Wetlands Trust Terry Korodaj and Paul Packard – Water for the environment – rivers, wetlands, waterbirds and waterbird food!
Sun 29/04/2018	Field Trips	Bluetts Block	Jean Casburn
Wed 18/04/2018	Field Trips	Walk to O’Connor Ridge	Martin Butterfield
Sun 15/04/2018	Field Trips	Nursery Swamp	David McDonald
Wed 11/04/2018	Meetings	April Meeting	Michael Lenz - Where do Noisy Friarbirds go to sleep?...more pieces of the puzzle are fitting together…” Rob Heinsohn – Tool-assisted rhythmic drumming in Cape York Palm Cockatoos
Sun 08/04/2018	Field Trips	K2C Surveys	Nicki Taws
Sat 31/03/2018	Field Trips	Narrabundah Hill	Jack Holland
Fri 30/03/2018	Field Trips	Deniliquin area Easter campout	Sandra Henderson
Sun 25/03/2018	Field Trips	Eden pelagic	Sandra Henderson
Wed 21/03/2018	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk from Point Hutt to Pine Island	Martin Butterfield
Wed 14/03/2018	Meetings	March Meeting	Steve Wallace - How do avocets preen? Nicholas Carlile – Gould’s Petrel: 29 years of research and monitoring
Sun 11/03/2018	Field Trips	McQuoid’s Hill	Michael Robbins
Sun 04/03/2018	Field Trips	Lanyon	Terry Bell, Terry Munro
Sun 25/02/2018	Field Trips	Micalong Swamp	David Dedenczuk
Wed 21/02/2018	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Yerrabi Pond	Martin Butterfield
Sat 17/02/2018	Field Trips	Forde Creek and Ponds	John Harris
Wed 14/02/2018	Meetings	February Meeting	Ross Crates - Ecology and conservation of the Regent Honeyeater Barbara Allan – Summary of the 2017 COG Bird Blitz and prize
Sun 11/02/2018	Field Trips	Molonglo Reach Boat Trip	Jack Holland
Sun 04/02/2018	Field Trips	Jerrabomberra Wetlands	Sue Lashko
Wed 17/01/2018	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Glendale Depot, Namadgi National Park	Martin Butterfield
Sun 14/01/2018	Field Trips	Uriarra	Bruce Lindenmayer
Wed 10/01/2018	Meetings	January Meeting	COG Quiz Night
Wed 20/12/2017	Field Trips	December Wednesday Walk to AIS	Martin Butterfield
Wed 13/12/2017	Meetings	December Meeting	COG December BBQ 6 pm
Sun 10/12/2017	Field Trips	Newline	Sue Lashko
Sun 03/12/2017	Field Trips	Jerrabomberra Grasslands West (or horse paddocks)	Ryu Callaway
Sun 26/11/2017	Field Trips	Bundanoon	Noel Luff
Sun 19/11/2017	Field Trips	Mulligans Flat	Suzi Bond
Wed 15/11/2017	Field Trips	POSTPONED Wednesday Walk to Private property North of Murrumbateman	Martin Butterfield
Wed 15/11/2017	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Lake Tuggeranong	Lia Battisson
Tue 14/11/2017	Field Trips	Harold’s Cross – campout on private property	Sandra Henderson
Sun 12/11/2017	Field Trips	Campbell Park nest workshop	Jack Holland
Wed 08/11/2017	Meetings	November Meeting	Peter Davidson - Conservation Challenges in Norfolk Island
Sun 05/11/2017	Field Trips	Braidwood Landcare surveys	Sue Lashko
Sat 28/10/2017	Field Trips	Bird Blitz	Barbara Allan
Sun 22/10/2017	Field Trips	Gossan Hill	Chris Davey
Wed 18/10/2017	Field Trips	October Wednesday Walk	Martin Butterfield
Sun 15/10/2017	Field Trips	Collector-Goulburn-Crookwell loop	Bill Graham
Fri 13/10/2017	Field Trips	Moree and Pilliga – extended camping trip	Sue Lashko
Wed 11/10/2017	Meetings	October Meeting	Geoffrey Dabb – Australian and Little RavensDebbie Saunders – Saving our Swift Parrots
Mon 09/10/2017	Field Trips	Green Cape mid-week	Sue Lashko, Peter Fullagar
Sun 08/10/2017	Field Trips	K2C surveys	Nicki Taws
Fri 29/09/2017	Field Trips	Buddigower NR – camping or accommodated	Mark Clayton
Sun 24/09/2017	Field Trips	Numeralla	Sandra Henderson
Wed 20/09/2017	Field Trips	September Wednesday Walk to Cotter Dam.	Martin Butterfield; John Bundock
Sun 17/09/2017	Field Trips	Gigerline	David Dedenczuk
Wed 13/09/2017	Meetings	September Meeting	Ryu Callaway – Proposed Roost CensusRahula Perera - Mixed species foraging flocks in the Sinharaja Rainforest, Sri Lanka
Sat 09/09/2017	Field Trips	Mt Rogers, Spence – Saturday	Angharad Dean
Wed 06/09/2017	Field Trips	mid- week bus trip	Jack Holland, Jenny Bounds
Sat 02/09/2017	Field Trips	Eden pelagics – 2 days	Sandra Henderson, Tobias Hiyashi
Sun 20/08/2017	Field Trips	Monga NP	David McDonald
Wed 16/08/2017	Field Trips	Wednesday walk to London Bridge Homestead	Martin Butterfield
Wed 09/08/2017	Meetings	August Meeting	Barbara Allan – COG’s 13th Annual Bird BlitzRichard Major - Conservation ecology of the White-fronted Chat
Tue 08/08/2017	Field Trips	Wonga, Bawley Point – mid-week	Terry Bell
Sat 05/08/2017	Field Trips	Lake Ginninderra – Beginners	Anthony Overs
Sun 23/07/2017	Field Trips	Tuggeranong Hill	Lia Battisson
Wed 19/07/2017	Field Trips	Walk at Tidbinbilla	Martin Butterfield
Sun 16/07/2017	Field Trips	Hume	Sandra Henderson
Wed 12/07/2017	Meetings	July Meeting	Don Fletcher - Little Eagle Research UpdateDavid Hollands - Cranes, Herons and Storks of Australia
Sun 02/07/2017	Field Trips	Orroral Valley	Michael Robbins
Sun 25/06/2017	Field Trips	Wanniassa Hills NR & Fadden Ponds	Ryu Callaway
Wed 21/06/2017	Field Trips	Walk to Callum Brae	Martin Butterfield
Sun 18/06/2017	Field Trips	Superb Lyrebird survey – Tidbinbilla NR	Chris Davey
Wed 14/06/2017	Meetings	June Meeting	Duncan McCaskill A short overview of the Garden Bird Survey Matt Herring - Bitterns in Rice Project: Five years On
Sun 04/06/2017	Field Trips	Brooks Hill Reserve, Bungendore	Michael Robbins
Sun 21/05/2017	Field Trips	Mt Taylor	Matthew Frawley
Wed 17/05/2017	Field Trips	Walk to West Belconnen Pond	Martin Butterfield
Sun 14/05/2017	Field Trips	Yass Gorge	Sue Lashko
Wed 10/05/2017	Meetings	May Meeting	Neil Hermes - Norfolk Island Green ParrotChris Davey - Phillip Island - past, present and future
Sat 06/05/2017	Field Trips	ANBG – Beginners	Anthony Overs
Sun 30/04/2017	Field Trips	Murrumbateman reserves and TSRs	Bill Graham
Wed 19/04/2017	Field Trips	April Wednesday walk to Gigerline	Martin Butterfield
Fri 14/04/2017	Field Trips	Round Hill – Easter campout	Kathy Walter & John Goldie
Wed 12/04/2017	Meetings	April Meeting	Darren Le Roux - Standing tall: Recreating vertical habitat structure for wildlife Laura Rayner - Studying difficult birds to prevent their extinction
Sun 09/04/2017	Field Trips	K2C surveys	Nicki Taws
Sun 02/04/2017	Field Trips	Narrabundah Hill	Jack Holland
Sun 26/03/2017	Field Trips	“Adnamira” – Dog Trap Rd near Hall	Sue Lashko
Sun 19/03/2017	Field Trips	Eden pelagic	Sandra Henderson, Anthony Overs
Wed 15/03/2017	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk at Campbell Park	Martin Butterfield
Thu 09/03/2017	Field Trips	Albury properties – camping and cabins	Sue Lashko
Wed 08/03/2017	Meetings	March Meeting	Suzi Bond - The Butterflies of the ACTGeoffrey Dabb - An Illustrated History of Australian Bird Names
Sun 05/03/2017	Field Trips	National Arboretum	Chris Davey
Sun 26/02/2017	Field Trips	Yerrabi Track	Suzi Bond
Mon 20/02/2017	Field Trips	Cape Conran Coastal Park, Victoria – camping	Martyn Moffat
Sun 19/02/2017	Field Trips	Woods Reserve	David Dedenczuk
Wed 15/02/2017	Field Trips	Outing to Warks Rd and nearby areas: rescheduled from January	Martin Butterfield
Sun 12/02/2017	Field Trips	Molonglo Reach boat trip	Jack Holland
Wed 08/02/2017	Meetings	February Meeting	COG Members' Night
Tue 07/02/2017	Field Trips	Shoalhaven Heads	Sue Lashko
Sun 05/02/2017	Field Trips	Jerrabomberra Wetlands	Sue Lashko
Sun 29/01/2017	Field Trips	Murrumbidgee River Walk	Matthew Frawley
Sat 21/01/2017	Field Trips	Forde Ponds	John Harris
Sun 15/01/2017	Field Trips	Uriarra	Bruce Lindenmayer
Wed 11/01/2017	Meetings	January Meeting	Lori Gould and Chris Davey - Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve - Past, Present and Future
Wed 21/12/2016	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Urriara East and Stoney Creek NR	Martin Butterfield
Sun 18/12/2016	Field Trips	Aranda Bushland NR	Sue Lashko
Wed 14/12/2016	Meetings	December Meeting	COG December BBQ
Sun 11/12/2016	Field Trips	ANBG	Lia Battisson
Sun 27/11/2016	Field Trips	Kama Woodland	Chris Davey
Tue 22/11/2016	Field Trips	Private property near Young	Sue Lashko
Sun 20/11/2016	Field Trips	Mulligans Flat	McComas Taylor
Wed 16/11/2016	Field Trips	November Wednesday Walk to Namadgi Visitors Centre and Tharwa Sandwash
Sun 13/11/2016	Field Trips	Campbell Park nest workshop	Jack Holland
Wed 09/11/2016	Meetings	November Meeting	Liam Bailey - Love thy neighbour: Importance of nest density in a mobbing bird Grainne Cleary - Citizen science study into bird feeding and watering in Australia
Sun 06/11/2016	Field Trips	Goorooyarroo NR	Suzi Bond
Sat 29/10/2016	Field Trips	October Bird Blitz	Barbara Allan
Sun 23/10/2016	Field Trips	Kelly Swamp photography outing	Con Boekel
Wed 19/10/2016	Field Trips	Walk to Mulligans Flat and nearby areas	Martin Butterfield
Wed 19/10/2016	Field Trips	visit from Southern Highlands birders	leader required
Sun 16/10/2016	Field Trips	Yerrabi Pond	Bill Graham
Wed 12/10/2016	Meetings	October Meeting	Ann Goeth - Australian Brush-turkeys: unique behaviour, life cycle and adaptations
Sun 09/10/2016	Field Trips	K2C surveys	Nicki Taws
Sat 08/10/2016	Field Trips	Introduction to eBirding in the field	Alistair Smith
Sat 01/10/2016	Field Trips	Buddigower NR – POSTPONED	Mark Clayton
Sun 25/09/2016	Field Trips	Tidbinbilla	David Dedenczuk
Wed 21/09/2016	Field Trips	West Belconnen Ponds	Martin Butterfield
Tue 20/09/2016	Field Trips	Young – campout on private property	Sue Lashko
Sun 18/09/2016	Field Trips	Flemington Road Ponds & Mitchell	Bill Graham
Sun 18/09/2016	Field Trips	Flemington Rd Ponds and Mitchell Ponds	Bill Graham
Wed 14/09/2016	Meetings	September Meeting	Stuart Harris - Maratus the film about two men and a spiderAlastair Smith - eBird and you, the Canberra birder
Sat 03/09/2016	Field Trips	Sherwood Homestead Complex, Uriarra SF	David McDonald
Sat 03/09/2016	Field Trips	Eden pelagics	Sandra Henderson & Anthony Overs
Sun 28/08/2016	Field Trips	Late autumn bus trip	Jack Holland & Jenny Bounds
Sun 21/08/2016	Field Trips	London Bridge Homestead	John Bundock
Wed 17/08/2016	Field Trips	Callum Brae	Sandra Henderson
Sat 13/08/2016	Field Trips	Percival Hill	John Harris
Wed 10/08/2016	Meetings	August Meeting	Barbara Allan – the 2016 Bird Blitz Dominique Potvin - City bird, country bird: The effects of urban noise on wildlife
Sat 06/08/2016	Field Trips	Lake Ginninderra beginners outing	Anthony Overs
Wed 20/07/2016	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Australian National Botanic Gardens	Leader to be determined on the day.
Sun 17/07/2016	Field Trips	Gungahlin Hill	Chris Davey
Wed 13/07/2016	Meetings	July Meeting	Chris Davey - The Canberra Nature Map and how COG members can participate in this exciting initiativeMichael Lenz - Observations at a suburban Welcome Swallow roostRichard Beggs - Removing a reverse keystone species: Impacts of an experimental cull of Noisy Miners on small-bodied woodland birds in remnant woodland fragments within an agricultural matrix
Sat 25/06/2016	Field Trips	Superb Lyrebird survey – Tidbinbilla NR	Chris Davey & Peter Fullagar
Sun 19/06/2016	Field Trips	Wanniassa Hills & Fadden Ponds	Ryu Callaway
Wed 15/06/2016	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to the ponds of Coombs and North Weston	Martin Butterfield
Wed 08/06/2016	Meetings	June Meeting	Duncan McCaskill - The Garden Bird Survey Update Tim Burnard - The national Malleefowl monitoring effort: community, databases and adaptive management
Tue 07/06/2016	Field Trips	Ben Ricketts	Sue Lashko
Sun 29/05/2016	Field Trips	Kambah Pool to Red Rocks	Michael Robbins
Sun 22/05/2016	Field Trips	Introduction to Queanbeyan urban reserves	Sandra Henderson
Wed 18/05/2016	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Lake Springfield and the Poachers Pantry	Martin Butterfield/Terry Bell
Sun 15/05/2016	Field Trips	Farrer Ridge	Sandra Henderson
Wed 11/05/2016	Meetings	May Meeting	Neil Hermes - The Jerusalem Bird ObservatoryGeoffrey Dabb - Birds of Black Mountain – the historical, the typical, the notable, and the mixed flock
Sat 07/05/2016	Field Trips	ANBG beginners outing	Anthony Overs
Sun 01/05/2016	Field Trips	Micalong Swamp	David McDonald
Wed 20/04/2016	Field Trips	Changed Venue for April Wednesday Walk (to lower slopes of Mt Tennent)	Leader Martin Butterfield
Sun 17/04/2016	Field Trips	Warks Road – Blundells Creek Road	David Dedenczuk
Wed 13/04/2016	Meetings	April Meeting	Stuart Rae - Broad-billed Sandpipers: information gained from data recorded with geolocators Julian Reid - The A B G D of arid Australian bird communities, contrasting mulga tall shrublands and riparian woodlands
Sun 10/04/2016	Field Trips	K2C surveys	Nicki Taws
Sat 26/03/2016	Field Trips	Narrabundah Hill	Jack Holland
Fri 25/03/2016	Field Trips	Willandra NP – camping and accommodated	Kathy Walter & John Goldie
Sun 20/03/2016	Field Trips	Eden pelagic	Sandra Henderson & Anthony Overs
Wed 16/03/2016	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Pryor Arboretum and Acacia Inlet	Martin Butterfield
Sun 13/03/2016	Field Trips	North Mulligans	Bill Graham
Wed 09/03/2016	Meetings	March Meeting	Jerry Olsen – ACT Raptors
Tue 08/03/2016	Field Trips	Bawley Point – mid-week accommodated trip	Terry Bell
Sun 06/03/2016	Field Trips	Crace Wetlands	Fleur Leary
Sun 28/02/2016	Field Trips	Yerrabi Track to Boboyan Trig in southern Namadgi NP	Suzi Bond
Wed 17/02/2016	Field Trips	Wednesday Walk to Tuggeranong Lake	Martin Butterfield
Sun 14/02/2016	Field Trips	Molonglo Reach boat trip	Jack Holland
Wed 10/02/2016	Meetings	February Meeting	Alison Russell-French - Keep Australia Beautiful Sustainable Cities National Award for Environmental Education Geoffrey Dabb - An Introduction to Werribee Trevor Murray - The alarming flights of the Crested Pigeon
Sun 31/01/2016	Field Trips	Jerrabomberra Wetlands	Sue Lashko
Wed 20/01/2016	Field Trips	Mulligans Flat	Martin Butterfield
Sun 17/01/2016	Field Trips	Uriarra	Bruce Lindenmayer
Wed 13/01/2016	Meetings	January Meeting	COG January BBQ
Wed 16/12/2015	Field Trips	London Bridge Homestead	Martin Butterfield
Sun 13/12/2015	Field Trips	Tharwa Sandwash	David Dedenczuk
Wed 09/12/2015	Meetings	December Meeting (Members’ Night)	COG Members' Night
Mon 30/11/2015	Field Trips	ADVANCE NOTICE – Norfolk Island	Neil Hermes
Sun 29/11/2015	Field Trips	Gungahlin Cemetery	Bill Graham
Sun 15/11/2015	Field Trips	Campbell Park Nest Workshop	Jack Holland
Wed 11/11/2015	Meetings	November Meeting (AGM)	Chris Davey and Kathy Eyles - The Gang-gang Cockatoo survey - Citizen science in action.
Sun 08/11/2015	Field Trips	Braidwood Landcare Surveys	Sue Lashko
Sun 01/11/2015	Field Trips	Hall/One Tree Hill	Duncan McCaskill
Sat 24/10/2015	Other & Activities	2015 Bird Blitz	Annual check of ACT birds, everyone invited.
Sat 24/10/2015	Field Trips	Bird Blitz	Barbara Allan
Wed 21/10/2015	Field Trips	Rowes Lagoon	Martin Butterfield
Sun 18/10/2015	Field Trips	Wee Jasper	Noel and Lynne Bentley, Sue Lashko
Wed 14/10/2015	Meetings	October Meeting	Virginia Abernathy – Coevolution in action: defences against brood parasitism in new and old hosts of the Eastern Koel Leo Joseph - News from the Front: An Update on Bird Research at the Australian National Wildlife Collection (ANWC) and Around the World”
Mon 12/10/2015	Field Trips	Green Cape mid-week accommodated	Peter Fullagar and Sue Lashko
Sun 11/10/2015	Field Trips	Mullangari Grasslands, Gungahlin	Bill Graham
Sun 11/10/2015	Field Trips	K2C Surveys	Nicki Taws
Sat 03/10/2015	Field Trips	Munghorn Gap camping	Sue Lashko
Fri 25/09/2015	Field Trips	Capertee and Munghorn Gap extended campout	Sue Lashko
Sun 20/09/2015	Field Trips	Burra	Roslyn & John Sexton
Wed 16/09/2015	Field Trips	Gigerline Nature Reserve	Martin Butterfield
Fri 11/09/2015	Field Trips	Bethungra/Ulandra Nature Reserve (weekend accommodated)	David McDonald
Wed 09/09/2015	Meetings	September Meeting	Amanda Edworthy – Forty-spotted Pardalote: Conservation on the FlyHolly Parsons - Powerful by Name, Powerful by Nature – findings from the Powerful Owl Project in Sydney
Sat 05/09/2015	Field Trips	Eden pelagics (two one-day trips)	Sandra Henderson
Sun 30/08/2015	Field Trips	Late autumn bus trip	Jack Holland and Jenny Bounds
Sun 23/08/2015	Field Trips	Callum Brae	Sandra Henderson
Wed 19/08/2015	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – Campbell Park	Martin Butterfield
Wed 12/08/2015	Meetings	August Meeting	Barbara Allan – 2015 Bird BlitzBrett Howland - Managing kangaroo grazing for the conservation of grassland and grassy woodland fauna including birds.
Sat 08/08/2015	Field Trips	Lake Ginninderra Beginners morning	Anthony Overs
Fri 31/07/2015	Field Trips	Wonga, Bawley Point	Terry Bell
Wed 15/07/2015	Field Trips	Tidbinbilla	Martin Butterfield
Wed 08/07/2015	Meetings	July Meeting	Neil Hermes - Introduction to the birds of Norfolk IslandDominique Homberger - The feeding ecology of the Australian Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos and the Patagonian Austral Parakeets: Implications for the Evolution of the Psittaciformes.
Sun 05/07/2015	Field Trips	Jerrabomberra Hill	Sandra Henderson
Tue 23/06/2015	Field Trips	Little Forest Plateau near Ulladulla	Kathy Walter and John Goldie
Sun 21/06/2015	Field Trips	McQuoids Hill, Kambah	Michael Robbins
Sat 13/06/2015	Field Trips	Superb Lyrebird Survey – Tidbinbilla NR	Chris Davey
Wed 10/06/2015	Meetings	June Meeting	Bruce Lindenmayer - Local Thornbills and AlliesDuncan McCaskill - The Canberra Garden Bird Survey.
Sun 31/05/2015	Field Trips	Uriarra Village	Judy Middlebrook & Sue Lashko
Sun 24/05/2015	Field Trips	Pinnacle NR	John Brannan
Mon 18/05/2015	Field Trips	Narooma mid-week	Dianne Deans
Wed 13/05/2015	Meetings	May Meeting	Jack Holland - Fuscous and Brown-headed Honeyeaters David Hollands - 70 years of Bird Photography
Sat 09/05/2015	Field Trips	Australian National Botanic Gardens – Beginners Outing	Anthony Overs
Sun 03/05/2015	Field Trips	Campbell Park	Bruce Lindenmayer
Sun 03/05/2015	Field Trips	Campbell Park	Bruce Lindenmayer
Fri 17/04/2015	Field Trips	Tumut – camping	Gavin Small & Sue Lashko
Wed 15/04/2015	Field Trips	Wednesday walk – McKellar Ponds & Ginninderra Ck	Martin Butterfield
Sun 12/04/2015	Field Trips	K2C Surveys	Nicki Taws
Wed 08/04/2015	Meetings	April Meeting	Philip Veerman - How to identify feathers Christina Zdenek - Elusive Palmies: Seven Years of Researching the Palm Cockatoo
Sat 04/04/2015	Field Trips	Narrabundah Hill honeyeater migration	Jack Holland
Fri 03/04/2015	Field Trips	Easter campout – private property near Holbrook	Sandra Henderson
Sun 22/03/2015	Field Trips	Eden Pelagic	Sandra Henderson
Wed 18/03/2015	Field Trips	Gigerline	Martin Butterfield
Sun 15/03/2015	Field Trips	Mulligans Flat North	Bill Graham
Wed 11/03/2015	Meetings	March Meeting	Chris Davey - The 2014 North-West Australian Wader Expedition- some personal experiences Michael Guppy - Identification of nest predators at Moruya over three breeding seasons reveals marked temporal changes.
Sun 01/03/2015	Field Trips	Urambi Hills	Lia Battisson
Wed 18/02/2015	Field Trips	Forde Ponds	Bill Graham
Sun 15/02/2015	Field Trips	East Basin/Molonglo Reach	Jack Holland
Wed 11/02/2015	Meetings	February Meeting	Jim Hone - Birds of Namadgi National Park; trends, structure and managementMike Tarburton - Swifts: Extreme fliers above and below ground.
Mon 02/02/2015	Field Trips	Shoalhaven Mid-week Birding	Jean Casburn and Sue Lashko
Sun 01/02/2015	Field Trips	Jerrabomberra Wetlands (World Wetlands Day)	Sue Lashko
Wed 21/01/2015	Field Trips	Warks Rd – Wednesday walk	Martin Butterfield
Sun 18/01/2015	Field Trips	Uriarra	Bruce Lindenmayer
Wed 14/01/2015	Other & Activities	COG Annual BBQ	Annual 'Christmas' BBQ at Black Mountain
Wed 17/12/2014	Field Trips	Hall TSR – Wednesday walk	Martin Butterfield
Wed 10/12/2014	Meetings	December Meeting- members’ night	Short presentations by COG members - see "More Info" for details.
Sun 07/12/2014	Field Trips	TSR48 Gundaroo	Michael Lenz
Wed 26/11/2014	Other & Activities	“Imagining Gang-gangs” Student Art Exhibition	Gang-gang art
Sun 23/11/2014	Field Trips	Brindabella 4WD	David McDonald
Sat 22/11/2014	Other & Activities	50th Anniversary Gala(h) Night	Gala celebration of COG's 50th year celebrations at Gold Creek Homestead.
Wed 19/11/2014	Field Trips	Stoney Creek NR – Wednesday walk	Martin Butterfield
Sun 16/11/2014	Field Trips	Campbell Park nest workshop	Jack Holland
Wed 12/11/2014	Meetings	November Meeting – AGM	For members' info - 2013 Draft minutesGeorge Olah - Conservation and Genetics of Scarlet Macaws in the Peruvian Amazon.
Sat 08/11/2014	Field Trips	Aranda Bushland	Kay and Horst Hahn
Sun 02/11/2014	Field Trips	Bibaringa	Stuart Harris
Sat 25/10/2014	Other & Activities	COG’S Bird Blitz 2014	Barbara Allan
Sun 19/10/2014	Field Trips	Bango Nature Reserve	Sue Lashko
Sun 12/10/2014	Field Trips	K2C surveys Bredbo area	Nicki Taws
Wed 08/10/2014	Meetings	October Meeting	Dr Richard (Dick) Schodde - The Early Days, or Recollections (COG History series) Matt Herring - Bitterns in Rice and Wildlife-friendly Farming
Sat 04/10/2014	Field Trips	Charcoal Tank or Buddigower Nature Reserve campout	Mark Clayton
Fri 26/09/2014	Field Trips	Yerranderie campout	Julian Robinson
Wed 17/09/2014	Field Trips	Yerrabi Pond	Martin Butterfield
Fri 12/09/2014	Field Trips	Mates Gully campout – postponed	Sue Lashko
Wed 10/09/2014	Meetings	September meeting	Dick Schodde -The Early Days, or Recollections. Mark Clayton - Banding in the ACT. Neil Hermes - Norfolk Island Campout and Congress.
Sat 06/09/2014	Field Trips	Kelly Road	Ian Anderson & Tony Willis
Sat 06/09/2014	Field Trips	Eden pelagics	Sandra Henderson
Sun 31/08/2014	Field Trips	Late autumn bus trip	Jack Holland & Jenny Bounds
Sun 24/08/2014	Field Trips	Lake Tuggeranong	Sandra Henderson
Wed 20/08/2014	Field Trips	Jerrabomberra Hill	Sandra Henderson
Sat 16/08/2014	Field Trips	Brindabella Hills Winery	Stuart Harris
Wed 13/08/2014	Meetings	August Meeting	Barbara Allan - History of COG's Bird Blitz, and plans for our 10th Blitz in 2014. Professor David Lindenmayer - 17 years of ANU-COG Bird Research.
Sat 09/08/2014	Field Trips	Lake Ginninderra beginners	Anthony Overs
Sat 19/07/2014	Field Trips	Percival Hill and Ginninderra Creek	John Harris and Julie Clark
Wed 09/07/2014	Meetings	July Meeting	Michael Lenz - History of COG's waterbird surveys: Lake George and Lake Bathurst. Geoffrey Dabb - A few points about Governor King’s Parrot Michael Lenz - Roost flight observations at Mt Majura.
Sun 06/07/2014	Field Trips	Mulligan’s Flat & Goorooyarroo Nature Reserves birding by bike	Duncan McCaskill
Sat 05/07/2014	Other & Activities	Public Forum: Landscapes for Birds – conserving and enhancing their habitats	A free public Forum in celebration of COG's 50th Anniversary year
Mon 30/06/2014	Other & Activities	COG 50th Photograph Exhibition	Canberra’s Favourite Bird Photo 2014
Sat 21/06/2014	Other & Activities	SPOT THAT BIRD #1 – free beginners’ bird walks	Guided bird walk through the Botanic Gardens
Fri 20/06/2014	Field Trips	Moruya weekend accommodated	Chris Davey
Wed 18/06/2014	Field Trips	WW – Lyneham Ridge	Martin Butterfield
Sat 14/06/2014	Field Trips	Superb Lyrebird Survey – Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve	Chris Davey
Wed 11/06/2014	Meetings	June Meeting	A Special Presentation – “Rediscovery of the Night Parrot”
Fri 06/06/2014	Field Trips	Deua Tin Huts	Sue Lashko
Sun 25/05/2014	Field Trips	Bungonia	Denis Wilson & Sue Lashko
Wed 21/05/2014	Field Trips	Frost Hollows to Aranda Bushland	Martin Butterfield
Sat 17/05/2014	Field Trips	Tallaganda	Kathy Walter & John Goldie
Sat 17/05/2014	Field Trips	Botanic Gardens Beginners	Anthony Overs
Wed 14/05/2014	Meetings	May Meeting	Chris Davey - History of the COG Bird Song Tapes and CD. Amelia Coman - A genetic and morphological investigation of a Canberra local (Thornbills) Ding Li Yong - Chasing birds in the Malaysian Jungle.
Sun 04/05/2014	Field Trips	Campbell Park	Bruce Lindenmayer
Fri 18/04/2014	Field Trips	Round Hill Nature Reserve campout	Sue Lashko
Wed 16/04/2014	Field Trips	Birrigai Rock Shelter	Martin Butterfield
Sun 13/04/2014	Field Trips	K2C Surveys	Nicki Taws
Wed 09/04/2014	Meetings	April Meeting	Bruce Lindenmayer: "COG's contribution to ANU Research Programs" Dr Veronica Doerr CSIRO: “The Spaces In Between: connections and habitats in the broader landscape"
Sun 06/04/2014	Field Trips	Nursery Swamp	David McDonald
Sun 23/03/2014	Field Trips	Narrabundah Hill, Duffy	Jean Casburn & Jack Holland
Wed 19/03/2014	Field Trips	WW – Kama Nature Reserve	Martin Butterfield
Sun 16/03/2014	Field Trips	Gungahlin Wetlands	Sue Lashko and John Harris
Thu 13/03/2014	Other & Activities	Bird of the Year Official Launch	Launch COG's "Bird of the Year" Gang-gang Muster
Wed 12/03/2014	Meetings	March meeting	THREE presentations -- (1) The second in a series on COG's history, (2) Laura Johnson asks “Do red wattlebirds identify koels as enemies?”, (3) Geoffrey Dabb on the Gang-gang Cockatoo.
Fri 07/03/2014	Field Trips	Ben Boyd National Park campout	Kathy Walter and John Goldie
Fri 21/02/2014	Field Trips	Guthega birds & flowers	Jean Casburn
Wed 19/02/2014	Field Trips	WW – Queanbeyan Sewage Ponds	Martin Butterfield
Sun 16/02/2014	Field Trips	East Basin/Molonglo Reach Electric boat cruise	Jack Holland
Wed 12/02/2014	Meetings	FEBRUARY MEETING	Short talk: Neil Hermes introduces COG's 50th anniversary. Main presentation: Prof Andrew Cockburn asks
Sun 19/01/2014	Field Trips	Uriarra	Bruce Lindenmayer
Wed 15/01/2014	Field Trips	WW – Stoney Creek Nature Reserve	Martin Butterfield
Wed 11/12/2013	Meetings	DECEMBER MEETING	Members Night - COG members contribute short presentations (about 10-15 minutes long) on a range of bird related topics.
Sun 19/11/2023	Field Trips	Nanima area – private property	Sue Lashko
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