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Monthly Archives: November 2005
Birds of Mt Majura 2005
It was a perfect morning to discover some of Mount Majura’s winged and feathered residents. Friends of Mt Majura joined Tom Green of the Canberra Ornithology Group (COG) for a Bird Walk on Sunday, 13 November.
We found the large bowl shaped mud nest of White-winged Coughs plastered on a tree branch. Members [...]
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First Planting Day: 9 October 2005
Our first planting day was held on the 9th of October. It was a great success and we’d like to thank all of those people who put in many hours to get the plants in. About 9300 plants in total were planted. We were also helped by a group of Australian [...]
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Walking on the Wild Side – Friends of Mount Majura Wildflower Walk
Plant list (excel file)
Visitors of Mount Majura Nature Reserve have no doubt that this spring is one of the best in many years. Following the rain after several years of drought wildflowers are putting up a colourful show. Friends of Mount Majura joined local Botanist Michael Doherty on Sunday, 30 [...]
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November 2005 newsletter
In this edition
Dragonfly moves on – fill-the-gaps planting on Sunday 20th November, 11.30 am
Bird Walk for early birders, Sunday 13 November, 7.30 am – 9.00 am
Watson Woodlanders celebrate with an Open Day, Sunday 13 November 10.00 am – 2.00 pm
Woody Weeds Working Bee, Sunday 20 November, from 9.00 am onwards
Knowledge & [...]
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About the dams
The dams are located along a gully in the drainage line between Mt Majura and Mt Ainslie. Overflow from the higher of the two dams flows into the lower dam, overflow from the lower dam flows into the Hackett stormwater system, and eventually into Sullivans creek. Although Mount Majura was [...]
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Macro-invertebrate sampling: October 2005
Results of survey below
Macro-invertebrates are animals without backbones that are big enough to see with the naked eye. Because they are widespread and come in a lot of different shapes and sizes, macro-invertebrates are often used as indicators of the health of streams and other water bodies. Known to their friends as [...]
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Macro-invertebrate Sampling: Spring 2006
This is the third time that macro-invertebrates have been sampled in the Majura Dams as part of Project Dragonfly. They were first sampled in spring 2005 to provide a benchmark against which future samples could be compared. As well as our first dragonfly nymph, we found quite a variety of other [...]
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Dam dimensions
Dimensions of the dams as measured in May 2005
Lower dam:
Long axis 53m, short axis 37m – approximated to a circle of diameter 45m
Radius = 23m
Circumference = 145m
Water surface area = 1660sqm
Deepest point = 2m
Volume = 1/3 area x depth = 1000 m3
Average filter zone width = 3m
Filter zone area = ((radius + fz width) 2 [...]
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Dragonfly: first planting
Our first planting day was held on the 9th of October. It was a great success and we’d like to thank all of those people who put in many hours to get the plants in. About 9300 plants in total were planted. We were also helped by a group of Australian [...]
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Macro-invertebrate sampling: Autumn 2006
Macro-invertebrates were sampled in spring 2005 to provide a benchmark against which future samples could be compared. As well as our first dragonfly nymph, we found quite a variety of other macro-invertebrates including water boatmen (true bugs), mayfly nymphs, caddisflies, midge larvae, yabbies and freshwater shrimp. See the earlier report for more detail.
We sampled again [...]
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