Events

FIELD TRIP (Birds SA) 19KM Meet at 08:30am in the lower carpark off Lambert Road. Leave the SE Freeway at the Crafers Interchange and follow the Piccadilly Road for about 3km. Then turn left into Trigg Road. Trip Leader: Lynton Huxley Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens Bird List (click text for link)

FIELD TRIP (Birds SA) 126KM Head towards Swan Reach via Sedan, turning right towards Mannum at the ETSA Substation (just prior to where the road starts dipping down to the river). Travel along this road about 5km. Meet at 8.30am at the northern end of the CP, which starts on the right. Trip Leader: Richard Woodland Ridley Conservation Park Bird List (click text for link)

Field Trip (Fleurieu Birders) 68KM Meet on the corner of Finnis/Milang Road and Dry Plains Road. Trip Leader: Wendy Phillips Nurragi Conservation Reserve Bird List (click text for link)

TWO-NIGHT CAMPOUT (Birds SA), 123KM, Easy Meet at 8.30am just inside the gate, approximately 35km east of Truro. The entrance is 2km past “8 mile corner” at a gentle left bend on an otherwise straight road. No Caravans please, just tents and camper trailers for this one. Gas cooking only — no wood fires other than the one fire pit (provided we supply the timber). Long weekend. Trip Leader: Ali Ben Kahn Brookfield Conservation Park Bird List (click text for link)

FIELD TRIP (Birds SA) 43KM Meet at 8.30am in the Bushland Park carpark about 2km north of Lobethal on the Lobethal to Gumeracha Road The entrance is on your left. Trip Leader: Ali Ben Kahn Bushland Park, Lobethal Bird List (click text for link)

FIELD TRIP (Birds SA), MLR, 27KM, difficult Meet at 8.30am. Take the South Eastern Freeway and leave it at the Bridgewater exit. Turn left towards Carey Gully, travel about 3km and turn right into Gum Flat Road. Travel about 1.6km to gate 2 on the right. We will move onto Mt George CP for Lunch. Trip Leader: To be announced Kenneth Stirling (Wotton Scrub) CP bird list (click text for link)

SPEAKER: Leo Joseph TITLE: Tales of "Golden" whistlers in Australia and a researcher's ups and downs  BIO: A distinguished ornithologist at CSIRO's National Wildlife Collection and ANU's Centre for Biodiversity Analysis. Leo is formerly from Adelaide and now resides in Canberra. Read  more (click on link)

FIELD TRIP: Fleurieu Birders Meet at Frank Potts Reserve, Main Road, Langhorne Creek at 8.30am. TRIP LEADER: Bob Daly BIRD LIST: Langhorne Creek Cemetery Bird list

strong>FIELD TRIP: Birds SA Meet at 8.30am at the car park on Ayliffes Road. The car park is located approximatelyn 500m east of the intersection of Main South and Ayliffe Roads. TRIP LEADER: Lynton Huxley BIRD LIST: Shepherdsm Hill RP Bird list