G’day All,
To any central Australian birders or folks that might be headed this way, the Alice Springs sewage ponds have been closed to birdwatching access by Power & Water today.
This is another temporary closure as there has been another spike in the number of feral dogs and cats getting about the facility. The folks in administration said today that they hope the ponds will be open again in a couple of weeks but it will depend on how successful the feral control program is.
If there are any visitors inbound that are disappointed by this news, feel free to contact me off list for advice about other birding sites as there are still plenty of places around town producing interesting sightings. It is raining as I write this and many places through the ranges are still holding plenty of water. The Centre is still seeing the benefits of population booms in wildlife populations resulting from a couple of years of good rain and it seems that we might be having another one – the rainfall so far this year is a shade over 517mm which is still well above the mean.
Cheers,
Chris Watson Alice Springs ===============================
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Birders tend not to be very house trained either according to my wife! Dom
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Only in their capacity to worry a subject to death.
Only in their capacity to worry a subject to death.