Project Summary - Season 2005
2005 has been a highly productive year for the VPP, 67 adults (banded as chicks) have now been identified at 60 nests, nests monitored (120), 5 public presentations this year, distance travelled (24,000 km) and a high level of media interest.
The 2005 activities calendar illustrates the range of activities involving over 500 volunteer days per year on this project. The majority of the activities being related to community education.
Activities Calender - 2005
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| Report to Parks Victoria & renew banding permit |  |
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| Birds Australia Annual report. VPP and ARA |  |
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| Self Adhesive Markings print 3,000 stickers | |
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| Colour powder coating of banks by Silcraft Pty Ltd | |
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| Presentation Pilkington Glass Factory, Dandenong | |
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| Introductory training seminar to new volunteers | |
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| Installation of nest boxes at 4 quarries | |
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| Seminar to Sunraysia TAFE, Mildura | |
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| Presenation to staff and contractors at Exxon/Mobil, Altona | |
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| Renew banders licences with Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme | |
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| Banded 9 Powerful Owl chicks (Yarra Valley and East Gippsland) | |
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| Sep | ||||
| Inspect level 33, 367 Collins Street for new pair of Peregrines | |
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| Presenatation to staff and contractos at Exxon/Mobil, Longford Gas plant | |
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| Final allocation of bands, gear and monitoring sites to volunteers | |
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| Oct | ||||
| Presenation to Friends of Baw Baw National Park, Morwell | |
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| Monitored 10 Barking Owl nest sites (NE Victoria) | |
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| Monitoring of banded adults | |
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| Supervised Claire Obellianne for 5 weeks. | |
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| Extensive print & electronic media coverage. | |
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| Nov | ||||
| Banded 143 chicks for the year & observed 6 new breeding birds | |
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| Prepare 2005 VPP Annual report | |
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| Presentation to Brisbane conference on Raptors of SE Queensland. | |
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| 2005 Banding data compiled on computer. | |
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| Report writing | |
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| 2005 banding data emailed to ABBBS Canberra | |
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R = Research C = Community Education M = Management Activities