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The Queensland Naturalist April, 1936. 
REPORT ON THE EXCURSION TO THE ENOGGERA 
WATER RESERVE ON THE AFTERNOON OF 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19th, 1935. 
(By G. E. Barker.) 
Owing to the previous wet days it was doubtful if the 
excursion would be held, but as the morning of Saturday 
was fine, a party of fifteen in which the ladies were easily 
in the majority, assembled at the Ashgrove Tram Term- 
inus at 2.30 p.m., and were transported to the Reserve 
in the cars of Dr. E. O. Marks and Messrs. G. Rowley 
and G. H. Barker. On arrival ic was seen that the Re- 
servoir was filled to overflowing and in consequence the 
spillway was in action from end to end, a rare occurrence 
in the memory of members. One of the first things noticed 
was the absence of floating vegetation and this was ex- 
plained by the fact that practically all the hyacinth had 
been removed and the floating leaves of the Nymphea 
were all submerged on account of the high water. It 
was not surprising therefore to find that the Lotus Bird 
or Jacana was absent, though it, did not account for the 
absence of ducks of all kinds, and the wildness of a few 
water fowl, e.g.. Grebes and waterhens that were seen 
during the ramble. As the reserve has always been a show 
place for this type of bird there can only be one reason 
for this state of affairs, and that is that the birds are 
subject to a lot of interference, and it would be interest- 
ing to learn how this happens in a sanctuary. 
At the outset the party rambled off along the north- 
ern arm of the lagoon and was considerably hampered 
by the long grass along its margin and when a snake (? 
sp.) was seen disappearing into a thicket the party became 
very careful. Quantities of the little green leak orchid. 
Microtis porrifolia were noticed here but very little else in 
t lie way of flowers could be seen. Further on some fine 
trees of White Cedar and Hibiscus were conspicuous and 
these with a few Hibbertias Kennedyas and Daviesias al- 
most completed the list of flowering plants seen during 
the afternoon. 
Birds were much more plentiful and many of them 
in good voice, particularly the Whip Birds, Whistlers, 
Honeyeaters and Cuckoos. Three different species of the 
latter were in evidence and almost as a contradiction to 
my previous statement that few birds were seen in the 
lagoon was the fact that no less than four different species 
of Cormorants, some of them in fair numbers were re- 
corded during the afternoon. The brown flycatcher or 
Jacky Winter w r as seen feeding a brood (two) of young 
