bird making a throaty (lining 



c luuny". We joined Ihe «w«ti nfltl 



soon found the CflHei a While 

 iaicd lloiicveaier. This differed l torn 



I he usual "(.hiilp Ouilp" that we 

 knew. During UUr visil this former 

 Call was heard many limes in ditlci 

 ent pails v>l lite park On om way 

 hack to the car we lonnd DUI original 

 objective — a large domed working 

 l.owan mound. Its diameter was 30 

 feel and us height J feet ft inches. 



I he mound had been opened hy 

 ihe hi i its, digging a inoal so as to 

 leave a cenlral smaller mound Ihree 

 feet in diameter. Ihe moat was one 

 toot deep and one fool wide As we 

 watched, the heat 6i the sun dncd 

 the sand causing it to trickle into the 

 moat. The mound was only ten paces 

 from ihe track. Someone wondered 

 if thcie were eggs m it. I his raised 

 quite disuniting tbuiight in my 

 mind. Out society has foi \eais been 

 a -Keep off Ihe glass", 'Don"! 

 touch" society where Ihe eyes alone 

 have been used lor niosi ohscrva 

 Iional learning Ihe new science 

 coursi' soon 10 be inimducecl into 



Victorian Primary Schools strewc, 

 paincipaiory activity as a purl M 

 learning, which includes touchinj. 

 I his mav be good instruction to mak, 

 a person totally aware of his or her 

 environment, but the result would K 

 eaTastioptiie if some person took thiv 

 literally ami lore a l.owan mound | 

 I leees in an ellorl to discover wheihiT 

 or not il contained eggs. Whai 

 shocking thought' Ihe new appioach 

 to science will have to show that 

 man is not all important and ihdi 

 all creatures have i heir rights. jj 

 one w, nits to discover the presence of 

 eggs in a I ovvati mound there BtG 

 really much more scientific una 

 p.tiieiu ways nl doing this than tear 

 ing il to pieces 



As we walked hack a bird wilh 

 .1 clockwork-like Happing flight flew 

 across the tiack and perched w ithi- , 

 view. Two pans of hmoculaf. 

 focused on It. This was the bin! 

 thai we had seen yeslcrday near 

 Desd's Pools while eyebrow a,.! 

 M.ick t'.ir streak quite visible. It was 

 ,. Ill.ick c.red ( ik koo. 1 had to aiinilt 

 thai fhls bird wjs mote giey ihati 



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Plate 1. Working l.owan mound near track lo FaMcrri I ookout. 

 258 V.cl Nal Vol 88 



