■g having a frolic in the water and 

 fpstng amongst the branches of 

 H . : , r hv trees. As I ate lunch I saw 

 my lirst pa i rot. a Ringncck perched 

 fn a pine, ami then a second, a Reg 

 t nt. Hying ovei like a Mack and ycl- 

 da. I." A lew spots of rain made 

 ove rlapping circles on the sin face of 

 the dam. 



\i 2 p.m. I left Lunar Clearing. 

 ml! when back on Ihe mam track. I 

 noted mine Turpentine Bush and 

 nusses of Early Nancy. Another 

 H.'tsticld Bronze Cuckoo was seen, 

 flit Jay *«* Mill good foi walking, 

 villi the sun's rays obxcuied by 

 T'-ie k grey clouds. 



sodii a Scrub Robin emerged from 

 a Porcupine Citass tunnel and ad- 

 - need along a branch to within a 

 . .• tfOi Of me. I he tunnel's mouth 

 mB fiumed with a mass of Clubmoss 

 daisy -bush. 



Walking steadily, but investigating 

 „n;, sight or sound, I passed a belt 

 at thick Scrub Pine where wrens 

 were twittering but refused to show 

 ircmselvcs. 



\s I passed the junction wnh Faule 

 Track, a White-cared Woneyeater 

 -lyiMlkd mv approach Two big 

 l*ngariMs crashed off through rhc 

 HTuh with a thump fiom the.r t...K 



nun 2. 



Two minutes later I passed anothei 

 track, this one leading south to las 

 ictn Lookout. Black-faced Cuckoo- 

 shnkes called from the thick trees 

 and I saw one of what sounded like 

 a large number. The Miners were 

 more obvious, heralding my moves 

 with cries of alarm and flying back- 

 si aids and forwards across the track. 



By nml-aftcinoon. I reached Balak 

 Clearing on the right of the track, 

 which was just an empty green space 

 with no animal activity apparent. 



As 1 walked on. a piping sound 

 was heard by the track. Its origin was 

 tracked to a small well-hidden bird 

 I he parents, a pair of Yellow-plumed 

 Honeyealers. were agitated and 

 showed this in flight and voice, bul 

 in spite of these rcmonstralioas the 

 young one refused to lly even when I 

 approached to within two feet. It had 

 probably onls just left Ihe nest and 

 was in the middle of Hying lesson 

 number one. 



\ hundred vards further on I came 

 to Rmgneck Clearing which was 

 ■ malar to the last clearing. In tbc 

 maflec by this clearing, a 1.owan 

 grunted, walked, ran. sprinted, and 

 taking off whirred through the trees 

 like a rocket. Mosquitoes were 

 becoming ■ ,cme. Two Willy Wagta.lv 



Scptcmbet, 1971 



