53 [page number] 
[Nancy] Fletcher came up and I was able to 
put them onto a pair of Brolgas - a 
new bird for all three. More recently, 
after a late much determined wait at 
the Windsor I contacted Claude Austin 
and had a good, but all too short 
talk on birds. 
The year has not been as 
spectacular for water birds as was the 
previous season. No Black-Shouldered 
Kites have appeared the year. There 
are more White-necked Heron about 
than usual - perhaps last years big 
influx has left us with a breeding 
population. 
And so we end a very quiet 
year and hope to get out and 
about more next season. 
Nov 15^^ 1953. The first entry for over twelve 
(37) months - reasons being much the same as 
the first paragraph of the summary. I have 
not written up my amusing campaigns in 
the Colac Shire - were not particularly 
