30. [page number] 
September 30^^ 1952 - SUMMARY 1951-52. 
It is well into the next breeding season 
before I have settled down to this summary, 
almost 3 months late. 
The years first big excitement was 
the hundreds of Blue-billed Duck on L. 
Thurrumbong in September, with which I 
have been able, very satisfyingly, to impress 
my colleagues - even Jack Jones had never 
seen them in such numbers, and had 
never seen them flying. The Mallee. at 
Hattah, was the Year's bird holiday and 
an extremely fine one it was, with a 
lot of new species for me and a very 
good time socially. That was closely 
followed by the trip to Waaree with 
Max and the finding of the Ground-Parrot, 
one of these day's outing I will never 
forget. A holiday to the Grampians was 
more of a family nature, though pleasant 
and - interesting enough. Similarly was 
our caravaning holiday westwards along 
the south coast in January, and the 
