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[14-9-47] 
of course were on the rocks but not in great 
numbers. Just as we left Lorne a pair of 
GANNETS came down the coast flying S[outh] W[est] at 
about 100 above the still blue water. One 
dived, straight as an arrow with tremendous 
force. Though they often feinted no other dive 
was seen before they became white specks against 
the bush on the headland. In our drive 
along to Airey's Inlet we saw white cheeked 
Honeyeaters, BLACKBIRDS, Blue Wrens, Striated 
Thornbills, a scrub-wren of sorts (I must track one 
down one of these days) and Yellow-Wattle-birds.  
  As we came into Airey's Little Pied 
Cormorants were drying their wings in the 
afternoon sun. We spent the evening with 
the Allan Nobles. By their house, Anganock [guess], is 
a swamp (lagoon sic) on which are a mixture 
of duck. The wild BLACK DUCK have been 
crossed with the farm yard variety and 
Mallards - the results being most confusing. 
They came to feed at Mr Nobles call 
puddling round us - one even stepped on my 
feet.  HOARY-HEADED GREBES  were also nesting 
on the swamp and the previous year had 
caused a nuisance of themselves by diving up