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flew hastily for cover off the road into the tussocks ,a
BROWN HAWK sat on a fence-post but was not long left in
peace for it was soon mobbed by a pair of excited
[crossed out]BANDED[/crossed out] SPUR-WINGED PLOVERS, a pair of MOUNTAIN DUCK had three
chicks with them, making off at high speed, the hen 
with the chicks, the cock, a much larger bird bringing
up the rear. A flock of YELLOW-TAILED THORNBILLS flew
up from the road, yellow flashing, as they made for
a young gum plantation. A HERON and a pair
of WHITE-FRONTED CHATS completed our list on the 
way out.  
  Turkeith has a wonderful garden which
was alive with birds - GOLDFINCHES being everywhere,
the air full of their sweet twittering. A BLACKBIRD
plumped on the lawn, tail up. The most
noticeable birds however were a pair of RESTLESS
[crossed out]flycatchers[/crossed out] FLYCATCHERS hovering over the lawn and 
diving down to the ground. Their action was
quite different to the WILLIE-WAGTAIL (which we saw
just outside the garden, one bird riding on a
sheep's back) for they rose from the ground, hovered, 
and dived down. Only once did we see one
perched on a look-out. Their excited grating 
call was uttered as they hovered just before 
they darted for an insect â€“ a kind of Tally ho!