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[5.10.47]
Passing along the ridge to Beech Forest there is a pine
plantation on the left in which sat a solitary Crimson
Rosella and a large flock of Goldfinches flew
down from the trees to the open ground. We here
saw a solitary YELLOW-TAILED THORNBILL. Descending
from Beech Forest we again saw a pair of 
WEDGE-TAILED EAGLES. They were soaring out
from the hillside at about our level and it
was interesting to see them use one side of
their wedged tail for steering. A little further
down we saw a third WHITE-GOSHAWK at
first in a tree with much foliage and
from there it flew to a fence-post by the
road. Another view of a beautiful bird.
  The only further bird seen was in the
Gellibrand Valley where DUSKY WOOD-SWALLOWS
were numerous. One bird, the FLAME ROBIN
which we saw in Turtons Pass brings to a
very handsome total the birds seen during
the day, particularly as nearly the whole
time was spent in the car.
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  I had a call to Balintore in the morning - the northern
shores of Lake Colac. Heavily settled with dairy farms
it is an undulating country liberally strewn with
volcanic rocks with groups of pine trees and cypruses *[cypresses].