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and two BLACK-FRONTED DOTTREL *[DOTTEREL]. Walking on the
stones at the end of the dam was a COMMON
SANDPIPER with well marked [crossed out] grey [/crossed out] brownish neck
and the same tail-pattern as those seen on Lake
Colac. One SNIPE rose and zig-zagged away
over the reeds. Approaching the bush again we
met MAGPIE-LARKS and SKYLARKS while on the
open ground round about were a pair of SPUR-
WINGED PLOVER, MAGPIES and RAVENS. As we
met the bush we saw a KOOKABURRA and in
a young gum was an EASTERN SHRIKE-TIT.
  I then set about photographing a
DUSKY-WOODSWALLOW on her nest which was
built in the space between the trunk and the
bark which curved away from it. It was
some six feet from the ground and the tripod
was erected on "extensions", the camera set at
six feet and the rubber tubing attached. Very
quickly the bird returned and with press of the
bulb my first bird photo was taken. Another
five quickly followed, the bird being either on
the nest or just approaching. I then moved
off to the nest of a [crossed out] yellow [/crossed out] YELLOW ROBIN which
was even tamer and easier. In fact I even
tried time exposures of up to 10 seconds of