95 [page number]

[April 3 - 5th]
after food. As I was walking down the creek a 
large brown bird was flushed out of the reeds 
and perched on a log spanning the river. It 
was obviously an immature Nankeen Night-heron  
or a BITTERN, and because of the habitat and 
the bill colouring (upper mandible blue, lower green) I 
identified it as the latter. The accompanying
[photo] photo was taken looking 
across the creek. The over
grown nature of the banks 
with dense reeds can be 
seen. On the log in the 
centre can just be seen 
the Bittern itself. 
In the mess-mate 
bush itself the following 
birds were seen in 
addition to some already 
mentioned - 
 WHITE-NAPED HONEYEATER             WHITE-EARED HONEYEATER
 RESTLESS FLYCATCHER                    DIAMOND SPARROW
 DUSKY WOOD-SWALLOW                   RED WATTLE-BIRD
 BROWN THORNBILL                             WHITE-THROATED TREE-CREEPER
 YELLOW-FACED HONEYEATER          ROSE ROBIN
 EASTERN SHRIKE TIT                          OLIVE WHISTLER