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Tuesday January 15th 1952. After Breakfast I 
took the boys to Port Fairy's South Beach for the 
morning while Joan had a rest.  Purely family
duties were not productive of birds. Gulls were 
by us on the beach and when one immature [guess]
bird started running towards the water while
looking in the air, my attention was drawn
to a WHISTLING EAGLE soaring 1000'[feet] up and 1/2 
a mile away, swiftly in the other direction. 
  After lunch Joan sat with the children
while, they had a sleep and I was off the 
leash for 2 1/2 hours.  I went out on the 
Portland R[oa]d and stopped at Goose Lagoon
which was teeming with birds. - HOARY-HEADED
GREBE, MUSK DUCK, STRAW-NECKED IBIS, WHITE IBIS, 
WHITE EGRET  and a pair of BLACK-FRONTED
DOTTEREL. By the road the lagoon was full
of rushes and water plants. In the distance
the open water was seen to be teeming with
duck.
  I went out to Yambuck where I 
hoped to see the estuary of the Shaw R[iver]. I
could only see it from a distance and