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[Nancy] Fletcher came up and I was able to
put them onto a pair of Brolgas - a
new bird for all three. More recently,
after a late much determined wait at
the Windsor I contacted Claude Austin  
and had a good, but all too short
talk on birds.
   The year has not been as
spectacular for water birds as was the
previous season. No Black-Shouldered
Kites have appeared the year. There
are more White-necked Heron about
than usual - perhaps last years big
influx has left us with a breeding
population.
   And so we end a very quiet
year and hope to get out and
about more next season.
Nov[ember] 15th 1953.  The first entry for over twelve
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months - reasons being much the same as
the first paragraph of the summary. I have
not written up my amusing campaigns in
the Colac Shire - were not particularly