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[5.12.53]
BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE and GREY-CROWNED
BABBLER. We set off from the New
Gunyah Hotel at 9.0 pm., travelling
west, past large stands of belar (Callitris).
Just west of Urana, is a large lake â”€ a
mass of dead trees in shallow evaporating,
the banks of which had a vigorous
copice growth in which was a White-
plumed Honeyeater feeding young in a nest
and in which I got an extremely good
view of a Pardalote â”€ red-spot &[and] white on
primaries[guess] +[and] all.
  We filled with petrol at
Jerilderie, had some tea and toast and
went on west, with the creek running by
us on the north, being fed by creeks over
which we crossed â”€ reedy &[and] full of warblers,
being a faint reminder of Wanganella.
Just before Cobargo, I pulled the car
in under the shade and went for a
a short walk along one of those creeks. There
I saw YELLOW ROSELLAS in pairs, and,
crossing the creek on a log, came into a