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I spent nearly an hour and added
a few birds to the list â”€ WHITE EGRET,
CRESTED GREBE, PINK-EARED DUCK, SHARP-
TAILED SANDPIPER, CURLEW SANDPIPER and
[crossed out]little[/crossed out] LITTLE STINT. As, at 2.45, we
eventually drove in our gate we heard
the GREY BUTCHER-BIRD calling!
   It has been an extremely
lazy holiday - for birds I have
merely kept my eyes open and did
the occasional 'potter' . The highlights
were the Bower-bird's bower and the
Heath-wren family.
JAN[uary] 23rd â”€ 29th.  â”€ Caravanning Holiday.
[margin][circled]53[/circled][/margin] I write this on September 1st 1954, Circa
I fear been very lazy in writing this
diary up. However, before I make
the annual summary I feel I
should mention two bird outings â”€ the
first caravanning holiday with the
three elder children. That was of
course not primarily birding. We were
first to Merricks where Michael had