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[JAN[uary] 23rd â”€ 29th 1954]
been staying a week with Aunt Molly.
We stayed there two nights and the
only thing of interest was a WHITE-BROWED
SCRUB WREN which was feeding a young
PALLID CUCKOO. On the Monday morning
we went on to Waratah Bay just
on the western bay of Wilson's Promintory,
where we had a sunny camp in the
ti-tree scrub. A few yards from the
caravan I found a WHIP-BIRD'S nest with
2 young in it. Also I saw large
numbers of SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER in
the Bay and found one fresh, dead
bird on the beach. It was a
good holiday â”€ remarkably so â”€
but I really outing saw the avifauna 
which I would have expected to see
in the district. We came home in
the one day on the 29th January with
the weather steadily deteriorating! All
told the total list of birds for the
holiday was fifty-three â”€ which shows
meagre ornithological activity!

