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[27th March]
Sitellas was good to hear!! They were very
definitely BLACK-CAPPED SITELLAS. The going
was very rough and at one stage, Max
who was in front of me staggered
backwards. I gave him what I
thought was a helpful push, to be
answered with an irate yell, for he
was backing from a large snake â”€ our
fourth for the day.
   We had come well down the
stream before we spotted the track
below us, that Max had found on a
previous occasion. We dropped
thankfully down onto it and to
easier walking. We walked upstream
again to the weir which the track
served, rested and then set off down
the track at about 3.30. The
track was easy walking, but led
gradually to the north to skirt a
large swamp on which was a
WHITE-FACED HERON.