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29th (Saturday), We were to have gone out to
Wrights Island but the weather was too
rough. But what was so unkind was
that it teemed with rain almost all
day. Joan arrived at 11.0 and we
spent the whole day sitting in front of
the fire. At 4.0 Mac and I went off
in the car and he showed me where, on
two previous years, the Masked Owl had
nested. There was no sign today. On the
way back I got a very good look at
a pair of BROWN QUAIL which allowed me
to approach to about 15 feet on the road!
  In the evening Mac showed us
some of his shades. It was very good
indeed to make contact with the Macdonalds 
again and having their cheerful fare [guess] did
help us to cope with the rain. But the
weather was very unkind!
30th. (Sunday)  We left the hotel at 9.0. It
had cleared up and really was a
beautiful day of blue sky and white
clouds. A good road, the sun behind us 

