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[9.7.47] I so well remember. 
When we arrived at Buenelle I was greeted with 
CRIMSON ROSELLAS, a WHITE-EARED HONEYEATER and a GREY 
FANTAIL - a very welcome trio to find in one's own 
garden. 
20.7.47 Besides the three birds mentioned above, Colac was 
CO LAC soon found to have a large population of its own. 
(22) MAGPIE-LARKS, MAGPIES and even a KOOKABURRA was heard 
calling in the morning (though it is possible that it 
was not a wild bird). TURTLE DOVES were plentiful 
in pairs, and these I can never remember having 
seen in Colac before. SPARROWS and STARLINGS of course! 
YELLOW RED-WATTLE-BIRDS are plentiful, particularly round 
the Hospital. But the most surprising increase 
in the numbers of SILVER GULLS which are all over 
Colac in small groups or in large flocks, feeding 
in back-yards, roads and empty blocks. The variety 
and number of birds was well exemplified by a 
walk Joan and I took through the gardens on 
this Sunday - a fine sunny afternoon, STRIATED 
THORNBILLS, YELLOW-TAILED THORNBILLS, GOLDFINCHES, BLACKBIRDS, 
SWALLOWS, WHITE-PLUMED HONEYEATER, NATIVE THRUSHES and 
CRIMSON ROSELLAS in large numbers in that immature 
plumage which once puzzled me so. These birds, 
with many of the others mentioned above were in 
