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[14.9.47] under the ducklings, grabbing + breaking their legs. 
We made our trip back by night - 
the only bird we saw being a BARN OWL at 
Moriac, just where I had seen one previously. 
It was a truly magnificent day - what in fact 
I had been dreaming about for the last 
few years. And Joan heard her first KOOKABURRA, 
once in the bush at Deans Marsh, then when 
at the Nobles at Aireys Inlet. 
28.9.47 Joan and I had an invitation to lunch at 
(30) Turkeith and set off at midday. It was a showery 
day with high winds but with periods of sun 
which freshened the plains. The birds we met 
by Warncoort were the same as we have met 
on many recent occasions, even as far as a 
pair of MAGPIES mobbing a CROW in exactly the 
same place as a fortnight ago. Having turned 
off to the left we broke new ground onto the 
plains with the rocky volcanic outgrowths in all 
directions making the land undulating. In a 
paddock were large numbers of Crows RAVENS - and 
they were still there on our return in the afternoon. 
The Magpies and MAGPIE-LARKS were scattered in 
pairs across the plains. PIPITS were seen in fair 
numbers but only one SKYLARK. A LITTLE GRASS-WREN 
