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[6 + 7.12.47] against an evening sky. YELLOW ROBINS and NATIVE-THRUSHES 
were of course plentiful and heard singing on every 
hand, though more than the song the thrushes gave 
their sharp 'Ee-aw'. Three KOOKABURRAS perched 
on stumps surrounding a paddock which was 
being ploughed, every so often gliding down on 
to the earth to feed. GOLDFINCHES and BLACKBIRDS 
were seen everywhere on cleared cultivated 
ground, the former quite silent. Also MAGPIE-LARKS 
were feeding daintily over the paddocks in pairs. 
A single BLACK-FACED CUCKOO-SHRIKE was seen in 
soft undulating flight over the bush. Another 
surprise in the bush was a SWAMP-HARRIER beating 
up and down a bracken covered hillside - far 
from the swamps and plains with which it is 
normally associated. Just before leaving a small 
falcon flew very swiftly along the valley - 
probably the LITTLE FALCON. 
Next day I drove down early (disturbing 
a wallaby which was just packing a joey 
into her pouch before bounding into the bush 
off the road). I set up my camera at 
the Wren's nest I had found the day 
before but though both birds flew on to 
the tussock, neither visited the nest. After 
