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[27.12.47] PLOVERS rested in pairs by the lake's edge. In 
the country round about were seen SKYLARKS, 
WHITE-FRONTED CHATS and a SWAMP-HARRIER, the 
latter feeding along the shore. 
28.12.47 A hot sunny day I spent by myself 
(30) exploring the Stony Rises between Pirron Yallock 
and Pomborneit. I turned down the Hawk's Nest 
Road where I saw (a family of?) four 
WHISTLING EAGLES about a swamp, perched on 
rocks and stumps watching carefully. I stopped 
after about six miles just by a large and 
very dead snake on the road. Though I 
spent the whole day scrambling over the 
rocks in that notorious snake country I 
never caught site *[sight] of a live one though 
I kept a very careful watch out. I did a 
large circuit from the road, climbing over the 
[photo] rocky borders down into the steep valleys 
between them, none 
of which in that 
part I found to 
be swampy. The 
predominant honey- 
eater was immediately 
