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13.6.48. After breakfast Joan and I set off 
Is 36 around the east point going slowly looking 
T. 64 at the shells and animals in the reef, including 
(46) the monstrous black sea urchins. I saw an 
OSPREY perched on the very top of a 
Norfolk Pine and when it flew off saw 
that there was a nest there. Later the 
bird came back with a stick in its talons 
which it added to the nest. A little further 
out I watched it fishing, diving obliquely into 
the water to arise shaking the water from 
itself. A little later we saw the most 
gorgeous pair of Sun-birds playing in a 
Norfolk Pine. At the end of our walk on the 
easternmost part of the Island were three 
LITTLE CUCKOO-SHRIKES in the pines. It was there too 
that we disturbed a pair of SOOTY OYSTER CATCHERS 
which fled nearby on the rocks. When we 
reached home at the same time as a storm 
a male Sunbird was singing its canary-like 
song by the door of our hut. 
After lunch it was wet and I began 
these notes and apart from a visit to the 
Whimbrels on the sound-bank the day's birds were 
over. 
