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14-6-48 Sunday showed the first real promise of fine 
Is 38 weather since our arrival. Until 11:00 a. m Joan + I 
T66 sat on the sand and let the sun warm us. Then 
(6) I went up to the east gully bare to the waist. 
perspiring pleasurably. On my way across the grass 
flats behind the huts I was surprised to disturb a 
STONE-CURLEW - a much bigger bird than I had 
thought it would be. Its uneven flight and 
comical tail waggle when it stopped between runs 
were noticeable. Also as I crossed the flat a 
PEREGRINE came down from the heights like a bullet 
its shoulders hunched, black cheeks, whistling low over 
me. In the gully were the White-eared Fly catcher, 
the Varied Triller, Rufous Whistler, and a family of 
quarrelsome Grey Fantails. 
After lunch we went out in a launch to 
a bay on the west side of the island where there 
was a Sea-eagle, magnificently imposing on the 
bare bough of a latt [guess] dead tree. On the way 
back we saw two huge turtles basking on the 
surface, raising their heads skywards. We also 
saw a few porpoises. The island just to the west 
of Hayman is a spot to which all the Reef-Herons 
go at high tide and the rocks were covered with 
them including 18 Whitefaced Herons (?). 
