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[29^^ August] unsuccessfully tried to photograph the previous 
year. 
Other birds seen during the day were 
EASTERN ROSELLA NOISY MINER RAVEN 
MAGPIE-LARK RED-BROWED FANTAIL 
Admittedly we did too much driving 
but nevertheless it was a poor bird day 
and Ponder went away with an even 
gloomier impression of the Otway birds 
5^^ September On the Sunday afternoon 
1948 (14) Joan, Michael + I, with Molly [guess], 
drove out to see Alan + Kath Noble at Warncoort. 
It was a grey day with a cold west 
wind. As we drove along the track 
across the paddock a Pipit sidled out of the 
grass and watched us carefully as we 
drove past reminding me of the Black-fronted 
Dotterel that displayed at the wheels of my car 
at Grub Lane. The plantation behind which 
their house shelters is a mixture of pine and 
sugar gum. Flying out from the plantation 
and feeding round the house were a pair of 
WILLIE-WAGTAILS, but no nest could be found. A 
flock of SPARROWS flew up from the building 
material that still surrounds the house. 
