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[31 st January 1957] in quite large numbers to feed on 
the shallows. Then I had to rush 
across the shallows to meet the launch. 
When I got back to looked up 
my bird-banding field note-book and 
received one of the thrills of my life. 
For the dead bird I had found 
was one of ours! 08-04209 banded 
at Worrowie on Oct 6th. Had a 
couple of extra whiskies to celebrate. 
On p. 19 (ante) I noted a bird 
with a ring, round the camp and it 
is very probable that it took a bit of 
bait still left on the hook, which 
killed it. The luck is that it 
flew to a rookery some 2 miles away 
to die and for me to find it. 
Feb 1 st 1957 Friday. In the morning 
I went to Davis Creek to the banksia, 
to try and find the Purple-gaped 
Honeyeaters again but failed. A LITTLE 
FALCON flashed over me and I had 
a good view of an AZURE KINGFISHER. 
