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[20.1.49] area in conjunction with water reeds 
growing in from the edges. On the dam 
was a solitary MANED GOOSE, a few BLACK 
DUCK and GREY TEAL, hundreds of SWANS, 
DUSKY MOORHEN and COOT. I saw also in 
the distance another pair of BLUE-BILLED DUCK! 
There were more than a hundred HOARY- 
HEADED GREBES and about a hundred 
LITTLE GREBES, the latter keeping in 
amongst the water weeds, while the 
former preferred the open water. Around 
the edges were SPURRED-WINGED PLOVER, WHITE-FACED 
HERON and a WHITE-NECKED HERON; on the 
posts were a few LITTLE PIED CORMORANTS 
There were at least six GULL-BILLED TERNS - 
the largest number so far seen at one 
time in the district. In the reeds were 
many silent REED-WARBLERS, while over 
the whole swamped dipped hundreds 
of SWALLOWS. This was a most rewarding 
mid-week outing. 
29.1.49 Exactly a week later I made another 
(15) short visit to Ball's Dam but had not 
