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[29.1.49] quite such a good day. Birds present 
which were not there the previous week 
were the MOUNTAIN DUCK, MARSH TERN, SHORT- 
TAILED SANDPIPER and at least a pair 
of SWAMP-HARRIERS, one of which was watched 
as it dived and harried a Mountain 
Duck and then a party of grebes, Birds 
consistently visited one patch of reeds where 
there must either have been a nest or 
a feeding platform. 
12.2.49 The previous evening (11th), after surgery, 
(40) Joan, Michael and I went down to 
Glen Aire. We were to stay with Mrs. 
Winifred Denny, who for a long time had 
been interested in the birds of that 
district, having spent her girlhood there. 
Our spirits were not very high (Joan 
finds it difficult to take the Charley's Crk 
Rd) and it was pouring with rain. 
But this day dawned clear with 
a stiff south westerly breeze. Later it 
clouded over somewhat so that we 
had alternate sun and light showers. 
