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[12.3.49] a wallaby bounding up the precipitous 
sides of the gorge. 
And so home after one of the 
most successful bird days I have known. 
10.4.49. Joan, Michael + I set out in the morning for 
(23) Aireys Inlet via Lome. It was a cold grey 
day with occasional misty rain. The first 
note of interest was a SCARLET ROBIN at Dean's 
Marsh - about a mile north of the bush. I 
have seen very few this year but they are 
no doubt abundant now on the plains. 
In the bush we saw the "regulars" - 
KOOKABURRA, YELLOW ROBIN, CRIMSON ROSELLA, NATIVE 
THRUSH and BLUE-WREN. A WHITETHROATED 
TREE-CREEPER flew off the metal road into the 
bush. The Ocean Road, as usual, was where 
we heard a RUFOUS BRISTLE-BIRD. 
When we arrived I immediately went 
for a tour of the "lagoon" but there was very 
little of interest on it - a few BLACK DUCK, 
LITTLE GREBE, a solitary HOARY-HEADED GREBE, COOT and 
DUSKY MOOREHEN - both with immatures without coloured 
frontal plates and a pair of EASTERN SWAMPHEN. 
