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[5.12.48] with a few showers. Also a large amount 
of the time was spent socially (and 
pleasantly) but no ornithologically. 
to Johanna River bless him! So with 
Joan and Michael we set off on a 
beautifully fine day through Gellibrand, 
Ferguson, Lavers Hill and the Ocean Rd 
to Johanna. 
It was really a very poor bird 
day. By the time we had got to Laver's 
Hill the following were in the note-book - 
BLACKBIRD GOLDFINCH SPARROW STARLING, 
MAGPIE MAGPIE-LARK KOOKABURRA GREY THRUSH,, 
YELLOW ROBIN BLUE WREN SCARLET ROBIN GREY FANTAIL. 
The Johanna Rd was most disappointing, 
going steeply down a spur with 
cleared land ("dead land") on all sides 
and no bush. A KESTREL hovered over 
the steep sides. 
After I had seen the man 
we went in the car as close to the 
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An elderly man who has only a 
(30) 
precarious hold on life required a visit 
