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[20.11.48]. [photo] 
In the low lying 
country below Merricks 
were WHITE-FRONTED 
HERONS, SWALLOWS 
SKYLARKS and a 
NANKEEN KESTREL. In 
the bushes in their 
garden was a LITTLE 
WATTLE-BIRD - a species I have not met for a 
very long time. Below their house, on the 
shore were very few SILVER GULLS. 
When we returned I had a 
close look round for any photographable nests. 
The twittering of young in a lambertiana by 
the house called my attention to a BROWN 
THORNBILL'S nest. I climbed to it -25-30' [feet] 
but it was not suitable for the camera. 
I then went down into the shrubbery and 
snooped hopefully. After a while there was 
a flutter from a rhododendron and there, 
3 feet from the ground a YELLOW ROBIN'S 
nest was just asking to be photographed. Its 
