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[14th October 1948] A period of quiet in the afternoon during which I 
wrote up the foregoing. Then at 4.30 I set out 
for the SW corner of the swamp. I added a 
BLACKFACED CUCKOO-SHRIKE to my list and also 
found the nest of a WHITE-NECKED HERON. Besides 
watching many birds carefully nothing particularly 
of note occurred before I returned at 6.0 pm, 
with Corellas wheeling in flocks of white against the 
black evening clouds and the Whistling Eagles 
soaring like specks under the clouds. 
15th October 1948 Opened a beautiful calm day. In the night 
I had been lying awake to the call of the BOOBOOK 
(65) OWL. A slight breeze came up after breakfast 
during which it was arranged that I go off to another 
part of the property by the border. So armed 
with lunch and a sketch map of where I was 
supposed to go I set off. 
The track soon turned south and formed 
the boundary between Victoria and South Australia. 
Open forest on either side soon changed to 
scrub and unimproved land. The track lead 
through many water splashes, but the ground 
was firm and the car behaved like a 
