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[14 th October 1948] makes the field in ones glass career all over 
the place. So I found I had to dismount. 
Nevertheless it does take you on a 
reconnaissance with comparative speed and 
comfort and Lassie and I ended 
friends. 
We started going SW round 
the swamp. Besides those (15) seen the day 
before other swamp birds recorded was the 
WHITE IBIS. Many nests were seen in 
the Red Gums - a WHISTLING EAGLES and 
many of the platform variety herons. 
Birds in the surrounding country - MAGPIE 
RAVEN, SWALLOW, TREE-MARTIN, CORELLA, PALLID 
CUCKOO, STARLING, SPARROW, GOLDFINCH, 
NATIVE THRUSH, NOISY MINER, WHITE-PLUMED HONEYEATER, 
WILLIE-WAGTAIL and RED-BACKED PARROT. On 
the other side of the swamp is an 
area called the "Suckers." Actually it is 
a small paddock near the swamp which 
has not been grazed and as a 
result many gum saplings have made 
a close thicket. I spent some time 
