13 [page number] 
10 th October 1948 This afternoon we went for a 
quiet drive out over Murray's Hill. The high 
plateau there, in Yeodene, was carrying 
very many MAGPIES and SILVER GULLS. 
There were a large number of immature 
amongst the former and some paddocks 
were thick with them. The paddock 
along side may be thick with Silver Gulls 
but it is almost true to say the two 
species did not appear to mix in the 
one paddock. Perhaps the Magpies paddocks 
were more tussocky but it is hard to 
find a difference in the ground. And 
this we also noticed at Warncoort, in 
the paddocks north of the main road. 
Ball's Dam was well populated 
with many species but with no 
over-whelming numbers of any one species. 
Perhaps the commonest was the Dusky MOORHEN 
which is apparently very variable in 
numbers. Many COOT but only a very 
few SWAMPHEN round the edge or perched 
on posts. SWANS had well grown cygnets 
