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26 ^ September 1948 
I was off early that morning 
(15) 
to Lake Corangamite where I heard that 
the gulls were nesting. Arriving at about 
(32) 
8.0 am I first did a sweep across a 
promontory and back via the shore to the 
car. 
There were many WHITE-FRONTED 
CHATS, SKYLARKS, YELLOW-TAILED THORNBILLS, GOLDFINCH 
MAGPIES, SPURWINGED PLOVER, WHITE-FRONTED HERON 
SPARROWS and RAVENS. This in fact is 
very much what one would expect to see 
in a brief time in this country; all these 
birds are very common. On the water 
were MUSK DUCK - a party of 5 and I 
wondered if this was not a family 
party -and 
BLACK DUCK. A [photo] 
few SWANS were 
present but not 
very many. 
Along the shore 
flew a small 
flock of RED - [CAPPED DOTTEREL] 
