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[2/2/50] JACKY WINTERS, BROWN HAWK, flocks of 
WHITE-WINGED CHOUGHS, WILLIE-WAGTAILS 
SCARLET ROBINS, SWALLOWS, FAIRY MARTINS 
a NATIVE THRUSH, BROWN TREE CREEPERS 
and the all too numerous STARLINGS. 
These birds were all seen frequently 
throughout the whole open forest country 
to Myrtleford. 
North of Heathcote I was very 
pleased to be able to show Joan a 
small flock of GALAHS. Nearby was 
also a flock of WHITE COCKATOOS, KOOKABURRAS, 
PIPITS and MAGPIE-LARKS, were always 
common. At Rushworth we met the 
irrigation canals and turned right to 
pass through beautiful open country in 
which the scattered eucalypts looked 
their best. On this part we saw the 
WHITE-FACED HERON, a SACRED KINGFISHER, 
SPUR-WINGED PLOVERS and a WHISTLING 
EAGLE. 
We filled with petrol at Murchison 
and succeeded in getting onto the wrong 
