The Victorian naturalist . tle fartheron a Wedgie was being chased offby two Magpies. Near an open Lowanmound Nealie was in flower. A GreyThrush fluted as two Nankeen Kes-trels glided over. Pardalotes could be heard and wesaw a Yellow-faced Honeyeater. Thisbird does not appear in the Bird-Listfor the Park, but having been seenfleetingly earlier, and very clearly fourtimes later, I think that it could beadded. White-naped Honeyeaters andRed Wattle-birds were also seen. At the margin of the park, wherethe mallee gave way to a paddock ofweedy, stunty wheat, a movement at-tracted our attention. A
The Victorian naturalist . tle fartheron a Wedgie was being chased offby two Magpies. Near an open Lowanmound Nealie was in flower. A GreyThrush fluted as two Nankeen Kes-trels glided over. Pardalotes could be heard and wesaw a Yellow-faced Honeyeater. Thisbird does not appear in the Bird-Listfor the Park, but having been seenfleetingly earlier, and very clearly fourtimes later, I think that it could beadded. White-naped Honeyeaters andRed Wattle-birds were also seen. At the margin of the park, wherethe mallee gave way to a paddock ofweedy, stunty wheat, a movement at-tracted our attention. A half grownjoey was attempting to move itselfalong the ground, but with both itsfemurs broken, its pathetic scrabblingwas not very effective. The parentslay dead close by; the large buck en-larged in a bloated turgidity, and thedoe, its throat torn out by shotgunblast a few yards off. A cartridgeglinted in the sun showing how thislittle massacre had been is a great pity that the protector of October, 1968 285. Decaying River Red Gumforest, south of LakeBrambrook. Photo: Author. the wheat (which I believe did notmature) had not returned to investi-gate the results of his shots. His neg-lect caused unnecessary suffering tothe joey, and to us was left the onlycourse of action possible. It seems inevitable that where Na-tional Parks and farming areas adjoin,this sort of event may go on occurringand even more so in drought con-ditions. Perhaps a buffer area betweenpark and farmland would solve theproblem. Mr. and Mrs. Thomson returned tothe car, while the girls and I con-tinued up the track, noting more Yel-low-tailed Pardalotes. Soon, anotherdead Kangaroo was noticed. Narrow-leaf Red Mallee was in flower alongthe track, and in the open spacesTwiggy Hibbertia was plentiful. TwoBrown Flycatchers were approachedclosely until an argument between aGrey Butcherbird and some Honey-eaters disturbed them. We turned due north into the scrub,and sat down to lunch beside someScru
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