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T Lyons 1939
Pg 6
Curlow
Nov 1 - Compound, Peal - one flew by - Calling,
local flight.
Feb 15- Peal - one seen by Harry Sweetser
Feb 19 - Wake - 10:00 AM, one half way from
Libell to Peacock point, tail very
ruddy.
April 2 - 1:30 Peal one flushed 200 yds
SSE of hotel
April 3 - 2 flushed SSE. of Hotel 5:40 PM
each called - double note, shrill, Harry
Sweetser has seen them in same place
before
April 14 - PM heard Calling
Compound
April 15 - PM one saw another heard calling?
Aug 15 - flushed a pair of plovers
300 yds south east of hotel
Aug 19 - Saw the pair of Curlow
each time I went to the
Wake - Peale Channel Today they
were at the lagoon shore
half way between the channel &
the sand spitt about 150 yards
apart.