Birds get a turn ...

 ..  but not a Crested Tern was seen at Bastion Point  this morning.  A Great Egret with nice breeding plumes was good to see.

The most exciting birds were a pair of Hooded Plovers over towards the campground (about 300 m from a suitable nest site.  Runner up was a Pied Cormorant fishing offshore

In the afternoon we went to the Wastewater Treatment Plant.  There were a couple of Diuris pardina (Leopard orchids) and a solitary Glossodia major (Waxlip orchid) by the gate (and a lot of Diuris across the road.  However the aim of the exercise was birds.

The walk in was very quiet, with no birds seen in the caravan store nor the horse paddocks.  It brightened up more than somewhat with broods of both species of Teal on Pond 2.  When first seen one group of ducklings with a pair of Chestnut Teal and another set of bubs with Grey Teal.  By the time I got close enough for a photo they'd got muddled.

This Pacific Black Duck (also on pond 2) was less confusing.

We spotted 6 Shelducklings on Pond 1 and as the parents - standing on the track between ponds 1 and 2 - were calling we decided to backtrack to avoid disturbance.  I was a little surprised how little they had grown since I saw them about 10 days ago.  Then we got to pond 3 and found another 6, much larger Shelducklings hanging out quite happily with a pair of Black Swans 

A general 'fowl' snap from pond 2.

Bird of the day was on the edge of Pond 4.  This is the first Black-fronted Plover reported to eBird in this area since the fire.  Welcome back!

My normal walk now is along the edge of the woodland, where we saw, as hoped a couple of Jacky Winters and 2 Dusky Woodswallow.  This one has just nailed an insect

Going back to the beach (I left these snaps to last to keep the narrative going) I thought these art trouvee works were amusing.