Birds on Quarry and Secret Beaches

 We went to walk on Quarry Beach on the evening of 8 October.  The tide was very low so we got to look at the exposed rocks, which at the Eastern end of the beach were almost devoid of shelled life.  We saw  some playful whales somewhat offshore but I wasn't able to get any photographs.  

At the Western end of the beach some Great Cormorants posed nicely.  While they have made a start I think it will be a while before guano harvesting becomes a commercial prospect.

Due to the low tide we were able to scurry on to Secret Beach by going round the end of the rocks.  An Eastern Reef Egret perched nicely on a rock ...

.. flew towards us ...

... and perched on another rock.

Not knowing how the tide was changing, and not wishing to use the inland route back we soon scurried back!