Williamstown

 We went to Williamstown this morning mainly hunting Great Crested Grebes, being promised lots of them by our friend Elke.  They delivered for her, and us!  But first a map of our route at Jawbone, and some other species.

There were lots of Pied Cormorants perched on rocks etc.
3 Male Blue-billed Ducks were nice to see.
So were some Pied Stilts and Royal Spoonbills.
We saw one Great Crested Grebe pretty much as soon as we looked at the liquid.  Then another 11 as we crossed a small bridge on to a wee island.  (I have missed one from this snap.)
A couple of portraits.

Overall I wrote down 35 species here.  

We then moved on to Point Gellibrand where a few more birds were seen.  More Pied Cormorants and lots of Crested Terns were the feature species.
This is the Ball Tower at Point Gellibrand.  The history of this site is extremely intersting and we must make sure we are there when the ball drops!
Our final call was at the very pleasant Williamstown Botanic Gardens,  These palms are a modern replanting of the originals and in fact quite young.  A good place.







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