The weather seemed OK so we headed off across the Westgate Bridge. The traffic seemed heavy on the bridge but we turned off into Yarraville, going to visit the site of the Sinking Village. We had read about this in 'Melbourne Circle' from which the linked text is an extract. There is no mention of the name of the site, nor its history. The playground is attractive.
We didn't stay long but did open up a new eBird location! Our next destination was Logan Reserve, off the Esplanade at Altona. This was mentioned in the book on Melbourne Parks and Gardens, and featured large Moreton Bay fig trees. The route from the sinking village to the Reserve avoided the M1 but took us along the Docklands Highway, through an unattractive industrial area, to Millers Rd which we followed to the beach. The Fig Trees were very impressive
We crossed Queen St to check out the shops in Pier St. A Kidney pie was acquired and rated according to
the official scoring method. It came out to a score of 5: +2 for taste, +1 for lots of meat, +1 for each crust attribute, +1 for home made but -1 as only warm. An historical mural was very well done.
A shop was specialising in ornaments. For example:
We moved on to the mouth of Laverton Creek where I record birds against the Apex Park eBird Hotspot
It was pretty good yesterday. The first bird of particular interest was a Yellow-billed Spoonbill.
Then a few Royal Spoonbills.
On the way back the two species were together,
And posing strangely!
A Little Egret,
Some Red-necked Avocets feeding.
A lot (65) more Avocets were hanging out on the fr side of the creek
And finally a Great Egret.
All told
I recorded 26 species, which I thought pretty good as the migrant waders have not yet returned.
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