Bird and plant identification - Pails block

I’ve attached the bird list that I made during the visit.  Thirty-three species in total for the day which is a good day’s birding.
 
There was some discussion about orchid ID – the following is very useful and about as up-to-date as you will get – Bush Gems: a guide to the wild orchids of Victoria https://bushorchids.weebly.com/bush-gems-orchids-of-victoria.html It is available as an eBook on CD-rom which I have loaded to my laptop and phone.
 
There are also some new plant ID tools becoming available which use Lucid technology. Very powerful and fairly intuitive to use.  Unlike traditional plant keys you can usually identify things with incomplete information e.g. seed characteristics when you don’t have seeds available.  At the moment these are only available for some of the larger plant families.  You need to be online to use them. 
The Pea Key - https://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/peakey/key/The%20Pea%20Key/Media/Html/index.html
Wattle – Acacias of Australia - https://apps.lucidcentral.org/wattle/text/intro/index.html
Euclid - Eucalypts of Australia - https://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html
Asteraceae of Victoria - https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/static/keys/asteraceae and click “Go to Key Player”
 
We spent quite a bit of time talking about weeds and, in particular African Weed Orchid.  I’ve attached a set of photos that I prepared so that I could show people what to look for.  Feel free to print copies to show others.
 
Cheers,
Euan