Drove from Alice Springs to Elliott (NT) today (about 740 kms) for work, and stopped off at Lake Mary Ann just outside Tennant Creek.
Some White-breasted Woodswallows were trying to keep cool in the branches, mostly showing me their rear ends, but did manage a shot or two on the front:
I only stopped for a little while and amongst the other birds I saw, were some Peaceful Doves:
and a Rainbow Bee-eater that asked if it could be called a Rainbow Dragon-fly-eater:
The drive up from Alice Springs is interesting as the landscape slowly changes. The most obvious change is the ant hills which are a little bit bigger, although nothing like further north sizes, but definitely far more numerable than near Alice Springs.
A footnote to the white-breasted woodswallows. Right on dusk a flock of 50-70 decided to nestle in a tree in the campground I am in at Elliott. The large number must have caught the eye of a falcon, not sure if it was a nankeen kestrel or a black falcon as it was too swift and the light was fading, but it sent them every which way in a 90 second swoop fest.
Some White-breasted Woodswallows were trying to keep cool in the branches, mostly showing me their rear ends, but did manage a shot or two on the front:
I only stopped for a little while and amongst the other birds I saw, were some Peaceful Doves:
repositioning for consumption
The drive up from Alice Springs is interesting as the landscape slowly changes. The most obvious change is the ant hills which are a little bit bigger, although nothing like further north sizes, but definitely far more numerable than near Alice Springs.
A footnote to the white-breasted woodswallows. Right on dusk a flock of 50-70 decided to nestle in a tree in the campground I am in at Elliott. The large number must have caught the eye of a falcon, not sure if it was a nankeen kestrel or a black falcon as it was too swift and the light was fading, but it sent them every which way in a 90 second swoop fest.
No comments:
Post a Comment