The Grey Teals at Papunya number over 50 at the moment. For the past week or so I have watched them take off, circle wildly and loudly then settle back onto the water. They were joined by Pink-eared Ducks (were 5 the other day, now seemingly back to 4) and Pacific Black Ducks (3 which have now either taken off to their next stop, or been taken off by something else). Mostly, I thought my human intervention via the car was the reason for their flightiness. Late this afternoon it was a Black-breasted Buzzard, human, Little Crow, and they even seemed disturbed by the Whiskered Tern at times. I wished I was closer to the action but the area is enclosed by a cyclone fence, so some of the images, especially the Buzzard were unfortunately not as crisp as I would have liked.
Black-breasted Buzzard
Grey Teals off to the skies then returning to their water haven
Little Crow
Pink-eared Ducks
Whiskered Tern
(I know why it is here now, but why would it come here in the first place? Maybe a regular stopover)
Willie Wagtail with one of those lovely Central Australian backdrops
The best shots I have seen demonstrating how it gets the "black-breasted" name!
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