Saturday 2 April 2022

March 2022

A few more days in Darwin, then fly home.


On a drive to Dundee Beach, we came across this Pheasant Coucal showing off his colours




A number of large termite mounds was scattered through the bush too


At Dundee Beach, a Great Bowerbird showed great interest in us.



Palm trees near the boat ramp



A morning walk at Sanctuary Lakes and Marlow Lagoon



Water Lily flowers


Blue-faced Honeyeater


Brown Honeyeater


Little Kingfisher

At East Point this freighter was waiting for a pilot and tugs.  It was not until I had a close look on the screen that I noticed some very high priced 'gin palaces' as deck cargo





Spangled Drongo at East Point


Lemon-bellied flycatcher at Marlow Lagoon

Back home - 


Silvereye feeding



Young Pacific Koel


Little Pied Cormorant with a Weather Loach


Red-rumped Grass Parrot


Dusky Wooodswallows

Quiet Brown Snake - lots of joggers and cyclist passed by without seeing it.


Australasian Grebe 


Scarlet Robin


An 80th Birthday feast


White-plumed Honeyeater


White Ibis


Young Starlings on the fence


Purple Swamphen




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