A Weekend Of Nature

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It seems the NT environs are outstanding for the shear range of occupants and chances to see them up close and personal. Fogg Dam was alive with the sound of Rainbow Pitta and Yellow Oriole in the vine forest adjacent to the wetlands.
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Fogg Dam Vine Forest Floor
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Yellow oriole Oriolus flavocinctus
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Yellow oriole Oriolus flavocinctus
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Rainbow pitta Pitta iris
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We seemed to be the first walkers in the area as we had to push our way through countless spider webs laid across the path. Early morning stalkers were already on the move.
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St. Andrew’s Cross Spider family Araneidae
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Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
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Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
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We saw several plants starting to flower and add their scents to the exotic mix.
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Clerodendrum floribundum
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At the Fogg Dam wetlands the Lotus Lilly were spectacular and due to low water the bigger Brolgas were exposed, the Pygmy Geese close at hand and grass lovers very active.
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Lotus Lilly Nelumbo nucifera
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Brolga Grus rubicundis
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Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus
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Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
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The grasslands near Lee Point were echoing the sunset calls of Richards's Pipit while a Frilled Neck Lizard warms himself after a quick rain burst.
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Richards's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandia
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Whistling Kite Milvus sphenurus
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Galah Cocatua roseicapilla
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Frilled Neck Lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii
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