Friday, December 13, 2013

Yellow Wagtail on station


Look who's here from Siberia or somewhere equally cold in the Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis). Pair of flighty birds seen at Mungalla Station today. Much driving across a few hundred hectares and lots of luck before refinding and finally getting distant pictures of the splotchy yellow bird above. Hoping for better in coming days. 

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