A Journey to Jabiru

A long trip out to Jabiru. It was quite a warm trip. We returned to Mamukala which we had seen in April 2005. This was a Wren I noticed on the walk in.

We checked into the LakeView Cabins.

The outside temperature registered 42 (at the least the sensor in my car said it was!) We then drove down to Cooinda, enjoyed a Yellow Waters cruise for a couple of hours.
Pied Heron

Jacana



A Jabiru (Xenorhynchus asiaticus) at Yellow Waters
Interesting to note that according to Hilary Thompson and Denise Goodfellow in "Common Birds of the Darwin Area", the name of this stork, Jabiru, (officially a Black-necked Stork), actually derives from Tupi, a South American Indian language, and should actually belong to a South American species of Stork.



There were hundreds of ducks gathering together at Yellow Waters.


Water Lily

And crocodiles basking in the sunset........



Ken thought that the cruise guide Michael and I shared the same bulky body mass but this photo proved him wrong


and then had a meal at the local hotel.