PASSERIFORMES: Artamidae

Artamus cinereus  

Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)
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© Vik Dunis 2010
Strzelecki Desert, SA (May, 2010)

Recent rains across inland South Australia greened up the Strzelecki Desert area.

Stopping the car for a leg-stretch and a scan of the vegetation at nowhere in particular we saw Black-faced Woodswallows, Banded Lapwings, Singing and Pied Honeyeaters, Zebra Finches, Crimson Chats, Chirruping Wedgebills and Diamond Doves.

Some desert!

Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)

Black-faced Woodswallow

Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)

Black-faced Woodswallow

Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)

Black-faced Woodswallow

Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)

Black-faced Woodswallow

Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)

Black-faced Woodswallow

Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)

Black-faced Woodswallow

Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)

Black-faced Woodswallow

Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)

Do I Need Pit Spray?

Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)

Black-faced Woodswallow

Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)

Black-faced Woodswallow

Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)

Black-faced Woodswallow

Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)

Black-faced Woodswallow

Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)

Black-faced Woodswallow