"It was quiet down at the Wetlands today&quot

....The wind was blowing, a dust storm was with it - I was tempted to blip that, but it went past us quickly, leaving just a warm wind, with a promise of rain, folk still moving around, going about their daily business as usual - nothing unusual about that you see - BUT - it was quiet down at the Wetlands today....

....Hardly a waterbird was in sight, just a few cormorants flying against the wind and changing their minds and their intended directions, returning back to where they came from until the wind settled down...

A few little water hens ventured out onto the ponds, then also changed their minds and whipped back under cover of the reeds, disappearing completely. There were also some little coots swimming against the wind, just babies venturing away from Mum for a little while. Like teenagers rebelling against Mum really...with Mum still amongst the reeds making a racket...

....The black meat ants were pretty busy and whenever I stopped to take a blip, they found me very quickly - I shouldn't have been right there they, were telling me, and so, again after a few more bites and a declaration of wearing a suit of armour next time I venture out- the above blip had to do for today...

....And as you can see - It was quiet down at the Wetlands today...