Thousands of birds flock to Australia's inland lakes after record rain
4 April 2017
The Guardian
Tens of thousands of coastal birds have flocked to the outback after record-breaking rains filled inlandlakes to their highest levels in three decades.
The influx includes a newly discovered breeding colony of the nomadic and somewhat mysterious banded stilts, on one of the lakes’ islands in the remote eastern Pilbara region of Western Australia.