Still no rain, but after a coupe of days of seeing no waterbirds at the lake—other than kwirlam the swamphen lake-guardian, and wayan the whitefaced heron—back today are two janjarak the black winged stilt as well as either sandpipers or dotterels, too small for me to see. And then, on walking back to the car, I spy a large halo around the sun, red on the inside stretching to violet on the out.