The dreaming site shown in this painting is at Yangarnmpi, south of Yuendumu. The budgerigar (Ngatijirri) are small, brightly coloured birds native to central Australia and they are common around the Yuendumu area, especially after the summer rains. Men would hunt the ‘ngatijirri’ nests for eggs which are considered a delicacy. The men would also go out hunting for adult, flying ‘ngatijirri’. In the dreaming, the ‘ngatijirri’ travelled to Yangarnmpi from Patirlirri, near Willowra to the east of Yuendumu and travelled further on to Marngangi, north/west of Mount Dennison and west of Yuendumu. Each time the flock of ancestral ‘ngatijirri’ lands, they perform ceremonies, singing and dancing as they fly and roost in the trees. The sites of these ceremonies are depicted in this painting. After good rains ‘ngatijirri’ can successfully breed several times, resulting in an explosion of the population in a short time. Custodians for this dreaming are the Napaljarri / Nungarrayi women and Japaljarri / Jungarrayi men.