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A fiery dawn across the gulf country Grey-crowned Babblers are a social species with wild, yahooing calls Another very social species, apostlebirds, engaging in a group preen-a-thon Prominently heard in this recording, the little friarbird Wildflowers bloom on White Mountains, an upland area<br>on the eastern edge of the gulf country near our recording location The signature species of the savannah, the Australian bustard Mosaic habitat of grasslands and woodland The sulphur-crested cockatoo, a wide-ranging and adaptable species The pied butcherbird, admired for its melodic song duets A male magpie lark, or peewee. <br>Related to the apostlebird, it also builds its nest of mud and grasses Another prominent and beautiful songster, the rufous whistler Banksia blossum in flower Noisy friarbird, another large honeyeater in this family, with a characterful, cackling call The soft calls of double-barred finches can be heard on this recording<br> as they feed in grasses nearby The olive-backed oriole, one of two native species Morning light falls on the open savannah country<br>This habitat is representative of the recording location Black-faced cuckoo-shrike, a nomadic species with a curious and sonically complex call Rainbow bee-eater, sunning itself on a fence post ...and rainbow lorikeets, head down into some sweet tucker <br>This is the red-collared race found across northern Australia Apostlebirds are named for frequently being encountered<br>in family groups of a dozen or so birds The brown honeyeater, a common and vocal species across the Australian north and inland Conglomerate outcrops and flowering shrubs in White Mountains National Park The weebill, a widely distributed leaf gleaner of the woodland canopy The beautiful and rare painted honeyeater, <br>heard on this recording giving its sweet sue-see song
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Image gallery to accompany the album: 'The Gulf Country - Northern Australia'

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