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First light across the Sturt Desert, northwest NSWMulga woodlands in glowing early lightMale variegated fairy-wren, one of the first birds singing in the desert dawnSpiney-cheeked honeyeater, their dawn songs are a rich series of piped notesMulga woodlands before dawnStony rises in gibber countryRed-capped robin, another early dawn singer with its delicate trilled callsA tiny black honeyeater, a true blossom nomad of the arid countryHaving a good stretch. Notice the pollen on that long downcurved billA juvenile black honeyeater. The females are similarly mottled greySunrise across the Sturt DesertA curious spiney-cheeked honeyeaterAn inland thornbill hovers around an acacia in search of insectsFlowering eremophila bushes have attracted <br>nectar-loving honeyeaters to this localityfluffing up in the morning sunshine - a singing honeyeaterA spiney rests on a high branchMating display of black-faced woodswallowsEmu chicks. It is the male that cares for his little brood, <br>as they obediently follow him around in a close groupDry streambed lined with eremophilas Red kangaroos, which can be heard moving around <br>and huffing occasionally throughout this recordingReds are really magnificent animals, much more heavily built than other kangaroosDefence display of a shingleback lizard. Not fooling anyone...Looking out over open country toward mulga-covered hills and dry creeklinesBirdlife in the Australian outback, like the vegetation, <br>is very well adapted to arid conditionsOur recording location - <br>the edge of a stand of mulga, eremophila and acacia bushes lining a dry streambed
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