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First light across the Sturt Desert, northwest NSW Mulga woodlands in glowing early light Male variegated fairy-wren, one of the first birds singing in the desert dawn Spiney-cheeked honeyeater, their dawn songs are a rich series of piped notes Mulga woodlands before dawn Stony rises in gibber country Red-capped robin, another early dawn singer with its delicate trilled calls A tiny black honeyeater, a true blossom nomad of the arid country Having a good stretch. Notice the pollen on that long downcurved bill A juvenile black honeyeater. The females are similarly mottled grey Sunrise across the Sturt Desert A curious spiney-cheeked honeyeater An inland thornbill hovers around an acacia in search of insects Flowering eremophila bushes have attracted <br>nectar-loving honeyeaters to this locality fluffing up in the morning sunshine - a singing honeyeater A spiney rests on a high branch Mating display of black-faced woodswallows Emu chicks. It is the male that cares for his little brood, <br>as they obediently follow him around in a close group Dry streambed lined with eremophilas Red kangaroos, which can be heard moving around <br>and huffing occasionally throughout this recording Reds are really magnificent animals, much more heavily built than other kangaroos Defence display of a shingleback lizard. Not fooling anyone... Looking out over open country toward mulga-covered hills and dry creeklines Birdlife in the Australian outback, like the vegetation, <br>is very well adapted to arid conditions Our recording location - <br>the edge of a stand of mulga, eremophila and acacia bushes lining a dry streambed
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