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First light across Lake Gladstone Whistling Ducks alight with a soft swish Comb-crested Jacana Australasian Grebe An Intermediate Egret lands alongside Little Pied Cormorants and Darters Dawn illuminates woodlands bounding the wetland A Paperbark Flycatcher searches for breakfast Blue-winged Kookaburras are the northern species <br> and call prominently in the first hour of this recording Magpie Lark, a loud resident of wetlands such as this Swamp Harrier cruising over the reedbeds Black Ducks with flashing blue wing panels A shy White-browed Crake, feeding among the reeds The Darter, or snakebird, has a loud and distinctive grating call Intermediate Egret Purple Swamphen, listen for their wheezy grunts Nardoo, a native water plant, has returned to the wetland in abundance A mixed group of Hardheads and Black Duck wing past A magestic pair of Brolga, Australias native crane, move off to another feeding area Bar-shouldered Doves call from woodlands around the water A pair of Double-bar Finches, recognisable by their soft upslurred calls A Rainbow Bee-eater, on the lookout for aerial insects Flypast from a Little Pied Cormorant Morning over Lake Gladstone. The tree on the right was a <br>favoured plumage-drying perch for darters and cormorants
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