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The waterhole at Ormiston by moonlight Pied Butcherbird on song Just before dawn. The recording location was on the left bank <br>The Butcherbird heard on the first night was roosting in the centre distant tree Butcherbird sitting quietly on a ghost gum Similar plumage pattern - but this is a Hooded Robin, <br>a few calls from which can be heard during the first night Black-fronted Dotterel. Their sharp yip!s and sometimes <br>quite extended songflights can be heard on both evenings The Black-footed Rock Wallaby, native to rocky ranges of central Australia The wicked hook on the beak is adapted to tearing apart small reptile prey Overlooking Ormiston Gorge. The waterhole can just be seen in the centre Upstream, the gorge opens into Ormiston Pound. Ormiston Creek (centre)<br>is an ancient drainage channel which has eroded the gorge over 350 million years A Dotterel feeding, reflected in the early light of dawn Despite their shyness and agility, Rock Wallabies can create quite a ruckus dislodging rocks<br>Unlike kangaroos, wallabies really thump the ground when they hop Waterhole reflections at dawn The walls of Ormiston Gorge, from the far end of the waterhole just after sunrise Mootwingee - this was the ridge-top location I recorded the <br>Spiney-cheeked Honeyeaters at dawn Spiney, looking a little dishevelled after a wash The Mootwingee mob - Andrew and Sarah with rangers at Mootwingee in 1993 <br>(Notice the mummified Wedge-tailed Eagle behind)
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Image gallery to accompany the album: 'The Pied Butcherbirds of Ormiston Gorge'

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