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Kakadu: Australia's Tropical Wetlands

by Andrew Skeoch

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1.
Barking Owls 01:30
2.
Magpie Geese Flypast 01:03
3.
Plumed Whistling Duck with Flying Fox Overhead 00:28
4.
Plumed Whistling Ducks Take Flight 01:17
5.
Pelicans on the Water 01:23
6.
Intermediate Egret 00:47
7.
Magpie Geese & Whistling Ducks Fly Off to Feed 05:49
8.
Blue-winged Kookaburras 00:42
9.
Last Magpie Geese Depart 01:18
10.
White-throated Honeyeater and Distant Pied Butcherbird 01:36
11.
Masked Lapwing 00:40
12.
Forest Kingfisher 00:26
13.
Willie Wagtail 02:32
14.
Azure Kingfisher 00:48
15.
Green Pygmy Geese 00:24
16.
Whistling Kite 00:07
17.
Magpie Lark 00:36
18.
Rainbow Bee-eaters 01:44
19.
Distant White-bellied Sea Eagle 03:00
20.
Rufous-banded Honeyeaters 01:29
21.
Red-tailed Black Cockatoos 02:51
22.
Jacana 00:44
23.
Rajah Shellducks Fly In 01:25
24.
Darter 01:07
25.
Rajah Shellducks 04:23
26.
Lemon-breasted Flyctacher 02:54
27.
Yellow Oriole 03:38
28.
Wandering Whistling Ducks 01:20
29.
Magpie Geese 01:44
30.
Whie-bellied Cuckoo-shrike 00:30
31.
Restless Flycatcher 02:09
32.
Brown, White-gaped and Bar-breasted Honeyeaters 03:48
33.
Shining Flycatcher 04:03
34.
Red-winged Fairy-wrens 02:29
35.
Bar-shouldered Dove with Distant Brush Cuckoo 00:24
36.
Red-collared Lorikeet 00:56
37.
Jabiru Flies Overhead 00:44
38.
Sacred Kingfisher 01:29
39.
Mistletoebird 01:50
40.
Grey Whistler 00:48
41.
Brown Honeyeaters 01:49
42.
White-throated Honeyeaters 00:15
43.
Red-winged Fairy-wrens return 00:58
44.
Red-winged Parrot 00:40
45.
Grey-crowned Babblers 00:12
46.
Little Friarbird 02:11

about

This recording presents the wonders of one of Australia’s most vibrant natural environments - the world heritage wetlands of Kakadu in the Northern Territory.

As a tropical dawn reflects off the tranquil waters of a billabong, Pygmy Geese dabble among water lilies, flocks of Whistling Ducks call overhead, and Orioles, Kingfishers and Flycatchers sing from among the paperbark trees. The biodiversity of these habitats is quite extraordinary, and a feature of what is to be heard here.

We begin in the predawn at Anbangbang Billabong, at the foot of Noorlangie Rock (cover image). Waterbirds abound, and can be heard taking off in waves as they move back and forth between feeding areas. The second sequence of this album comes from nearby Sandy Billabong with its fringe of paperbarks and still waters covered in lilies. You can hear small passerine birds gleaning among the trees on the water's edge, and the drift of waterbird sounds, including the loud croaking of Darters, from across the billabong. Finally, we move away from the wetlands into dry woodland country, to hear the diversity of birdlife found there.

This album is a celebration of life among Australia's tropical wetlands.

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released February 1, 2002

Recording locations:
Kakadu National Park
Tracks 1-8: Anbangbang Billabong
Tracks 9-32: Sandy Billabong
Tracks 32-46: vicinity of Nourlangie Rock

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Andrew is a master wildlife field recordist. For over 30 years, he and partner / photographer Sarah Koschak have been documenting the voices of the world's ecosystems and wild creatures. The resulting recordings have been published through their dedicated label: Listening Earth ... more

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