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The Mary River catchment is a riverine floodplain of mixed grasses, sedges and herbs. In contrast to riverine woodlands, the habitat consists of mostly grassy landscapes. This environment is occasioned by huge granite boulders that rise out of the black soil plains. The Mary River catchment is unique in its status as a “nursery area” for many species found in Kakadu National Park. I first visited the area at the end of the dry when there was very little water and migratory birds were congested in dwindling billabongs. Now that the transition is from an abundance of water to wet soil grasslands those inhabitants are more residential.
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Aegeratum conyzoides
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The Mary River catchment is a riverine floodplain of mixed grasses, sedges and herbs. In contrast to riverine woodlands, the habitat consists of mostly grassy landscapes. This environment is occasioned by huge granite boulders that rise out of the black soil plains. The Mary River catchment is unique in its status as a “nursery area” for many species found in Kakadu National Park. I first visited the area at the end of the dry when there was very little water and migratory birds were congested in dwindling billabongs. Now that the transition is from an abundance of water to wet soil grasslands those inhabitants are more residential.
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Aegeratum conyzoides
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Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
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FFBar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus
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Woollybutt Eucalyptus miniata
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FFChocolate Argus Junonia hedonia
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FFChocolate Argus Junonia hedonia
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FFCleome tetrandra
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FFCrotalaria medicaginea
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FFCullen badocanum
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FFDainty Grass-blue Zizula hylax
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FFFreshwater Mangrove Barringtonia acutangula
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FFGrey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
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FFKapok Bush Cochlospermum fraseri
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FFLittle Woodswallow Artamus minor
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FFLudwigia octovalvis
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FFRed-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus Female Juv.
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FFWandering Percher Diplacodes bipunctata
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FFWater Lily Nymphaea violacea
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