My Wednesday Photos
When we travel we always come across Emus. They are quite a big problem on the road as they have no "road sense" at all and are quite unpredictable. We always slow down, if possible, and let them decide where they will go, but quite often they will just run alongside and then take off in front of the car causing a lot of stress to us and them, and they can run very fast!
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| This bird was in the Roma Bush Gardens but I don't know what type of bird it is. Unfortunately I am not able to identify many birds, but I do like to photograph them. |
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| We saw a lot of Brolgas in Far North Queensland. |
Tree Kangaroo
Not a Bird but a very interesting and rare animal that lives in trees.
We were fortunate to see a couple of Tree Kangaroos while visiting the Nerada Tea Plantation.
They are an endangered species and live in the tropical areas of north eastern Queensland. They are nocturnal so we were lucky to see them in daylight.
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| A Tree Kangaroo at Malanda, Far North Queensland |
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| Bush Stone-Curlew at The Boulders, Babinda, Queensland |
The bush stone-curlew has a very loud blood curdling scream at night which woke us up one night. Next day we were told it was this bird. It is a ground dwelling bird and endemic to Australia. This pair of birds were patrolling an area very close to our caravan as apparently they had a nest close by, but we couldn't see it. The build their nest on the ground and it was probably near a fallen tree or bushes.
Love your wild animals there unlike anything we have here, Those Emus are huge and sure would be a nuisance on the roads
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Deletethe emus and kangaroos make up most of the road kill when travelling in the bush. It's awful to see so many dead but the large trucks that travel at night cause most of the damage. We have been lucky and haven't hit or killed any so far.
Interesting read. We too have been to the Nerada Tea Plantation but didn't see any tree creatures.
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Thanks, I think we were really lucky to see them there. The people at Nerada said the tree kangaroos had moved out to the plantation from Malanda as there was a lot of construction in the town and the animals had moved out for some peace!
ReplyDeleteNever heard of tree kangaroos--wow!
ReplyDeleteThese were all fascinating. :)
I enjoyed your post here, thank you.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan