10,000 Birds
JUNE 13, 2022
Which of course is the perfect transition to that bird, the Common Myna. It is probably a rumor that writing a post about Australia and not mentioning kangaroos is illegal, but why take the risk? Well, a better transition than what I usually manage. The Common Myna is an aggressive invasive species.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2014
If you are considering a vehicle for the outback and birding it is useful to have a Roo Bar, which protects your radiator if you have a close encounter with a kangaroo. They are actually very useful for standing on to look into areas that are hard to see into and of course for short people (is 5 foot 3 inches really short!?)
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2023
It is free to enter Serendip Sanctuary and as you drive or walk up the road into the parking area there are opportunities to see kangaroos and wallabies as you can see above. Red-rumped Parrot Purple-crowned Lorikeet There were plenty of New Holland Honeyeaters feeding in the trees, but of course the closest one got to me was on a wire fence!
Animal Ethics
SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
It is, of course, arguable that the liberal who is prepared to allow state legislation against cruelty to animals is compromising his liberalism, even though it is typically in liberal societies that we find such legislation. Yet it is legislation that few of us should wish to condemn as lacking in justification. (It
10,000 Birds
APRIL 15, 2018
The picnic area offers good opportunities to encounter Grey Kangaroos and they are particularly large animals. Grey Kangaroos at the Mundaring Weir picnic area. Of course the challenge to all this is all the looking up into tall trees and trying to find the birds!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 1, 2018
In the shade there were several Western Grey Kangaroos that reluctantly moved to another shady spot as we approached and there were Yellow-rumped Thornbills and Splendid Fairywrens. . Western Grey Kangaroo. There were some reeds remaining as well and enough water to sustain a substantial amount of bird life and wildlife. Feral bees.
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2011
But of course, I do understand that bird watchers strive to see the birds that are at the lower end of the distribution of abundance, or to observe unusual behavior, so in a sense all this other bird-biomass out there consisting as it does of mundane birds is a distraction rather than an objective. This is also because mammals are large.
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