Zoological Visitors
Over the years, we had many zoological visitors. Some were probably always present, others were seasonal visitors and a few were just seen once or twice.
Black cockatoos – infrequently seen in pairs
Blue cranes (white-faced herons) – in pairs
Blue wrens – often seen flitting in the bushes near the creek
Echidnas – sometimes seen crossing paddocks or roads
Goanna – I’ve only seen the one
Koala – we found one in a holly tree one day
Kookaburras – their laughing call makes it easy to identify where they are
Lizards – lots of skinks; once a lost shingleback wandered in
Magpies – regularly serenading everyone with their songs
Mopoke Owls – often heard at night
Parrots and Lorikeets – often seen in fruit trees
Platypus – rarely spotted in the creeks
Possums – lovely from a distance but not good on the roof!
Snakes – rarely seen except when baled with the hay
Tadpoles – often found in dams and scooped into jars till they grew legs
Wedge-tailed eagles – rarely seen, soaring overhead
White cockatoos – new visitors, noisy and destructive, in large flocks
Wombats – far too often seen dead beside the road
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@ScarlettBraden from
Frankly Scarlett
Thanks Scarlett!
Interesting format for a blog – I love the overall theme but would also enjoy if you put something more personal in your recollections.
I’m glad you liked it, Judee.
I chose this specific format in order to remind myself and to share many of the experiences from my childhood that differed from those of many city and suburban-based bloggers.
Tadpoles! Poor things. We used to remove them from their habitat and keep them in jars. Did you have blue tongues? I don’t remember seeing wombats or koalas when I grew up but lots of rabbits.
One of my brothers had an aquarium in which he kept some taddies till they were mature frogs. Mostly they were released at a much earlier stage.
At times, there were lots of rabbits in our area, but few blue tongues!
Maureen, yours has been one of my favourite blogs in the challenge. Thanks for sharing your ancecdotes with us.
Thanks, Jill, I very much appreciate your encouraging comments.