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Post by sandrainsydney on Sept 8, 2016 23:22:24 GMT
scenes from my recent Norfolk Island holiday. The island is famous for wandering cows - bulls are fenced, but cows & calves can wander if the owner pays a fee. cows in 1975, I'm not sure if I took a pic of today's cows, I still have hundreds to sort. Cows have right of way & normally goodish road sense. Calves less. If a driver kills a cow they need to pay for it - recently a car was hit by a cow falling off a hill!! The driver successfully argued in court she didn't hit the cow, it hit her car & she & the owner shared the cost! It is also famous for feral chooks - almost everyone grows veggies & keep chooks, & naturally some chooks escape. They are very beautiful chooks, a mixture of Australian & Pacific Island breeds, & they are everywhere. No one collects their eggs & they just wander around. We stopped to view the Watermill & saw a couple feeding the chooks. This excess of food appeared to lead to the subsequent cock fight! Dallas was surprised & the paparazzi just took photos - I'm the second photographer. SQUARKING! BEAKS! CLAWS! CHASING! & the hens just ate the yummy food. Attachments:
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Post by sandrainsydney on Sept 8, 2016 23:53:22 GMT
the fight continues Attachments:
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Post by sandrainsydney on Sept 8, 2016 23:54:51 GMT
& continued - by them the bloke was kneeling & might have been taking a video. Attachments:
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Post by sandrainsydney on Sept 8, 2016 23:57:27 GMT
2 very handsome chooks Attachments:
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Post by meganl on Sept 9, 2016 12:27:30 GMT
That certainly is a fine selection of birds
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Post by maeve on Sept 9, 2016 12:30:32 GMT
Fine Feathered Friends.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Sept 15, 2016 0:50:23 GMT
some areas of Australia are very wet - check out the poor koalain 1977 I cut a similar pic out of the paper - the lemur pic was sitting next to it so I though I'd share it too, cos it is soooo cute (cuter than kittens!) Attachments:
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Post by meganl on Sept 15, 2016 6:41:01 GMT
Koalas always look so hard done by as if they had been sent to the naughty spot. The Lemur looks like an alien would fit in a men in black film, but they are both sort of cute.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Sept 15, 2016 15:06:57 GMT
maybe that's why I like the lemur - he's an alien!
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Post by sandrainsydney on Nov 29, 2016 13:32:17 GMT
poor lost sealA New Zealand fur seal has been released back into the ocean after being found in a cow paddock near Bega in south-eastern New South Wales. Corrie Shepherd had been driving along Tathra Road in Jellat Jellat when she saw the seal come out of a creek near Russell's Bridge. The seal then made its way into a nearby paddock. Ms Shepherd called the National Parks and Wildlife Service then waited, keeping an eye on the seal's movements. National parks officer Grant Brewer said three officers and three council rangers were involved in the rescue. "It looked like it was in a good condition, but it looked very tired," he said. "We thought it wasn't a good option to try herd it back into the creek so we thought we'd go to plan B, and catch it." The officers used a special seal net which goes over the head of the animal, trapping down its flippers. All the rescuers then piled on top of the seal to pin it down so they could move it on to a trailer to tow it to the coast. "We rang up the police and told them what we were doing because we were going to be travelling along with the guys in the back of the trailer, with the seal," Mr Brewer said. They drove the seal about 14 kilometres to the mouth of the Bega River at Mogareeka. Mr Brewer said the seal was very calm and looked fine when it swam off. "It's just gone up the river looking for food and I think it's gotten disorientated. It just looked like it was lost so we put it back where it should be," he said. Earlier this year National Parks rescued a dugong found in nearby Merimbula, airlifting it to Queensland.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Nov 29, 2016 13:35:54 GMT
Way back in January - Dugong rescued from cool waters of NSW far south coast A 400kg dugong has been flown from the New South Wales far south coast to Queensland on a Hercules aircraft to relocate it to warmer waters. The animal had no chance of survival in Merimbula, where there have been fewer than five sightings of the species in 50 years, according to marine experts. It is believed the displaced animal found its way south on the East Australian Current. Crews spent Wednesday trying to capture the animal, before it managed to swim through the channel and out to sea. Sea World marine science director Trevor Long said the mammal was relocated this morning. "Obviously the capture is a stressful situation …we dive beside their tail, grab their tail, then other people get in and restrain it," he said. "It's a little bit like a rodeo … but we've never had an issue with it." He added the animal coped well and was given the all-clear to board its flight. Peter Windle from the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service said moving a dugong was not an easy feat. "It will be carried in a sling onto the back of a truck, and will be placed in the tank then be taken to the airport," he said. "At the airport it will be lifted out of the tank and the tank placed in the aircraft and Goodbye Dugong," he said. High hopes for 'Merimbula's' Survival The Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia (ORRCA) said the decision to return the dugong to warmer waters was made after its condition began to deteriorate. "Its spine is starting to become very apparent and that's a sign that it doesn't have that lovely layer of blubber that it needs to stay warm and to thrive," ORRCA's Shona Lorigan said. But there was hope the dugong, which rescuers named Merimbula, could live up to 70 years old. "We believe the reality of it living a long live is quite good," she said. "We are quite positive about it at the moment." After its stay at Sea World, the dugong will be released into the wild, where it will continue to be tracked.
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Post by ragdall on Dec 1, 2016 2:47:56 GMT
I hope that both the relocated animals will thrive back in more suitable waters.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Dec 1, 2016 7:38:33 GMT
we'll probably never know
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Post by ragdall on Dec 9, 2016 18:12:51 GMT
A spider that is large for this part of the world, (I know that Australians would likely think it is tiny, Sandra), has set up housekeeping beside the water shutoff valve in my basement. It appeared a few days before the outdoor temperatures dropped to freezing. I usually deal with spiders in the house by capturing them and releasing them outside. This one was in a narrow place where it was hard to reach and was too fast retreating back there whenever I did see it close enough to possibly catch. Even though being anywhere near one of these spiders gives me the creeps, after the temperatures dropped, I didn't have the heart to take it outside. I rationalized that, as uncomfortable as it was to see it there, as long as it stays in one place, I can live with that. In February, or so, when we should have days above freezing, I can release it outdoors, in a sheltered area near the house wall where it can get a little warmth. A couple of days ago it began spinning a different looking section of web, just above the concrete floor. Last night I noticed there is something suspended in that web. It could be prey, trussed up for a snack? I'm afraid, though, that it's an egg sac. The spider seems to be guarding it now so I think that must be what it is. Somehow, I need to remove the eggs and destroy them. I feel badly doing it, but the last thing I want is to have a large number of those beasts roaming through my house! I wonder how the spider will react when I try to take the sac away? I wonder if it can replace them with more eggs? There is no end to the cold in sight so I'll have to live with the spider in the house for a long time yet. This is the type of spider it is, but a male. I had hoped that my present house guest was a male too.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Dec 9, 2016 22:38:57 GMT
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