While the not so common (for our area, at least) common wallaby is flightless, it nevertheless excites me on the 3 occasions I've seen one at our place. This morning, at first light, a sleepless Ms Woko saw one at one of our bird drinking bowls. She reported that it drank from the bowl for several minutes & didn't take flight (which is how I know that it's flightless). I've filled the bowls tonight just in case.
The only ones I've seen in flight was the one leaping in front of our car. Nice to have it at your place.
Meave
How wonderful is that. The Wallaby has done it before I think? How does it get in ? At our place they come in through the Wombat holes.Before the fires two years ago, two big Goannas did the same, I had to take the dog food away, because they had taken to eating the dog's food. I miss the Goannas, they never came back, they didn't survive the fires.They would have run up a tree, but in a fire that hot they had no chance!? M-L
M-L
wow,lucky
we only get reptiles,possums,the very odd echidna,and birds of course
reptiles are a problem for me,mainly the bobtails,because i usually get about 4-5 a year sneaking into my backyard,which my dog hates,so then i have to start a huge operation to get them into a container of some sort,put them in the car,and move them down to the lake...and i get very sick of having to do that multiple times a year
The wallabies Ms Woko & I have seen presumably live in a gully about a kilometre north of our place. I assume they just wander, as wallabies are wont to do, through the several fences between the gully & our house. I recall one day surprising one, just as it surprised me, in the corner of a paddock where there was chicken wire on the fence. The terrified animal tried to escape by butting itself against the wire. It eventually found a way out after I retreated some metres away.
The common wallaby is reported to inhabit the Mt Lofty Ranges but I don't recall seeing one until about 10 years ago at our place. They're very attractive animals with light grey fur & a rufous neck. When alarmed they make a loud hissing noise.
I doubt that they use our bird bowls as there are no droppings or tail marks around but now that one has found the water others may follow. I do know that western grey kangaroos used to drink from our bowls & bird bath frequently even when Ms Woko & I were lunching about 5 metres away. This all stopped when our friendly neighbour found he couldn't live in harmony with them. Hopefully, he'll be more kindly disposed to any wallabies in the neighbourhood.