Those of you waiting for another colourful display of Australian birds will be disappointed today, I thought we would just reprise the Blaxland Mouse. It’s not just birds that enjoy being on-camera…
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Aussie Pest
Foxes were introduced to Australia in the 1800’s for sport and have done untold damage to native wildlife. Thankfully, New Zealand was spared such stupidity. Seeing a fox in our backyard was not a welcome sight…
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Possums…
Possums are regular visitors to our garden at night. A familiar scene for anyone in or near the Australian bush. They are funny, cuddly native Australian creatures.
HOWEVER, some felt it would be useful to take a few to New Zealand back in the 1850s to use them for their fur. It has become invasive and a major agricultural and conservation pest. By the 1980s the peak population there had reached an estimated 60–70 million.
Joy and I are spending a week in New Zealand at present and will avoid mentioning “The Possum”
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Rock Wallaby
The birdbath doesn’t just attract birds… We do occasionally get Wallabies in the neighbourhood and it was nice to capture one on the BirdCam! Linda @linlovesart, what about a month of Australian marsupials?
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Unwanted Visitor
While our European friends might love their foxes, they are not popular down here in Australia… This wikipedia article provides an overview. Unfortunately, there is little we can do at this point.
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FOX…
We’ve not seen a lot of birds on our wildlife camera lately, partially because it is winter and also because I have some doubt about its functioning. However, it is producing lots of video about nightly escapades of local wildlife, mainly possums and the occasional wallaby.
I wasn’t expecting a fox, however! Definitely not a welcome visitor! For our European friends and relatives, Foxes were imported in the 1800s for the “pleasure” of settlers. They multiplied and ravaged local wildlife, which had no natural enemies. More here…
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Nighttime visitors
It’s been raining and the birds don’t need our “facility”, but here is what goes on at night. The camera uses infrared to “see in the dark” and it regularly catches possums ferreting around at night. This fella is probably looking for food rather than a drink, as Joy occasionally disposes of stale bread around the rocks.
Brushtail Possum Info
I wasn’t expecting a little creature like this though…
Looks like a mouse to me…