Two of the mob momentarily standing to attention before they relaxed back into feeding on the grasses. What struck me about these two (Roman and Buster) is how different their faces look. Roman is peeking out behind the larger roo and you can see how smooth the face is. At first I though perhaps it was a younger Roo but it isn't as when it was standing, it was taller than the Buster.
Their situation has just become worse with their triangle of land now cut off even further by excavation works for a larger wetland and drainage almost cutting what they had in half.
I have the dreaded lurgy so I apologies for the lack of activity.
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"The kids are trapped down the old mine shaft"
The line is taken from an iconic TV series of my generation about a famous Kangaroo called Skippy that is somehow able to communicate with a young boy and saves many a person from fatal consequences. It was Australia's answer to Lassies. I remember being upset to find out that the used between 9 and 15 different kangaroos to play skippy.
I don't know what this kangaroo was trying to communicate when it came bounding towards me(See last post) and then stopped to stare and munch on the grass. Perhaps it was curiosity but I felt something pass between us.
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I went down to my favourite little wetland near home and while photographing a new duck I had never seen, I noticed a gorgeous Eastern Grey kangaroo, one of the regulars I assume, poke his head up through the long grass. I kept moving the camera between the duck and the roo and then, all of a sudden, the roo took off and headed straight toward me. I have never had that happen before. Normally they hop off in the opposite direction. He kept coming straight for me in huge leaps and bounds, then pulled up abruptly at the fence and stopped. He was very relaxed. Looked at me for a few minutes then turned and hopped away.
He is in mid jump in this image.There was no aggression in it as you will see when I post the relaxed roo looking at me.
It was really very special and something I wont forget in a hurry.
Worth viewing large if you can
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"Mist in the morning is Earth’s morning breath…”
― Nanette L. Avery
The foggy mist was so thick I could barely make out the Roos in the paddock. Just ghostly forms shrouded in white.
With just a tiny bit of guilt I jumped the fence and slowly approached using the cover of fog as my invisibility cloak. It worked to a point and allowed me (with only a small lens) to approach close enough to make them out to be more than just blobs but rather my beautiful kangaroos.
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These are 12 of the 14 Eastern Grey Kangaroos that I have been following for my series -Kangaroos and Suburbia. They may not be pretty but that is the point.
We have about 3 different mobs in my area, now all separated by housing estates. I am very concerned for this mob in particular as they are now landlocked in a triangle of land, probably not with an appropriate carrying capacity to support their growth. There should be a Kangaroo Management Plan and provisions made for contiguous habitat between the estates. . I will be following it up with Council but given the roads cutting them off have all been built, I'm not sure what can be done now. In some cases they can be relocated but it is a long, drawn out and often traumatic process.
I am enjoying visiting them and they seem to be getting used to the crazy lady with the big lens but getting too attached. Damn it! The Sherpa told me not to name them :-)
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