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Every morning I get up early I sit & watch my lawnmowers at work whilst eating breakfast. It suddenly occurred to me that I should be taking photo's of the little beggars. I used to have about ten 'roos and wallaroos plus a couple of wallabies grooming my lawn on my last property and still only took a few images of them. They used to bang on my back screen door and exchange leeches on the ground for bread handouts!

How many others are as guilty of this complacency? Funny what you get used to and take for granted.
Col

Col, you are a lucky bugger I'd love to have some kangas on my lawn ..... and they're not leeches they are leaving - they are chocolate covered jellybeans

I've just come in from feeding one of my little visitors for the night Pretty sad when you buy bananas for the possums though and I won't let Damian eat them !!!!

They look more like speed humps to me.

The Three Stooges

They're welcome at my place anytime - I hate mowing!!!!

A friend of mine has a mob of red-necked wallabies that come to his back deck every afternoon. There have been a few generations of them since he's owned the place and I'm pleased to say they are still extrememly shy and skittish which, to me, indicates our presence hasn't changed them that much. I used to take heaps of shots of them but was always let down by my lenses - one of these days an 80-400 or, pretty please, a 70-200 may change that!

Love the shot Col - more please!

blacknstormy wrote:Col, you are a lucky bugger I'd love to have some kangas on my lawn ..... and they're not leeches they are leaving - they are chocolate covered jellybeans

Ah, no Rel. The chocolate covered jellybeans are all over the lawn fertilising, The leeches were real leeches, big & fat & full of blood, so it was feed the 'roos and salt the leeches every morning
Here is an old image of a couple of the Garden Gnomes at work

One of my mates got a little too close to a big Eastern Grey male - one swipe took a little chunk out of his back. Looks cute, but backs a punch.

KILL them ALL I say

Had about 15 in a large group in the back yard over the last few weeks. These are not to be encouraged to the house..







MATT

In a few weeks I'll be driving around in the country looking for every opportunity to show them to my sister and niece. People still come here to see them in the wild.

Heath Bennett wrote:One of my mates got a little too close to a big Eastern Grey male - one swipe took a little chunk out of his back. Looks cute, but backs a punch.

A fully grown Grey is almost as huge as a red and yes, don't get too friendly especially if their female is near. They are well equipped. Once they are used to people, they are not too bad, but they still remain wild at heart.

MATT wrote:KILL them ALL I say
Had about 15 in a large group in the back yard over the last few weeks. These are not to be encouraged to the house.MATT

Funny you should say that Matt. Once I had to charge across the yard & into the house to answer the phone. After answering and catching my breath, I had to tell the caller to hold while I herded three 'roos out of the house. They wanted to see what all the fuss was about & followed me in.

Col