Australian Wildlife

Raina.Rae

These are some pictures I took while in Australia. Didn't see many of the natives in the wild, but the wildlife park I went to was great for up close and personal shots. Comments welcome.

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snowman1

Realy like the one of dog framed threw the fence.




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IntrepidBerkeleyExplorer

On Kangaroo Island I saw Koalas high up in trees, very difficult to photograph. Kangaroos wouldn't hop for me, a downer until my guide in the Blue Mountains near Sydney knew exactly how to start them up so I got perfect hopping video. The background music was obvious: "At the Hop".

Smaller Wallabies were very cute, and ate oatmeal out of my hand. They also provided my only shots of a joey in the pouch.

Wonderful Kookaburra close-up, not possible for me in the wild. But I got audio of their famous call. Never any luck with owls, and no penguin shots in Australia either. Made up for that with penguins 5 years later in Antarctica.

Raina.Rae

I had to take the penguin shot at the park, because when you go see them in the wild at the penguin parade, you can't take pictures. The little penguins get blinded by flash then get scared of the cameras.

I like the dog picture too. He was watching sheep in anther pen.

Maestro

I like the kookabura the best. And is that two species of owl in number 5, a tawny frogmouth and a different species?

Raina.Rae

Maestro wrote: »

I like the kookabura the best. And is that two species of owl in number 5, a tawny frogmouth and a different species?

I don't know what the owl species are. I didn't realize it was two owls till after I took the picture and the second one moved.