I woke up with a sore throat today & excused myself from work. More cuteness here as soon as possible!
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There were not as many lorikeets as there were for the two previous weeks. Still plenty enough for smiles to happen. A water dragon by the office is looking prime.I walked through the Forest Fringe aviary, and past the pelican feeding beach on the way to crocs, & bats, & stork. Spent some time in Outback Springs, getting to know the residents of all leg number & body heat regulation mechanisms.
I'm not claiming to have worked overly hard, but it was a long day. After the early morning koala enclosure raking, I & my volunteer workmates attended an HR training session in the Sir Walter Campbell Center Theater. Later, when we were giving the koalas fresh browse, one of the boys was on the ground & was seen licking a rock. Well, this is significant as an indicator that the animal craves some trace minerals, and that gives us the opportunity to offer bits of red clay to all! This may sound weird, but all of us vollies think this is a treat for us to perform this task! One presents the clay to an animal & it either ignores the offer or ingests some clay! Extras today included cute little mushrooms, a stick insect, and a sun-baking bush-turkey. When work was done I had some time before a 'Town Hall' meeting, so I attended the Aboriginal Dance Show. Happy to start my shift in my happy place - the lorikeet arena Lots of hungry birds & smiling people. My rotation took me to kangaroos, rock wallabies & back to roos, before ending my duties in the Land of Parrots. On my way to sign off for the day I met someone who reminded me that a vet-talk was happening at our animal hospital, so I went to learn a bit about the koala/chlamydia research that is ongoing. So good to be back with these guys - the whole team at KH, koalas & people too. As weeks go on I hope to highlight individuals, but for today here is a schwack of random pictures of fuzz-balls. Except for the last video. Bounty finally got up the energy for a good bellow - and was drown out by the passing train! When I left last year the construction had just started on the new Rock-wallaby enclosure and the newly envisioned kangaroo & outback station precinct. It was sad being away for so long, but at least I avoided most of the construction pains! My first impressions are greatly positive! Furry fuzzy fruit bats! How cool is this!?! An unobstructed view of the magnificent little beasties. In previous enclosures they were hard to see, so this new development is great. Taking the long way around to the roo-paddock, you know, just to re-orient myself after a long absence. ;)
From the T-Junction i can see new track & what must be the new station. I walked through the hospital/presentation precincts & wound around to the old familiar dingoes enclosure. The Wallabies walk-through wasn't quite open when I left in 2023, but the swamp wallabies & Cape Barrens Geese are there now. Also new to me is the new Rock Wallabies walk-through. It is a nice facility for them! This show is special. Not just for the critters and the edutainment, but in the past (like pre-pandemic, eh) I used to get to participate & feed those eels!
A new adjunct to the kangaroo paddock is Outback Springs. There are all sorts of old, rusty things so I gotta love it! I also love that some of the 'car-rocks' from the old rock wallaby enclosure were re-used in the perentie enclosure here.
I did not manage to get into the petting zoo today, but I will get there & report on it soon. |
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March 2024
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