Outside my window this morning
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325798)
Rockingham, Australia
October 14, 2018 6:19pm CST
It’s just after 7am and look what’s turned up outside my window. Luckily the camera was by my left hand. I try to keep it near me in case an unusual bird comes to the bird bath. I have photos now of most of the ‘usual’ birds.
As you can see, she has spotted me or heard some noise. Two seconds later she was on her way and I have a shot of her ‘leaving the building’ as they say. Her hands are hiding her joey’s head but you might just be able to see that there is actually a joey there.
Now…. Don’t you all wish you lived in Australia?
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@Deepizzaguy (94552)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Oct 18
I would rather see a kangaroo outside my home than Wally Gator in Louisiana.
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@Deepizzaguy (94552)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Oct 18
@garysibi There was a gator that entered a home in Florida this summer. The animal control officers removed the gator from the home and took it to animal form for gators.
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@garysibi (702)
• Chicago, Illinois
15 Oct 18
Is that the one that parked itself in front of the home owners door. I saw that photo.
I kayaker found an alligator in Lake Michigan by the Illinois/Wisconsin border. It was only about four feet long. Some idiot had it as a pet and let it loose with its mouth taped shut. The kayaker rescued it and it's now being nursed back to health at a nature center where it will eventually be put on display.
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@xFiacre (12597)
• Ireland
15 Oct 18
@judyev Not after reading on the news about a big grey kangaroo attacking and hospitalising somebody. Does that happen a lot? And I’d rather not bump into members of the Royal Family who have gone to inspect the colony they think they still have. It’s been a long day.
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@marguicha (215441)
• Chile
15 Oct 18
Incredible! But I have heard that they can be dangerous.
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@marguicha (215441)
• Chile
15 Oct 18
@JudyEv I have seen them at documentaries about Australia in the National Geographic channel. I didn´t know they were so big.
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@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct 18
@marguicha Several of the species are big and the males are larger than the females. Then if they stand up on their toes and the tip of the tail, they're well over six feet. Very intimidating.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
15 Oct 18
It's really something to wake up and see that through the window! Did you ever see a wild camel? I believe Australia is now the only place where they are wild. Or more accurately feral I suppose.
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@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct 18
We saw several on a trip to Uluru a year or two ago but I can't find the photo. I thought we took one but I can't find it. Yes they are feral but the country wouldn't have been settled without them. At one time we were exporting them back to the Middle East. They are a pest in some areas. They are only found in the outback not in the southern areas.
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@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct 18
@NormanDarlo In the outback and even in more settled areas before the roads were somewhat passable they were essential in moving goods to and from the stations. Wool bales, sandalwood, general supplies - much of it want either by pack camel or on wagons pulled by teams of camels. They were used for dam-sinking, ploughing and of course on expeditions to open up the country. I haven't ridden a camel but I rode horses most of my life.
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@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
15 Oct 18
@JudyEv These are dromedaries (one-hump), right? When you say, the country wouldn't have been settled without them, you mean they were an important means of transport at one time? Have you ever ridden one? They are a lot more comfortable than a horse, in my opinion.
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@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Oct 18
@Tina30219 If they see you, you need to snap quickly.
@rebelann (111178)
• El Paso, Texas
16 Oct 18
I haven't seen any of those in decades @JudyEv I think most have been slaughtered by trigger happy bozos.
Oh, as far as gators are concerned, they only live in watery areas, it's way too dry for them here
Hey, I'll bet you wouldn't want to live here, would ya?
I think we all get used to whatever surrounds us as we age and then when the idea of moving comes along it's rejected ... well, most of the time that is.
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@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct 18
She didn't. I don't think she was that scared. I think the thump is sort of an emergency signal when they get a sudden, severe fright. She didn't have much to go on to make her frightened. She just thought something wasn't quite right so she decided to leave. You could see her do a quick bit of thinking before she decided to go.
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@arunima25 (85316)
• Bangalore, India
15 Oct 18
Your window seems to be a perfect spot to spot so many beautiful things.
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@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Oct 18
@arunima25 I always make sure I have my camera handy. Vince usually has his ready too and I tell him if I see something he might like to photograph.
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@garysibi (702)
• Chicago, Illinois
15 Oct 18
Actually something similar happened in one of the Chicago suburbs a year or two ago. Two kangaroos escaped from a small zoo and it took a while to catch them.
Even though I live in Chicago and that's not an ideal situation for wildlife, we see a lot of smaller animals such as rabbits, raccoons and opossums. We also get a lot of coyotes. They don't bother people although they will attack small dogs and the city leaves them alone because they help get rid of the rats.
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@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct 18
Some kangaroos do get too used to people. If they've been fed regularly and then suddenly there is no food that might upset them. With the ones that visit our property we co-exist but don't try to be friends necessarily. That is when the problems start.
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@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct 18
@garysibi It's risky behaviour really. The bears aren't going to understand that one day you're all out of food. I don't know why people can't figure this out for themselves. The lady that got attacked the last day or two (by a kangaroo) - another person was trying to hunt it out of a yard so it's stressed from being pushed around then it seems the lady walked towards it with food. It would see her as a threat especially if it isn't used to being hand-fed.
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@garysibi (702)
• Chicago, Illinois
15 Oct 18
@JudyEv We have a similar problem with bears in some parts of the USA. They get so used to getting food out of the garbage they come into people's yards.
A few years ago we vacationed in Upper Peninsula Michigan. We heard about a small town where the people hand-fed wild bears. We watched them do it but didn't do it ourselves.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
15 Oct 18
The birdbath is a great enticement for all kinds of animals, I suppose.
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
15 Oct 18
Ha ha the Kangaroo looks cute but can these folks be aggressive too?
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@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Oct 18
Very occasionally one turns aggressive, mostly when they lose their fear of people.
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
15 Oct 18
What a lovely sight... I've just done a similar post about wildlife visitors in the garden where I work...
I've just done a similar post about wildlife visitors in the garden where I work...2 people like this
@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Oct 18
And as she leaves you can see the head a little. He must get a bumpy ride sometimes.
