The Australian Birds & General Animals Appreciation Topic

[Vince Evert]

Hello all. I am going to import one of my relic threads over here now.

Howsabout i start with the australian magpie.
The Australian magpie (of which my football side is named after) well they just loves to sing. Where i live we sometimes hear them at 4:00 am here, theyre based high up on a 30 metre size gum tree.

Normally I have to get up and go outside and throw a handful of oats over the fence in order to give him/her a feed (and buy me some silence). Beautiful birds...

 

[Vince Evert]

Hey whatever became of Nora the piano loving feline? Well folks she's still loves the PI-ANO and recently turn 16, bless her.
Elton John or Billy Joel got nothing on NORA X

 

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[Vince Evert]

The angelic looking Tasmanian Devil.

Their loud howling noise is what makes them the 'devil', but once you are able to calm or tame them or can establish some trust, they are in fact extremely quiet as we can see on the following:

 

[Vince Evert]

This poor and cute Koala was in our news in adelaide recently. He's OK now back in his wild life.

 

[Horsa]

Good idea for a thread but can we have more information about these animals & birds, please?

 

[Vince Evert]

Goat has invaded on the Kanga's territory. Kanga then stares and eyes it off and scares (or attempts to) the Goat away, who appears to just want to be a friend.
Just take a look at the size of the Kanga and his enormous arms. Animals can be incredibly territorial at the best of times but more likely the kangaroo has a wife and joey nearby that he was protecting.

 

[Vince Evert]

Golden Retriever Drags Cat Out Of A Fight​

 

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Hop the Kangaroo Apologizes to Family Cat​

Hop is a pet kangaroo but her sense of fun very much resembles that of a dog. The family cat was not impressed when Hop tried to encourage her to play, eventually leaving Hop by herself to figure out what she had done wrong. The good news is, the pair made up later.

 

[Vince Evert]

A father and son duet

 

[Vince Evert]

Now it's images like this that make me wonder where these birds go and how do the manage and find adequate shelter (or any birds for that matter) whenever the weather turns nasty, like thunder, lightening and heavy rains, including at 3 in the morning.

 

[Vince Evert]

This is the "Engineer" bird_ - The Rufous Hornero ?
They are found in South America and are renowned for the nest building. Check out the speed and precision of this one?

 

[Horsa]

A father and son duet

I think they're singing the wrong song. They should be singing this 1 instead:-



Lol.

 

[Horsa]

Now it's images like this that make me wonder where these birds go and how do the manage and find adequate shelter (or any birds for that matter) whenever the weather turns nasty, like thunder, lightening and heavy rains, including at 3 in the morning.

I had to control myself here so I didn't post another song & make another funny remark.

I wonder that too.

 

[Vince Evert]

another of the engineering spiecies

Furnarius Rufus,​

Preparing material for making the nest,​

 

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[Horsa]

I absolutely adore owls. Thank you very much for sharing.

 

[Vince Evert]

Dog And Kangaroo Play Tag​

 

[Vince Evert]

well.. are they or are they NOT EXTNCT !!!
This is very good summary on Thylacine (ie Tasmanian Tiger, relative to the Tasmania Devil) but from time to time you get some folks who claim they still exists in small hidden populations? You be the judge...

 

[Vince Evert]

Fabulous rescue mission. Precious birds indeed.