Love where you Live.
You gotta love where you live.
We don't live in a rural area, nor is it a heavily dense suburban area, it is a great area we love.
Yesterday afternoon I was picking my youngest up from my in-laws house and as I got to their driveway I spotted 2 wallabies, I was just hoping that they would hang around just for a little so I can get my youngest daughter to show her.
Lucky for us they did :-)
Sorry the pic isn't that clear, it was around 5:30pm and I grabbed it on the iPhone.
My daughter was so excited to see them, we get the odd one roaming around alone through the back yard quite often, but it has been awhile since we have seen two together.
Close by we actually come across a young joey too, seems like the whole family was out together for a meal. My daughter was so excited to see so many. I love have nature so close.
So what exciting nature do you have around where you live?
Paul
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I can only imagine how excited your daughter must have been to see those beautiful Wallabies. There's no exciting nature where I live, I live in the city so not much to see. Thank you for sharing Paul:)
If I get a chance to take a pic of the resident Pheasant we have roaming around I'll post that for you Jazmin.
All I can say is I will share a photo or two. Actually I can say more. We have echidnas, a platypus that visits our dam occasionally, pademelons, several wombats (one quite large) and a resident tiger snake.
WOW Helen, gee would love to see them live, My daughters would go crazy. I remember when I was living in the NT I have a family of Reds come up to the back fence during the dry season, I would throw out fruit & leave a bucket of water on the other side of the fence.
Thanks for sharing those great photos.
Hi Paul, i live in the south coast and quite often t see kangaroos, and very lge hare's plus little bunny's on my way from work and i only have a 2min drive to and from work and i am close to the beach and lakes around me is it nice to see them but have to be careful not to hit them,
Thanks Lorraine, I think it is great the all around the world we have different nature living close to us, but sometimes we just don't take notice, I have driven probably 3/4 of our great country and I can say I have seen some amazing creatures. Camel, Water Buffalo, Dingos, Big Reds, the odd fox down south and plenty of bunnies as well as the bird life.
Great to have a window into your world Paul,
Her is my American question is a wallabies the same but smaller than a kangaroo??
Thanks
Mark
check out this Wiki link. It's for wallabies but notes the other marsupials too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallaby
Certainly is Mark, there are may species of Kangaroo, I just think it is great to have them around considering we live every close to 2 highways.
Few years back when I had a sail boat back in the eastern Canadian maritimes we use to see porpoises swim by our boat ... it was always great to sail along with them .... they are more a home in there then we are ... after all we are in their territory ... it was wonderful ... but for now we live a rural area ... not much around here but skunks, cows, and pigs ... we even get to enjoy the stink ... we do have squirrels in our backyard ... :0) ... we are planning to move back to the maritime's some day by the water and get another boat .... much cleaner air out there .... cheers ... Michel
Thanks for sharing Michel, gee I would have even loved seeing the porpoises swimming along with the boat.
Paul - they are as cheeky as squirells and raccoons over here Couldn't resist playing with them
Thanks Larry, I remember seeing chipmunks up in Canada, but my daughters were too young to even remember them. I can imagine the squirrels & raccoons being cheeky.
We have white tail dear all through our subdivision.There are usually 5 0r 6 does.In the spring there are usually 2 or 3 fauns.Once in a while there is a young buck. A lady 2 houses down and across the street feeds her cat on the porch,as many as 5 coons have paraded up to partake.
We have a small lake about 200 yards behind some houses with mallards and plenty of honking geese.
Last summer as I took my 2 dogs for our usual trek around the block
I saw a bobcat just standing in a neighbors yard.I was surprised and didn't want to rattle it.I thought,when he saw us he would take off.
He just stood there and looked.One of my dogs is a Shitzu and barks at everything and sometimes nothing.Amazingly She was quite and we just eased on down the hill.I really need to start taking pictures.
Enjoyed the topic Paul Marty:)
Wow that is incredible Marty, my daughters would love to see the deer, I would have been a little taken back in seeing the bobcat, glad your dogs didn't rattle it..
Cheers
Back in the mid 80's a toyota plant was built here.As a carhauler,the reason we moved here 15 years ago.The town Tripled in size in a short period of time and they had a housing frenzy. Our subdivision is 5 mi.north of town built in a forested area,the wild life's habitat. I saw the bobcat where the houses are on the edge of the woods.
Kentucky has milder winters than Michigan where We.re originaly from. The dear get big here. Cheers to you paul,a nice way to spend a Friday evening...............Marty
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Thanks for the share.
We have deer, fox, and skunks!
Sami
Thanks Sami, if you ever get the chance to take a pic of any, would love to see them.
Thanks
Picture taking is a skill that I do not have, but will keep the phone handy, and maybe can get one. They are in the yards at night as it is so dry in the pastures. I forgot to mention coyotes that we do not see, but hear.
sami