4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 1, 2009

This episode takes a look at four very different animals; the Lemon Shark, Emperor Penguins, Red Kangaroos, and Parasitic Wasps. In the Womb: Extreme Animals is premiering just in time to celebrate Mother’s day! The show airs on Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 9:00pm ET/PT. The show is amazing! We have a special book to giveaway too!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2014

If you are considering a vehicle for the outback and birding it is useful to have a Roo Bar, which protects your radiator if you have a close encounter with a kangaroo. Bird hide on the move in the outback.

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JULY 21, 2011

What can be said is that among the vertebrates we see around us as we go on our birdwatching expeditions and nature walks, or visits to the retired professor, is this: Above a certain size, birds are small, numerous, and evenly distributed compared to mammals, while below a certain size mammals are small and hiding in the dark compared to birds.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2016

Although in Latin, “saltator” means “jumper”, these birds aren’t doing any kangaroo imitations. It’s a funny name for birds that sort of look like a missing link between tanagers and cardinal grosbeaks but I guess it fits.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Legislation forbidding cruelty to animals represents the use of coercion against the interests of the individual coerced, and not to further the interests of any other person (it may do so but need not to be justified).

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

In Torquay, Australia, after a mother kangaroo was struck by a car, a dog discovered a baby joey in her pouch and took it to his owner who cared for the youngster. Stories about animals rescuing members of their own and other species, including humans, abound. The 10-year-old dog and 4-month-old joey eventually became best friends.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

It is free to enter Serendip Sanctuary and as you drive or walk up the road into the parking area there are opportunities to see kangaroos and wallabies as you can see above. Lara is about 20 kilometres from Geelong or 60 kilometres south-west of Melbourne. There are toilet facilities in the car-park and a picnic area.

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JULY 30, 2012

Arctic Tern – the opposite of what I must be Though it is undoubtedly true That if with this plan I went through I would complain about those darned kangaroos So I’ll just stick with what works – a nice cold brew! Summer is best spent drunk and indoors. That’s how I’ll spend mine – how about yours? …

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

There is a good chance I’ll finally get my first bird-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae), boatbill (a recently split family, Machaerirhynchidae), logrunner (Orthonychidae), platypus (Ornithorhynchidae), rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodontidae) and bettong (Potoridae).

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2012

Near the town of Mareeba in the centre of the Tablelands, I didn’t visit it for birds, but instead to see a representative of that most Australian of animals, the kangaroo. The male in the shade He soon came out to see me though The feet of rock wallabies are relatively short for macropods (kangaroos and wallabies).

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JUNE 8, 2013

A couple of Island races exist on Kangaroo Is. The nominate, was described from southeastern Australia. longirostris is from the southwest and P.n canescens may be seen on Tasmania. and in the Bass Strait. The photos in this post are of the nominate form, from Royal National Park near Sydney.

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MAY 3, 2018

It just seemed wrong to post any stories about Australia without at least one Kangaroo, so on our second hike, those featured in the cover picture showed up on the edge of the forest. If you have not read part one, it would be worth your time to do so, as there are some really great birds covered there. The first stop was at Little River.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2018

This Wedge-tailed Eagle was sitting along side one of the roads, eyeing a small road killed Kangaroo. When we were at an amazing rock formation, called the Olgas, or Kata-Tjutas as the locals call them, this Nankeen Kestrel hunted all around me for well over 30 minutes before drifting away in search of better hunting grounds.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2017

Red Kangaroos often stood in the middle of the single lane bitumen across the north of Australia and were in no rush to move on. Red Kangaroos. An area of highway that floods. You can see the condition of the edge of the highway is not great, so due care needs to be taken when moving off and onto it to let larger vehicles pass.

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APRIL 15, 2018

The picnic area offers good opportunities to encounter Grey Kangaroos and they are particularly large animals. Grey Kangaroos at the Mundaring Weir picnic area. Sadly C Y O’Connor was criticized for his ideas and took his own life before the water had travelled the length of the pipe to reach Kalgoorlie.

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APRIL 1, 2018

In the shade there were several Western Grey Kangaroos that reluctantly moved to another shady spot as we approached and there were Yellow-rumped Thornbills and Splendid Fairywrens. . Western Grey Kangaroo. There were some reeds remaining as well and enough water to sustain a substantial amount of bird life and wildlife.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The females quickly pair off again with a new male who usually has a more relaxed attitude to the odd moving kangaroos in his patch. Scientists have found that as it is only the male that is a problem, and not all males, it is preferable to simply catch the problem males and relocate them away from people.

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APRIL 22, 2018

The other big attraction for visitors to the park is the large population of Grey Kangaroos. Grey Kangaroos. They are generally very relaxed animals and hang around in the tops of the eucalyptus trees. They are easily observed and are often observed lying in the shade during the day.

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MAY 24, 2017

We didn’t see much wildlife but there were Red Kangaroos, Willy Wagtails and an Australian Darter . After climbing down the steep sides of the gorge our tour followed the pools that are all that is left of the river when its dry. One of the larger billabongs is 3 km long. Which means you can kayak along! No crocs here.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

As you first walk down the paths (or even park) the dominant species is not a bird but Eastern Grey Kangaroos, and lots of them. I did eventually find the path (facing north, go east to the overflow park and two paths lead from there to the gate described in the link above), and found some rather nice woodland birding beyond.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

The defendant faces 21 counts of murder, and Peta also wants to see him charged with cruelty to animals (as) it has been reported that over a million native animals may have been killed in the fires in Victoria, including kangaroos, koalas, possums, lizards and birds,' Peta said in a statement.

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MAY 25, 2014

We will be spending a good part of our holiday based in Mittagong as it is a central place to visit the Southern Highlands , Kangaroo Valley , the massive Morton National Park and no doubt we will head to the coast one day in search of a Hooded Plover or Double-banded Plover.

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MARCH 23, 2018

Anyone who has set foot in an Irish pub at any point in the last several decades has undoubtedly seen these vintage ads featuring a colorful and clownish menagerie of bears, sea lions, turtles, kangaroos, crocodiles, lions, and many birds – including the famous Guinness toucans.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

“Now the kangaroos are drinking from the pool” (Jen is from Australia). It is kind of hard to find a reason to include a great song about same-sex marriage in a blog on Nabang birds. I am paralyzed just thinking about how to do it. “Analysis Paralysis” , Jen Cloher.

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MAY 30, 2012

And one final treat was a Musky Rat-kangaroo , the smallest member of the macropod (kangaroo and wallaby) suborder, no bigger than a guinea-pig. I also got a much better look at a Tooth-billed Bowerbird, although this one wasn’t singing at a bower. Oddly for small macropods you’ll find them out and about in the day.

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