[Photos] Caversham.

[moonvoice]

Went to Caversham earlier in the week and took some photos.
I don't have names for every animal because I am exceptionally lazy
when it comes to paying attention to signs
or scrolling through animal identification books.
So if I didn't know it off-hand, I didn't put it in.


Black breasted buzzard.






This guy cracked me up. He's so punk!









Australian kestrel.





Black swan. To which my brother said 'the idea of white swans is weird,' to which I responded 'I bet most people in the Northern Hemisphere feel exactly the same way about our black swans.'

















Boobook.













Cape Barren Goose. I LOVED these. I want one. They're huge. And they look kind of dinosaurish when walking around.





Dingo. Not a great shot. But it amused me how it was lying down next to the sign.









Kookaburra.









Masked lapwing and bush thick-knee.





Masked lapwing.





Red fox.













Female swamp buffalo.





Female red kangaroo with joey in pouch. That joey probably doesn't need the pouch anymore, lol!





Semi-leucistic red kangaroos.





Leucistic red kangaroos. These guys were bullies. But still awesome.

Comments

[clare_dragonfly]

Gorgeous pictures! As a matter of fact, black swans are so weird to this Northern Hemisphere-dweller that I didn't even know they were their own species, let alone that they were common somewhere in the world. Cool!

[stephbg]

The Northerner's assumptions about the correct colour of swans goes back a long way. "The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that encapsulates the concept that an event is a surprise (to the observer) and has a major impact. After the fact, the event is rationalized by hindsight."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory

[moonvoice]

You get used to them pretty quickly I think! *g*

[clare_dragonfly]

I suppose so! Hmm... I think on my list of things to do in life (which doesn't actually exist) I should put "go to Australia and see black swans" :D (And I'm pretty sure there are lots of other awesome things to see in Australia. I really want to go there someday.)