Title: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 22, 2018, 08:33:32 PM
Post by: Bricktop on September 22, 2018, 08:33:32 PM
You may also see a magpie in the shot. It's nesting season and magpies become notoriously and aggressively protective of their zones. For reasons only they can guess, they see roos as a possible adversary, and so they drive them away from their nests, which are usually 30 to 40 metres off the ground in tall trees. Roos can jump, but not THAT high.
But maggie wants that roo outta there.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 22, 2018, 08:34:33 PM
Post by: Bricktop on September 22, 2018, 08:34:33 PM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 22, 2018, 08:35:26 PM
Post by: Bricktop on September 22, 2018, 08:35:26 PM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 22, 2018, 08:37:09 PM
Post by: Bricktop on September 22, 2018, 08:37:09 PM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 22, 2018, 08:38:26 PM
Post by: Bricktop on September 22, 2018, 08:38:26 PM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Anonymous on September 22, 2018, 08:40:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 22, 2018, 08:40:32 PM
We had a visitor this morning. I was sitting at the table having breakfast when wife drew my attention to a critter in the bushland behind us.Quote from: "Bricktop"(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1964/44802473912_5f2e4b4039_z.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1964/448%20...%204039_z.jpg%22%3Ehttps://farm2.staticflickr.com/1964/44802473912_5f2e4b4039_z.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
You may also see a magpie in the shot. It's nesting season and magpies become notoriously and aggressively protective of their zones. For reasons only they can guess, they see roos as a possible adversary, and so they drive them away from their nests, which are usually 30 to 40 metres off the ground in tall trees. Roos can jump, but not THAT high.
But maggie wants that roo outta there.
What type of roo is that?
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 22, 2018, 08:45:35 PM
Post by: Bricktop on September 22, 2018, 08:45:35 PM
Its an eastern grey kangaroo. The smaller of the three main types.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Anonymous on September 22, 2018, 08:51:34 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 22, 2018, 08:51:34 PM
Its a KANGA-roo!!Quote from: "Bricktop"
:oeudC:
:laugh3:
Its an eastern grey kangaroo. The smaller of the three main types.
The red is the biggest I believe.
I know of a butcher shop that sells frozen knagaroo meat. I don't know where it was raised. My guess is some place in the Southern USA.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 22, 2018, 09:56:36 PM
Post by: Bricktop on September 22, 2018, 09:56:36 PM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: cc on September 22, 2018, 10:02:12 PM
Post by: cc on September 22, 2018, 10:02:12 PM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 22, 2018, 10:03:52 PM
Post by: Bricktop on September 22, 2018, 10:03:52 PM
Its been a bit of a wildlife feast this past few weeks.
Koalas, kangaroos, birds...spring has sprung!!!
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Anonymous on September 22, 2018, 11:11:10 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 22, 2018, 11:11:10 PM
Thanks cc...Quote from: "Bricktop"
Its been a bit of a wildlife feast this past few weeks.
Koalas, kangaroos, birds...spring has sprung!!!
Do the big birds, emu and cassowary live near you?
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: JOE on September 22, 2018, 11:30:56 PM
Post by: JOE on September 22, 2018, 11:30:56 PM
We had a visitor this morning. I was sitting at the table having breakfast when wife drew my attention to a critter in the bushland behind us.Quote from: "Bricktop"(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1964/44802473912_5f2e4b4039_z.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1964/448%20...%204039_z.jpg%22%3Ehttps://farm2.staticflickr.com/1964/44802473912_5f2e4b4039_z.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
You may also see a magpie in the shot. It's nesting season and magpies become notoriously and aggressively protective of their zones. For reasons only they can guess, they see roos as a possible adversary, and so they drive them away from their nests, which are usually 30 to 40 metres off the ground in tall trees. Roos can jump, but not THAT high.
But maggie wants that roo outta there.
You have a wife?
I thought you were divorced, BT.
Guess you remarried eh.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Chuck Bronson on September 22, 2018, 11:42:07 PM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on September 22, 2018, 11:42:07 PM
I know of a butcher shop that sells frozen knagaroo meat. I don't know where it was raised. My guess is some place in the Southern USA.Quote from: "Shen Li"
The local Independent here actually had Roo meat for sale briefly, but they stopped stocking it. I predicted sales would be dismal... Canadians aren't exactly a demographic that would take to Roo meat in any large numbers...
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Anonymous on September 22, 2018, 11:58:54 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 22, 2018, 11:58:54 PM
...and decides that this part of the woods is not much fun, and heads off...Quote from: "Bricktop"(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1858/30980094818_9583940550_z.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1858/309%20...%200550_z.jpg%22%3Ehttps://farm2.staticflickr.com/1858/30980094818_9583940550_z.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1850/44802475412_8b86627c04_z.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1850/448%20...%207c04_z.jpg%22%3Ehttps://farm2.staticflickr.com/1850/44802475412_8b86627c04_z.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
That settles it.....our next trip will be to Bricktop's yard.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 23, 2018, 12:10:15 AM
Post by: Bricktop on September 23, 2018, 12:10:15 AM
I thought you were divorced, BT.
Guess you remarried eh.
I have been married twice...but I've been with my wife for 38 years.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 23, 2018, 12:10:52 AM
Post by: Bricktop on September 23, 2018, 12:10:52 AM
That settles it.....our next trip will be to Bricktop's yard.
Book early to avoid disappointment.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Anonymous on September 23, 2018, 12:13:07 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 23, 2018, 12:13:07 AM
That settles it.....our next trip will be to Bricktop's yard.
Book early to avoid disappointment.
:smiley_thumbs_up_yellow_ani:
I don't want a koala or kangaroo family to take our spot.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 23, 2018, 12:14:23 AM
Post by: Bricktop on September 23, 2018, 12:14:23 AM
Thanks cc...Quote from: "Bricktop"
Its been a bit of a wildlife feast this past few weeks.
Koalas, kangaroos, birds...spring has sprung!!!
Do the big birds, emu and cassowary live near you?
Cassowaries only life in the northern tropics. Thank goodness. Assholes of a bird.
Emu's come close to the city boundary, but tend to stay in bushland. We live well within the city boundary, but in a rather unusual ecological zone of natural bushland. Whilst I've not seen emus, it's not beyond the realm of possibility.
That said, emu's are wanderers, and if there were any near us, we would have likely seen them by now.
But, 20km up the road we'd probably find them.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 23, 2018, 12:14:56 AM
Post by: Bricktop on September 23, 2018, 12:14:56 AM
That settles it.....our next trip will be to Bricktop's yard.
Book early to avoid disappointment.
:smiley_thumbs_up_yellow_ani:
I don't want a koala or kangaroo family to take our spot.
How about the snakes?
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Anonymous on September 23, 2018, 12:29:43 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 23, 2018, 12:29:43 AM
Thanks cc...Quote from: "Bricktop"
Its been a bit of a wildlife feast this past few weeks.
Koalas, kangaroos, birds...spring has sprung!!!
Do the big birds, emu and cassowary live near you?
Cassowaries only life in the northern tropics. Thank goodness. Assholes of a bird.
Emu's come close to the city boundary, but tend to stay in bushland. We live well within the city boundary, but in a rather unusual ecological zone of natural bushland. Whilst I've not seen emus, it's not beyond the realm of possibility.
That said, emu's are wanderers, and if there were any near us, we would have likely seen them by now.
But, 20km up the road we'd probably find them.
Cassowaries are mean sons of bitches.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Berry Sweet on September 23, 2018, 01:16:36 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on September 23, 2018, 01:16:36 AM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Anonymous on September 23, 2018, 01:19:39 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 23, 2018, 01:19:39 AM
Nice shots! It's going to be eagle mating season soon here in BC. I've always wa test to do the boat tour and watch them but e everything always costs so much :(Quote from: "Berry Sweet"
Where does the boat tour go Berry?
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Berry Sweet on September 23, 2018, 01:25:46 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on September 23, 2018, 01:25:46 AM
Nice shots! It's going to be eagle mating season soon here in BC. I've always wa test to do the boat tour and watch them but e everything always costs so much :(Quote from: "Berry Sweet"
Where does the boat tour go Berry?
There are several around...I just looked into the one at Harrison hot springs...most likely around the lake somewhere. But I hear Tswassin is also a good area for them.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Anonymous on September 23, 2018, 01:32:00 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 23, 2018, 01:32:00 AM
Nice shots! It's going to be eagle mating season soon here in BC. I've always wa test to do the boat tour and watch them but e everything always costs so much :(Quote from: "Berry Sweet"
Where does the boat tour go Berry?
There are several around...I just looked into the one at Harrison hot springs...most likely around the lake somewhere. But I hear Tswassin is also a good area for them.
Perhaps a nice walk around the water where they nest..
It's cheaper and you can get some exercise.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Chuck Bronson on September 23, 2018, 02:00:33 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on September 23, 2018, 02:00:33 AM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Chuck Bronson on September 23, 2018, 02:01:39 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on September 23, 2018, 02:01:39 AM
SICK FUCKING CONTROL FREAK.
Sad that he needs a two bit shitty forum like this to prove it...
You're sick, Steve...
Get help, buddy!
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Chuck Bronson on September 23, 2018, 02:03:06 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on September 23, 2018, 02:03:06 AM
SICK FUCKING CONTROL FREAK.
Sad that he needs a two bit shitty forum like this to prove it...
You're sick, Steve...
Get help, buddy!
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 23, 2018, 02:03:51 AM
Post by: Bricktop on September 23, 2018, 02:03:51 AM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Chuck Bronson on September 23, 2018, 02:04:21 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on September 23, 2018, 02:04:21 AM
SICK FUCKING CONTROL FREAK.
Sad that he needs a two bit shitty forum like this to prove it...
You're sick, Steve...
Get help, buddy!
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Chuck Bronson on September 23, 2018, 02:04:56 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on September 23, 2018, 02:04:56 AM
Someone RR this bullshit.Quote from: "Bricktop"
You sad fucking piece of shit crybaby!
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Chuck Bronson on September 23, 2018, 02:05:04 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on September 23, 2018, 02:05:04 AM
SICK FUCKING CONTROL FREAK.
Sad that he needs a two bit shitty forum like this to prove it...
You're sick, Steve...
Get help, buddy!
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Chuck Bronson on September 23, 2018, 02:05:21 AM
Post by: Chuck Bronson on September 23, 2018, 02:05:21 AM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Berry Sweet on September 23, 2018, 02:08:09 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on September 23, 2018, 02:08:09 AM
Nice shots! It's going to be eagle mating season soon here in BC. I've always wa test to do the boat tour and watch them but e everything always costs so much :(Quote from: "Berry Sweet"
Where does the boat tour go Berry?
There are several around...I just looked into the one at Harrison hot springs...most likely around the lake somewhere. But I hear Tswassin is also a good area for them.
Perhaps a nice walk around the water where they nest..
It's cheaper and you can get some exercise.
That's true. I may look into an area that has it where we can just walk and shoot some pics!
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 23, 2018, 02:39:08 AM
Post by: Bricktop on September 23, 2018, 02:39:08 AM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Berry Sweet on September 23, 2018, 02:52:03 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on September 23, 2018, 02:52:03 AM
Have you decided on a camera yet?Quote from: "Bricktop"
Omg..no. I need time to look and research but I'm always bombarded with something else.
A guy at best buy told me some cameras come with a mirror and some are just black...he says the mirror let's in more light...I'm kind of curious about this...know anything about it? How does it affect quality in the shot?
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Berry Sweet on September 23, 2018, 02:52:43 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on September 23, 2018, 02:52:43 AM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Berry Sweet on September 23, 2018, 02:53:01 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on September 23, 2018, 02:53:01 AM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 23, 2018, 03:04:24 AM
Post by: Bricktop on September 23, 2018, 03:04:24 AM
Have you decided on a camera yet?Quote from: "Bricktop"
Omg..no. I need time to look and research but I'm always bombarded with something else.
A guy at best buy told me some cameras come with a mirror and some are just black...he says the mirror let's in more light...I'm kind of curious about this...know anything about it? How does it affect quality in the shot?
The photographic industry is turning more and more to mirrorless cameras.
As to image quality, they are not superior to mirrored DSLR's. Both give excellent results. The advantage of mirrorless is their relatively small size. I've just bought an Olympus mirrorless to compliment my Nikon DSLR. Its brilliant.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Anonymous on September 23, 2018, 05:55:57 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 23, 2018, 05:55:57 PM
Right now I have 5 teenagers in my house and some drama going on...Quote from: "Berry Sweet"
Is your house still standing.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2018, 10:15:07 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2018, 10:15:07 AM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 24, 2018, 05:57:01 PM
Post by: Bricktop on September 24, 2018, 05:57:01 PM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Frood on September 24, 2018, 06:02:32 PM
Post by: Frood on September 24, 2018, 06:02:32 PM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2018, 06:09:14 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2018, 06:09:14 PM
They are often seen in the outer suburbs which are typically surrounded by bushland. Occasionally one may wander too far into the metropolitan area.Quote from: "Bricktop"
And get hit by cars.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: caskur on September 24, 2018, 06:11:22 PM
Post by: caskur on September 24, 2018, 06:11:22 PM
too sad really. fantastic animals.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Frood on September 24, 2018, 06:12:49 PM
Post by: Frood on September 24, 2018, 06:12:49 PM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 24, 2018, 06:16:15 PM
Post by: Bricktop on September 24, 2018, 06:16:15 PM
They're a solid beast.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2018, 06:37:41 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2018, 06:37:41 PM
The fact that hitting a roo causes thousands of dollars damage to one's motor vehicle also encourages motorists to slow down and evade where possible.Quote from: "Bricktop"
They're a solid beast.
Just like deer.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Bricktop on September 24, 2018, 07:30:08 PM
Post by: Bricktop on September 24, 2018, 07:30:08 PM
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2018, 08:16:06 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2018, 08:16:06 PM
I guess so, seeing photos of what deer can do to a car.Quote from: "Bricktop"
I know at least ten people who have had vehicles destroyed when they hit a deer on a highway..
An elk or moose can kill the driver and passengers of a car on impact with one of those massive animals.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: caskur on September 24, 2018, 08:34:01 PM
Post by: caskur on September 24, 2018, 08:34:01 PM
For the non Australians here, a Boomer is an adult male kangaroo.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2018, 09:16:48 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2018, 09:16:48 PM
I drove in my state for 9 hours on my way to a place called Munglinup...There is this very nasty stretch of road that is dead straight for a hundred miles and your foot gets heavier and heavier...it's horrible. It's called The LakeGrace-Newdegate Road. This was back in the mid-late 80s somewhere. The was the biggest dead boomer I'd ever seen on the side of the road. He must have been a decent 7' tall living... massive broad shoulders. I was really upset seeing that. Poor thing, to have lived for so long only to end up road kill.Quote from: "caskur"
For the non Australians here, a Boomer is an adult male kangaroo.
I didn't know that.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: caskur on September 24, 2018, 09:21:59 PM
Post by: caskur on September 24, 2018, 09:21:59 PM
I drove in my state for 9 hours on my way to a place called Munglinup...There is this very nasty stretch of road that is dead straight for a hundred miles and your foot gets heavier and heavier...it's horrible. It's called The LakeGrace-Newdegate Road. This was back in the mid-late 80s somewhere. The was the biggest dead boomer I'd ever seen on the side of the road. He must have been a decent 7' tall living... massive broad shoulders. I was really upset seeing that. Poor thing, to have lived for so long only to end up road kill.Quote from: "caskur"
For the non Australians here, a Boomer is an adult male kangaroo.
I didn't know that.
OMG, haven't you heard about the 6 White Boomers Fash?
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Vancouver on September 24, 2018, 11:32:26 PM
Post by: Vancouver on September 24, 2018, 11:32:26 PM
I drove in my state for 9 hours on my way to a place called Munglinup...There is this very nasty stretch of road that is dead straight for a hundred miles and your foot gets heavier and heavier...it's horrible. It's called The LakeGrace-Newdegate Road. This was back in the mid-late 80s somewhere. The was the biggest dead boomer I'd ever seen on the side of the road. He must have been a decent 7' tall living... massive broad shoulders. I was really upset seeing that. Poor thing, to have lived for so long only to end up road kill.Quote from: "caskur"
For the non Australians here, a Boomer is an adult male kangaroo.
I didn't know that.
OMG, haven't you heard about the 6 White Boomers Fash?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlSsffF2xhA
They play this song on 103.5fm every December. Instead of reindeers, Santa use old man kangaroos called boomers.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Anonymous on September 25, 2018, 07:06:05 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 25, 2018, 07:06:05 AM
I drove in my state for 9 hours on my way to a place called Munglinup...There is this very nasty stretch of road that is dead straight for a hundred miles and your foot gets heavier and heavier...it's horrible. It's called The LakeGrace-Newdegate Road. This was back in the mid-late 80s somewhere. The was the biggest dead boomer I'd ever seen on the side of the road. He must have been a decent 7' tall living... massive broad shoulders. I was really upset seeing that. Poor thing, to have lived for so long only to end up road kill.Quote from: "caskur"
For the non Australians here, a Boomer is an adult male kangaroo.
I didn't know that.
OMG, haven't you heard about the 6 White Boomers Fash?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlSsffF2xhA
No, I haven't.
Title: Re: We had a visitor this morning
Post by: Anonymous on September 25, 2018, 11:06:39 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 25, 2018, 11:06:39 AM
I drove in my state for 9 hours on my way to a place called Munglinup...There is this very nasty stretch of road that is dead straight for a hundred miles and your foot gets heavier and heavier...it's horrible. It's called The LakeGrace-Newdegate Road. This was back in the mid-late 80s somewhere. The was the biggest dead boomer I'd ever seen on the side of the road. He must have been a decent 7' tall living... massive broad shoulders. I was really upset seeing that. Poor thing, to have lived for so long only to end up road kill.Quote from: "caskur"
For the non Australians here, a Boomer is an adult male kangaroo.
I didn't know that.
OMG, haven't you heard about the 6 White Boomers Fash?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlSsffF2xhA