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Well
it certainly isn't a Swamp (or Black-tailed) Wallaby. Apart from the comments
below, the tail is clearly reddish, not black. I agree it is a Red-necked
Wallaby. Funny thing is I only know of this sitting down with the tail forwards
in front of the legs pose as that which the female kangaroos typically or always
adopt when giving birth. If I have ever seen a male kangaroo do that, then I
have forgotten. So I wonder if it is a male, as suggested by Margaret. But I
could be very wrong. Maybe Margaret is calling it a Wobbly old human. The arms look substantial enough to be a
male. So that is one of 4, were the others also Red-necked
Wallabies?
That
the Swamp (or Black-tailed) Wallaby is the more common doesn't mean this one is.
I recall a day going to Corin Dam and seeing several Red-necked Wallabies. Also
another day on a Land Rover club trip in the Brindabella range in which the car
in front of mine (travelling at little more than a fast walking pace, up a steep
hill) was struck in the windscreen no less by a Red-necked Wallaby which slowly
died as we watched it. The impact was more from its speed than the car. Although
the side of the road was steep it was extraordinary that it came out of the bush
at such power that it collided with the windscreen of a land rover.
Philip
From: David
Rosalky [
Sent: Sunday, 16 June 2013 4:42
PM
To: 'Margaret Leggoe'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Wobbly
old man resting.
Yes, go
ahead.
David
From: Margaret
Leggoe
Sent: Sunday, 16 June 2013 4:38 PM
To: 'David
Rosalky'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Wobbly old man
resting.
D
Is it OK if I forward this
thread to the chat line? I’m no expert either, I just thought the swamp
(aka black) wallaby was the more common around here.
M
From: David
Rosalky
Sent: Sunday, 16 June 2013 4:23 PM
To: 'Margaret
Leggoe'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Wobbly old man
resting.
The white on the front and
inside the ears and the clear white face stripe; the reddish on the neck and
shoulders; and the overall lighter colour.
But I’m no expert. I
suggest you ask others.
David
From: Margaret
Leggoe
Sent: Sunday, 16 June 2013 4:07 PM
To: 'David
Rosalky'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Wobbly old man
resting.
I thought it was a swamp
wallaby. Why do you think it is a red-necked?
From: David
Rosalky
Sent: Sunday, 16 June 2013 3:47 PM
To: 'Margaret
Leggoe'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Wobbly old man
resting.
Margaret
Is that a red-necked
wallaby?
David
From: Margaret
Leggoe
Sent: Sunday, 16 June 2013 2:37 PM
To:
Subject:
[canberrabirds] Wobbly old man resting.
One of three at Tidbinbilla this morning. Also saw
another on the road on the way out. Four in a day is certainly a record
for me.
Margaret Leggoe
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