Hi Nathan, I would be interested in the source of this claim. I have lived (and driven) in the ACT almost all my life (60+ years) and I would say that for every 1000 Eastern Grey Kangaroos I have seen I would have seen no more that 50 Wallaroos, and that is probably an over estimate. These have mostly been between the Cotter and up towards the Uriarra settlement, west of the Murrumbidgee River, and deep within Namadgi National Park, all in fairly steep and rocky country. In some of the grassland reserves around Gungahlin I have recently seen mobs of up to 200 Eastern Grey Kangaroos but never any Wallaroos. I have probably only ever seen about 10 road killed Wallaroos compared to many hundreds of Eastern Grey Kangaroos. Why anyone would claim what you state is beyond me. Cheers, Mark From: Nathanael Coyne [
Sent: Saturday, 2 May 2015 6:47 PM
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Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Pale-tailed Kangaroo on Black Mountain Nature Reserve, a Rose Robin and some migrating honeyeaters Surprising fact I learned a few months ago; Wallaroos are killed by cars in Canberra (or perhaps the ACT) more often than Eastern Greys.
On 2 May 2015 at 16:58, Mark Clayton <m("bigpond.com","chollop7");" target="_blank">> wrote: I may well be wrong but this looks like a Euro (Wallaroo) to me. It appears too "hairy" for your standard Eastern Grey Kangaroo.
Mark
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From: Con Boekel [mailto:m("boekel.com.au","con");">]
Sent: Saturday, 2 May 2015 4:49 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Pale-tailed Kangaroo on Black Mountain Nature Reserve, a Rose Robin and some migrating honeyeaters
Not a bird, but someone conversant with macropodic marsupials might know why this one has a pale tail.
There was a female Rose Robin lurking between the electricity substation, the CSIRO workshop and the ANGB plastic house, Frith Road this afternoon. I heard Rose Robin calls on three other occasions but was not sure whether it was the same bird. It was hanging around with a large MFF. There were large parties of honeyeaters (up to 50). Going on the calls alone, White-naped Honeyeaters were in the majority.
Con
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