I agree with Mark, if that is a fact it would certainly be a
surprise. Many road killed EGK and no Wallaroos. In my 30 plus years in ACT I’ve
encountered about 2 to 5 Wallaroos. About the original comment, Wallaroos don’t
have pale tails, or at least not a identifying feature......... Red Kangaroos
do.............
Philip
From: Mark Clayton [
Sent: Saturday, 2 May 2015 9:13 PM
To: 'Nathanael Coyne'; 'canberrabirds chatline'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Pale-tailed Kangaroo on Black Mountain
Nature Reserve, a Rose Robin and some migrating honeyeaters
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
To: canberrabirds chatline
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 <>
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
-----Original Message-----
From: Con Boekel [
Sent: Saturday, 2 May 2015 4:49 PM
To: canberrabirds chatline
Subject: 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
