Parks, Part One

Australian Shelducks

Tadorna tadornoides - male & female.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9912

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Tawny Frogmouth

Podargus strigoides

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9019

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Laughing Kookaburra

Dacelo novaeguineae

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9020

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Australian Masked Owl

Tyto novaehollandiae castanops - despite losing a wing to a car, this female is visited by a male and they raise chicks every year.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9919

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Grey Goshawk

Accipter novaehollandiae

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9950

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Debbie & Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis - habituated orphans.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9030

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Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

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Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

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Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

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Debbie & Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9047

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Debbie & Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis - enjoying a neck scratch.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9048

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Tasmanian Devil

Sarcophilus harrisii - a member of the isolated population for conservation purposes.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9058

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Blotched Blue-tongued Lizard

Tiliqua nigrolutea

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9093

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Blotched Blue-tongued Lizard

Tiliqua nigrolutea

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9115

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Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9117

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Debbie & Common Wombat

Vombatus ursinus - orphaned animal that enjoys being held.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9122

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Debbie & Common Wombat

Vombatus ursinus - named Maggie.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9127

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Ned & Maggie

Staff member with the Common Wombat.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9132

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Ned & Tasmanian Devil

Sarcophilus harrisii - juvenile raised at the facility.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9136

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Tasmanian Devil

Sarcophilus harrisii - very efficient scavengers.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9139

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Tasmanian Devils

Sarcophilus harrisii - being fed.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9142

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Eastern Grey Kangaroos

Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9155

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Australian Shelduck

Tadorna tadornoides - enjoying a dip in a bucket.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

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Tasmanian Devil

Sarcophilus harrisii

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9162

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Koala

Phascolarctos cinereus - not native to Tasmania, but an orphan kept for educational purposes.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

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Koala

Phascolarctos cinereus - terrific tree-climbing claws.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9984

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Tiger Quoll

Dascyurus maculatus - a smaller scavenger.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9177

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Tiger Quoll

Dascyurus maculatus - female & juvenile.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9181

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Tasmanian Devil

Sarcophilus harrisii - resting.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9182

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Platypus

Ornithorhynchos anatinus - poor photo, but distance was extreme.

Mole Creek, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

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Platypus

Ornithorhynchos anatinus - another slightly closer sighting, poor quality.

Mountain Valley, Loongana, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#0004

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Tasmanian Devil at night

Sarcophilus harrisii - came to food near our glass door so that we could take photos at night.

Mountain Valley, Loongana, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9189

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Tasmanian Devils at night

Sarcophilus harrisii - not great at cooperative feeding.

Mountain Valley, Loongana, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

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Tasmanian Devil at night

Sarcophilus harrisii - eating the roadkill.

Mountain Valley, Loongana, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

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Tasmanian Devil at night

Sarcophilus harrisii

Mountain Valley, Loongana, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9203

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Tasmanian Devil at night

Sarcophilus harrisii

Mountain Valley, Loongana, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

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Tasmanian Devil at night

Sarcophilus harrisii - bones were completely eaten.

Mountain Valley, Loongana, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

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Tasmanian Devil at night

Sarcophilus harrisii - there was just a bit of fur left the next morning.

Mountain Valley, Loongana, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9217

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Tasmanian Devil at night

Sarcophilus harrisii

Mountain Valley, Loongana, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

2011-12-12#9220

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