Re: Visitors to the garden The infamous Fred the duck... : : Sadly she (yes, HER name was Fred), she went missing in October :'(
Re: Visitors to the garden I love all of these , the exotic birds are so beautiful x Here is Millie in our garden yesterday with our visitor
Re: Visitors to the garden Oh come on you guys, not fair. I mean parrots at the bird feeder? Badgers and toads and geckos?? And what exactly is a muntjac? I've never heard of it....love the vids though! [quote author=LovelyLittleLola link=topic=7362.msg102543#msg102543 date=1408311647] Closest thing I get is the crows pooping on my bench from the telephone pole! [/quote] Exactly. Sigh., :
Re: Visitors to the garden One of the resident possums in our laundry (outdoor stand-alone construction) popped its face out this morning.
Re: Visitors to the garden How cool. It's occurred to me, I never known what a possum is nor even seen a picture of one. How big is it? EDIT - I just googled possum and none of the images look nice and friendly like yours - they look quite scary!
Re: Visitors to the garden Haha, this possum is used to people but I wouldn't attempt to touch it They are about the size of a cat. That one is a Brushtail Possum. They're marsupials, like all native Australian mammals (ie they give birth to tiny, barely developed young and keep them in a pouch and feed them milk till they're big enough). We have three living in our laundry. In America they have a thing called an Opossum, which they call a Possum, but it is not related to Australian possums (apart from also being a marsupial). Maybe that's what came up on your search? They are scarier looking. We have a species of Owl here called the Powerful Owl. They've evolved to catch and eat these Brushtail possums. They're big enough to grab a possum and fly off with it. So, a pretty big Owl!
Re: Visitors to the garden [quote author=Oberon link=topic=7362.msg161781#msg161781 date=1431074134] We have a species of Owl here called the Powerful Owl. They've evolved to catch and eat these Brushtail possums. They're big enough to grab a possum and fly off with it. So, a pretty big Owl! [/quote] Yikes! That's my next nestbox sorted though...!
Re: Visitors to the garden We get dormice in Europe, which is suppose is the closest equivalent to a possum. They are much smaller, though! My visitors to the garden are thousands and thousands of tadpoles!! Hopefully many of them will turn into frogs.
Re: Visitors to the garden Dormice are rodents though, so no relation to Opossums or Possums. Equivalent in ecological niche perhaps?
Re: Visitors to the garden To add... There are many species of Possum, and the smallest are smaller than mice - only as long as your little finger (not counting the tail)
Re: Visitors to the garden Well....Simba scared a cat out from under the deck a few nights ago but as it was dark and said cat was moving rather fast no photo op presented itself. ;D I'm still relying on the rest of you to show us your interesting garden guests....
This morning we had two King Parrots visit to eat our pomegranates. The mostly red one is the male and the mostly green one (on the right) is the female.
Some of regular feathered visitors. We're hoping that the girls, who have been absent for much of the last few weeks will soon be bringing their offspring to visit. and these two always raise a smile as they scamper across the lawn or walk across the patio
What are those short fat ones that kind of look like massive quail? I'd love to see a woodpecker, Jac! Saw a robin once in Devon and that was exciting. Except I thought it was more orange then red breasted.
