Parks, Part One

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

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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

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Tiger Quoll

Dascyurus maculatus - a smaller scavenger.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

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Tiger Quoll

Dascyurus maculatus - female & juvenile.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

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Tasmanian Devil

Sarcophilus harrisii - resting.

Trowunna Wildlife Park, Tasmania, December 12, 2011

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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

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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

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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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