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Road kill
OK is it not the most pleasant of subject matter but I was thrilled to see this awesome huge bird feeding on the dead kangaroo. I usually only see them high in the sky.
As much as possible we avoid driving after dusk and when we do go slower with both driver and passenger keeping an eye out for them but they have surprised us on a number of occasions with a number of near misses.
Can´t recall where it really was. I slowed down, and down..., thought, the kangaroo cannot hear me due to the harsh wind. It was dead. Someone put it on ... I don´t even know the German word... those "signposts".
I have had a kangaroo jump out on my car at sunset. They come out of nowhere and you have no idea they are there until they hit you. It did a lot of damage to my car, but I'm not sure what damage he sustained.
I agree, it is easy to hit one and given the damage I doubt anyone really wants to! What always surprised me it the number of wombats killed on the roads out our way, that was until we were shocked to find one in our headlights one night, a near miss - now I understand. Roos are unpredictable the way they jump, wombats are low to the ground and not easily spotted.
Ah yes, this post was meant to be about the bird and everyone else is commenting on the kangaroo. I took the kangaroo as being rather uninteresting as there are so many of them on the roadside. I should have titled the post Big Bird.
The number of dead animals on the road in NW Qld is incredible. It is very dangerous to be driving after dark. The animals are probably trying to find food on the drought.
During the height of the drought in our district there was much more killed than usual. The chat around the town was about the huge number of fallen roos and how busy it was at the panel beaters.
People should really slow down after dark in the bush. Tragic.
ReplyDeleteAs much as possible we avoid driving after dusk and when we do go slower with both driver and passenger keeping an eye out for them but they have surprised us on a number of occasions with a number of near misses.
DeleteCan´t recall where it really was. I slowed down, and down..., thought, the kangaroo cannot hear me due to the harsh wind.
ReplyDeleteIt was dead. Someone put it on ... I don´t even know the German word... those "signposts".
There are dead roos all over the place.
DeleteYes, and back then cows, sheep...
DeleteI have had a kangaroo jump out on my car at sunset. They come out of nowhere and you have no idea they are there until they hit you. It did a lot of damage to my car, but I'm not sure what damage he sustained.
ReplyDeleteI agree, it is easy to hit one and given the damage I doubt anyone really wants to! What always surprised me it the number of wombats killed on the roads out our way, that was until we were shocked to find one in our headlights one night, a near miss - now I understand. Roos are unpredictable the way they jump, wombats are low to the ground and not easily spotted.
DeleteThe circle of life.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, this post was meant to be about the bird and everyone else is commenting on the kangaroo. I took the kangaroo as being rather uninteresting as there are so many of them on the roadside. I should have titled the post Big Bird.
DeleteThe number of dead animals on the road in NW Qld is incredible. It is very dangerous to be driving after dark. The animals are probably trying to find food on the drought.
ReplyDeleteDuring the height of the drought in our district there was much more killed than usual. The chat around the town was about the huge number of fallen roos and how busy it was at the panel beaters.
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