"Krypsis" <krypsis@> wrote in message

> Being in an urban area, my backyard is relatively small. About all you see
> in the way of native animals is the ubiquitous possum, an arboreal
> creature, of which there are two common varieties in my area, Brushtail
> and Ringtail. My Jack Russell Terrier ensures they remain in their aboreal
> habitat. They use the overhead electricity wires to migrate from tree to
> tree using adjacent houses to access the electricity grid where no trees
> are close enough to the wires.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possum

Lovely animals if I see them in camping grounds :-)) I've fed many of them
in the Riverside Camping ground at Tumut but thank heavens we don't have any
of them here.

> In my immediate area, the main bird of note is the Bellbird or, as it is
> more correctly known, Bell Myna.

OOOOOHHH! You lucky, lucky person! I adore bellbirds.

The area in which I live is known
> coloquially as the Bellbird Area of Blackburn. Because of the high level
> of trees in the suburb, including the area around Blackburn Lake, birdlife
> is very prolific. The Bell Myna makes itself known by its distinctive
> "bell like" call.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Miner
>
> Sorry, no kangaroo, wombats or other unique Australian wildlife here as
> the urban density is too great for them.

I get kangaroos but since I shot one which used to come in each night with
it's huge similar sized big male mate, they've stayed outside the garden
proper. They are in abundance out in the paddocks. We do have snakes
(Eastern Brown and Tiger) and Blue Tongued Lizards and wild ducks and lots
of different birds including herons which have returned for the 3rd year ina
row to nest. And there is at least 1 wombat around as I saw a scat on the
cattle grid and we also have antechinus and we've had one water rat.