Look at that manly scent gland activating on his chest! Bullet has been absent more than present the past 1-2 months, and I've been suspecting Jordan has been pushing him. When he came back today and I spotted this scent gland I knew I was right. Bullet has had a fairly low key scent gland but it's really starting to activate. Male koalas reach full maturity around 4 years of age and he is in the second half of his third year, so it seems that is spot on!
I wonder how this will impact on him keeping a place in the colony or not, especially with the 3 juveniles here and Beau who comes and goes a little. Never a dull moment :)
Thank you for the awesome questions and comments here!
@30pics4jackiesdiamond oh yes, they are wild, so they come and go and I simply regenerate habitat and observe and record them :) That's where I've been wondering why Bullet hasn't been around as he was here nearly every day for many months after he finally got out of hospital after being attacked by a dog in the area. (He had already been a colony member before that)
I am just left wondering when they at times just disappear ...
@fbailey at the moment there are 11 'regulars' and of them 8 are super regulars ;) 3 of the super regulars are females with joey's in pouch too, and bits of joey are just starting to dangle out of the pouches giving teasing glimpses of the next generation of hope about to climb out!
So good to see he is well and back with you hope there will not be too much rivalry between Jordan and Bullet and hope your patch will suffice the both males !!
@haskar yes it's so hard for them. often that means they have to travel farther all the time as there is less food and shelter in each hectare of land. this is why it is important for them that there are thousands of trees now in this one area, but leave the boundary and it's back to travelling far and wide ...
I am just left wondering when they at times just disappear ...
( The woodpecker never flies straigth to the jar. He land nearby and walk to it.)