@overalvandaan yes it's Bullet - that ear is a giveaway :) Also I always add the name of the koala to the tags thanks to a brilliant suggestion by Richard last year so you can compare. so koala quiet here lately Bullet is often the only koala on the property which is just bizarre - as ghostly as going to town!
Must be a bit unsettling not to see your usual suspects. They are wild aren't they? Or are the koala's you photograph ones that have been injured, orphaned, ill?
@overalvandaan no they are all wild. I am regenerating koala habitat on my property. I also volunteer with our koala rescue. If I find a sick or injured koala on my property I catch them and we treat if we can. So Bullet was already a colony member here, then he was bitten by a dog and I caught him and we fixed him up.
Sometimes we release a koala here that we rescued very close by.
Koalas are very territorial and have to be taken back to the area they were rescued from.
So yes, it's really unsettling - I know two of the colony have died in very unrelated ways this year, and just hope that others I'm not seeing are ok.
The long drought, then the fires, then the huge rains have taken a big toll on the koalas that were already in trouble.
Sorry that is a book I've written back!
Bullet does seem to be spending a lot of time around your area but it is worrying that you aren't seeing many others.I hope it is just a temporary change in their habits and not a sign of some problem.
I guess he is enjoying being the solitary man right now- or perhaps you've just missed the others passing by (one can hope!). This is a really nice picture of him!
Sometimes we release a koala here that we rescued very close by.
Koalas are very territorial and have to be taken back to the area they were rescued from.
So yes, it's really unsettling - I know two of the colony have died in very unrelated ways this year, and just hope that others I'm not seeing are ok.
The long drought, then the fires, then the huge rains have taken a big toll on the koalas that were already in trouble.
Sorry that is a book I've written back!
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