Thursday, 3 December 2020

And a Koala in a Plastic Tree?

A family in Adelaide Australia were apparentlt surprised to find a juvenile Koala trying to eat the plastic 'leaves' of the atificial Christmas tree in their house (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/03/on-the-first-day-of-australian-family-finds-live-koala-in-their-christmas-tree). Although the story ended well, with the animal being taken into 'care', this does suggest that recent climate-related events 'downunder' have confused the wildlife. Koalas normally feed exclusively on Eucalyptus leaves, which smell rather differently from old plastic.

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Birder's Bonus 241

Noted a Curlew ( Numenius arquata ) on the Loughor estuary at Bynea.