Brigitte’s Wildlife Blog: Tales and Stories of ‘de happenings around us

By BPK

Memories and Musings of a Wildlife Carer

• Language: English
• Publisher: BPK
• Release date: Oct 7, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466151598

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Brigitte’s Wildlife Blog

Tales, Musings and Stories of ‘de happenings around us

By BPK

Copyright 2011 BPK

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Table of Contents

My First Blog

Suzie

What caring for Australian wildlife means to me

Willie – our first joey

Rusty the Kelpie

Birds and Windows

A pretty incredible Magpie

Kookaburras

New Joeys

Koala

Little joeys

Koala Trivia

Prickles The Fifth

More on Prickles The Fifth

The Echidna - some interesting facts and trivia

Feeding Joeys

Nesting Season

Emus – Episode 1

Emus – Episode 2

Emus – Episode 3

Heartache

Bird Watchers

Waldo the Wombat – Blog # 1

Waldo the Wombat – Blog # 2

Waldo the Wombat – Blog # 3

The Wombat - some interesting facts and trivia

Chimney Fire

Foxes

Our Magpies

Birth of a joey

Bit more on Sophie

Wallabies – interesting facts and trivia

Willow and Marnie – two hand-reared wombats

Update on Willow and Marnie

Being the Landlord to lots of critters brings responsibilities and restrictions

Abby

The Joey and her Tapeworm

Little Orphaned Joeys

Bad Times

Sugar Gliders

Nature’s Way

Blog # 1 - Reading this will make you itchy – Guaranteed

Blog # 2 - Reading this will make you itchy – Guaranteed

Nemo the Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Kangaroo trivia and interesting facts

Beak and Bully – the Darters

Visitors

Hack the Eastern Rosella

Chemicals

Old Faithful

More on Old Faithful

The Wott ???

The Brush-tailed Phascogale - some interesting facts

Pascal the Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Wedge-tailed Eagles

Wedge-tailed Eagles and Magpies

Brush-tailed Possums

Walter the Rainbow Lorikeet

More on Walter the Rainbow Lorikeet

Mums have to think of EVERYTHING !!!!

Spiders – everywhere

The Huntsman Spider - some interesting facts and trivia

‘De Duckies

Why is Pickles called Pickles ???

My last Words (so far)

Wildlife and You

My First Blog

For quite some time now we are part of a rural community, have looked after our wildlife and lived – what some people would describe as rather isolated. We don’t think though that we live in a lonely and empty place – just the opposite, there is soooo much happening around us and for some time I’ve been thinking how I could share the joys and observations of all the excitement around us.

Yesterday I watched the 2009 film Julie & Julia. Pretty cute film about 'Julie' who decided to cook all 524 recipes of Julia Child's 1961 cookbook in 365 days. Heaps of butter involved - a new for Julie. Also new for her was blogging her cooking adventure.

And this gave me the idea to try this 'blogging-thing' as well. No - it has absolutely anything to do with cooking. I just cook to feed the family and rather often I talk to the people in the supermarket ... oh and what are you cooking tonight.. (because I have utterly run out of ideas)

This blog is about living with wildlife, the joys, experiences and what it means to us being part of a rural community.

I have currently no idea of how this blogging works - but will try my darndest to find out how I can even add a few pictures of 'the babies', how we raised them and how they are doing in the wild.

Well - let's give it a go .... send ....

Suzie

Again I am sitting here on the computer getting my head around this blogging thing.

It's getting dark and I brought my little wallaby joey in from her outside-during-the-day enclosure. She is now snug and fast asleep in my vest. As I am only a human mum I have to wear a belt around my waist so she does not fall out at the bottom. This system works really well, as it gives them the secure feeling of a tight pouch while I have both hands free to do various household stuff. Mind you I just look rather ridiculous - like a fat pumpkin. And carrying little animals in a vest during summer is rather hot as well. We are now in the middle of winter and she keeps me warm as well.

Her name is Suzie - but she listens to Imp and Wall-ee. She is just adorable, spoiled rotten and immensely cute.

She just pokes her head out of the top of the zipped-up vest and sniffs the keyboard. Sooo cute. Oh - and I detect a bit of a stinky smell, she probably did a few doo-das in the pouch (they do that). I better attend to her digestive needs...

What caring for Australian wildlife means to me - thoughts

For more than 20 years by now I have been human mum for orphaned Australian wildlife and rehabilitator for injured Australian wildlife. Gee whiz - the experience with our native animals has been sooooo amazing, humbling, wonderful, incredible and awesome. They have given me not only fulfilment and satisfaction pursuing my own interests and fancy - no, caring for all those animals touched a much deeper level and understanding in the various levels of inter-connectiveness of the Australian landscape.

To be a good mum and rehabilitator one has to do quite a bit of research on the special dietary requirements of Australian animals. And I am not only talking kangaroos and wombats here. All and every animal that came