Site Report: Wanganella, Australia

Visits

• 2025-12-02: After failing in Tasmania to fly into the Southeast due to weather, I decided to use the money instead to hire Philip, a local guide, to show me some of the more rare birds of the outback on an late afternoon tour. Philip has done some habitat restoration near Deniliquin, and he also has access to some private lands with unique habitats.
  
  We drove for awhile, stopping to photograph wildlife next to the road and to visit some of Philip's restoration areas. At sunset, we stopped in a dusty area to look for nocturnal animals using Philip's thermal scope. There was a good selection of birds and kangaroos despite the dry environment.
  
  After several hours of walking around, we headed back to Deniliquin. The kangaroos that had been running away during the daytime were back for vengence now that it was dark. They eerily lined the road standing bipedally, boxers with giant legs, and some of them would just stare at you. And some of them would jump right in front of the moving car which required extra vigilance and evasive maneuvers. There must have literally been 10,000 kangaroos. All inside a cloud of moths the size of which hasn't been seen in the USA since the 1970s

Species Seen

Lifelists

• Australasia
• World

Trips

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