Macropus giganteus

4 Eastern Grey Kangaroo at Garran, ACT

Macropus giganteus at Garran, ACT - 30 Nov 2019
Macropus giganteus at Garran, ACT - 30 Nov 2019
Macropus giganteus at Garran, ACT - 30 Nov 2019
Macropus giganteus at Garran, ACT - 30 Nov 2019
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Macropus giganteus 7 Dec 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Macropus giganteus 7 Dec 2019 BIrdsinCanberra

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This Eastern Grey Kangaroo caught my attention as originally I thought it looked like it had flowers on its head. I am not sure about the significance of the tagging but I am posting it here in case it means something to somebody. The kangaroo was down the eastern end of the Federal Golf Course.

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   8 Dec 2019
Part of fertility and movement research studies
   8 Dec 2019
Hi Michael, Many thanks for that info. Cheers, Jon
DonFletcher wrote:
   12 Dec 2019
I looked up my old records. This is a kangaroo labelled 'Dillwyia' by Nick Webb, Dave Wong, Simon Godschalx and I at FGC in 2005. As well as ear tags she had an industrial PIT tag on the back of her ear tag and a normal implanted one (number 01CE-6797). She was a virgin sub-adult in Sept 2005, estimated dob 1 Jan 2004. She was one of the experimental control females for the first of several contraceptive vaccine formulations trialled in the ACT that did not work well (unlike the latest treatment trialled by Lyn Hinds and Claire Wimpenny). She disappeared from the FGC site for some years but has returned. She may have produced a pouch young every year since 2006 and if so is likely to be near the end of life now at the very ripe old age of 16 (well almost, her birthday is in three weeks), although she may be getting bonus years from the benign FGC environment.
   12 Dec 2019
Hi Don, Thank you so much for that information, I had no idea. When I first saw her, as I wrote in the initial post, it looked like she had flowers on her head so I had to take a photograph to see what was going on. It was only after I took the photograph that I realised it was tags. I am really glad you passed on the information in your comment as it is not often we can hear any background on the animals we see, we just admire them in the moment. It was really interesting to hear Dillwyia's back story. I hope she has a few more years on the greens of FGC, Many thanks again for the information. Cheers, Jon
LisaH wrote:
   16 Dec 2019
Fascinating - thanks for the photo, and the detailed follow up. Wow - 16 years old!

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