Wallabia bicolor

5 Swamp Wallaby at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

	Wallabia bicolor	10 Oct 2021	DonFletcher
	Wallabia bicolor	10 Oct 2021	JonSteinbeck

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Paddling around the eastern end of Springbank Island I caught a glimpse out of the corner my eye of a Swamp Wallaby standing motionless on the discarded pile of cut trees. Its eyes were tracking my progress in the water. I was able to get a few shots while I slowly drifted past but when I paddled backwards to return for better photographs the wallaby had gone.

2 comments

DonFletcher wrote:

10 Oct 2021

Significant Sighting! This is probably the first Wallaby recorded on an island in Griffin's Lake, which filled almost 60 years ago. I know there was a female EGK on Springbank Island 7-10 years ago.

JonSteinbeck wrote:

12 Oct 2021

Hi Don, Many thanks for that information I really appreciate you letting me know. All the best.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.112752 -35.290580
Altitude 559.4m
Maps Lake Burley Griffin West
Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
2 Oct 2021 07:30 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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Additional information

Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Wallabia bicolor Scientific name
Swamp Wallaby Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1338.8m Recorded at altitude
938 images trained Machine learning
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