#healesvillesanctuary — Public Fediverse posts

ECAM is doing a project on local creeks and wanted Platypus photos. I did a promotional shoot for Healesville Sanctuary when the Tales From Platypus Creek show started. Most of them have a keeper in them - but I found a few like this one.
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Platypus #PlatypusUnderwater #Wildlife #HealesvilleSanctuary #Victoria

This is Nova, the male Lyrebird. He’s the father of the chick I posted recently - and he was my friend. There was a bench in the Lyrebird aviary at Healesville - if I sat on it Nova would come and sit next to me. He would listen carefully to what I said - then repeat it. He shocked his keeper one day when he said loudly “good boy”! I had to explain I taught him to say that. Nova is the only male Lyrebird to produce young in captivity - so when his partner Reefton died the Sanctuary sent him to Adelaide to see if he would mate with their female.
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #WildBird #Lyrebird #Nova #MenuraNovaehollandiae #HealesvilleSanctuary

Had a great time at the #HealesvilleSanctuary Zoo yesterday. Managed to sneak in some fungi photography while there too! Will share soon!

Hi - I'm Benni - and I'm going to welcome members of Eastern Climate Action Melbourne to the next newsletter.
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Wildlife #AustralianWildlife #Koala #HealesvilleSanctuary #PhascolarctusCinereus

Koalas sleep for around 18 hours a day - so finding one awake - and smiling for the camera - is pretty rare!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Koala #SmilingKoala #PhascolarctosCinereus #HealesvilleSanctuary #CuteAnimal

Koalas sleep for around 18 hours a day - so finding one awake - and smiling for the camera - is pretty rare!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Koala #SmilingKoala #PhascolarctosCinereus #HealesvilleSanctuary #CuteAnimal

Koalas sleep for around 18 hours a day - so finding one awake - and smiling for the camera - is pretty rare!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Koala #SmilingKoala #PhascolarctosCinereus #HealesvilleSanctuary #CuteAnimal

Koalas sleep for around 18 hours a day - so finding one awake - and smiling for the camera - is pretty rare!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Koala #SmilingKoala #PhascolarctosCinereus #HealesvilleSanctuary #CuteAnimal

Koalas sleep for around 18 hours a day - so finding one awake - and smiling for the camera - is pretty rare!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Koala #SmilingKoala #PhascolarctosCinereus #HealesvilleSanctuary #CuteAnimal

Rare birds are a winner on Mastodon - so let's see how a rare animal goes. Tasmanian Devils (Sarcophilus) are known for their ferocity - so this one is sitting up and showing how cute they are!
#Photography #NaturePhotography #ThreatenedAnimal #RareAnimal #TasmanianDevil #HealesvilleSanctuary #CaptiveBreeding #Victoria #Australia #CuteDevil #AnimalsOfMastodon

Rare birds are a winner on Mastodon - so let's see how a rare animal goes. Tasmanian Devils (Sarcophilus) are known for their ferocity - so this one is sitting up and showing how cute they are!
#Photography #NaturePhotography #ThreatenedAnimal #RareAnimal #TasmanianDevil #HealesvilleSanctuary #CaptiveBreeding #Victoria #Australia #CuteDevil #AnimalsOfMastodon

Rare birds are a winner on Mastodon - so let's see how a rare animal goes. Tasmanian Devils (Sarcophilus) are known for their ferocity - so this one is sitting up and showing how cute they are!
#Photography #NaturePhotography #ThreatenedAnimal #RareAnimal #TasmanianDevil #HealesvilleSanctuary #CaptiveBreeding #Victoria #Australia #CuteDevil #AnimalsOfMastodon

Rare birds are a winner on Mastodon - so let's see how a rare animal goes. Tasmanian Devils (Sarcophilus) are known for their ferocity - so this one is sitting up and showing how cute they are!
#Photography #NaturePhotography #ThreatenedAnimal #RareAnimal #TasmanianDevil #HealesvilleSanctuary #CaptiveBreeding #Victoria #Australia #CuteDevil #AnimalsOfMastodon

Rare birds are a winner on Mastodon - so let's see how a rare animal goes. Tasmanian Devils (Sarcophilus) are known for their ferocity - so this one is sitting up and showing how cute they are!
#Photography #NaturePhotography #ThreatenedAnimal #RareAnimal #TasmanianDevil #HealesvilleSanctuary #CaptiveBreeding #Victoria #Australia #CuteDevil #AnimalsOfMastodon

Since rare birds are so popular - here's another one. Helmeted Honeyeaters are close to extinction, so Healesville Sanctuary is breeding them for later release in their Fighting Extinction program.
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Bird #RareBird #FightingExtinction #HealesvilleSanctuary #Victoria #Australia #HelmetedHoneyeater #BirdsOfMastodon

Since Australian birds are so popular - here's a very rare one. This Orange Bellied Parrot (Neophema Chrysogaster) was bred at Healesville Sanctuary, as part of the Fighting Extinction program.
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Bird #Parrot #RareParrot #Threatened #HealesvilleSanctuary #FightingExtinction #Australian #Victoria #BirdsOfMastodon