What a wonderful day with the Macropods! Weather was perfect for being amongst the animals.
Our supervisor paired the two senior volunteers together and we whipped through the typical cleaning and food prep.
There was enough time left before lunch to hand feed the kangaroos and wallabies. :)
We took big, white buckets of food out to the paddock.
Now...I know the roos come to the brown sacks of food visitors typically have.
It can't compare to the interest white buckets generate. Even the little timid wallabies came to get some.
We have lots of joeys right now that are just coming out of the pouch to check things out. They are so much fun to watch and are just like little kids only they hop around at top speed instead of running. Roo mums must be extraordinarily patient to have a joey going zipping around and suddenly dive into the their pouch.
There was one full grown roo sucking on the tip of her tail like a pacifier. Hadn't seen that before.
After lunch, we fed the animals. Wallabies are adorable eating corn and sweet potatoes with their little paws. I also hand fed the blue winged kookaburras. They get 1/2 of a chick each and some other raw meat. FYI - Kookaburras can be very intimidating with their big beaks when you have their food and they are hungry.
I love my current office!
