New Displays at Caversham Wildlife Park
John takes me to Caversham Wildlife Park almost each time I am in Perth. I never get tired of going there. This time there were some new displays.
For example they had 4 Lace Monitors in a large enclosure and we stayed there a long time, they were fascinating to watch.
Lace monitors are the second-largest monitor in Australia after the perentie. They can be as long as 2.1 m (over 6.8 ft) with a head-and-body length of up to 76.5 cm (2.5 ft).
Another new feature, that I LOVED was Australian Homestead arena, whimsically decorated like times past, it was a great back drop to see and photograph birds and animals without the disturbing cage wires.
The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia .
Eclectus Parrot
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Eclectus females are heavy bodied birds with a compact, rounded look. They have predominately red coloration of varying shades and most subspecies have beautiful blue or lavender-purple breast feathers, as well as a daisy-yellow tail band and vent on the female of the Vosmaeri subspecies.
The Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri) also known as Leadbeater’s Cockatoo or Pink Cockatoo.
The Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) is an Australian species of frogmouth, a type of bird found throughout the Australian mainland, Tasmania and southern New Guinea. The Tawny Frogmouth is often mistaken for an owl.
The Australian Masked Owl
Couldn’t resist a close up.
This Kookaburra had been raised there at Caversham.
It was talking up a storm.
So I grabbed my cell phone and got a movie of it:
We were told they are very communicative and that they sound off like this in the morning for each other in a group, like a call of attendance.
Their possums are too cute, not like ours in Maryland.
Another example of the arena’s decorating.
Outside the arena, we enjoyed watching these Kingfishers share an insect.
Of course, Caversham will always be, for me, the place to be up close and personal with the kangaroos.
