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avondale87 wrote in post #18992816
yes you are right and its so sad. Sad all round - people and wildlife.
But I'v no idea how wildlife recover from such.
Time will tell

We have special food drops for wildlife and some are donating and giving their time to help.

I find this horrendous loss of wildlife to be very disturbing. For so much wildlife to have to die by fire, is simply terrible. I surely hope that they are able to recover in the coming years.

shalu wrote in post #18992294

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Terrific close-up Shalu. Amazing sharpness.

avondale87 wrote in post #18992371
Kookaburra

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Very nice capture, Richard.

robamy wrote in post #18992383

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2ifk​49k Lurking in the waters by A & R Photography, on Flickr

What an eerie looking shot, Rob! I love it.

A whitetail buck playing a little peekaboo.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #18993235
Terrific close-up Shalu. Amazing sharpness.

Thank you very much, Mike!

Lame-Duck wrote in post #18993233
I find this horrendous loss of wildlife to be very disturbing. For so much wildlife to have to die by fire, is simply terrible. I surely hope that they are able to recover in the coming years.

Unfortunately recovery will be very long and slow, and in a number of cases may not happen at all.

Just one of many scary things to consider is this.

Kangaroo Island, South Australia, is home to he only chlamydia free population in the wild, so effectivley the 'insurance population' should the disease get out of control amongst all the other populations.

There were about 46,000 Koala's there.....it is estimated that there are only 9,000 left - yes 36,000 were wiped out in the fire!!

This https://www.news.com.a​u …9cd64d3bc8f66be​a1e372da8d bought tears to my eyes.

Very sad times indeed; already declared the worst natural disaster in ever Australia, and the bushfire season has not reached its peak yet.

Graham that's so sad. I just couldn't bring myself to read a lot about that. Seeing scorched landscapes needs very little imagination to understand the reality.
On the positive side, thank goodness there are survivors and hopefully they are able to hang in there to brighter times.

graham121 wrote in post #18993360
Unfortunately recovery will be very long and slow, and in a number of cases may not happen at all.

Just one of many scary things to consider is this.

Kangaroo Island, South Australia, is home to he only chlamydia free population in the wild, so effectivley the 'insurance population' should the disease get out of control amongst all the other populations.

There were about 46,000 Koala's there.....it is estimated that there are only 9,000 left - yes 36,000 were wiped out in the fire!!

This https://www.news.com.a​u …9cd64d3bc8f66be​a1e372da8d bought tears to my eyes.

Very sad times indeed; already declared the worst natural disaster in ever Australia, and the bushfire season has not reached its peak yet.

Sadly the difficulties for wildlife have only just begun, even if there were no more fires this season. Many that survived the actual fire (other than those few rescued) will have nothing to eat or drink, or any shelter for a very long time as whole ecosystems over vast areas have been destroyed: from plants, insects, birds, right through. Australia has had fire for millennia, and frequent, small, cool-burning fires are beneficial, but the intensity and extent of the fires this spring and summer is unprecedented.

I spent a few years in Australia and know these places. It is terribly sad that this should happen and, as you say, the season has not reached its peak yet. I was watching a Netflix series a day or two ago about the California wildfire situation where they are fighting fires almost all the year round. As the chief of CalFire said, this is the new normal. It is likely to be especially so for places that are prone to desertification as the long dry spells simply turn the woodlands and scrub into tinder boxes that burn with much higher intensity.

Many forests and woodlands have a natural wildfire cycles, where the burning of trees and undergrowth triggers a new cycle of growth and regeneration. As I understand it from the commentary by CalFire and from the Attenborough series the fires are now so intense that the heat is burning down to where those new growths would have been sheltered so there is no regrowth, just desolation.

I know there has been record-breaking drought west of the Divide, with many farmers losing their farms, or even their lives to depression. I fear Australia will not longer be able to call itself the Lucky Country for much longer.

I know it looks the same but the otter did a "periscope up" three times blowing each time checking me out. Too funny!

Tule Elk Bull, Point Reyes California

This fellow seems to be alternately laughing his head off or poking his tongue in an insolent fashion!

Green Sun Glasses

I'd like to think that he was looking at a rival bull somewhere behind me, but after that display I made a point of not getting any closer to him