2/1/09

Wallaby in New Zealand??

As I was taking pics of this terraced area, I also saw a wallaby.



I thought there weren’t any wallabies in New Zealand, but I have proof. In fact, I have video proof, as well. Knowing the history of how the non-native species have decimated the native species like the kiwi (and 58 other species of birds now extinct), it was a little shocking to see this wallaby.

He moved fast and I just barely captured these images before it went back into the bush.



2 comments:

Kate said...

Good gracious. What kind of camera do you use?

ArtsyFartsyTim said...

ha - it is a Nikon D300. I had the apature wide open because I was shooting water and wanted to blur the water. I did not have time to change the settings when the wallaby went darting by