Wildlife of South Australia's Yorke Peninsula - Part 2. Truly Australian wildlife encounter.
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- A wonderful place to explore, South Australia's Yorke Peninsula is abundant in natural beauty and full of amazing wildlife.
In this video I find a number of bird species including a pair of Black Swans, Grey Currawongs, Dusky Woodswallow plus a special encounter between a Kangaroo and Willie Wagtail. The Willie Wagtail is removing the blood sucking ticks from the Kangaroo.
this encounter highlights two types of symbiotic relationship. Symbiotic describes the close ecological relationship between members of two (or more) different species in which both species are mutually benefited.
PARASITISM - Only the tick in benefitting. The tick is benefiting from the Kangaroo by feeding on the Kangaroos blood. The Kangaroo doesn't benefit and could be harmed, fall ill and in worse case die.
MUTUALISM - Both the Kangaroo and Willie Wagtail are benefitting. The Kangaroo has the blood sucking ticks removed, freeing it from and possible danger while the Willie Wagtail gets an easy meal.
Absolutely loved this one, the Willy Wagtails interaction with the kangaroo was epic, I saw two birds I did not know existed, the Australian Shell Duck and the Scarlet Robin. Learn something new with every episode.
Thanks Ron, it was a great encounter and one I was not only lucky enough to witness but capture on video. Really appreciate the feedback and glad you enjoy the videos.
Hi wonderful information , beautiful visuals love your effort. Enjoyed.
Thank you, greatly appreciate the feedback and glad you enjoyed it. Thanks again.
The Willie Wagtail landing on the back of the Kangaroo is a shot which I have been trying to get for many years without success. We have several Willies living around our house and see Kangaroos grazing very close to the house every day and although we see The Wagtails hanging around the Kangaroos and even landing on their heads they have never been obliging enough to pose like that for me. How did you get so lucky Jason? That's a great shot👍
I would like to say it took great skill however it was more luck than anything else. After filming some earlier Kangaroo footage I almost walked past this Kangaroo before thinking better of it. As soon as I focused on the Kangaroo hit record the Willie Wagtail appeared. I couldn't believe my eyes making me very happy at the time. Greatly appreciated the feedback and glad you enjoyed it. Thanks