Healesville Sanctuary

I'm getting a bit behind with my blog and photo postings.   About a month ago I went to Healesville Sanctuary and took a few more photos.  My favourite animal of the day would have to be the Tassie Devils.  Most of the time the keepers are very hands-off with the Devils, in the event that they are released back into the wild (Healesville has a breeding program to try to offset the damage being done in the wild by the facial tumor that is affecting a large proportion of the population).  Howevever the keeper has been more "hands-on" with a couple of the Devils, and they were on display that day.  They absoultely adore the keeper and one of them went to sleep in her lap.   There are a few more shots of the Spirits of the Sky birds, although one of my favourite bird shots from this trip was of a small finch (see below).

Other shots from the day are available in the following Flickr Set

Stay tuned, as there are more photos to come from a recent test trip of the van, including some great shots from Wilsons Promontory.