Emu and Tammar Wallaby, Adelaide Zoo

Adelaide Zoo in South Australia is one of my favourite zoos, and it is also my home zoo, being less than an hour’s drive from my home. I am a life  member of Zoos SA, mainly because of my love of birds and animals but also because of the zoo’s excellent conservation programmes.

Adelaide Zoo boasts an excellent collection of Australian bird species as well as a few foreign birds. There are several walk through aviaries which I always visit because they provide an excellent opportunity for bird photography. There are numerous other aviaries too, but shooting through the wire of each cage can be challenging. More about that in future articles here.

I didn’t have any such problems taking photos of the Emus in their enclosure. They roam around a large enclosure with only a low fence surrounding it. This provides excellent opportunities for good photos. They also share the enclosure with some Tammar Wallabies. In the last photo you can see a wallaby with a joey poking his head out of the pouch to pose for me.

Further reading:

• Giant Pandas at Adelaide Zoo
• Birds of Adelaide Zoo
• Eclectus Parrots, Adelaide Zoo
• Emus at Monarto Zoo
  

Emu and Tammar Wallaby, Adelaide Zoo

Tammar Wallaby, Adelaide Zoo