Echidna Bathtime

Our resident echidna enjoying a bath in the scrubwren's bowl. As you can see, the echidna was rather dirty. The scrubwren was none too pleased. 😆

Providing a source of safe, clean water is a great way to help your local wildlife – especially in times of extreme heat. We have 8 water bowls of various sizes scattered around the property. The birds and animals (including the snakes) all have their favourite/s i.e. the young rosellas love wallowing in the dog bowl, the fairywrens the shallow pot plant saucer.

Young Echidna

We had a visitor this week. Alan was watering the plants and didn't realise this young echidna was there. He didn't seem fazed by it and soon dried out.

In case you're wondering about the difference between echidnas and porcupines: www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-porcupine-and-vs-echidna

Echidna comes home

Echidnas are solitary creatures with a large home range (up to 100 hectares).

We haven’t seen this one for quite some time. He’s grown a lot since he was a little bundle of spines suckling his mum:  Australia Day Special: Echidna Suckling Her Puggle

Puggle Comes to Visit

Okay, I admit I’m besotted with this little puggle. But how could I not be? He turned up at the back door yesterday and plopped into one of the water bowls I leave out for the birds and had a good drink (see his pink tongue?). Quenched, he then preceded to investigate a pair of outdoor shoes.

Australia Day Special: Echidna Suckling Her Puggle

It’s very rare to see an echidna feeding her puggle (baby) in the open, so it was a wonderful surprise to discover this happening in our compost heap on Sunday:

Echidna

Another of Australia’s wonderful creatures, the echidna is one of only two monotremes or egg-laying mammals in the world. (The other is the Australian platypus.)