Great video. It was both informative and peaceful. We need more people like Yolanda here in the States. I've always had a soft heart for wildlife. On the one hand, I retired as a police officer and I think that experience, spanning many years motivated me to appreciate wildlife more. It was my way of balancing out the bad with the good, sort of a Ying and Yang scenario. At this time I live in a typical tract home neighborhood, but one fairly close to some riparian areas like ponds and fields. Some of the wildlife that is attracted to this primary source of food undoubtedly overflows into the neighborhoods surrounding it. At this time I have made friends with an Opossum and being me, I set out food for him/her, just a small amount so he doesn't rely on us as his primary food source. My daughter and I get a kick out of seeing him wander into the yard at night and munch down on what we left out. He also enjoys the seed droppings from our bird feeder and that actually helps with maintenance around the feeder, I no longer have to pull seeds that have sprouted around the feeder. He's gotten used to us shining a light on him as he feeds, not so with a younger Opossum that started showing up some time ago. As soon as we shined the light on him/her, he took off. He is very small and I think the larger adult started beating him to the "snack pile" by showing up earlier and that is probably why we haven't seen the juvenile for awhile now. There is also the unfortunate chance he fell prey to a predator. It's been sort of a sideshow during the COVID period, something we take very seriously. Anyway, thank you Gardening Australia for introducing the idea of making my backyard more wildlife-friendly, even when I'm confined to a typical tract home lot there is a lot that can be done to help out our wildlife friends.
I have bananas in Auckland NZ and when I leave a few bananas on to over ripen the wax eyes enjoy them and tuis love the flowers. Far from native but very enjoyable.
