koala

koala 2
Originally uploaded by wandering lizard.

That fuzzy blob in the tree is a koala. I'd never seen a wild koala before, so I went to a spot that apparently had a lot of them. I walked up the river a ways and spotted one way up in a tree across the river. (This one is actually along a different river but you get the idea). I was watching the koala through binoculars, when I heard a rustling sound next to my head...