I've nicknamed him Regi. He's been grazing around the property (they eat grass and native herbs) and inside our currently vacant polytunnels (as above), which I imagine he finds nice and cosy on some of these rather wintery days and nights we've been having.
Tim was in one of the polytunnels last week cleaning up the spent tomato plants, just working away minding his own business as he moved along the corridor, when he got the shock of his life from a sudden growling/grunting noise...Regi was just saying "Hey dude, I'm just here, mind yourself!". Tim hadn't seen the roo, camouflaged amongst the grass & old tomato plants.
We think he's an aging male, out cast from his mob for some reason (maybe a younger more dominant male muscled in??), as sometimes happens in kangaroo society. In any case, we are happy to share our space with him (Billy our dog may not be so keen or at least a bit confused and defensive if Regi is still around come spring when Billy will be on-farm more), so long as he doesn't bound on top of the garlic! Unlike wallabies, who are a nuisance, eating every plant in sight given the chance.
Male kangaroos are colloquially called boomers, bucks, jacks or 'old men', whilst females are known as flyers, does or jills and of course the young ones are known as joeys. The collective noun for kangaroos is a mob, troop or court.
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