samgordon's Identifications

Dead adult becoming quite dry and hard due to the extended dry weather. I have noticed that Koalas in my small area are not eaten or chewed upon in the same way Kangaroos that die on the ground are. There were no large trees above it for it to have fallen out of and this is the first I have found to have died flat on its back. We have had a couple of wedge tail eagles with young this year that I observed carrying possums on four occasions, maybe the inexperienced young one dropped the koala whilst being hassled by a mixed species flotilla of birds?