On the first day of March, 2016, a young Legion wandered on to the property. and no one would have guessed at the time that he would become such an important part of the colony! He was thought to be a son of, or closely related to Jordan because of his facial shape and colouring. In 2016 and in 2017 he only spent time on the property during only some months of the year.
Legion mated with Maxine and the resulting in her 2017 joey Stella. Maxine was young at the time of mating, and that older males like Jordan and Zorro may have considered her too young and left her alone. So Legion took his chance. He was really only a teenager himself, and a mature and experienced female would likely have told him to back off.
Legion is also the likely father of Maxine’s 2018 joey Dewdrop.
By 2018, he had developed a pattern of leaving the property for the Autumn and Winter,. When he returned for the breeding season, late spring or early summer, he stayed as close as possible to Maxine. However, he did not return during the 2018 Summer breeding season. Instead, Bullet was seen frequenting the same area and following Maxine.
Hopefully, Legion made a permanent home range nearby.
Legion has lots of videos on YouTube where he has his own playlist. (below). He appears in the Koala Gardens Happenings for 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Join the Colony and get involved
You can become part of the Koala Gardens Colony by adopting one of the resident wild koalas. You can also become a Patron, and one level has an adoption option.
Come and discuss Koala Gardens and all things koala on Discord where we hold lots of interesting and often in-depth discussions there. Lots of fun!
You will become part of the family and help provide much needed koala habitat.
You can also follow Katrina and the Koalas on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Koala Gardens publishes a small number of delightful illustrated children’s books in the The Adventures of Mist
series. Check out the beautifully engaging and educational design. Our mission is to help children to “Fall in love with Nature”.
You can even find some great Koala Gardens gifts over at Redbubble where there is huge range of designs on an even bigger range of items.
Alternatively, you can find quick access links to everything Koala Gardens via Link Tree.
