Alexander Davis

Yes they are born with the huge feet 🪶

A baby swamphen is fed by its parent

Baby Swamphen season in Maylands 🐣🪶 #birds

A small brown owl sits in an apple tree.

A small brown owl sits in an apple tree.

Asian barred owlet, spotted in an orchard in Manali #birds 🪶

Brahminy kite surveys the backwaters from a palm tree

They are all over backwaters, hanging out in coconut trees 😍 🪶

Brahminy Kite deadpans the camera.

Brahminy Kite's head.

Brahminy Kite, Kerala, India 🪶

Brahminy kite surveys the backwaters from a palm tree

They are all over backwaters, hanging out in coconut trees 😍 🪶

Brahminy Kite deadpans the camera.

Brahminy Kite's head.

Brahminy Kite, Kerala, India 🪶

An israeli flag at a bar in Leh

A banner of Iranian leaders in Kargil, Ladakh

Ladakh: Leh/Kargil

So... it primarily complains about university administration and its lack of grant funding?

Come work with us at UWA politics and IR: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...

China’s Hydropower Project on Yarlung Tsangpo Threatens Tibet’s Fragile Ecosystem and Regional Stability - Institute for Security and Development Policy This piece reviews the consequences of China's new drive to construct the world’s largest hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo.

Very good piece on China's massive hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo by my colleague Dechen Palmo www.isdp.eu/chinas-hydro...

Two ring-neck parrots share a meal, look like they're making out.

😘 #birds

A black cockatoo happily eats a gumnut

A black cockatoo sits on a tree branch.

A black cockatoo eats a gumnut

Red-tail black cockatoos having lunch in the Perth hills #birds 🪶

A yellow and black bird in the grass.

The bird deadpans the camera.

A western whistler in Porongurup, WA #birds.

A great Egret has caught a bug, or possibly a fish, and is throwing it up in the air to eat it.

A great Egret at breakfast #birds 🪶

Yup, this kind mostly in Western Australia

Two small wrens sit next to each other looking in opposite directions

A pair of Splendid Fair Wrens keep a look out #birds 🪶

Annual migration saves hundreds of residents as avalanche hits Chamoli village At the time of the avalanche on Friday, the village was deserted as all the villagers were in Gopeshwar, the district headquarters, nearly 100 km from Mana.

Avalance near the India-China border traps road workers/: indianexpress.com/article/indi...

The real 'first great debate' in international relations is the 'did the first great debate happen' debate.

Uttarakhand Himalayas from Mussoorie

View of Dehradun from Mussoorie

A clear day in Mussoorie

Tasmania carrying the Australian cricket team, as usual #AusvInd🏏

Me, about to be crushed by Sardar Patel's big toe

View of Sardar Sarovar Dam from the Statue of Unity

The world's tallest statue

Statue of Unity

A sign on the train advertising the statue of unity.

Train arrives on the platform, Ahmedabad Junction

In India for the next two months. First up: train from Ahmedabad to Kevadiya

Dominating!

View of Optus Stadium, Perth.

#AUSvIND 🏏

There doesn't seem to be much India focused stuff here, or am I just not looking hard enough?

Green oil? Suriname is planning to use Indigenous Peoples’ forests to greenwash TotalEnergies’ oil extraction Indigenous Peoples’ organisations demand the REDD deal be stopped immediately.

🔥 Green oil? Seriously?

🔥 Suriname is drilling for oil with TotalEnergies and "offsetting" the emissions with the carbon stored in its rainforests.

🔥 Indigenous Peoples in Suriname are calling for the REDD deal to be stopped immediately.

reddmonitor.substack.com/p/green-oil-...

PLEASE SHARE:

New PhD scholarship opportunity to work with me on my ARC-funded project examining how states and societies in Asia and the Pacific are responding to the emerging Cold War between the US and China. Details on how to apply are in the link. study.uq.edu.au/study-option...

Delhi Chokes On A “Severe” AQI of 494; More Restrictions in Place to Curb Pollution This “hazardous” situation has emerged due to our inability to curb pollution from perennial sources, an air quality scientist told The Wire.

Can't wait to get out of Perth and back to my favourite city in the world! thewire.in/environment/...

You'll have to change the name depending on who is hosting, but this seems workable to me