Dr swift parrot

I still haven't shared all my photos from Boolcoomatta.
Here are some more yellow-footed rock-wallabies.
Can you see the baby in the pouch? 🧡

Right??

Look at the incredible beast we saw today! Malleefowl are so fantastic

New owl who dis

(Northern Saw-whet Owl)

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Omg so grown up 🥰🥰🥰

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉

An adult female kākāpō in an underground nest next to three eggs. Credit: Andrew Digby

Sad to report that we've lost another #kakapo, and a particularly significant one. Solstice was the last kākāpō rediscovered, found on Rakiura in 1997. She died on the weekend as a result of complications from the #disease cloacitis. There are now 237 kākāpō left. #conservation #parrots #birds

Registration - Australasian Ornithological Conference 2025 Australian Ornithological Conference 2025 Registrations

Bird folks. You have just one day left for earlybird registration for the Australasian Ornithology Conference in Perth in just 50 days time! Get in fast because I’m pleased to say it has been so popular that we will be closing registration soon.

aoc.org.au/registration/

I went away for 4 days and my chickens were busy with spring

Australian bird of the year! A tiny feathery hiatus from the grim day-to-day | First Dog on the Moon (unless you are a bird)

Everyone loves Bird of the Year! And it's bgrk! (chicken noise) www.theguardian.com/environment/...

EMU EGG!

Gorgeous flock of emus wandered up to look at us today - such magnificent birds!

Lovely day on the Murrumbidgee

Look at this adorable regent parrot hatchling - it hatched this morning and is just hours old 🥰🥰🥰🥰🐣🐣🐣🐣🦜

Regent parrot in her nest along the Murray River 💚

Setting up regent parrot nest monitoring on the Murray this afternoon- gorgeous place and big trees

Check out this regent parrot who can barely fit in her own nest - this huge old red gum has a 5cm wide slit that’s been a nest for a couple years now. squeeze == safe

Superb parrot eating weeds 🥰

Spring is here - king parrots love a garden 💚

Shipstern bluff kitchen table test print

Came up okay for a proof print. Might need to book a press next week.

Exclusive: Inside the Australian National University’s leadership crisis Amid mounting scandals and a loss of confidence in her management, the Australian National University vice-chancellor is negotiating an exit from her role.

We'll be ready to work with interim leadership from Day 1 to end Renew ANU and stop *all* forced redundancies.

This is only possible with new leadership.

@nteunion.bsky.social - and everyone else - knows that the farce at #ANU has gone on for far too long.

It’s the start of regent parrot breeding season and in just a few weeks the eggs will hatch into these adorable yellow fuzz balls

Zebra finches from my last trip to Boolcoomatta.

Grey baby cockatoo with a red head

Gang-gang cockatoos have the most gorgeous baby faces 😍

Above and belowground effects of buffelgrass invasion in the Sonoran Desert - Biological Invasions Invasive species pose a significant threat to biodiversity, particularly in arid ecosystems where extreme environmental conditions limit the capacity for rapid vegetation recovery. Buffelgrass (Cenchr...

Above and belowground effects of buffelgrass invasion in the Sonoran Desert: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

It’s that time of year when the regent parrots are gathering in their nesting sites, bickering over hollows and choosing their nests 😍

Rock pebbler - literally utterly uninformative lol

It’s a really good name - not 💯 sure why they got that but I like it

Drab