Dr swift parrot

A fleshy bay cockatoo in the hand with a little bellybutton

Ever seen a gang gang cockatoo bellybutton? Now you have 🤣🥴

A fleshy and jowly baby cockatoo with no feathers

Good morning only to this beautiful baby gang-gang cockatoo 🤣

Exactly

A fleshy baby cockatoo shaped like three little meat balls stacked on top of each other

Baby gang gang cockatoos are just three meatballs in a stack tbh

Good morning only to this silly and gorgeous gang gang cockatoo

Check out the baby monobrow of this kid blue-winged parrot 🥲

Check out this gorgeous flower which stinks like dead meat and attracts flies

Black text on white background underneath the Australian coat of arms at the top. Larger text near the top says "SENATOR DAVID POCOCK", "MEDIA RELEASE" and the headline in the largest print says "ARC RESTRUCTURE RISKS JOBS"?.

“This feels like yet another attack on our research community that is already under siege”

Senator @davidpocock.bsky.social has issued a media release about the ARC's proposed restructure and job cuts 👇

This is true I’ll do better lol

Two baby gang gangs in their nest hollow- they’re giving thanksgiving turkey vibes

Yeah that’d be lovely!

Cuuuuute

Look at this demure gang gang in her nest

💯

I find the best approach to be simply never allowing them to bite you under any circumstances

Not for the faint hearted

Day 1 of gang gang work this week starting with this handsome fellow and his massive bolt cutter beak ✂️

They can be hit and miss - sometimes they’re great but often they go unused or used by feral animals like starlings

This brood of blue-winged parrots are all snuggled up at the bottom of a hollow fence post -simply adorable 😍😍😍

Yeah they’re incredibly social and you’ll just feel guilty going away

About 3 weeks!

Trust me you don’t want a pet parrot - get a plant

I had the joy of getting to meet some baby blue-winged parrots today 💚💙

There were half a dozen freckled duck at jerrabombera wetland today plus pink eared ducks - such top notch ducks

The superb parrot breeding season has just wrapped but the field season still hasn’t finished - gang gangs are up next! The team is getting pretty tired🫠

Wild and fascinating

How awesome is this!

EARLY VIEW in IBIS

A new species of jewel-babbler (Cinclosomatidae: Ptilorrhoa) from the Southern Fold Mountains of Papua New Guinea | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Iain A. Woxvold, Banak G. Gamui, Leo Legra, Samson Yama, Bonny Koane, Salape Tulai | #ornithology 🪶

Independent statement on the Group of Eight’s position on EPBC Act reforms The federal Parliament is currently considering amendments to the flagship federal environmental legislation, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (‘EPBC Act’). This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to strengthen environmental protections to reverse Australia’s current trajectory of extinctions and biodiversity loss. We are academics at the institutions in the Group of Eight (Go8), with expertise in biodiversity conservation science, climate science, policy, economics and law. We support amendments to the EPBC Act to strengthen protections for biodiversity and remove ministerial discretion and legal loopholes, in order to create a level playing field for businesses, and make environmental protection and recovery central to all decision-making processes under the Act. We note that the Go8 has signed a statement by the Business Council of Australia endorsing amendments that will weaken the Act’s protection for the environment. This statement does not reflect the world leading conservation research being carried out at our institutions. It also does not reflect the extensive evidence-based advice provided by experts based at Go8 institutions during the review and consultation processes over the past five years. We disagree with this statement, and the Go8’s endorsement of it.

Names of academics

Names of academics

Names of academics

90 academics from Group of Eight universities voice their opposition to the #GO8 signing onto a statement by the Business Council of Australia www.bca.com.au/our-insights... that endorses the Australian Government's plans to weaken national environmental laws #EPBCAct #esa2025 #environment #nature

Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes

Quick explainer on some of the main features of the new nature laws, noting some details remain to be seen