Rob Davis

Applications now open for the position of Director of Pacific Biosciences Reseach Center, at University of Hawaiʻi.
PBRC fosters cutting-edge research across cellular, molecular, developmental, ecological, evolutionary, and conservation biology—with a focus on Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.

Wohoo congrats Dave!

Looks like pretty generalist pollination digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/items/6aef3d...

It’s a beauty!

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.

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This is living. Best end to a Saturday of fuel reduction activities with the 9 year old.

This is living. Best end to a Saturday of fuel reduction activities with the 9 year old.

How the long weekend finds me

Funding is needed to save Samoa’s ‘little dodo’ from extinction (commentary) It’s early August 2025. Deep in the rainforests of Upolu, on the island of Samoa, Moeumu “Moe” Uili and I have paused our hike, counting the seconds between coo calls from an unseen pigeon hidden in…

[COMMENTARY]

Since 2014, Samoa’s “little dodo” has been listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.

But an underfunded conservation effort could still snatch this fascinating species from the extinction list, a new commentary argues.

** The views expressed are those of the author.

The spring orchard smells divine and is festooned with blossom! Pears, Apricots and Plums are giving it their all.

Where’s the Red-capped Parrots?

Mala’s favourite job is being let into the pool area to “chase” the kangaroos that lurk in the bush outside the pool fence. At 10.5 she still has plenty of cattle dog energy!

Nice! South coast problems!

#winning

Any Western Rosellas?

Welcome to the wildflower state. Hope you get to sneak in some sightseeing on your brief trip. Weather is warming up for you.

GROUNDED Australia - Farming Better GROUNDED Australia is a hybrid event for farmers; a cross between a conference, a field day and a food festival.

Tomorrow I’m crossing the continent on my way to Bridgetown for Grounded Australia. I’ll be giving two talks—spreading the good word on mistletoe and discussing why productive farmland is crucial for safeguarding wildlife populations groundedaustralia.com.au

Almost…!

A local beauty that caught my eye is this stunning member of the Proteaceae: Petrophile biloba. Occupying a narrow range in the Darling Range from north near Bindoon to south near Serpentine, it can often be seen lining roadsides in the Perth Hills.

If you add enough vinegar and sterilise jars properly it keeps for months. Wetter sauce in bottles is harder to store.

Yes one rarely gets “just a few” peppers!

Great looking plants and chillies! I love habanero best of all for flavour, but it sure has bite!

Eww!

Ohh nice!

Sorted! Yeah the Tabasco definitely adds some orange to this batch. My pure Serrano sauce is a more vibrant red.

A rainy day made for a good opportunity to make more hot sauce and use up the last of the Serrano and Tabasco 🌶️.

Spring garden is coming into its own

Great points. I think the same goes for Oz too. We are so dominated by Gould and Gilbert but outside that there’s so little knowledge/interest in the many other historical characters involved and it can be very hard to find information about them.

Yes indeed something to look out for in your patch!

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