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 💚

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

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.

Gang-gang cockatoos have the most gorgeous baby faces 😍

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 😍

Beautiful superb parrot feeding on lerps - keeps taste pretty nice and birds love the sugar hit

Neat new study out by my ex PhD and current postdoc Daniel on Green parrots nest protection!

Look at this adorable budgie feeding his girlfriend 💚💚💚

Stick insects! Everyone loves stick insects. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

NEW: Extraordinary footage has emerged of the huge tsunami that hit Russia’s remote Kamchatka peninsula after the 8.8 magnitude earthquake on July 30th. (🎥 Doni Nikz)

Is there a more adorable animal than a rock wallaby? I doubt it tbh - the ears, the tail, the T rex arms 😍😭

Adani! Coal mines! Everyone loves... no wait they don't. In fact... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Australian birds have no shame and our bins have tiny apertures 😂

Canberra breakfast crowds 😍

Look at these choughs chasing the galahs just for fun 😂

Smiling sibling gang gang cockatoos 😍

This is what it’s like to check the nest of a regent parrot on the banks of the Murray River 😍👀👀

@hilarybambrick.bsky.social fyi - the @scienceanu.bsky.social have a good starter pack - which is basically a list of peeps that is easy to follow in one click: go.bsky.app/D2Cih9V

Happy 2 part story - today I was sitting at my office desk and out of the corner of my eye I noticed a bird hit my neighbors fence … turns out it was a grebe! I’ve never had the chance to see one before but their legs are so adapted for swimming that they can barely walk on land! Look at its feet!

The mug on this baby rosella 💚🩵💚

Eric Abetz remains the most egregious dickhead in the entire state.

The look on the face of this green rosella chick kills me 😂😂😂

Fuzzy headed orange-bellied parrots 😂🩵

Superb parrot on my finger 🙂

Look at this gang-gang cockatoo chick in its nest - adorably their parents make a nice platform of wood chips which helps keep their kids dry - doesn’t help with flies though 😂

NEW PAPER: Same-sex partnerships in birds: a review of the current literature and a call for more data. ➡️ vist.ly/3n99bk6 #ornithology #birds #same-sexbehaviour #review #partnerships @tashgillies.bsky.social @katrina-siddiqi.bsky.social Illustration: @bertillemohring.bsky.social

My sister in law runs a cafe in Toowoomba to employ & help at risk-youth and they’ve very sadly had one of the beautiful kids involved die. If you have any spare dollars to help her family pay for her funeral it would be extremely appreciated

Check out this gangly little regent parrot with his long tail and wings even when he’s only half cooked 💚

It’s been a tough few days in my school and college. The comments from my head of school in this article sum it all

this is the big news we should be sharing today www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Julie Bishop's huge ANU expense bill exposed…while staff are losing their livelihoods. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

ANU executives spent $11M on travel, in the latest available reporting year. This year, ANU college of arts and social sciences is being forced to cut $6.1M. Make this make sense. vimeo.com/1098376260/f...

Gorgeous superb parrots sitting peacefully at their nest hollow 🙂

Is Professor Glynn Davis ANU’s next chancellor? Appears the government is looking for new leadership at the ANU. www.afr.com/politics/fed...

It took an FOI request, but finally the 2024 ANU staff sentiment survey has been made available…on Reddit. I can see why leadership didn’t want these results out in the public. Not much love for leadership or the way the place is heading. 😬 www.reddit.com/r/Anu/commen...

Yep. Q&A bit not included. www.anu.edu.au/about/renew-...

Dr Amelia Dale. This is the face of cuts at ANU. Dr Dale is the best human. The kind of person you want as an educator, colleague, friend and mentor. 💔 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

The VC says, “It's not yet clear what the impact [of mass redundancies] will be on courses” Come to town halls, speak to staff. We can tell you the answer. The impact on teaching will be devastating. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...