There’s a bear in there, and an ibis as well… Yep, joining Play School in the field to go bird watching - with a focus on Australian white ibis - was fun. Thanks Big Ted & Teo Report the ibis you see, eg nesting, foraging, Wingtags using our Big City Birds app www.spotteron.com/bigcitybirds...

As many federal governments slow — or reverse — climate action, Austria's capital, Vienna, wants to show how cities can take the lead.

May in Sydney & the Brush-Turkey breeding season has begun - as indicated by males with distended yellow throat wattles. Are you seeing them? Please report, including new nests & repeat use of old nests - use the Big City Birds app across NSW & Qld www.spotteron.com/bigcitybirds...

Gift suggestion - recommended by cockies 😉 Our book: A Guide to the Creatures In Your Neighbourhood for $27 - fun facts & quirky tales 😂 www.thenile.com.au/books/andrew...

New paper: “Extensive Tracking of Nomadic Waterbird Movements Reveals an Inland Flyway”. Turns out the Great Dividing Range acts, to some degree, as a barrier to coastal movements from the inland wetlands. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Nature conservation is chronically underfunded in the ACT and across the county. It has to increase if we are to better protect & manage the incredible landscapes that make Australia so special. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/883559...

Swallowtail butterfly - ‘Pilio aegeus’, found in eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea A magical moment in the park observing this beautiful creature with my 2yr old I reported our sighting using @inaturalist.bsky.social app, you can too

Fantastically nerdy - for those who love math & biology theconversation.com/prime-time-f...

Amazing data - perceptions of Aus fossil fuel industry [employment / contribution to GDP / tax contributions] vs reality - from @australiainstitute.org.au's annual 'Climate of the Nation' survey What $billions in advertising + compliant cultural capture buys you -->> apo.org.au/node/329142

The Australien Government has made an ad about our next federal election, and it's surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol #preferentialvoting #twopartysystem #2025election www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oxQ...

This. This. THIS!

Housing affordability in 🇦🇺 is the worst it’s ever been yet the major parties won’t back my bill requiring them to have 10-year national plan for housing and homelessness 🤯 www.smh.com.au/property/new...

Tanya hugs a koala

There two types of 'swimming pools'. If there aren't plants and fish living in it, then I won't get in either. Munurru, Ngauwudu (Mitchell Plateau) in the Kimberley of WA.

Every time I open @bsky.app and see that another long lost friend and Twitter refugee has joined.

A little ibis appreciation, I banded this bird in 2007 as an adult (>3yrs old), so she is at least 20yrs old! The deep red colour under her wings indicates that she is breeding, is it her 20th clutch or 60th - they can breed 3 times in a season Report sightings www.spotteron.com/bigcitybirds...

Hanging around. A musk lorikeet enjoying a pistachio tree in the Clare Valley. 🪶 #birds

Baby brush-turkey, a couple of days old, adjacent to a busy road = urban living. Lots of people haven’t baby-turks because they are often more cryptic & flighty & they don’t look like the adults Report your sightings using the Big City Birds app www.spotteron.com/bigcitybirds...

Here's is the thread I've just posted on Ex: 1. A few days ago, I wrote a thread about the pros and cons of staying on this platform and asked for your views. They were very helpful. As a result, I’ve decided to stop using X from January 20. Already I’m mostly posting now on BlueSky instead.🧵

Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires. In this massive collaboration, >100 Australian ecologists put a novel spin on meta-analysis to discover how fire frequency, interval, unburnt area, pre-fire drought and protected areas modify fire impacts.🌏 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New pape “Habitat use by nomadic ibis & spoonbills following dispersal from breeding sites in Oz” Fantastic to start to learn about these big and obvious species - yet we know so little about them; just think how little we know about the small, cryptic species idp.springer.com/authorize?re...

NSW Government inquiry into control of feral horses confirms that aerial culling is an important tool for reducing feral horse numbers humanely. Great to see increased protection of native Australian species and ecosystems, at least in 2/3 of Kosciuszko NP. invasives.org.au/media-releas...