The Whakatipu #takahe breeding season is off to a good start, with approx 6 nests in the Greenstone and several from the new population in the Rees. www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... Great pic by takahē ranger Lisa van Beek. #conservation #rails #birds

David Pope in Canberra Times

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

Dave Rowe locked.. Financial Review

Jay at Cromwell Bottom. #ThePhotoHour #birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

Four-spotted Chaser at Titchfield Haven in May #Dragonfly #Bugsky #UKWildlife

Beside our Tasmanian home is a shipping container that these native creatures live under part of the year . We built a BBQ area that joins to the house and the Quoll family come each year to have their babies. Just spotted this one this morning coming for water.

One of our local garbage trucks is called Bindiana Jones. There's also a Bin Diesel and Dustbin Bieber. But none rise to the puntastic level of Scotland's road gritters. You can see them here: www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...

Some quick Powerful Owl sketch experiments. Every drawing is practice for the next.

Winner. My @smh @theage cartoon.

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

I saw a couple of Wood Ducks the other day with their 8 gorgeous fluffy ducklings, the parents are so attentive! Hope they stayed cool today rachelhollis.com/product/wood... #ducks #drawing #woodduck #birdart

Summer brings its own delights in the Aussie bush, like the beautiful moodjar tree (or WA Christmas tree), colourful Christmas spiders and other delights 🌿🌱 #ozflora #ausinverts #wildoz #mistletoe www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Some willow ptartmigan borbs from a little over a month ago. They would be fully white now. #bird 🌿

Peregrine in Winchester yesterday #Birds #UKWildlife

Look at this demure gang gang in her nest

"During her marathon speech, Webb dismantled the government’s case for the stadium, declaring it would 'irrevocably ruin' Hobart’s heritage waterfront." Thank you, @megwebb-mlc.bsky.social. Glad there are some MLCs who take the responsibilty seriously. #politas pulsetasmania.com.au/news/stadium...

So public non-financial corporations that provide us with essentials like housing (Homes Tasmania), electricity (Hydro, TasNetworks) and transport (TT-Line) have to reduce net borrowings by $500 million to fund the stadium. Terrific. #politas

Maybe this explains the mysteries of the North Pole! 😂😂😂 🎨: @safelyendangered.bsky.social #WhaleTales

Jobs for the boys!? Everyone hates jobs for the boys (except the boys) | First Dog on the Moon

Double-barred Finches are sometimes referred to as Owl Finches, I love the beautiful black & white markings on their wings! rachelhollis.com/product/doub... #drawing #art #birds #birdart #wildlife

Arts funding exists in Tasmania actually. You just need to be Dave Grohl. Simple mistake we've all been making. "The state government, Treasurer Eric Abetz said, “helped facilitate” the show with a $500,000 contribution" pulsetasmania.com.au/news/foo-fig... #politas

They made it better than it otherwise would have been. None else did.

What could go wrong? My @smh @theage cartoon.

If looks could kill. European hare. #mammals

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

please share…this is outrageous #auspol @albomp.bsky.social #politas #nostadium #AFL

After devastating fires in 1939, authorities began burning forests to reduce fuel load. But we now know this creates conditions for even worse fires.

#DailyGlimmer The glorious flowers of Grevillia robusta. Tasty too😋

Mammal Monday. This echidna was snapped by a trail camera at Yellabinna. Echidnas are found throughout Australia, from the snowy high country to the desert – anywhere that ants and termites occur.  #wildoz #monotreme

Grey Butcherbirds are little guys other small birds love to hate. Found across Aust in arid, semi-arid & temperate habitats. They're famous for their rollicking songs & are at home in urban areas. Prey mainly on lizards & small birds. Cache dead prey in tree forks & under loose bark. #birds #WildOz

After the rain.

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

The gorgeous fringe lilies are flowering in local bushland (south coast NSW). Here's one with an appreciative hoverfly. #FlowerReport #ozplants

Fairy Tern with a courtship gift in southeast Australia. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz

Red squirrel portrait Not sure if this is an early #SundaySquirrel or late for #SquirrelSaturday. I guess it depends where and when you see this. #UKwildlife #mammals

Good morning & happy sunday

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🫠

New research from our team! We identify places where the hottest temperature on record is not particularly severe compared to what is possible (a.k.a "soft records"). rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Our rapid assessment of the #EPBC Act reform package that's set to pass the senate theconversation.com/long-sought-... - Led by Justine Bell-James, with @drphilmccormack.bsky.social @yungenchee.bsky.social and me. #ESA2025 @aunz.theconversation.com @biodivcouncil.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social

I'll tell you the shit that I've been dodging, Mark. It's the goddamn dishes and the dusting. Get AI to deal with that and I can go psychoanalyse myself with a cup of tea and some biscuits down the bottom of the garden.

#DailyGlimmer Incoming cuteness 🥹 Turbochooks chicks! Tasmanian native hens

Congrats to @predator-smarts.bsky.social on winning the @ecolsocaus.bsky.social Next Gen award! #ESA2025 🌏 Exploring landscape of fear, Eamonn looked at fox, dingo & human interaction. Humans + dingos = terrified foxes Levels of human disturbance change predator-prey interactions & animal traits!

David Pope in Canberra Times

Two #dingoes left Australia alive in 1802, with France's Baudin Expedition - the first known to travel overseas with Europeans. This male died during the voyage, but a female made it to the menagerie in Paris. Both are now in @mnhn.fr. #dingo #taxidermy

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits:

This sweet northern flicker is snacking at the perfect spot, at the perfect time! #birds #woodpeckers