Researching habitat, birds, mammals (including humans) - @BigCityBirds1, @HollowsAsHomes, @UrbanFieldNats, @BatsLab, @LBDScience,
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12 Nov 2024
Our latest paper on “Habitat use by nomadic straw-necked ibis and royal spoonbills following dispersal from breeding sites in western NSW & Vic”
Fantastic to start to learn about these birds; just think how little we know about the small, cryptic species
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7 Nov 2024
I am obsessed with ungainly urban birds, of which category the ibis and the brush turkey are the undisputed bosses.
At the risk of being clickbaity, here are literally about 17 things about brush turkeys u didn't know, and thanks to @Wingtags for the info weatherzone.com.au/news/how-…
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12 Nov 2024
I think about this map often, especially at times like this
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30 Oct 2024
First baby Brush-turkey we’ve spotted for the season (in Sydney)! Are you seeing these Bush-Babies?? Please report sightings using the Big City Birds app spotteron.com/bigcitybirds/i…
@BigCityBirds1 @Sydney_Science
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While private & industry investment in conservation is welcome, I strongly disagree with the notion that governments can’t front up the majority of $ needed.
Environmental harm caused by capitalism & markets will not be solved by…capitalism & markets.
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✨Cockatoos have learnt the art of opening bins - in an escalating 'arms race' between them and humans!
Drawing the roly poly cockatoos was definitely a highlight. :D
🎨 Art:@ivyhish #cartoon
Inspired bythis lovely @smh @angus_dalton article: smh.com.au/national/nsw/fake…
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29 Apr 2024
Have you seen cockatoos opening bins too? Help our researchers to learn more about these behaviours: clevercockies.com/ @BiologyANU @LucyMAplin
✨Cockatoos have learnt the art of opening bins - in an escalating 'arms race' between them and humans!
Drawing the roly poly cockatoos was definitely a highlight. :D
🎨 Art:@ivyhish #cartoon
Inspired bythis lovely @smh @angus_dalton article: smh.com.au/national/nsw/fake…
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25 Sep 2024
Check out Watermelon's extended family tree, as revealed by genetic analysis of feathers by #CleverCockieProject and @LucyMAplin @KyleEwart -
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24 Sep 2024
Hi all. Chatting about Kosciuszko with Sarah Mac just after 10am on ABC Sydney. Also the half-hour convo I recorded with David Marr will run tonight on Radio National’s Late Night Live. In promo mode a bit this week, but we are sharing important stories here so I hope that’s ok
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23 Sep 2024
Have you noticed ibis “breast plumes”? They indicate breeding; Oz white ibis also have decorative lace-like plumes on their wings & bare patches of red skin on the back of their heads and under their wings
Report nests @BigCityBirds1 app or website: spotteron.com/bigcitybirds/i…
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18 Sep 2024
Here’s a question sent in from one of our viewers during Ask An Expert – are there any unique or interesting behaviours specific to the #Australian white #ibis?
#Ecologist @Wingtags answers this question, and many more, in the live stream: ausgeo.co/auswhiteibis
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So @AlboMP & @tanya_plibersek are seemingly entertaining literally torching our future rather than sitting down & negotiating with the Greens & Independents & backing science-based recommendations from Prof. Graeme Samuel’s EPBC review?
How pathetic! abc.net.au/news/2024-09-12/n…
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8 Sep 2024
Most birds hide their small nest, not when it’s 3 tonnes of soil and leaf litter! Please report the bush-turkey nests you’re seeing - especially if you reported previously. We are assessing repeated use of nests; report via @BigCityBirds1 app or website: spotteron.com/bigcitybirds/i…
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24 Aug 2024
Excited to share our paper on bat mating systems! 🦇 Well done @a_dorrestein for leading this research @westsyduhie @batslab
We categorise mating systems based on male reproductive skew, and propose a new mating system: lek-like mating systems
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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24 Aug 2024
Wing tags allow us to study individual birds’ behaviour. Please report your sightings using the Big City Birds app to help us learn about movements, nesting, and foraging habits across QLD, NSW, & SA
spotteron.com/bigcitybirds/i…
#ibis #bigcitybirds #binchicken
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22 Aug 2024
Excited to share our paper on bat mating systems! 🦇
We categorise mating systems based on male reproductive skew, and propose a new mating system: lek-like mating systems
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
@Wingtags @AnimalEcology @westsyduhie @JustinWelbergen @KarrieARose @Ecol_Evol
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14 Aug 2024
Here's a mind-blowing open data portal that I think should be far better known than it is: @GeoscienceAus's Historical Aerial Photography archive, containing 1.2 million aerial photos from the 1920s on! 🛩 🗺 🤯
Yellow dots = scanned downloadable photos!
digital.atlas.gov.au/apps/9a…
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15 Aug 2024
The effects of burning fossil fuels has been known for more than a century. @ECOWARRIORSS
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