Off to do day 2 of surveys for this square! Each #WhereWhereWedgie square has to be surveyed at least twice to be counted in the analysis - the science demands it!
Hope I see wedgies too! 🦅 🦅

Is it a bird?

Is it a plane?

No! It’s a pair of wedge-tailed eagles coming to visit during my Bruny Island survey for #WhereWhereWedgie ! 🦅🦅

Oh wait, in that case - yes, yes it is a bird…

A shy albatross, un-shyly albatross-ing

Done and dusted! PhD submitted on swift parrots, threats and population dynamics!

ANU Fenner School

.The Australian Mammal Society's 70th, co-hosted by Deakin University & Zoos Victoria, at Melbourne Zoo, July 1-4, is going to be a cracker!

Abstracts close May 31st australianmammals.org.au/conferences/co…

Early bird registration closes June 3rd events.humanitix.com/70th-annual-sc…

Artwork (Leadbeater's possum) - Darcy Watchorn

Burrows as fire refuges for wildlife (shelter, food, & even drinking water during/after fire).
'We found 56 animal species at wombat burrow sites (19 mammal species, 33 bird & 4reptile)' Grant Linley Professor Dale Nimmo

theconversation.com/cameras-reveal…
academic.oup.com/jmammal/advanc…

This remains relevant today! 😂

Aurora from the Tesselated Pavement, Tasmania - what a light show!!

Wombat
Wombat wombat
Wombat
Wombat wombat

Nominations for the 2024 ESA Gold Medal open tomorrow.

The ESA Gold Medal recognises an ESA member who has made a substantial contribution to the field of ecology in Australia.

Nominations close 31 May.

For more information: ecolsoc.org.au/awards/gold-me…

📷️: Dr David Hamilton

How could you be quite so adamant about naming THIS face after Satan himself!?

📢 Interesting new devil AND quoll relevant research led by Olivia Bell

Study of devil/quoll diets found that DFTD-induced devil declines have had little impact on the diet of either, BUT human habitat modification reduces diet breadth of both 👇

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Wombat friend