VIC: While other states and territories are ramping up serious deer control, Victoria is falling behind. And our wildlife is paying the price.
Tell your elected reps it's time to act on feral deer.
vnpa.org.au/action-stop-...
Double-eyed Fig Parrots have the most beautiful red, turquoise & blue feathers around their eyes, striking against that impressive green! #drawing #bird #parrot #illustration
A pied honeyeater in flight at Gluepot Reserve.
It was very challenging to get these shots.
He was really speedy and changed direction often.
But great to watch. He was calling the whole time.
There are lots of butterflies around right now.
Gluepot was alive with them. So good to see.
Here's a meadow argus (Junonia villida) that I saw at Old Gluepot Dam.
Mount Macedon Memorial Cross: Snow gum forest to be bulldozed for view lines ahead of Anzac Day www.theage.com.au/environment/...
Urgent: "(likely) less than 48h until incendiaries are dropped."
Please ask Minister Dimopolous to take heed of the scientists & pause the planned burns in the Snowy River NP.
"The scientific evidence does not justify these burns."👇
👉Email: reception.dimopoulos@deeca.vic.gov.au
Scientists sound the alarm: stop the Snowy River NP burn before it's too late
www.geco.org.au/stop_the_sno...
The VIC Gov has approved destruction of rare snow gums on the summit of Mt Macedon so people can get a view of Melbourne.
Take action here and help to #SaveMacedonSnowGums
www.melbournefoe.org.au/save_mt_mace...
Ironically, his company is called Treetops Estate Pty Ltd.
It would have cost this farmer over $2.2M to legally clear this remnant woodland (assuming the clearing was approved), so he did it illegally and copped an $84K fine.
How can this do anything but encourage more profit-driven landowners to do the same?
The #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme today is #naturalperch any bird perched on something provided by Mother Nature.
Australasian Figbird
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
Back from a lovely trip into the northern end of Cradle Mountain NP. The deciduous beech just starting to turn colour, old old snow gums & groves of pencil pine. Silence, good company, & long walks. Glorious. Grateful to have some time in this wild country.
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #blue. Kind of screams out for some fairy wrens! This is a Splendid Fairywren.
Three black cockatoos sitting in the tops of leafless trees. They have a yellow band under their black tail and a yellow spot on the side of their head
The three cockatoos launch off their treetop perch and begin to fly towards you
Three yellow-tailed black cockatoos flying above you. Their colours are muted due to the background light.
If not my #1, definitely in the top three favourite birds.
Unfortunately, only a few came anywhere near the campsite, so sadly they were all on full 500x zoom. But at least they sang that beautiful, sad cry.
Yellow-tailed black cockatoo
#birds of #australia
This brood of blue-winged parrots are all tucked up in a hollow fence post - when the nest is right it doesn’t necessarily matter to them if it’s not in a tree 🤷♂️😍
'Scientists have issued a dire warning that the widespread death of key eucalypt species in Australian ecosystems could be imminent, due to global heating.
Scientists gathered at the Snow Gum Summit last week to discuss combating the loss of an iconic tree'.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/media_releas...
With 2026 continuing the slide from awful to terrible, I should stop whining and post some colour to lift the mood.
There are four subspecies of the Australian ringneck parrot. This one is the mallee ringneck.
When people talk about "blue wrens", I don't really know what they are talking about. There are so many different blue wrens 😄
Like this white-winged fairywren, seen at Boolcoomatta Reserve.
#wrensday
Photographs and observations suggest Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus x Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti hybridisation. doi.org/10.32942/X2M...
Today's #BirdOfTherDay theme is #Reflections
Turquoise Parrot
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
Two photos of white-footed dunnarts being held in someone’s hand from the article linked in the post. In the top photo the dunnart is biting the hand ferociously, in the second photo the dunnart is peering over the top of the person’s thumb with enormous, endearing eyes. The dunnart is about the same size and colour as a mouse, but with large bulging eyes, sharp teeth, and a pointed snout. The caption of the first photo says “A white-footed dunnart is a carnivore, feeding mainly on insects, pictured here at Murramarang National Park on the NSW south coast. (WWF: Vivianna Miritis)”. The caption of the second photo says “The white-footed dunnart is found in several states, pictured here on the NSW South Coast. (WWF: Vivianna Miritis)”.
Inside you there are two dunnarts
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
Two tawny frogmouths camouflaged in a lilly pilly tree. The female is fully visible, while the male, higher up, is partly obscured by leaves.
Young female tawny frogmouth looking at the camera, sitting in a carport on a metal batten close to the roof.
Tawny frogmouth couple perched on the metal framing of the house behind ours that was under construction at the time.
Their second brood of chicks. Three chicks are sitting on a branch with their dad. One chick is on his right and the other two are on his left. The chicks are older, no longer in the nest, and able to fly short distances independently.
It’s 3 years since the tawnies here moved in as a young couple. First spied them on 11/3/23 in the lilly pillys outside our kitchen window (1st pic). They’ve successfully raised 9 chicks since then (1 was lost to car strike) A pretty good contribution to the species! Mum looks so young in 2nd pic 🤎
As part of the Snow gum summit we will be co-hosting a planting afternoon on 16 March 2026 in Perisher Valley in the Snowy Mountains.
If you'll be in the area please join us.
Full details > www.melbournefoe.org.au/adopt_a_snow...
We heard a few of these out camping, Australia's smallest owl the Southern Boobook, it sounds exactly as it's spelt- 'boo-book' 🦉 #owl #bird #drawing #artwork #wildlifeart #birdart
Two tawny frogmouths perched on a palm tree branch. Both have large, bright orange eyes and fluffy facial feathers, and they stare directly toward the camera while sitting side-by-side.
Looking lively just before taking off for the night to hunt for insects.
Our first collaboration and joint publication in @australia.theguardian.com!
@jessharwoodart.bsky.social and I describe some of the recent impacts of climate change, extreme weather events, and other threats, on wildlife and ecosystems across southern Australia www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Friday Flower.
The rosy bluebush is found in southern Australia, often close to saline areas such as salt pans.
#wildoz #nativeflora
Today’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #PrimaryColours
Superb Fairywren
#birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdlover #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat
Top view of a moth with patchy black, white, and brown wings, with a pale winding line running across them
Corgatha pleuroplaca
This beautiful moth was definitely the standout of last night’s moth visitors. This species is endemic Western Australia but seems to only be recorded infrequently with just 16 records in iNat.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
