PhD student @ANUFennerSchool studying #superbparrot ecology
Ngunnawal country
Joined August 2021
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A huge proportion of threatened species are reliant on privately held land (like this superb parrot)! I'm very fortunate to work with landholders that do some truly impressive work to restore and support biodiversity 🙌
McLean "Mac" Cobden is a PhD candidate (on 'all things Superb Parrot'!) at ANU. Climbs massive trees and monitors nests. This baby was born on my farm. Superb Parrots are struggling primarily due to loss of nesting trees & food sources.
I'm very proud.
Well done Mac & #ANU 👏🙏
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🚨New study🚨
@MACobden found superb parrots in Canberra have high nest success (i.e. most years they raise at least one chick to fledge) *but* between years, the number and health of offspring varies significantly!
His first PhD paper!👏
read it here👇
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Palm Cockatoos have just been up-listed to Endangered. Based off our 20 yrs of research (12 w/ me) and nomination by Prof Heinsohn, Dr Keighley, and myself. Here's Rob's & my article in The Conversation (@ConversationEDU) just out. theconversation.com/the-ring… #PalmCockatooProject
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📢The first paper of my PhD is here!
Co-authors: @teamswiftparrot, @RobHeinsohn , @CratesRoss, Nick Macgregor & Mel Wilson.
We look at factors influencing the use of artificial & modified nests by the green parrot & its #1 competitor.
Read it here:
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Always nice having keen assistants in the field... but they could have at least offered to carry some gear #fieldwork
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Always put your swift #parrots back where u found them
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Great to join @MACobden in the field this morning and see what #SuperbParrot research is all about #DifficultBirds
A peaceful moment from #HeronIsland last year... Should I be studying seabirds?? 🤔
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Waratahs are (in my option) the main attraction at @Inala_Nature Jurassic Botanic Gardens just now 🥰 close ups of the three colours below - what's your favourite?
#BrunyIsland #SpringFlowers
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While these parrots may have been swiftly eliminated from the 2021 #BirdOfTheYear comp, there's still plenty of time to revisit how ANU researchers like @teamswiftparrot are working to save these critically endangered birds from multiple threats. 🦜 @ANUFennerSchool @ANUmedia
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I can't believe it!! My camera trap caught the exact moment a baby curlew started to hatch!! AND her first wobbly steps. My heart is so full! Welcome to the world little one, in your safe haven home at @MulligansFlat @MFGO_Exp [cultural warning: curlew footage]
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The first orange- bellied parrot of the season arrived at the breeding ground - soon more will follow and then it’ll be on!!
This #superbparrot call is honestly too much 🔊 but just what I need to finish another week of #lockdown
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Wyatt the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle reached a new personal best altitude of 1950 m the other day. Using the thermal updraft he gained up to 4.5 m/sec in height. #wedgetailedeagle 🦅
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Tag team! A pair of bush stone-curlews change shifts incubating their nest at @MulligansFlat. They were extinct in the ACT since the 1970s until their comeback in 2014 @MFGO_Exp [Cultural warning: footage of curlews in the video]
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Female #superbparrot leaves her eggs for a moment to check on me. 👀🦜 While incubating, mum won't leave the hollow and relies completely on Dad to feed her. Awesome team work 💚
Sending love ❤ and strength 💪 to #CBRlockdown parents today, especially those flying solo. 🫂
#superbparrot Mum and Dad tries to take a selfie out the front of the new place @hollowsashomes
