Debbie Saunders

Wildlife Drones founder & Conservation Ecologist fascinated by dynamic animal movements, passionate about wildlife conservation.

[Debbie Saunders @DebLSaunders]

I'm honoured to have my journey as an entrepreneur shared as part of the @Quicktake series, and to have shared the journey with many inspiring business women along the way!
#womenintech #startups #invest

[Bloomberg Originals @bbgoriginals]

"I started off in the shed in my backyard with a hacksaw and a drill to make my first antennas."

Meet the woman behind @WildlifeDrones1, the award-winning startup that helps track endangered animals and control invasive species

[Debbie Saunders @DebLSaunders]

Interesting! I was asked about that just the other day. Thanks for sharing.

[Pat Hodgens @terrainecology]

Platypus captured by one of our team while hunting for feral cats at a waterhole at 11pm the other night! Is anyone using thermal equipment to survey for the platypus? Could be a very useful survey method for this cryptic species?!
#WildOz
#thermalsurveys
#kangarooisland

[Gavin Smith @gavin_jd_smith]

Snake catchers regularly advise on the need to keep yards neat and tidy. Here’s an example why this is sage advice. A pile of tyres just off the front porch offered temporary cover for this 93cm Eastern brown snake while it digested a meal. #Canberra #WildOz

[Judy Dunlop @Judy_Dunlop]

Today's reminder that there are fewer numbats in the world than pandas
#wildoz

[Debbie Saunders @DebLSaunders]

The future is in your hands... literally! And it looks like she's got a smirk on her face :)

[Dr SWIFT PARROT @teamswiftparrot]

Start your Monday with a fluffy swift #parrot

[Wildlife Drones @WildlifeDrones1]

Fabulous footage tracking tiny microbats for #batweek in Colorado! You can also see our #drone #technology tracking bats in Kentucky as well here: https://t.co/PVkHmubvSQ

[Dr SWIFT PARROT @teamswiftparrot]

Always put your swift #parrots back where u found them

[Dr David Hamilton @davidghamilton1]

It’s #DevilFactThursDay, but I can’t think of a mind blowing fact today 🤯

So, have this glorious picture instead! 😈

[Debbie Saunders @DebLSaunders]

What an amazing scene to experience!

[Wildlife Drones @WildlifeDrones1]

Wow!

[Shoshana Rapley @shobird]

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]

[Debbie Saunders @DebLSaunders]

Surely this deserves an award of some sort! Brilliant.

[Claudia Schipp @claudia_schipp]

My entry into the Threatened Species Bake Off is the Antbed Parrot Moth Trisyntopa scatophaga, listed as Endangered. It lives exclusively in the nest of the Golden-shouldered Parrot (which is excavated from a termite mound) and eats the poop of the nesting parrots.

[Debbie Saunders @DebLSaunders]

Great idea! If someone can tag him we can track him ;) even if his movements twist and weave like a bat in flight!

[Debbie Saunders @DebLSaunders]

Stop rubbing it in!! It's freezing and wet here in the capital! 😁

[Mark Holdsworth OAM @neophema1]

This is the view from my accommodation on Lord Howe Island. The first bird calls are of the LHI Woodhen followed by the LHI Currawong. In the background you may hear the calls of thousands of Providence Petrels returning to their burrows on Mt Lidgbird and the distant Mt Gower.

[Debbie Saunders @DebLSaunders]

We're going completely batty!
#bats #conservation #science

[Wildlife Drones @WildlifeDrones1]

Wildlife Drones are proud sponsors of next month's first ever Pacific Islands Bat Forum! The event is free to attend and open to anyone who would like to learn more about bat conservation 🦇

Event details here: https://t.co/r0DffjbiAx

#pacbatforum2021 @AusBats @PacBatNet

[Debbie Saunders @DebLSaunders]

Magic!

[Guy Ballard @DingoResearch]

Today’s office.

[Debbie Saunders @DebLSaunders]

Working with awesome drone pilots to find wildlife using thermal cameras - a great part of everyday work! #conservation #koala #technology

[Wildlifetek @TekWildlife]

@WildlifeDrones1: Deploying #ThermalImaging #drones to help save #wildlife:
https://t.co/4cjQPedyFs
#conservation #nature #technology #Wildlifetek

[Debbie Saunders @DebLSaunders]

Awesome Saul! Such fantastic work by you and your team!
#island #conservation

[Saul Cowen @CowenSaul]

This was one of the most exciting moments in my career to date, and I wasn't even the one who checked this particular trap! Hoping this gorgeous girl is just the first of many on #dirkhartogisland #wirruwana.

[Debbie Saunders @DebLSaunders]

Very well deserved recognition for an amazing and inspiring conservationist! Congrats Thai!

[Wildlife Drones @WildlifeDrones1]

A big congratulations to our partner, Thai Van Nguyen from Save Vietnam's Wildlife for being awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize 👏
https://t.co/JAND7Ia2zC

[Debbie Saunders @DebLSaunders]

All it takes for bad things to happen is for good people to do nothing....

[keith bradby @BradbyKeith]

@EuanRitchie1 @BetootaAdvocate What a typical WA photo - bloke in suit who claims a win when he has lost, emus who were here first and been dispossessed still dispossessed. That's the before shot - here's the aftershot, demonstrating that if you let blokes get away with it they get away with it.
Pic: G Chapman