Dr Laura Rayner

Conservation scientist based in #CBR • Threatened bird research • She/They • Views my own • 🦜🌿🏳️‍🌈 Profile pic: @VickoRano

[Dr Laura Rayner @LRayner_]

Good evening, good people. 💚

[Martin Westgate @rowdy_nerd]

This is a big deal for us: {galah} is now available in R *and* Python!!

Guides for both languages available together at https://t.co/LNWc4tV5cs

[Dr Kate Grarock @KateGrarock]

Three years hiking with @YouTube | Thanks to my amazing community. It’s been a wild ride and I’m only just getting started ❤️❤️❤️
https://t.co/6sq0wsyDzX

[April Reside 🦇 @april_reside]

We still don't know what works best for managing our birds.

In the meantime, avoiding damage and loss of habitat in the first place is the most important thing we can do @martine_maron

https://t.co/nayOhM6as4 via @ConversationEDU

[Jack Baddams @JackBaddams]

I struggle to think of anything more wholesome than watching Long-tailed Tits build their nests...

[Dr Laura Rayner @LRayner_]

*Spectacular!*

[Ari Rex @ari_rex]

#AuroraAustralis from #Canberra

Sorry I couldn’t resist 😍 just a quick move of Emu dancing in Sky disco 😁
The sky was spectacular with lyrids #meteorshower still active.

[Dr Laura Rayner @LRayner_]

😍😍😍💗💗💗

[Sandy Horne @SandyHorne61]

Pink cockatoos this morning west of Cobar.

[Dr Laura Rayner @LRayner_]

Ping @pelentini @ayeshatulloch @megcevans @westgatecology @EuanRitchie1 @Samantha_Vine_ @D0CT0R_Dave @KateGrarock  @ZoologistJones @GraceVHodder

[Dr Laura Rayner @LRayner_]

📢 ATTN JOB SEEKERS 📢  Want to work with an awesome team of scientists and land managers to evaluate conservation progress on ACT offset sites?❗️Permanent position 🏡Canberra based 1️⃣ week left to apply.
https://t.co/IipGxXyPeC

[Dr Laura Rayner @LRayner_]

Required: project management skills, data analysis skills, experimental design knowledge, applied research interest, strong comms

Desirable: ACT eco knowledge, decision sci experience, evaluation in practice

Not required: field work, management experience

[Dr Laura Rayner @LRayner_]

Very keen to talk to anyone with advice on methods for estimating fox abundance/density in urban parks. We've got the sci papers, specifically looking for someone we (land managers) can talk to about experimental design. If you might have time for a chat, pls DM me! 🙏🏼😊

[ABC News @abcnews]

Emotional scenes as ACT tables Australia's first laws to stop some irreversible surgery on intersex children https://t.co/HbHl1CEmsg

[Dr SWIFT PARROT @teamswiftparrot]

OMG check out this fabulous tote that local Tas artist Laura Kennedy made to support us!
Proceeds go to difficult bird research💛💚
Get one here: https://t.co/bnSygkISn8

[Dr SWIFT PARROT @teamswiftparrot]

🚨 New Research🚨
there's a housing crisis for superb parrots in Canberra & now it's affecting their demography.

media release here:
https://t.co/HMTEz8AeQ8

Here's a thread (1/14) about our findings 🧵👇

[Dr Laura Rayner @LRayner_]

@Manic_Henry Oh I remember that! 🥰

[Dr Laura Rayner @LRayner_]

😍😍😍

[Rachel Hollis @RachelHollisArt]

First drawing of 2023 is a Superb Parrot 🎉 This slice tool is really useful for tiny feather details! #drawing #birdart #parrot #daltonsafety

[Dr Laura Rayner @LRayner_]

@TByrne75 Everything Everywhere All at Once 😏

[Matt Herring @Matt_HerringOz]

Here, the track that we usually drive on to access sites has been transformed into waterbird paradise. #Lowbidgee

[Dr SWIFT PARROT @teamswiftparrot]

Superb parrot

[Dr Laura Rayner @LRayner_]

@teamswiftparrot 😂💚💛❤

[Dr Laura Rayner @LRayner_]

#SuperbParrots nesting late at approx. 30% of their typical annual effort in #Canberra. Incubating females looking a little worse for wear, but good to see decent clutches among active nests. #threatenedspecies