Casey O'Brien

PhD, interested in human-wildlife conflict, predator-prey interactions, translocation, wombat wrangler, field ecologist

[Casey O'Brien @WombatWrangler]

The first paper from my PhD is now out - In short: #Translocation is not a viable human-wombat conflict mitigation measure. #wombat #mammal @UniofAdelaide https://t.co/y11qWntZ3L

[Casey O'Brien @WombatWrangler]

https://t.co/wOIUOAeFfm

[Casey O'Brien @WombatWrangler]

@foxandchicken @Dr_AnnaM Unfortunately that wombat has a bad case of mange

[N Arun Kumar @Xyris901]

*pew pew*
Oxalis seeds being ejected from the seed pod. The whole thing happens in half a second.
Made this video in November '21 using the slow-motion feature in my phone camera and since then it's done some rounds.
#oxalis #oxaliscorniculata #botany #seeds

[Casey O'Brien @WombatWrangler]

Help restore the #daintree, the oldest #rainforest in the world by making a donation to #HalfCut2021. $2.50 can purchase 1 square metre of land. Every $ donated (up to $50,000) will be matched by #macpac for the month of July https://t.co/MKfa39QD4w via @raisely

[Prof. Euan Ritchie (@euanritchie.bsky.social) @EuanRitchie1]

So @JoshFrydenberg just said that @AndrewLamingMP's behaviour has been 'appalling', but then went on to say he shouldn't leave parliament now. What other workplace would tolerate this, Josh? Is LNP's majority more important to you than morals and ethics? #March4Justice #auspol

[WomSAT @WomSAT]

Great news for #wombats A whole journal issue dedicated to #wombats is out today this #WombatWednesday @AusMammals @westsyduzoology #wildlife #australia #mammal #wildoz

[Casey O'Brien @WombatWrangler]

Preliminary research shows CD's may prove useful in deterring #wombats and reducing conflicts, but more research is needed to determine their limitations
https://t.co/p2d88U2zBq

[Casey O'Brien @WombatWrangler]

@moth_nut @CoorongDan1 @ange_heat96 We both know you're going to write detailed posts about birds anyway, why not make some $$$

[Casey O'Brien @WombatWrangler]

whoops! When you are too busy looking for remote cameras and drive right over a wombat burrow #fieldworkfail #iwasntdriving

[Casey O'Brien @WombatWrangler]

@InvasionEcology reconyx have a timelapse function. Never used it but they are programmable to take night shots.

[Casey O'Brien @WombatWrangler]

Paper of the week: What's the deal with birds?https://t.co/kTJOq8PGb2

[Prof. Euan Ritchie (@euanritchie.bsky.social) @EuanRitchie1]

The bushfires have devastated treasures that many of us don't even know exist https://t.co/DWk9GrwQqY via @ABCNews

[SBS News @SBSNews]

A coalition of 23 fire and emergency services say the government is trying to gag debate on climate change.

[Casey O'Brien @WombatWrangler]

@EuanRitchie1 Common wombats do hold the Guinness world record and they aren't even the largest of the 3 species 😆

[Jen Heemstra @jenheemstra]

There’s a difference between being critical of your work and being critical of yourself

Being critical of your work lets you find weaknesses before others do and fix them

Being critical of yourself destroys your confidence

Stay critical of your work and be kind to yourself

[Heidi Groffen @HeidiGroffen]

First ever footage - Endangered KI dunnart on camera AND a female with pouch young!
Thanks to @FAME_Species for supporting @KILandforWildlife to monitor and carry out feral cat control at the seven known KI dunnarts sites on privately owned land.

[Casey O'Brien @WombatWrangler]

Amazing two weeks conducting #habitat surveys for the #bettong reintroduction in #InnesNationalpark - such a beautiful place. But after all that bush bashing I'm absolutely knackered. #greatsouthernark

[Hugh Kearns @ithinkwellHugh]

In the #impostersyndrome we discount what we know and inflate what we think other people know. You know more than you think. Others know less than you think. You're not an imposter. #impostersyndrome #phdchat #ECRchat #PhdForum