Aus Bird Study Assoc

The Australian Bird Study Association aims to support, encourage and promote the study of Australian birds and to contribute to their conservation.

[Aus Bird Study Assoc @ABSAbirds]

AOC this year is online so check out the fantastic line up and get registered!

[Louise Williams @BirdsByLou]

Dusky Woodswallows are such cool birds.

#birdbanding #ornithology

[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

[Dr SWIFT PARROT @teamswiftparrot]

Fun fact - some kid superb parrots have colours that look just like their dads - BUT colour is a bad predictor of sex in juveniles! About half of ‘male coloured’ kids are actually female 🎨👀

superb parrots aren’t worried about binaries

[Alex Berryman @AlexJB497]

Phenomenal. Bar-tailed Godwit has broken its own record: a first-year bird (five months old!) has flown 13,560 km—just shy of the direct flight limit of a Boeing 787—from Alaska to Tasmania, seemingly non-stop, in just 11 days (avg. speed: c.51 km/hr).

https://t.co/Q3vemnrKaF

[Louise Williams @BirdsByLou]

A Brown Thornbill ready for release after being banded as part of a long-term study of avian communities at Munghorn Gap.

#birdbanding #ornithology

[Wombat Ridge @WombatRidgeResv]

King parrot @WombatRidgeResv #WildOz

[Hunter Bird Observers Club (HBOC) @HunterBirders]

Do you ever wonder why Australia has so many partially migrant birds? Find out at this week’s #HBOC Club Night. Wednesday 7pm in person at the @HunterWetlands Centre or on Zoom.

#birds #HunterBirdObserversClub #birdwatching

[Aus Bird Study Assoc @ABSAbirds]

@SandyHorne61 @gretje @ParrotOfTheDay Yes striated pardalote 🙂

[Louise Williams @BirdsByLou]

I was super excited to band my first Rainbow Bee-eater yesterday! Just look at those colours!

This bird is a male, btw. Females are duller and have shorter tail streamers.

[Peter Virag @peterviragphoto]

Cheeky Eastern rosella foraging or weeding!🤭😁🌼

#TwitterNatureCommunity @ABSAbirds @BirdlifeOz @BirdLife_Melb @CanonAustralia @WildMelbourne @ParrotOfTheDay @ParrotTrust @worldbirds32 @UrbanBirdsOz

[Olivia Congdon @liv-congdon.bsky.social @liv_congdon]

Brightening up Wednesday with this golden whistler male 🌞✨🌻

[Save The Gouldian @SaveTheGouldian]

We have just completed our annual Gouldian finch count around Wyndham. The STGF team & volunteers have been surveying here since 2010 using a subset of the same count locations & a well validated survey protocol. This year we had 23 counters! 👏
Report & pics Gary Fitt

[Dr SWIFT PARROT @teamswiftparrot]

Swift parrot brood in their nest

[Dr SWIFT PARROT @teamswiftparrot]

This #ThreatenedSpeciesDay2022 remember the swift parrot - a species on the brink of extinction because of relentless politicisation of forest protection and shameless pillaging of critical habitat

[CSIRO Publishing @CSIROPublishing]

Just Published:
On the Trail of the Plains-wanderer tells the story of one of Australia's most critically endangered birds. The Plains-wanderer is one of a kind – and farmers and researchers are working together to help this unique bird survive. Ages 5–9.
https://t.co/pcTDs8ZVDe

[CSIRO Publishing @CSIROPublishing]

Just Published:
Swoop is a story about a charming, cheeky magpie with one very important job: KEEP THE EGGS SAFE.

Written by @NicGodwin and with gorgeous illustrations by @SusannahCrispe, this picture book is perfect for ages 5–9 to learn about magpies.

https://t.co/pTfvdtYfRS

[Matt Herring @Matt_HerringOz]

A new bittern conservation booklet has just been produced. It has all the latest info on their ecology, distilled for the general public.

“Saving the Endangered Australasian Bittern: A Guide to Wetland Management and Bittern-friendly Rice Farming”

https://t.co/9Y9hwWcb3b

[Dan Baldassarre @evornithology]

Martha, the last passenger pigeon, died on this date in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo. Before going extinct, they were described as darkening the skies. Numbering in the billions, it could take hours for a flock to fly overhead.

[Dr SWIFT PARROT @teamswiftparrot]

Regent honeyeater belly

[Dr SWIFT PARROT @teamswiftparrot]

Eastern spinebill with pollen in its nose