Tom Hunt

Ecology #PhD student at Uni of ADL. Peripheral pursuits: watching birds, books on birds, photographing birds, tweeting bird tweets.

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

In the past few days I've seen 29 Swift Parrots flying through my conservation property in North East Victoria and another 4 here at home in Melbourne. So thrilling...until it hits that I have just seen 6.6% of the remaining population. We need strong new #Naturelaws now!

[Tom Hunt @moth_nut]

Excited to learn more about Norfolk Island Moreporks from @FlossySperring who's just finished her PhD on the little beasts 🦉 Love the inclusion of an Auslan interpreter for these sessions too @AOC2023BRISBANE 👌

[Christina N. Zdenek, PhD @CNZdenek]

Ever wonder just how smart parrots can be? Our paper TODAY shows individual designs of sound tools regularly used by wild Palm Cockatoos. It took me 4 yrs to find all the rare, drumming 'Rockatoos' and 256 drum tools. Pics & story 👇
https://t.co/WgoS9QStH1 #PalmCockatooProject

[Tom Hunt @moth_nut]

@CatMYoung Omg genuinely tempted to move to the ACT...

[Christina N. Zdenek, PhD @CNZdenek]

Drumming behaviour by a Palm Cockatoo! Banging away with his homemade drumstick 😍. Being endangered, small population, wary of humans, and in a remote area, this image is the result of 8 weeks worth of hard work, so I hope you all like it loads! #PalmCockatooProject

[Tom Hunt @moth_nut]

@GemBeale Not really crime but a twist of mystery if you haven't seen "Am I Being Unreasonable?". I enjoyed very much

[Eucalypt Australia - Archived @EucalyptAus]

10 animals that depend on eucalypts to celebrate #NED10

1. Greater Gliders (endangered) feed almost exclusively on Eucalyptus leaves and buds. They nest in big eucalypt hollows.

#NationalEucalyptDay #LoveAGum

[Rowan Mott @roamingmoth]

Mistletoebirds waggle post-poo to help the mistletoe seed in their poo to stick to the branch. Sticking mistletoe seeds to branches helps ensure the #Mistletoebird has food in the future once the seed germinates and produces the next crop of fruit. #WildOz #RememberTheWild #birds

[Genevieve Hayes @GenevieveLHayes]

This week we translocated kowaris to @AridRecovery. We are hoping the move to our safe haven will improve the chances of survival for this threatened species.

It's hard not to fall in love with this face.

[Tom Hunt @moth_nut]

A joy to see the 100+ species of trees, shrubs, forbs and grasses we planted doing so well. Can't wait to see the habitat layers forming in a few more years 😍

[Bio·R Australia @BioR_Aus]

Our 2019 plantings are coming along beautifully! 🙌🌱🌳

#bior #frahnsfarm #conservation #biodiversity

[Remember The Wild @RTW_Aus]

"Making this film was a real journey. I remember the moment we finally captured footage of these amazing birds in daylight, after being up all night tracking them for three days in a row." - Chris McC, RTW MD #theplainswandererfilm, a thread
#birdtwitter
https://t.co/pkJIhIi9JF

[Tom Hunt @moth_nut]

What a cracker trip @CNZdenek! Best spot in the world with the best company 💯 Palm Cockatoos and Fawn-breasted Bowerbirds are a bonus 🙃

[Christina N. Zdenek, PhD @CNZdenek]

Throwback to 7 years ago. Here's Tom Hunt (@moth_nut) and I playing the waiting-game part of fieldwork on Cape York together. Fun times! Pic by C. Garai.

[Martine Maron @martine_maron]

‘Worst it’s ever been’: a threatened species alarm sounds during the election campaign – and is ignored https://t.co/hZp3jCvLIh

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

There were 180 Swift Parrots seen here in 2009. I would have loved to have shown them to the members of the NSW Upper House inquiry into native forest logging to whom I’m appearing as a witness for @BirdlifeOz but this Spotted Gum forest has had the life logged out of it.

[Rowan Mott @roamingmoth]

@goyderinstitute @UniAdelSciences @Matt_HerringOz Not to be outdone by the pelicans, the Red-necked #Avocets we have fitted tracking devices to have also packed their bags and departed the #Coorong following the rains in central Australia. #ProjectCoorong #RoamingMothUpdate

[Rowan Mott @roamingmoth]

My last tweet was about me being covered in #pelican vomit and poo, so that seems a logical place to kick the update off. Through my work on #ProjectCoorong, I have now put tracking devices on 11 pelicans. #RoamingMothUpdate

[Rowan Mott @roamingmoth]

@goyderinstitute @UniAdelSciences What have those #pelicans been up to in the last two months? Very interesting things. Some are breeding doing multiple trips to and from the North Pelican Island breeding colony. #ProjectCoorong #RoamingMothUpdate

[Tom Hunt @moth_nut]

My entry for the #TSBakeOff this year: and Eastern Regent Parrot. Found along the Murray in SA and Vic, they're threatened and only 1500 pairs remain. The base is a gluten-free chai spice cake with plumage courtesy of dried pineapple, kiwifruit, pawpaw, prunes, and blueberries.

[Tom Hunt @moth_nut]

@roamingmoth @goyderinstitute @UniAdelSciences Wow!

[Tom Hunt @moth_nut]

@WillMitchellSci The only requirement for it to be a good draft if it's a done draft!! 🥳