TheRainbowAvocets

Two crazy birders twitching with a lazy attitude!

[Friends of the Western Ground Parrot @FriendsWGP]

"Secrets at Sunrise" nominated as best independent production in Germany's Green Screen Internationales Naturfilmfestival. #SavingCriticallyEndangeredSpecies #wildlife #documentary #westerngroundparrot

[@TSCommissioner @TSCommissioner]

Every year, the eastern curlew flies to Russia and China, before returning to Australia in August. This long-haul flier is one of 20 birds targeted for recovery by 2020 under the Threatened Species Strategy. Read more here: https://t.co/uDSMBWObdb

[QuestaGame @QuestaGame]

Sr David Attenborough Addresses the Importance of QuestaGame's Mission!
https://t.co/x7I7BeHXGJ
@Science_Academy #biodiversity #gamification #Australia #broadcaster #naturephotography #QuestaGamers #scientists

[Dr John Martin @Wingtags]

Lace monitor: I reported this sighting to Australia’s national biodiversity database, @atlaslivingaust , by submitting a photo to @QuestaGame It took me seconds, & such reports can be made by all of us - even if you aren’t sure which species you have observed. So get involved!

[Dr Amanda Lilleyman @alilleyman]

BIG NEWS from #TheCurlewProject - we have the FIRST migration tracks from Far Eastern Curlew from Darwin, NT. Both birds have flown the coop and are now in eastern Asia. This is hugely exciting and a late departure for the birds. Where to next?! @spottedcatshark @Hamish_Dr

[BirdLife Australia @BirdlifeOz]

#ActForBirds — we're calling on all major parties to commit to a new generation of national environment laws to protect the places and birds we love. Sign our petition to demand stronger #naturelaws that genuinely work to protect nature. https://t.co/DBMhWpWWX7

[WA Birding @WAbirding]

IOC 8.2 will split White-bellied Whipbird from the former Western Whipbird, now renamed Black-throated Whipbird (includes all WA birds, ie nigrogularis and oberon)

[WA Birding @WAbirding]

New research (Norman et al 2018) shows that the western, spotted form of White-browed Scrubwren should be split as a separate species, Sericornis maculatus

[@TSCommissioner @TSCommissioner]

#FeralCats are spread across 99.8 percent of Australia - from our most remote deserts to the Snowy Mountains. That's why, under the Threatened Strategy, we're aiming to establish 10 feral-free enclosures on mainland Australia by 2020. https://t.co/gQeeQxY6b7

[@TSCommissioner @TSCommissioner]

8,500 fence pickets, 400 kilometres of plain wire, and 130 kilometres of mesh netting. It was one huge task and I'm thrilled to report the world's longest cat-proof fence has been built at Newhaven, in the Northern Territory! https://t.co/511EOkFH3I

[Mick @Mick_Davis_]

More long term monitoring data is needed for birds 🦅 in all NRM regions to provide good data for the new National Threatened Bird Index!
@ElisaBayra
@TSCommissioner
@nrmwa
@RangelandsNRM
@AusLandcare
@BirdlifeOz
#research
#SANRM18

[@TSCommissioner @TSCommissioner]

Wonderful to be at the launch of Safe Cat, Safe Wildlife, the result of a great partnership between @ZoosVictoria and @RSPCAVIC. To learn about how you can keep your cat safe and happy at home while helping wildlife visit https://t.co/Ju5qZlwfNU

[Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) @ConservationWA]

"Every sandbar visited either had 4WDs or fresh tracks of daily visits of vehicles to these areas where the birds roost and sometimes breed.

Constant disturbance reduces the birds' ability to rebuild their body mass after migration, for the trip back."

https://t.co/46fU5Zvxwy

[Australian Museum Eureka Prizes @eurekaprizes]

BLOG: Combining Indigenous knowledge with Western science - #Eureka17 @IndustryGovAu Eureka Prize for #CitizenScience co-winner & #CitSciOz18 keynote speaker, @EmilieEns, talks about the work of the Ngukurr Wi Stadi Bla Kantri research team https://t.co/hRrKCS9Q0F #Eureka18

[BirdLife Australia @BirdlifeOz]

Last night, the Senate voted AGAINST draining 70 billion litres more water from the Darling River. The Darling feeds the Macquarie Marshes, a critical refuge for thousands of waterbirds. It’s a huge relief for the birds of the Basin. Thank you to all involved.

Image: Peter Gower

[BHL Australia @bhl_au]

"The Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia" is now gap free on @BioDivLibrary from 1916 to 1990. Thx to #RSWA @RoyalSocietyVic @museumsvictoria @atlaslivingaust https://t.co/29hfW4NJe1 #OpenAccess #InCopyright

[BirdLife Australia @BirdlifeOz]

Four of Australia's threatened bird species have had their conservation status uplisted from Vulnerable to Endangered under the EPBC Act.
- Noisy Scrub-bird
- Western Bristlebird
- Baudin’s Black-Cockatoo (pictured)
- Crimson Finch
https://t.co/N2Z9tHFjUl
Image: Georgina Steytler

[Jodi Rowley @jodirowley]

In just 3 months, 10k Australians across the country have joined #FrogID, to record the calls of their local #frogs. 13k recordings have been made, putting 15k records of 122 native frog species on the map. But why is this so important?

https://t.co/pu8sjsLlb7

[Jodi Rowley @jodirowley]

Rainfall across #Australia bringing out the #frogs & the #frog calls are flowing in to #FrogID, helping us better understand our unique frogs. Thank you all! To those who haven’t yet, download the free app and get recording! https://t.co/hbn1Y6zqOL

[Queensland Museum Kurilpa @qldmuseum]

Join the scientific rescue mission this weekend to help count and save Australia’s frogs! Download the free #FrogID app & let’s count those croaks. Hop to it! Go to https://t.co/bt6JrzbfJS 🐸 🎶 📲 @FrogIDAus @austmus #citizenscience