Sean Dooley

National Public Affairs Manager for BirdLife Australia, author of The Big Twitch, and former holder of the Australian Big Year twitching record.

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

@Patrickothewerf That's highly unusual. Not sure I can remember a report of an albino Satin Bowerbird before.

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

@M_Environ_Ville This is a Red Wattlebird. Probably a young one as the red wattle not visible.

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

@SandyHorne61 @stationmum101 Rarely check in on here anymore but I believe that's a female/imm Orange Chat. The dark eye is the key. Gibberbirds and Yellow Chats have pale eyes. Also the barring in the wings more typical of OC. For more info check the ID article I wrote in March 22 Aus Birdlife mag.

[Michael Dahlstrom @mb_dahlstrom]

🕸️ Happy Halloween! 🕸️
Now please remove your plastic spider webs!
https://t.co/g60aD4Caer

[Tracking Australian Painted-snipe @TrackingAPSnipe]

Happy 20th Birthday to @BirdlifeOz’s Birdata! Here’s an example of how useful it is, showing the peak season for Australian Painted-snipe in southern Australia (Oct-Jan) compared to the north, as well as the peak years like 2010-2012 after the millennium drought broke.

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

Attending and speaking tonight at an online event organised by @LockTheGate on the calamitous proposal to expand coal mining in the Swift Parrot habitat of Leard Forest. Submissions objecting to this travesty to NSW govt can be made until 4 August.

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

@SandyHorne61 @DustyPee Haven’t been n here for a few weeks so this ID riddle may have already been solved but if it hasn’t, it’s a Grey Shrike-thrush.

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

Sitting in the departure lounge at Doha Airport listening to the #aflpiescrows match. Nobody seems that keen to join in with me singing “Good Old Collingwood Forever” after the final siren. It’s like I’m in Adelaide.

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

@StephenMoss_TV The apex tawny!

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

@Roxydogroxydog Oh no! That’s a female/young Golden Whistler. Nowadays split into a new species by some scientists-the Western Whistler. They move around a bit at this time of the year so this one was probably off its normal territory and more vulnerable.

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

“The wonder of the curlew’s migration unites cultures across the flyway, their annual return a potent symbol of hope and renewal,” [I] said. “To consent to further habitat destruction obliterates that hope of a rich and balanced future.”

https://t.co/i3hEVGcA6E

[BirdLife Australia @BirdlifeOz]

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[Tony Wilson @byTonyWilson]

Small thrills when your film makes cinemas for the first time. See it in the program listing.

[Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @FriendsBats]

Unbelievable. #FFMV have just lit up #Glossyblackcockatoo habitat that is loaded with recent records and their fire sensitive feed trees, their only food source, black she-oaks. #StopburningHabitat #GunaiKurnaiCountry
https://t.co/sR71tMexee

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

@McCardellKaren Sorry Karen, only just saw this. If not too late, long Forest bear Melton and You Yangs for dry woodland birds. (Western Plantation as well as main area), Sherbrooke Forest and Toolangi for tall, wet forest birds.

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

@ron_road @BirdlifeOz Collingwood. Not too far away.

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

Last day in the @BirdlifeOz National Office before it moves to new premises. After 16 intense years here, I'm pretty much the last to leave the building. Lots of Charley Weaver vibes. #SpringfieldSquares #Iaintgoingnowhere

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

When trying to film something on heathwrens and Southern Emu-wrens try and upstage… or alt title: “SAVE on expensive audiology tests with this simple hack! Can you hear the high-pitched squeak of the emu-wren?”

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

Current beach read. In a location only a few minutes away from where I showed the author Southern Emu-wren and Rufous Bristlebird. And I believe, @StephenMoss_TV that we would also have seen starlings not too far away!

[Sean Dooley @Twitchathon]

After 5 years of ‘do not disturb’ notifications at this time on a Thursday, I realise I need to switch it off as sadly I won’t be returning to the regular ‘Squawkback’ segment on @abcmelbourne Afternoons. Hoping I’ll get to talk birds on the station, just on a more ad hoc basis.