Victorian Natives

[Victorian Natives @VictorianNative]

Antechinus Twerking : see a Yellow-footed Antechinus waving its bottom in the air, this is behaviour we have noticed quite often in Autumn and early Winter. We think these bottom wagging Antechinus are all females trying to spread their pheromones about: https://t.co/1wWRFRoCph

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We are selling our lovely property at Denver, near Daylesford. We want it to go to someone who cares about the environment and will look after it and protect its values.
These photos were both wildlife that we watched from the house. Contact the agent: https://t.co/Vr2xmE6vwo

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Swift Parrot (critically endangered) - Most Exciting Visitor Ever!!
This series of 5, 30 second, videos is from before and after the Swift Parrot visit, turn the sound up, please let me know if you can hear any Swift Parrots in the background bird noise?
https://t.co/qA9EYNDgOp

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This Shows Why Bush Stone-curlews are Endangered and likely to become Extinct in Victoria.
We are extremely upset by what is shown on this video.
Bush Stone-curlews are resident on our property, they nest on the ground which makes them very vulnerable:
https://t.co/UuqsrzGXMc

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This is some of the 'fox dance':
https://t.co/zHuBep7xnf

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An Amazing Fox Fight and the Last Remaining Eagle.
31 more dead birds of prey were found across several paddocks owned by a known landholder. The total number of birds killed is now over 151 and we have been told the final number will be much higher: https://t.co/zHuBep7xnf

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White-browed Babbler - restless, noisy and querulous
Starts with a Wing-fluttering Display.
At 5 min mark, after female fluttered wings and gave bubbling chatter, she adopted a rigid posture with tail raised, male mounted her twice. https://t.co/A6yxipwjDe

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Media Release from DELWP
Over 120 Birds of prey found dead after suspected poisoning near Violet Town.
More than 120 protected native birds found dead are believed to have been deliberately poisoned: https://t.co/wwXDQ6VVeZ

Our post from 2 years ago: https://t.co/ngZrZcM4pa

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Nankeen Night Heron – a furtive friend
Classified as Near Threatened in Victoria; we have only seen this cryptic bird twice with our eyes but have picked it up many times with our cameras:
https://t.co/bWVnwOwwQd

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Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
We are excited that we have this exceptional small bird which is on the very edge of its range.
Its population has declined and its range has contracted. This delightful bird arrived in February 2017 and stayed for 2 years: https://t.co/2V4HBr3wJ3

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Wedge-tailed Eagles are still being killed
Our neighbours gave it great publicity.
Including 2 recent deaths, 11 eagles have now been found dead on the couple's property in 4 years. The max penalty is a $8,059.50 fine or six months' imprisonment or both: https://t.co/NnIP3jlv4G

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Brown snakes visit 2 or 3 ponds each spring/summer.
Between Sept/Oct and Jan/Feb the number of dates visited is 17 in 14/15 summer to 7 in the 16/17 summer. There is no overlap (in pond visit time periods) between them and our Red-bellied black snakes. https://t.co/w401YKVJsA

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Koala – a very special sight
It is very rare for us to get footage of this wonderful marsupial as it does not often come to ground.
This is from our small dam and starts on a warm night in April 2016.
See: https://t.co/TnTaJGO4By

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Brown Falcon - a striking short term visitor
Occur in a dark & light phase
Have visited our NW Pond over a short period in either very late August or in September or October in 2016, 2017 & 2018. They may breed nearby as a juvenile has been seen each year:
https://t.co/ve68km9eXa

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How We Build Our Survey Ponds
They are designed to act as a means of surveying our wildlife and pests and to provide a special, safe niche to help our threatened species survive hot dry summers. We love to see and learn, we have videos of 124 bird species!
https://t.co/VgpqRPT6oI

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We Built a Pond for Grey-crowned Babbles – and they Came!!!
We realised a second group was forming on the East side of our property but not visiting any ponds. We decided to erect a new pond in 2017 and waited with fingers crossed hoping they would come: https://t.co/OvC3oKmfU1

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Kangaroos - a major problem for environmental properties and threatened species.
Kangaroos are provided with extra grass and water and their numbers increase to an unsustainable extent.
Then dry years, like the last 2, and Kangaroos do enormous damage:
https://t.co/wVBv2q4tIv

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Golden Whistler males give a beautiful burst of colour on a dull day
These stunning autumn visitors are infrequent subjects at our ponds. It has taken 5 years to collect the footage shown here, they only visit 3 of our 7 ponds - mostly in May.
See video: https://t.co/Ou0NN8RenO

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We are extremely excited to see that Brush-tailed Phascogales have now visited 4 ponds over the last 2 years.
Brush-tailed Phascogales do not normally need to drink but last summer was so hot and dry that they did need to come for a drink see our video: https://t.co/YXGAhHWD6Z

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Hares and the damage they cause:
We found that some species like Banksia and Allocasuarina were eaten by everything but our Bursaria, Callistemon and Callitris were never eaten so we took the guards off.
Then along came the drought & everything changed: https://t.co/t29byetw43