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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird

@leitchbird.bsky.social
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Chasing stuff that matters. Critters and all else. Not all who wander are lost. Perhaps. galabirding.smugmug.com

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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 13h
Bogong moths! Are they a sign from god? Probably. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The bogong moths are back! Perhaps they are a sign that all is not lost | First Dog on the Moon
Remember – these moths are not an inconvenience they are a blessing
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Always a Difficult Earth Girl🐬🐨🐋🦘🦈 @scuttlebutter1.bsky.social · 13h
First Dog and his 'dad jokes' ... silly bugger! "If you see an injured moth, call the Moth Watch Hotline they will send a crack team of vets to take them to the mothpital ahahaha" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 But seriously now ... bless the bogongs ... all is not lost! Thank them for forgiving us🙏🏼
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The bogong moths are back! Perhaps they are a sign that all is not lost | First Dog on the Moon
Remember – these moths are not an inconvenience they are a blessing
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 22h
In Friday's Crisafulli government document dump was a Queensland Customer Services, Open Data, and Small and Family Business report. Tasked with Qld's first cyber security strategy, it suffered a cyber attack itself losing more than $800k in July 2025. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Queensland government department loses $800k in cyber attack
The review, released on Friday, said no government data or sensitive information was compromised during the incident.
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The O.C.B. @uiuoftheocb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They know if they don't they'll get Whitlamed or worse... Harold Holted
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m devastated this morning. We have just had two of our @asrc1 social enterprise catering vans stolen. Roller door smashed. Food stolen. Safe destroyed. Staff distressed. TWO VANS LICENSE PLATES - mini vans with ASRC Catering on them Renault is 1UO2YV Peugeot is 2DW4TB
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Marie Tarrant with a gorgeous photograph of a White-gaped Honeyeater at Lawn Hill, Queensland #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Michael John McMaster photographed Siberian Sand Plover and Greater Sandplover near Cairns, Queensland. #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Stilt Sandpiper as seen by Mike Potter in Tolderol Game Reserve, South Australia. #BirdsSeenIn2024
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Jeremy Saunders @jeremysaunders.com · 26/09/2026
One sentence horror story: "You have a new message in your MyGov inbox."
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Tony Rinaud | Stand Up For Science | @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
But Australia, who's 2nd place in the #BirdsSeenIn2026 challenge is also charging! Great birds and pictures thanks to @leitchbird.bsky.social and other fellow birders from Down Under!
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
More Outback Queensland ‘near Birdsville’ birds from Marie Tarrant. Gibberbird, Letterwing Kite, Banded Whiteface and Grey-headed Honeyeater (Lake Moondarra) #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Some great Outback Queensland birds from Marie Tarrant. Boulia- Mt Isa #BirdsSeenIn2026 Varied Lorikeet, Cinnamon Quail-thrush, Spinifexbird, Kalkadoon Grasswren
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Catherine Young on an Eaglehawk Pelagic, Tasmania - a Snares Penguin!! #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Keith Lightbody with a fantastic flight photograph of an Endangered Abbott’s Booby. A fav. Christmas Island. #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Lake Moondarra, Mt Isa, is an excellent birding spot. Marie Tarrant having success there with Rufous-throated Honeyeater and Long-tailed Finch #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Star Finches are always a stunning find. Louise Lee was very pleased to see these in the Northern Territory #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Louise Lee photographed this Red-headed Honeyeater in Darwin #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Louise Lee with a nice find of a Yellow White-eye. Darwin #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Marie Tarrant with some gorgeous Little Lorikeets. Brisbane. #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Andy @shawkim4 (insta) saw this Mangrove Gerygone at my local wetlands on the Gold Coast #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Michael John McMaster saw this Flock Bronzewing on the Tablelands Highway, near the Barkley Homestead, Northern Territory. It was where I saw my first 5000 😊 #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Marion Matthew in Oakey, Queensland, with the lovely White-winged Fairywren #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As his government approves its 37th new fossil fuel project
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No avoiding the cost of inaction on climate, Anthony Albanese says in New York
Before United Nations meeting, prime minister says Australians knows the impact of global heating as well as anyone
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Harry Saddler @harrysaddler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Went to Cranbourne Botanic Gardens today because they were doing tours of their amazing orchid breeding work. Hung around to find southern brown bandicoots, of course
A star-shaped flower. It is purple with dark spots, and the edges of the petals are outlined in bright yellow.A brown mammal in dappled light in the undergrowth. It has short ears and a long, pointed snout.
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bronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
in case you missed it!! new release of @kudelka.bsky.social’s rusted-on bingo tea towels, with $5 from every tea towel sold going to the Jon Kudelka Fund for Glioblastoma Research at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research get yours now!! www.kudelkashop.com/product/rust...
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The Kudelka Shop is at The Kudelka Shop.
RUSTED ON BINGO IS BACK.
Jon Kudelka's classic tea towel is getting a special re-release.
This time, $5 from every tea towel sold goes to the Jon Kudelka Fund for Glioblastoma Research at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research.
#JonKudelka #RustedOnBingo
#glioblastomaresearch #menziesinstituteformedicalresearch
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A seat on the UN Security Council? Maybe Australia could adhere to international law to start #auspol michaelwest.com.au/palestine-on...
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Palestine. One year on from recognition, what have Albo and Penny done? - Michael West
Today is “International Day of Peace” and the anniversary of Australia formally recognising Palestine. What has happened since? Shamikh Barda asks. PM Anthony Albanese is at the UN today, promoting Au...
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you have any further information about Nauru Airlines' contracts or concerns, feel free to contact me on nickfeik@proton.me - confidentiality guaranteed
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Nice of them to make Australia a forward base for US war on China with nary so much as a parliamentary debate or official inquiry #whatsthescam #AUKUS #nuclear @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/marles-schtu...
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Marles schtum, but US congressman suggests Perth is going nuclear - Michael West
There is a real possibility nuclear weapons will be carried onboard US submarines to be based at HMAS Stirling.
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wedding special. In which I play the recorder through my nose on my sister’s big day. Subscribe to my newsletter, sometimes I write about other stuff. rick-morton.ghost.io/wed-deb-rede...
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Wed, Deb Redemption
Almost 30 years ago now, when the hit movie Titanic launched in cinemas, my friend Matthew taught me and a few others to play Celine Dion's anthem My Heart Will Go On on the recorder, that musical ins...
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Tony Rinaud | Stand Up For Science | @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Welcome back everyone for the weekly recap of the #BirdsSeenIn2026 challenge! One again we see some changes in the top 10: Ecuador get top 5 to the profit of England and Canada claim back top 10 to Wales once again!
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Elke Link @elkie64.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Regent Parrots at Wyperfeld National Park in Victoria’s Northwest. They're fast flyers and almost got away... 😅 #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Australia
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Elke Link @elkie64.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Inland Thornbill and White-backed Swallow at Wyperfeld National Park in Victoria’s Northwest. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Australia
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Elke Link @elkie64.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater at Wyperfeld National Park in Victoria’s Northwest. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Australia
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Instead of talking to US billionaires in Silicon Valley the Prime Minister needs to be talking to Australians opposing massive US data centres on the Western Downs, in Fitzroy, Western Sydney and Moss Vale. If he was listening he would hear a chorus of “Stop!”
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Dave Donovan @davrosz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On the road to Mar-a-Lago with Tomahawk Tom and his Porkie Pies ~ John Todd independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
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Dr Nick 🦉🇦🇺 @doktrnick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Powerful Owlet from a few dusks ago. It's interesting how quickly they switch from being slightly alarmed and surprised by everything when they first come out of the hollow. #brisbane #birds #wildoz
Floofy Powerful Owlet on a branch looking mildly curious and slightly skeptical.
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Highly Commended. Capture Mono Awards 2026 - from my Arson Series re the deliberate firing of our local Pine Ridge Conservation Area fires in January. I spent many Smokey hours there in the days following (entailing everything needing to be thoroughly washed - or left outside to air!)
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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yeah. That’s right. It’s QLD. There’s crocodiles in the river. What are your big tough Olympic rowers soft or something?
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Always a Difficult Earth Girl🐬🐨🐋🦘🦈 @scuttlebutter1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Quite a lot that really sh*ts me about this: 1) "In 2023, Raelene Cooper won a case in the Fed. Court that stopped Woodside conducting seismic blasting of sacred Sea Country. 2 months later, Woodside started seismic blasting anyway because the fed. regulator waved through a new approval."
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Raelene vs Australian Government - Legal Fund
Murujuga is now recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The world has acknowledged what my people have always known: this is one of the most culturally significant places on Earth.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The legal assault on journalist @marykostakidis.bsky.social was funded by the Israel war machine. Investigation by @sstephanietrann.bsky.social #auspol michaelwest.com.au/israel-funde...
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Israel funded the legal assault on Mary Kostakidis - Michael West
The Zionist Federation of Australia's legal assault on Israel critic and journalist Mary Kostakidis was financed by Israel's war machine
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Redland City Council? ... mine, Logan, I suspect are corrupt but also a little too vain & stupid.
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Svetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Would you buy a used newspaper from this man? 😎
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Kerry Jaggers 🇦🇺 @kerryjaggers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Excellent move. Crossbench MPs will introduce “red lines” legislation today "to outlaw defence equipment, technology or services being used where they could breach Australia’s international human rights obligations." #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Crossbench MPs launch push to stop Australian military exports being used in human rights breaches
‘Red lines’ legislation would forbid defence equipment technology or services being used, includes parts for F-35 fighter jets
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Key move from x-bench MPs, but: - no government should have to be forced to comply with international law - Labor MPs should be supporting this, and - while Israel is a clear target, there are questions as to why the Albanese govt is so entangled with the human rights-abusing Trump regime. #auspol
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 11/09/2026
“The juxtaposition of news footage of Albanese doing a beachside press conference in Palau, which is barely above sea level, in the same bulletins showing NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro switching on the Beetaloo carbon bomb was dissonant, to put it mildly.” trib.al/A9YwTPN
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Trouble in Pacific paradise
The juxtaposition of news footage of Albanese doing a beachside press conference in Palau, which is barely above sea level, in the same bulletins showing Finocchiaro switching on the Beetaloo carbon bomb, was dissonant, to put it mildly.
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LisaZed 👩🏻‍🎨 🌏 🐨🌳🇪🇭🇺🇦 @lisazed.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
2/... a foreign govt at war. That is what journalists are for, & in this country it is meant to be protected. Then she had to defend it in Fed Court, spending 2yrs doing almost nothing but preparing her defence. In her own words, "a case like this would have cost the average Australian their home."
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Mary Kostakidis stared down the Zionist lobby, and courage won Andrew Brown reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/mary-kostakidis-…
Michael West Media story graphic
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Jim Chalmers @jimchalmers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Commonwealth investment and revenue for Queensland has gone up very substantially but still the credit ratings agencies have made their concerns about the Crisafulli government’s position very clear since well before the federal budget.
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Denise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
2000 US marines have been based in Darwin for the last 6 months!!!!! Break my heart Labor - we had such hope. What a betrayal 😢 #auspol
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Israeli AI-powered cameras could soon be recording thousands of Australian children, if a Basketball Australia proposal goes ahead. Pixellot - which has links to the IDF - has been selected for a proposed national system set to record junior games. www.deepcutnews.com/p/basketball...
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Basketball Australia considers Israeli AI tech to record junior games, sparking child safety fears
Thousands of children could be exposed to Israeli AI software Pixellot, which has links to the IDF
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