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Matt Herring

@mattherring.bsky.social
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Ecologist | Wildlife-friendly farming | Wetlands | Waterbirds | #bitternfriendlyrice | paintedsnipe.com.au | I’ve had the pleasure of working on over 950 Murray-Darling farms | PhD

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
In nice news, we recently published a literature review for swift parrots with @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social read all about everything you ever wanted to know about swift parrots for free 💚 birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...
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Swift Parrot - Lathamus discolor - Birds of the World
Species accounts for all the birds of the world.
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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Thrilled to be part of this new study that aims to derive a meaningful classification of distinct and recognisable Australian terrestrial bird communities. Lead by @martinemaron.bsky.social and Hannah Fraser with many other colleagues check it out here. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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A Typology of Australian Terrestrial Bird Communities
Aim Holistic measurement of the response of fauna communities to interventions requires suitable community condition metrics. However, the development of such metrics is hindered by the absence of b...
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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Doesn’t matter if it’s gang gangs or kakapo every baby parrot is a gangly weirdo
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Great to get some ABC coverage on my favourite topic - integrating agriculture and conservation - and new paper 😊 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Crops and chicks grow together in Murray-Darling study on water sharing
Can breeding birds and growing rice combine to help both conservation and agriculture in the basin?
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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Murray-Darling water-sharing study proposes combining agriculture and conservation www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Crops and chicks grow together in Murray-Darling study on water sharing
Can breeding birds and growing rice combine to help both conservation and agriculture in the basin?
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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.ai · 22/01/2026
Murray-Darling water-sharing study proposes combining agriculture and conservation ->Australian Broadcasting Corporation | #Agriculture #Conservation | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
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Murray-Darling water-sharing study proposes combining agriculture and conservation
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go follow @news.abc.net.au @abc-news.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Crops and chicks grow together in Murray-Darling study on water sharing: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-22/wate…
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Crops and chicks grow together in Murray-Darling study on water sharing
Can breeding birds and growing rice combine to help both conservation and agriculture in the basin?
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Great to get some ABC coverage on my favourite topic - integrating agriculture and conservation - and new paper 😊 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Crops and chicks grow together in Murray-Darling study on water sharing
Can breeding birds and growing rice combine to help both conservation and agriculture in the basin?
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Martin Beal @amigodeaves.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Tracking has revolutionized the study of migratory birds - shorebirds included! 🐦 In this paper, we explore the global and historical patterns of tracking effort on these birds, and suggests some species that would benefit from future tracking efforts conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Global review of shorebird tracking data to identify research gaps and conservation priorities
Tracking has enabled rapid advances in knowledge of the movement behavior and habitat use of shorebirds and is thus making a growing contribution to their conservation. However, realizing the full po...
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
It’s about finding common ground for water management, integrating agriculture and biodiversity conservation. We focus on the Australasian Bittern, Australian Painted-snipe and Southern Bell Frog, and show how farming and wildlife can be managed concurrently with supportive policy.
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Published today in Biological Conservation, we introduce water into the land sparing versus sharing debate, develop novel water sharing policy options for conserving threatened species in the Murray-Darling, and ask people what they think about such amendments. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Water sparing versus sharing: Depolarising wetland management with novel environment-agriculture policy
Land sparing centres on agricultural intensification to increase yields and free land for conservation, while land sharing integrates farming and biod…
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Published today in Biological Conservation, we introduce water into the land sparing versus sharing debate, develop novel water sharing policy options for conserving threatened species in the Murray-Darling, and ask people what they think about such amendments. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Water sparing versus sharing: Depolarising wetland management with novel environment-agriculture policy
Land sparing centres on agricultural intensification to increase yields and free land for conservation, while land sharing integrates farming and biod…
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
👀 Here’s the key map from our presentation at the Australasian Ornithological Conference in Perth last week. It shows the long distance movements of Gloria, Marcelina, Knighty, Hope and Thomasina 😊 A strong pattern is emerging that emphasises the value of the Lake Eyre Basin.
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
👀 Here’s the key map from our presentation at the Australasian Ornithological Conference in Perth last week. It shows the long distance movements of Gloria, Marcelina, Knighty, Hope and Thomasina 😊 A strong pattern is emerging that emphasises the value of the Lake Eyre Basin.
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Would you like a new wallpaper for your phone 😊
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Would you like a new wallpaper for your phone 😊
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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
A new special collection, released in the journal Wildlife Research @wildliferesearchj.bsky.social, published by @csiropublishing.bsky.social, showcases some of the amazing Indigenous-led and cross-cultural wildlife research occurring in Australia 🧪 Watch the full interview in the link below.
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Why track waders? This blog has two aims – to share important scientific and conservation stories revealed through shorebird tracking work and to encourage scientists to make their data available via the Global Wader platform. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... #ornithology Whimbrel tracks 👇
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
We are absolutely thrilled to introduce Clive and Inhancer, a pair caught yesterday in the Macquarie Marshes and fitted with GPS 4G transmitters from Global Messenger. We are immensely grateful to the local landholders, Leanne, Garry and Jet Hall, who were central in making it happen.
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
After a very quiet six months, we’ve had some terrific sightings roll in the last few days: near Ipswich, QLD, at Shoalhaven Heads & near Taree, NSW. Congrats to everyone on their finds & huge thanks for making sure we don’t miss any records. Keep the them coming! paintedsnipe.com.au/recent-sight...
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Recent Sightings - Australian Painted Snipe Tracking
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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
We launched another turtle island in Wodonga this week! media.streem.com.au/preview/TSq6...
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Streem
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 13/10/2025
NEW on #theBOUblog from Mark Drever & Luis Bautista-Sopelana Bird migration as hydrological flow: using water models to track bird behaviour at stopover sites bou.org.uk/blog-drev... Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... #ornithology 🪶
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Bronwen Scott @snailseyeview.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
The poo ponds at Werribee are a fantastic spot for bird watching. They're not only home to waterbirds, but also to all sorts of grassland and salt marsh species. Haven't been there for ages but I have vivid memories of the incredible diversity. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘A mythical place’: how a Melbourne sewage farm became a haven for 300 species of birds
The abundance of birdlife amid the grassy plains, marshlands and 200 lagoons of the Western Treatment Plant rivals Kakadu – and is a magnet for birdwatchers
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Beach-nesting Birds @birdlifehoodie.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Check out Coral-Mae's (age 9) felt plover, inspired by the Pacific Golden Plover. This submission comes all the way from The Crags, South Africa! Golden Plover chicks are born in the arctic tundra amongst the thawing ice and thriving plant life looking like moss puffs. #PAD2025
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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Greater Painted-Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) female (left) and male. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
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Concern for endangered waterbird
The last estimate put the population at less than 500
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Beach-nesting Birds @birdlifehoodie.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Hi! We're new here but maybe you followed us on X! We're @birdlifeoz.bsky.social's Beach-nesting Birds team - working to give birds that nest on Australian beaches a chance to raise their young 🐥 We've uploaded our past X posts, so you can learn about our work if you didn't know us! #plovers
Hooded Plover adults in western Victoria - by Dan Lees
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Clare Hawkins @clawkins.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
...hone the recognition software, so we can all better monitor for bitterns across Tasmania. It's fun, there'll be great snacks, & you don't need to be an expert. Have a go for National Science Week! Details & bookings: events.humanitix.com/bittern-ques... #nationalscienceweek
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Bittern quest: boom or bust? [afternoon]
Learn about the mysterious, Endangered Australasian bittern, & help track down its booming call among data collected across Tasmania by CallTrackers volunteers!
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Clare Hawkins @clawkins.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
In Hobart this Sunday? Your ears are very much needed for this special BITTERN QUEST! Help check CallTrackers' haunting recordings from around Tasmania—tentatively identified as likely the 'boom' of an Endangered Australasian bittern—in order to... #nationalscienceweek #citizenscience #bioacoustics
A small raft is being punted by someone dressed as a squire; on the raft is a life size model of a horse, entirely covered in red and white squared cloth, and ridden by an armoured knight. They on a calm river and floating past some promising looking bittern habitat (reeds)
Photo: Jim Whitehead
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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We tracked one of Australia’s most endangered birds into strange new habitat
A new population of the plains-wanderer has been tracked into unexpected habitat. This surprising discovery offers fresh hope for the critically endangered species.
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Stick insects! Everyone loves stick insects. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A giant insect that looks like a stick! What is not to love? | First Dog on the Moon
Even more amazing – it is not even Australia’s longest stick insect!
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Clare Hawkins @clawkins.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Tasmanians! Getting into the massive #NationalScienceWeek buzz? Maybe you've already booked into a 'Discover CallTrackers' acoustic monitoring workshop, or 'Bittern Quest'? Details in #NatureTrackers' calendar—see August: naturetrackers.au/about/events... But ALSO... #CitSci #STEM #Tasmania 🧪🌏🌿🎙️🪶🦇
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Excellent graphic from @birdlifeoz.bsky.social about the all too common mix up between the Australasian Bittern and Nankeen Night-heron.
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 28/07/2025
AviList: a unified global bird checklist | link.springer.com/ar... | Biodiversity and Conservation | #ornithology 🪶
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AviList: a unified global bird checklist
Biodiversity and Conservation - Universally recognized scientific names for organisms are necessary for accurate and efficient communication. Incongruence in taxonomic treatments results in...
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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
This is what it’s like to check the nest of a regent parrot on the banks of the Murray River 😍👀👀
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Paula Wasiak @paulawasiak.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Alison and her family have been such wonderful champions of the reintroduction program. On some nights, up to five birds visit their property and run laps around their home - and they love it! (And no, the birds don’t keep them awake - they’ve never heard a peep!) www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
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Curlews return to fox-free Phillip Island, 40 years after last sighting
Decades after the bush stone-curlew went extinct on Phillip Island, scientists reintroduce the species and hope the eradication of foxes will enable the flock to grow in the wild again.
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Kanangra-Boyd National Park at its best this weekend. This wildlife paradise is home to Glossy Black Cockatoos, Yellow-bellied Gliders and Small Alpine Xenicas, among many other rare species. And I reckon that Mt Cloudmaker, the peak near the sun, is one of Australia’s best hikes.
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HP Waudby @hpwaudby.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Ever had that feeling of being watched..? Reminded when I looked up from frog surveys to find I was the one being surveyed. By a southern bell frog. Creep.
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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Discussing how to grow mistletoe with David Watson, the world’s mistletoe expert, and the importance of guidance reflecting the evidence youtu.be/6N1eOrSe-1s?...
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The need for guidance to be based on evidence
YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
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bertbohosouth.bsky.social @bertbohosouth.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Drone survey for Southern Greater Glider – Caveat forest In May 2025 Strathbogie Ranges Conservation and Hughes Creek Catchment Collaborative engaged drone specialists Field Master Systems to conduct a thermal survey of two areas in the Caveat forest. The target species was the nationally…
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Drone survey for Southern Greater Glider – Caveat forest
In May 2025 Strathbogie Ranges Conservation and Hughes Creek Catchment Collaborative engaged drone specialists Field Master Systems to conduct a thermal survey of two areas in the Caveat forest. The target species was the nationally Endangered Southern Greater Glider (Petauroides volans), but all tree-dwelling mammal observations were documented. The survey occurred in an area where a small number of Southern Greater Gliders had been previously detected using ground-based, transect surveys.
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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
One Kultarr becomes three! Australia gains two new cool dasyurids - carnivorous marsupials that look like hopping mice! Fantastic integrative taxonomy by Cameron Dodd, @planigale.bsky.social @kennytravouillon.bsky.social and co-authors. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Cryptic Kultarr: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals Unrecognized Species of Carnivorous Marsupial (Dasyuridae: Antechinomys) in Arid Australia
Conservation is impossible if we have not described all of the species we aim to conserve. This paper reviews the taxonomy of the kultarr (Antechinomys laniger) a small arid-zone specialist native to....
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Dave Smith @davidgregsmith.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Our newest bird paper out now in Biological Conservation. We did >2500 bird surveys on farms over a few years! In the paper we demonstrate the benefits of grazing control and revegetation for birds at farm dams. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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Redirecting
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Clare Hawkins @clawkins.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Exciting news in the world of #Tasmanian #WedgeTailedEagle conservation! #Tasmania #conservationscience 🌏🦅🪶🌿🧪
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Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
This year, at #ICCB2025, I will share our research on butterfly migration. If you are around, come and say hi! Also, feel free to reach out if you are looking for a PhD position. You can find more about our research here: shawanchowdhury.com.
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Great presso on fire management and yirlinkirrkirr (white-throated grasswren) from the Warddeken rangers. #iccb2025
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Dr Christina N. Zdenek @cnzdenek.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Dr April Reside convinces us at #ICCB2025 that microbats are the best crop-pest eaters! Eating their body weight in insects every night 😳. They indeed forage in veggie crop farms, but can we do better to lure more microbat species to do more crop-protecting help? @iccb2025.bsky.social
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 01/06/2025
How utterly incredible! Leadbeaters Possum caught on camera at Yarrangobilly Caves NSW. #WildOz #NSWpol #SpringSt #environment www.theage.com.au/environment/...
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There were no known sightings of this critically endangered animal outside Victoria. Now it’s in NSW
Hello, possum! Thought to be extinct in NSW, a Leadbeater’s possum has been discovered in Kosciuszko National Park.
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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
After hearing what scientists had learnt about the night parrot in QLD, Indigenous rangers in WA found 22 new parrot sites from 2017–2023, doubling known records and greatly expanding our knowledge of the rare bird. It shows how two-way partnerships strengthen threatened species recovery. #NRW2025
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Recent trip with the Yarkuwa boys, doing bird surveys … vimeo.com/1087129088
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Werai Lands Bird Survey
Werai Lands is a place alive with memory, culture, and the subtle language of nature. In this episode, we walk with young people, Elders, ecologists, and educators…
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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
These regent parrots are inspecting a nest hollow in a river red gum along the Murray River - females are the boss in this species and she's not having any of his nonsense when it comes to choosing a good nest 😂
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