Dr Dave
@ecosystemunraveller.com
Professor of Ecology, educator, maker | birds, mistletoe, acoustics, conservation | updates on research, family & other beasts. Living on unceded Wiradjuri country
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Dr Dave
@ecosystemunraveller.com
· Jan 24
Oh, and welcome new followers, welcome aboard. Ecologist here, parasitic plants and birds, biogeography and acoustics, connectivity conservation and evolutionary ecology. Also Amazonia and aquaria, wood working and smoked meats. Welcome
Aboard.
Aboard.
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Thanks Guy!! As @benflips.bsky.social says "it's not rocket science, it's plumbing" #wildoz #esa2025
November 29, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Thanks Guy!! As @benflips.bsky.social says "it's not rocket science, it's plumbing" #wildoz #esa2025
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Blessed are those willing to act in the face of environmental threats. Saint @judydunlop.bsky.social inspired all at her #ESA2025 talk on stopping cane toads in their north western tracks.
All power to the WA toad ‘stoppers’.
All power to the WA toad ‘stoppers’.
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Blessed are those willing to act in the face of environmental threats. Saint @judydunlop.bsky.social inspired all at her #ESA2025 talk on stopping cane toads in their north western tracks.
All power to the WA toad ‘stoppers’.
All power to the WA toad ‘stoppers’.
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Systematic Continental Scale Monitoring by Weather Surveillance Radar Shows Fewer Insects Above Warming Landscapes in the United States
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🔗 buff.ly/KnY2LCi
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Systematic Continental Scale Monitoring by Weather Surveillance Radar Shows Fewer Insects Above Warming Landscapes in the United States
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🔗 buff.ly/KnY2LCi
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help my pineapple is escaping
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
help my pineapple is escaping
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ABC piece is delusional or pantomime, I'm going w pantomime
Oil & Gas projs are excluded from the 3 EPBC fast-track pathways of national interest exemption, streamlined assessment & bioregional planning but mining & other projs are NOT
4 out of 5 'critical mineral' projs sit on Indigenous lands👇
Oil & Gas projs are excluded from the 3 EPBC fast-track pathways of national interest exemption, streamlined assessment & bioregional planning but mining & other projs are NOT
4 out of 5 'critical mineral' projs sit on Indigenous lands👇
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
ABC piece is delusional or pantomime, I'm going w pantomime
Oil & Gas projs are excluded from the 3 EPBC fast-track pathways of national interest exemption, streamlined assessment & bioregional planning but mining & other projs are NOT
4 out of 5 'critical mineral' projs sit on Indigenous lands👇
Oil & Gas projs are excluded from the 3 EPBC fast-track pathways of national interest exemption, streamlined assessment & bioregional planning but mining & other projs are NOT
4 out of 5 'critical mineral' projs sit on Indigenous lands👇
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'Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ has become the catch-cry of proud 'centrists' in Australia.
But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better…my piece in the weekend edition of @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better…my piece in the weekend edition of @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
'The good has become the enemy of better’: why the Senate refused to accept Labor’s first EPBC draft
'Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ has become the catch-cry of proud 'centrists' in Australia. But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better.
thepoint.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 AM
'Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ has become the catch-cry of proud 'centrists' in Australia.
But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better…my piece in the weekend edition of @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better…my piece in the weekend edition of @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Black Wallaroo
Blue Mockingbird
Green Anaconda
Grey Falcon
White Bellbird
Black Wallaroo
Blue Mockingbird
Green Anaconda
Grey Falcon
White Bellbird
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Swinhoe's pheasant
American ermine
Lesser frigatebird
Eurasian nightjar
Greater roadrunner
Swinhoe's pheasant
American ermine
Lesser frigatebird
Eurasian nightjar
Greater roadrunner
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Gray whale
Pygmy faded rattlesnake
Green sea turtle
Puerto Rican woodpecker
Prairie dog
Gray whale
Pygmy faded rattlesnake
Green sea turtle
Puerto Rican woodpecker
Prairie dog
November 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Black Wallaroo
Blue Mockingbird
Green Anaconda
Grey Falcon
White Bellbird
Black Wallaroo
Blue Mockingbird
Green Anaconda
Grey Falcon
White Bellbird
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“First, reduce “statistical machismo”, or the tendency to adopt and advocate for more complex approaches for their own sake rather than because they are the best tool for the job”… I mean…
I am glad to see this piece out in Frontiers. Ecologists must consider why we do what we do in the 1st place!
I am glad to see this piece out in Frontiers. Ecologists must consider why we do what we do in the 1st place!
Should ecologists be worried about the carbon footprint of their own use of “AI” and LLMs?
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The role of AI in ecology’s computational carbon footprint
Click on the article title to read more.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“First, reduce “statistical machismo”, or the tendency to adopt and advocate for more complex approaches for their own sake rather than because they are the best tool for the job”… I mean…
I am glad to see this piece out in Frontiers. Ecologists must consider why we do what we do in the 1st place!
I am glad to see this piece out in Frontiers. Ecologists must consider why we do what we do in the 1st place!
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Sounds of 12998 species by 11992 recordists now on Xeno-canto. Quite likely we get to 13000 and 12000 this year. Nice opportunity to make a splash with a contribution. New species for XC are easiest in the non-bird groups of course. Go for it :-) #bioacoustics
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Sounds of 12998 species by 11992 recordists now on Xeno-canto. Quite likely we get to 13000 and 12000 this year. Nice opportunity to make a splash with a contribution. New species for XC are easiest in the non-bird groups of course. Go for it :-) #bioacoustics
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It's really hard to overstate the conservation significance of this, and what doors it unlocks for future conservation.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
WCS Celebrates Historic and Sweeping Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays Adopted at CITES CoP20 > Newsroom | All CITES shark and ray proposals pass – marking the most comprehensive advance in global shark conservation in CITES history.
WCS Celebrates Historic and Sweeping Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays Adopted at CITES CoP20
Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Nov. 28, 2025 – The following statement was issued today from CITES CoP20, celebrating the adoption of sweeping and historic adoption of new international trade protections for…
newsroom.wcs.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's really hard to overstate the conservation significance of this, and what doors it unlocks for future conservation.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
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Aerial insectivores breeding in agricultural landscapes: Highlighting the value of wetlands and heterogeneous habitats | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithological Applications | #ornithology 🪶
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Aerial insectivores breeding in agricultural landscapes: Highlighting the value of wetlands and heterogeneous habitats | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithological Applications | #ornithology 🪶
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) feeding on fruit of Scurrula ferruginea (Rusty-leaf Mistletoe). I introduced some of this mistletoe to our garden trees & flowerpeckers have been visiting.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @ecosystemunraveller.com
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @ecosystemunraveller.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Home again, home again; giggity giggity
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Home again, home again; giggity giggity
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really good intersection between historical documents, library research and restoration services, botany, Victorian pursuits and a WA conservation family in this story.
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
really good intersection between historical documents, library research and restoration services, botany, Victorian pursuits and a WA conservation family in this story.
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New species of jewel-babbler, the hooded jewel-babbler (Ptilorrhoa urrissia), described based on individuals pictured in camera trap photos: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🪶🧪 (📷Woxvold et al.)
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
New species of jewel-babbler, the hooded jewel-babbler (Ptilorrhoa urrissia), described based on individuals pictured in camera trap photos: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🪶🧪 (📷Woxvold et al.)
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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The bill which recognised the heritage value of wild horses in horses in Kosciuszko National Park but was widely criticised by conservation groups will be scrapped after a vote to repeal the law passed NSW parliament.
Controversial 'Brumby Bill' recognising horses' heritage value dumped
The bill which recognised the heritage value of wild horses in horses in Kosciuszko National Park but was widely criticised by conservation groups will be scrapped after a vote to repeal the law passed NSW parliament.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The bill which recognised the heritage value of wild horses in horses in Kosciuszko National Park but was widely criticised by conservation groups will be scrapped after a vote to repeal the law passed NSW parliament.
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Let’s get serious about a TCZ! @judydunlop.bsky.social presents a unique plan to prevent cane toads from reaching the Pilbara at #ESA2025. theconversation.com/cane-toads-a...
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Let’s get serious about a TCZ! @judydunlop.bsky.social presents a unique plan to prevent cane toads from reaching the Pilbara at #ESA2025. theconversation.com/cane-toads-a...
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Cane toads are advancing on WA's unique Pilbara region. @judydunlop.bsky.social and her team have a plan to stop them!
@ecolsocaus.bsky.social #ESA2025 🌏 we're hearing about the Toad Containment Zone - creating a waterless barrier across the Pilbara to stop the invasion.
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@ecolsocaus.bsky.social #ESA2025 🌏 we're hearing about the Toad Containment Zone - creating a waterless barrier across the Pilbara to stop the invasion.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Cane toads are advancing on WA's unique Pilbara region. @judydunlop.bsky.social and her team have a plan to stop them!
@ecolsocaus.bsky.social #ESA2025 🌏 we're hearing about the Toad Containment Zone - creating a waterless barrier across the Pilbara to stop the invasion.
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@ecolsocaus.bsky.social #ESA2025 🌏 we're hearing about the Toad Containment Zone - creating a waterless barrier across the Pilbara to stop the invasion.
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