Dr Dave
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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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You shall feast upon this surface—mark my words Bond.
November 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is, of course, correct.
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Fear not Meryl—our wisteria is alive and very well. We will replace yea olde tanke stande with our version of a Japanese pagoda next year. In a few more years the wisteria blossoms will be even more glorious.
November 29, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Gave it a spritz of penetrating oil to preserve the patina and gol dang…

Might be two tables in that—inside and out!
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
This gives you an idea of its beauty, before it succumbed to gravity…
November 29, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Phwoar!
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The base will make a fantastic weatherproof top for an outdoor table…
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Yea olde tanke stande now tankless for the first time in 90-odd years. Took four of us to relocate to a less precarious resting place where it’ll make a handy firewood storage area.
November 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Oh yes, one of the signature species in the cloud forests of Oaxaca I studied for my doctorate. Quote feisty in the hand.
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Hot diggity dog!
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
They’re also posing perfectly, showing all diagnostic traits. Doesn’t pass the sniff test
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Giggity
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Holotype is a camera trap image!
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Magnificent!
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Flying high, spotted maybe 15 minutes West of Howlong…
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM