@cnzdenek
Ecologist and Herpetologist. Urban Birds Program Coordinator (BirdLife AUS), Ass. Researcher, People For Wildlife. Co-owner, AUS Reptile Academy. Fulbright alumna. Inspiring Australia Ambassador (Qld). #PalmCockatooProject. Ex UofCaliforniaIrvine / ANU
Why are our owls dying?? It’s all about which rat bait that you, your neighbours, your council, and pest controllers are using.
Read this excellent article by @andrewstafford.bsky.social , with expert comment from myself among others.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/919290...
If you’re wondering why owls and Tawny Frogmouths are dying, have a read. Your dog or cat might be next if we don’t speak up and hold the regulator to account. I wrote this article w/ Dr Holly Parsons.
I wrote this article w/ Dr Holly Parsons. If you’re wondering why owls and Tawny Frogmouths are dying, have a read. Your dog or cat might be next if we don’t speak up and hold the regulator to account.
Just out: new information reveals that Australian Parliament House uses long-lasting, harmful rat poisons (SGARs) that are killing owls, eagles, quolls, and Tawny Frogmouths 😳😡. I give expert comment for this @yahoonews.com article about it: au.news.yahoo.com/calls-for-ch... @birdlifeoz.bsky.social
Oh, don’t worry. The pond is 2m to the left of this shot.
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Before-after photos of my habitat garden (rainforest plant community section). Supporting #UrbanBirds with @birdlifeoz.bsky.social, #UrbanFrogs, and #UrbanLizards! 🥹 AND our mental well-being, especially on wfh days 💃🤓! If u were a frog, would u live here??
For those of you who missed any #SnakeWeek talks that we (IUCN Snake Specialist Group) helped organise, have no fear...the @snakeweek.bsky.social YouTube channel is here! Watch & learn about snakes and snake researchers at your own pace. Some evening entertainment for you! www.youtube.com/@SnakeWeek
Exciting times for snake knowledge sharing this year! The World Congress of Snakes is happening for the first time ever! It'll be held 1–4Oct 2026 in Sri Lanka. Early-bird registration ends 31March. We have several members of our Snake Specialist Group planning to attend.
www.worldsnakes26.com
Another productive and enjoyable meeting of our regional (Australia/Melanesia/Oceania) group under the IUCN SSC Snake Specialist Group! A few things we got up to this time: We made plans for the World Congress of Snakes (see www.worldsnakes26.com), ...(1/n)
Perfect. They’ll keep the invasive rodents down 😎
In a lot of ways it’s harder to convert than to start from scratch. But u got this 👊
Thank you. 3 immediate neighbours have made a 3D garden bed that’s not lawn, 1 of which is about 30% locally-native. And a 4th neighbour up the rd has 1/2 the front Australian natives. So getting there! Maybe start small (eg a native bed) and expand as they get used to the idea and hear why u did it
Before-After photos of my #HabitatGarden near #Brisbane, 15 months apart. Who thinks we should abandon lawns and make habitat gardens instead?
Epic individual 😎
great question. The trouble is, this differs depending on where you r in Oz, as different locally native plants exist in different places. But things w/ large root mass. I know grass trees have huge root balls and grow well on slopes. @birdlifeoz.bsky.social has a free habitat gardening course too!
Thanks! The more people that make habitat gardens, the less out of place they will seem, and the better off all our wildlife in our well-being will be :-). Yes, you are correct that it is a C. littoralis, and a X. johnsonii. And yes, skinny pine-like leaves is good to prevent evapotranspiration 🙌
#HabitatGarden update: it’s thriving!
#HabitatGarden plant highlight: Wahlenbergia tumidifructa. An unassuming, perennial herb that bunches in thickets reminiscent of grass, up to 600mm. It’s native to much of Australia and serves as great erosion control at the bottom edge of my small suburban block south of #Brisbane. #WildOz
4 generations of Eastern Pilbara Spiny-tailed Skinks (Egernia epsisolus). The baby was just born last week 😍.
Need a Christmas present idea? The @birdlifeoz.bsky.social bird calendar was just released, and it has stunning photos of some stellar Aussie birds 🤩! This gift also helps support BirdLife’s mission to save birds. birdlife.org.au/product/2026...
Thx! And even a hardwood log hollow addition 😜
Nice unprompted feedback from a student of mine at Uni Southern Qld @soaes-unisq.bsky.social 🤓. I’m currently teaching 3rd year undergrads there in the course Biodiversity and Conservation Science.
Omg have so much fun! So sad I can’t go this year 😭 (too many conferences). Pls post here for me and others 🙏
Thx. Changed
Good morning, all, from my #HabitatGarden near #Brisbane
Limited research on the topic suggests an ⬆️ risk of death for relocated snakes. Snakes required for venom r captive & are the same individuals over time. It’s funnel web spiders that the public r asked to collect for venom extraction, and this is b/c spiders live much shorter lives than snakes.
Out today! @theguardian.com writes an important article about the snake catching industry in Aus. A fascinating read. We took the journalist on a snake-education journey at our venomous-snake handling course to guide the article. Expert comment by yours truly 🤓.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Snake handling in a paddock
Snake handling in a paddock
Snake handling in a paddock
Snake handling in a paddock
Another cracking snake-handling course on the weekend! This time for 15 students: a large-property owner, zookeeper, future snake-catchers, 3 school grounds persons, and even a journalist from @theguardian.com ! Our next course is 29Nov (near Gatton, Qld). DM if interested. #OzReptileAcademy
POwl detectives! 🕵️ 🤓🙌💚