Henry Cook

Threat display in a #Kimberley Knob-tail #Gecko (Nephrurus sheai). Formidable. #Wildoz #biodiversitysurveys

📷 Henry Cook @Manic_Henry #June2018 Juvenile Brown Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella) came in to our perches on a bit of a grey day .. perfect for snuggling up with a tripod and doing some low-light photography #Sydney #Australia #WildOz

@realnealveglio @fesshole I also immediately thought of him when I read this

@fesshole I so want this to be Ian McKellen.

My landlord was a famous actor, who weirdly oversaw all maintenance himself. Whenever he showed up, boiler, window lock, sticky door issues, I would always pretend I had no idea he was famous. When I moved out he said "do you really not know who I am?" Worth it.

Google's new AI search results are having quite the week. Here's a thread with some of my favorite answers:

I'm over halfway now and picking up speed! Here's three fluffed up Double-barred Finches for your Wednesday night 😀 #birdart #drawing #birds #illustration

This magnificent beast is a Pilbara endemic: the Pilbara Cave gecko (Heternotia spelea). While Heternotia are generally regarded among herpetologists as "the best geckos", H. spelea is usually considered as one of the "best of the best". #herping #wildoz #gecko #hetlyf #Hetisbest

Name a mammal that's more perfectly spherical than a young wombat. I'll wait. #WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombats #MammalWatching #WildOz #wombat

Brown Gerygone at Goodenia Rainforest near Pambula. #birds #WildOz

Bassian Thrush at O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat in Lamington National Park, Queensland. #birds #WildOz

Big drive yesterday & landed in Parkes for some real work. Of course the camera accompanied me - lucky too. Some breathtaking birb watching is a pure bonus. Details in the Alt-text as usual. #wildoz #ozbirds #wildlifephotography

A young Silver Gull on an old jetty rail in Merimbula Lake. #birds #WildOz

Bar-tailed Godwit (from the archives) for #WorldMigratoryBirdDay. #shorebirds #WildOz

@leo_qbn one of only two extant migratory parrot species!

Swift Parrot feeding on yellow gum blossom (𝘌𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘤𝘰𝘹𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯) in 2015. These beautiful parrots are critically endangered and are one of only three migratory parrot species in the world. #WorldMigratoryBirdDay #birds #WildOz

@jonkudelka sometimes you catch yourself thinking that you'd have to work really hard to find a better way to fuck things for the next generations

No greater intergenerational theft than smashing their life support.

All the talking heads concerned about the future of young people seem to be all for expanding the gas industry.

@R_Chirgwin I have never heard this and you know that makes total sense to me. People also love feeding a skinny dog though...

80 percent of the dingo trouble comes from the "tailor run" crowd, who scale and gut their catch on the beach, and throw the waste to the dingoes. And it's constant, year-round.

If they banned beach fishing on K'gari, the bogans would abandon it. Win all around.

@RedFiddler Keeps running up dat hill?

NOT A SNAKE! This really beautiful little creature called a Delma. They're related to geckos, are almost limbless and are cute as buttons, either as a baby (left) or as a big stonking adult (right). #wildoz

While the #Pilbara is an OK birding destination, the best thing about the joint (and indeed many places) is the lizards. This particularly handsome species is the Spotted Ctenotus (Ctenotus uber). They love the heavy soils & hard country. Great lizards, cute as a button! #wildoz

Lots and lots of the worlds best bird: the budgerigar. They were coming in to a drying water hole- by the end of the survey the water was gone and so were the birds. No more finches, budgies or chats. #wildoz #pilbara #birding