Joanne Ocock

@terngirl And this is how we do it! The banding I mean. Pros at work.

Nest site fidelity in Australian pelicans John Porter #ornithology #ESAus23 #ESAus2023

@WellingtonZoo B!

Most fabulous! I had a banded pelican from the Victorian program show up on the lake outside my house in Narrabri last July, it does happen! And to see those bands on pelicans at Narran this year, part of a colony of 10s of 1000s of birds, I still can't believe it.

@jodirowley @BushBlitz2 Really?!

Well, I certainly didn’t expect #snow as part of the Australian Alps @BushBlitz2 in summer! A little colder than expected but still having success in surveying the frogs and reptiles of this stunning place.

Excellent video @guardian: A straight #river is not the shortest way! #Adaptation #floods @Stuart_Orr @henkovink @jjopperman @floodalliance @WetlandsInt @IUCN_Water @third_pole @FW_Conservation @FloodsOrg @bedform @ReviveOurRivers @MakhdoomMasood theguardian.com/environment/vi…

@laurenlaverne this people's playlist is getting me through the waiting for my VERY delayed flight out of Sydney home to New Zealand, thanks! #pacingandheadbobbing

@AngryWagtails Sure are. What happened when I trimmed them to let sunlight below, they went full hydra-head when out of my reach...

Sunflowers are happening

This is just so fantastic! First record for this species in that area for 10 years. Wonder what other crazy critters those lagoons are attracting in these super damp conditions...?! @terngirl

@DJJosieStyles @jodirowley @emily_hotham Sis, I needs a motor!

@jo_ocock @jodirowley @emily_hotham You gonna need a bigger boat 😅

Excited to be out at the wonderful Maquarie Marshes with @emily_hotham and the fantastic #BIOS2123 Ecosystem Conservation Management Course! Looking forward to the #frogs! 🐸🐸🐸

@DJJosieStyles @jodirowley @emily_hotham Having to kayak there, taking a while!

@jodirowley @emily_hotham Where is @jo_ocock cameo?! 👀💚🐸

@waterpenny10 @jodirowley!

Caught mid leap - lots of action shots of Centralian tree frogs were recorded on the Watarrka rockhole camera following good rains early in the year.

@waterpenny10 Incredible!

Ducks are not often recorded at the Watarrka waterholes, but this Pacific black duck has discovered the water, and crustaceans recently hatched from the sediment eggbank, in the ephemeral stream pool.

@JenASheridan I love eeeeeet!

Top #frog find from our final #CrockerRange survey: Feihyla kajau!! This tiny rare tree frog is only 20mm as an ADULT. What a find for our last night here!! #ILoveTambunan #Sabah #Borneo

A very good day - multiple Watarrka waterhole spinifex pigeons

@jonharding333 @UCNZbiology @UCNZscience @UCNZ Could be OK as long as hasn't changed in 15 years!

How is your knowledge of freshwater insect anatomy and life histories? Try this new quiz youtu.be/p4Plfpx7uEl or try searching "Quiz freshwater insects" @UCNZbiology @UCNZScience @UCNZ #UC_FERG

@waterpenny10 Jaunty attitude!

I am very excited to see a fat-tailed false antechinus appear on the camera at the Watarrka permanent rockhole. In the past they have only been recorded on the camera on the dry streambed higher on the scarp.

@DingoResearch I believe you can do it though Guy!

@jo_ocock Agreed!

Three years ago we feared what we thought was the worst (#fires) but the reality was more devastating. Hazard reduction burns like this could not stop the whole area burning soon after. We’ll soon have as much ‘after’-fire monitoring data as ‘before’. Could be interesting.

Who's got an ID on this beauty? Narran Lake NR, bit west of Walgett. We got as far as maybe a Scaevola of some kind? Don't have proper plant book to hand! #ozplants @terngirl @ManuSaunders you have more contacts than me!

Met a new fav tree today, ooline! Incredibly awe-worthy, it's a relic of an extensive rainforest vegetation that used to cover much of Australia and it's the sole remaining species in the genus. This remnant patch on reserve near Narrabri. #ozplants #notarainforestnow