Tom Hunt

In the past few days I've seen 29 Swift Parrots flying through my conservation property in North East Victoria and another 4 here at home in Melbourne. So thrilling...until it hits that I have just seen 6.6% of the remaining population. We need strong new #Naturelaws now!

Excited to learn more about Norfolk Island Moreporks from @FlossySperring who's just finished her PhD on the little beasts 🦉 Love the inclusion of an Auslan interpreter for these sessions too @AOC2023BRISBANE 👌

Ever wonder just how smart parrots can be? Our paper TODAY shows individual designs of sound tools regularly used by wild Palm Cockatoos. It took me 4 yrs to find all the rare, drumming 'Rockatoos' and 256 drum tools. Pics & story 👇 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.10… #PalmCockatooProject

@CatMYoung Omg genuinely tempted to move to the ACT...

AWESOME JOB ALERT!

Drumming behaviour by a Palm Cockatoo! Banging away with his homemade drumstick 😍. Being endangered, small population, wary of humans, and in a remote area, this image is the result of 8 weeks worth of hard work, so I hope you all like it loads! #PalmCockatooProject

@GemBeale Not really crime but a twist of mystery if you haven't seen "Am I Being Unreasonable?". I enjoyed very much

10 animals that depend on eucalypts to celebrate #NED10 1. Greater Gliders (endangered) feed almost exclusively on Eucalyptus leaves and buds. They nest in big eucalypt hollows. #NationalEucalyptDay #LoveAGum

Mistletoebirds waggle post-poo to help the mistletoe seed in their poo to stick to the branch. Sticking mistletoe seeds to branches helps ensure the #Mistletoebird has food in the future once the seed germinates and produces the next crop of fruit. #WildOz #RememberTheWild #birds

This week we translocated kowaris to @AridRecovery. We are hoping the move to our safe haven will improve the chances of survival for this threatened species. It's hard not to fall in love with this face.

A joy to see the 100+ species of trees, shrubs, forbs and grasses we planted doing so well. Can't wait to see the habitat layers forming in a few more years 😍

"Making this film was a real journey. I remember the moment we finally captured footage of these amazing birds in daylight, after being up all night tracking them for three days in a row." - Chris McC, RTW MD #theplainswandererfilm, a thread #birdtwitter rememberthewild.org.au/plains-wandere…

What a cracker trip @CNZdenek! Best spot in the world with the best company 💯 Palm Cockatoos and Fawn-breasted Bowerbirds are a bonus 🙃

‘Worst it’s ever been’: a threatened species alarm sounds during the election campaign – and is ignored theguardian.com/environment/20…

There were 180 Swift Parrots seen here in 2009. I would have loved to have shown them to the members of the NSW Upper House inquiry into native forest logging to whom I’m appearing as a witness for @BirdlifeOz but this Spotted Gum forest has had the life logged out of it.

@goyderinstitute @UniAdelSciences @Matt_HerringOz Not to be outdone by the pelicans, the Red-necked #Avocets we have fitted tracking devices to have also packed their bags and departed the #Coorong following the rains in central Australia. #ProjectCoorong #RoamingMothUpdate

My last tweet was about me being covered in #pelican vomit and poo, so that seems a logical place to kick the update off. Through my work on #ProjectCoorong, I have now put tracking devices on 11 pelicans. #RoamingMothUpdate

@goyderinstitute @UniAdelSciences What have those #pelicans been up to in the last two months? Very interesting things. Some are breeding doing multiple trips to and from the North Pelican Island breeding colony. #ProjectCoorong #RoamingMothUpdate

My entry for the #TSBakeOff this year: and Eastern Regent Parrot. Found along the Murray in SA and Vic, they're threatened and only 1500 pairs remain. The base is a gluten-free chai spice cake with plumage courtesy of dried pineapple, kiwifruit, pawpaw, prunes, and blueberries.

@roamingmoth @goyderinstitute @UniAdelSciences Wow!

There is so much water in the south-east corner of South Australia at the moment. #Wetlands that are usually dry are full to the brim and some are even spilling over across tracks. #ProjectCoorong.

@WillMitchellSci The only requirement for it to be a good draft if it's a done draft!! 🥳