Stella Shipway

Morning magic at Hamelin Reserve, Malgana country. ☀️ 🦜 This stunning flock of budgerigars were out in their hundreds last week, filling the sky with waves of bright green and yellow. Captured beautifully by reserve manager Michelle Judd.

What really astounds me more than the scale of the fires is the lack of understanding in Australia about the fire ecology of this country. Very significant fire events across this continent go unreported.The lack of interest is astounding. theconversation.com/we-are-profess… @HazardsResearch

@RohanFisher4 There are some guidelines for the process and it has been done across the state. mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/… I hadn’t seen these before. Need local govt and traditional owner consultation. Landgate does final reviews and approval.

@stellaship Thanks good to know, is there a process in WA for giving places back their original names? Carnegie appears to be an incredibe racist even by the standards of his times.

Lakes Carnegie (W.A.), Little Sandy Desert, after recent rains. Image from last Friday #Sentinel2. Wow! I do wonder what it was called before this bloke Carnegie from Surrey stumbled across it recently.

@CSIRO @CentreInvasives Hey @CSIRO you have a photo of a kangaroo island dunnart when talking about “Australia’s persistent mouse problem”. csiro.au/en/research/na…

Fighting plagues and predators: Australia’s path to a pest and weed-free future. Invasive species are a major threat to biodiversity in Australia. 🦊 Our new report produced with @CentreInvasives offers a roadmap to help manage the problem. 🌱 blog.csiro.au/invasive-speci…

@Neilham2007 @NightParrotWA The Birriliburu Rangers recently found them on their IPA, way outside the range as well!

GBV’s @NightParrotWA have just returned from the western desert WA with exciting news. We located a small population of Kaluta in Night parrot habitat.Kaluta is only known to be found in the Pilbara WA so well outside it’s range. #Desert #fieldwork #nightparrot #research 👀🦜🦅

A Nankeen Kestrel undertaking #pestcontrol. If you feel it necessary to do your own, please avoid using the commonly available second generation anticoagulant #rodenticides (#SGAR) so you don't also poison our beautiful #nativebirds like this kestrel. @BirdlifeOz #wildoz

Prepare for cuteness overload! Honey Possum (Tarsipes rostratus) - the world's only truly nectivorous (nectar-eating) marsupial. 📸 Cherininup Reserve @BushHeritageAus

We were founded on this day 30 years ago by Bob Brown. Bob went into debt to buy the first two patches of land for Bush Heritage and since then we’ve relied on the generosity of our supporters to protect land forever! Are you a supporter? Click the link! bit.ly/3mAJqa9

Hannah Cliff (@10DesertsOz) sharing excellent data and evidence of #traditionalburning regimes in the deserts and the benefits for #Threatened species, #communities and #biodiversity at #TheBioCon. 👏

Another photo of the rare Night Parrot has been captured by KJ’s Martu rangers who were searching in an area where sound recorders had picked up the bird’s presence in 2020. This pic was taken by 17-year-old Kimeal Simpson on her first ranger trip!

What a week! Just back from a BIG trip up the Canning Stock Route to Well 15 with one family group. 40 people including kids, 12 cars, lots of stories, Bush Tucker and too many sand dunes to count. @vcwestcott

Excited to share the official trailer for webseries Voices of the River! Coming to @voicesofthefitzroyriver Facebook and IGTV from 28 July. #voicesoftheriver #protectthefitzroy #martuwarrafitzroyriver

This week’s #Martu #wangka (word) is “mirrka”. “Yanu-laju, manu-laju mirrkakaja – wamurla, lunki, minyarra, wilyki, mata – juringulyu!” (We went + we got lots of food – bush tomatoes, edible grubs, bush onions, seeds, bush potatoes – it was beautiful of course!)

Can anyone solve the mystery of who made these tracks?!Found by #BirriliburuRangers at two of their track plot sites in sandy spinifex country in the Little Sandy Desert. An amazing time on country with the team and ⁦@BushHeritageAus⁩ ⁦⁦@stellaship⁩

Marsupial mole tracks! ..with the mound of sand where it abandoned the above-ground world to return home to swim through sand. Found by #BirriliburuRangers during track plots surveys last week. A privilege to join the team and @BushHeritageAus @stellaship

A big week of footy, softball and basketball games in Wiluna this week. Finished off with the Yabu band last night. Happy #NAIDOC2021

'I'm so proud': The Warmun Aboriginal community vaccinated the majority of its residents in just two days. Here's how they did it. abc.net.au/news/2021-07-0…

While I’m at it- Desert support services is also looking for an Emerging Ranger Team Coordinator nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2021/2000…

Just a few more days to apply for the Birriliburu IPA coordinator position! You could be spending your mornings waking up to sunrises like this + working with amazing people on meaningful projects in the desert. Link in comments below.