Notices by Joanna Holman (joannaholman@aus.social), page 2

There’s a cool graduate/early career conservation science internship opportunity for women and gender diverse people in Victoria working with Trust for Nature (where I work) and Bush Heritage Australia. The internship is paid and includes fieldwork in Victoria and a project visit in Tasmania. Applications close this Sunday

https://applynow.net.au/jobs/ni/BHAIn48-conservation-science-intern-women-in-stem

#melbourne #victoria

@skinnylatte even as someone who has lost touch with almost everyone from when I lived in Singapore I’m a bit like that when I visit too. Last trip I averaged I think 18,000 steps a day over a week. I think it’s the sense of possibility, that I can go anywhere in the country both city and nature easily whereas I have to plan around patchy frequency public transport in my normal life

@skinnylatte what on earth is a quokka mascot doing in subterranean Singapore?

Saw a poster today for a psychic that was very conspicuously AI generated. Kinda unfortunate that she couldn’t see into the future of what that would do to her business

I appreciate that #Melbourne has a few cafes with public transport related puns in their names. Next to Moonee Ponds Station there’s Chew Chew cafe and at the Portarlington/geelong ferry terminal in Docklands there’s Off With The Ferries cafe

@skinnylatte thanks! is there a good service to do that through or just ask the hotel for a recommendation?

I’m currently planning a trip to Penang and Kuala Lumpur in #Malaysia and aso to #Singapore.

For Penang and KL I’d love any recommendations for things to do and places to eat. The only firm plan we have so far is the cat sanctuary on the beach in Penang.

I know Singapore very well so have pretty solid plans there but if there’s anything awesome that’s opened in the last two years or that’s so obscure someone who has spent a lot of time there might not know about recommendations would be very welcome.

I’ll be travelling with older family members with health issues so activities that don’t require extensive walking are a plus. I’m a birder so public transport accessible places to see birds and other animals in the wild are very of interest

#tootSEA

It’s strange how the internet keeps us so loosely connected to other peoples worlds sometimes. In the last few weeks I found out on Facebook a friend from University I’d lost touch with 15 years ago had passed away. I also found out someone with whom the friendship faded as they seemed to not really value it is pregnant because I saw a job ad for maternity leave cover for their role

There’s been some wild offerings in the local free stuff group lately

And yes, someone did claim this

Muppets aglow at golden hour

#tawnyfrogmouth #birds #birding #wildoz #wildlife

Who needs personal space?

#tawnyfrogmouth #birds #birding #wildoz

While staring up into a tree looking at the tawny frogmouth nest I’ve been watching for a while a stranger walking past told me about another group of them nearby. It’s not the first time this has happened, I’ve similarly bestowed knowledge of our tawny friends on others I’ve met while bird watching. Loving these birds is like participating in the world’s most delightful and cooperative treasure hunt

#birds #birding #wildoz #wildlife #tawnyfrogmouth

The youngest neighbourhood Tawny Frogmouths are in their delightfully awkward grubby Furby stage as they start to get their adult feathers

Some of the ones who hatched several months prior are now roaming the neighbourhood alone leading to some entertaining posts in local online groups from people confused about what the creature in their yard is

#birds #birding #wildoz #tawnyfrogmouth #wildlife

Further instalments from my Tawny Frogmouth admiring

#birds #birding #wildoz #wildlife #TawnyFrogmouth

I don’t think anyone in #melbourne enjoyed today’s weather!

In some of these you can sort of see one of the Tawny Frogmouth’s special talents. Often when they’re sleeping or wish to be inconspicuous they hang out in a tree with bark that looks like their feathers and stretch themselves out to look like a broken branch. When their eyes are closed it can be very convincing!

#birds #birding #wildlife #wildoz #TawnyFrogmouth

Muppet nap time

#birds #birding #wildoz #australianwildlife #wildlife #TawnyFrogmouth

The youngest of the neighbourhood Tawny Frogmouth chicks made the momentous step of moving from the nest to a new branch in the last few days but the parents are still sticking close. Tawnys pair up for life and are devoted parents who take turns looking after the kids. The one not on childcare duty will usually be out hunting or resting on a nearby branch

#birds #birding #wildoz #wildlife #TawnyFrogmouth

Looks like today's Tawny pictures didn't add to this thread properly, here they are

https://aus.social/@joannaholman/115802009873988804

As I knew would happen it seems the last of the nesting Tawny Frogmouth families I’ve been watching has left the tree they’ve called home while their kids were young and migrated elsewhere in the area. It’s bittersweet. I’m a little sad that I won’t be able to reliably go see them but I know the move is good for them and that perhaps I will have the delight of stumbling across them as I wander around the neighbourhood. I will be doing lots of looking up as I walk among the trees. Today I came across this young one, who I’m guessing is one of the ones who hatched earlier in the season

#birds #birding #wildlife #wildoz #tawnyfrogmouth

Made a new reaction image for use with my ecologist coworkers