Dr John Martin
@drjohnmartin.bsky.social
Ecology, author, science commentator, citizen scientist, father.
Have you seen a baby Oz Brush-turkey this season? Please report sightings to our research using our Big City Birds app or website 😉 These Aussie Battlers are spreading across Sydney and Brisbane - thanks for contributing! www.spotteron.com/bigcitybirds... Or report using #iNaturalist #BigCityBirds
Yesterday the Senate agreed to my motion that calls on the government to fix our broken lobbying laws. It's time for politics to work for Australians, and that starts with lobbying reform. This is a great first step. Go to www.fixlobbying.com.au and join my call for lobbying reform.
It's such a privilege to get to spend my days looking at what my tagged birds do when confronted to this strange box. I am getting to know them I catch myself look at ibis A and think "you remind me of ibis B". I am excited to quantify how their individual traits impact how they treat the puzzle!
🎉🦜NEW PAPER ALERT 🦜🎉 Which social learning biases underly the acquisition of novel food in wild parrots ? We (@lucymaplin.bsky.social, @bjjbarrett.bsky.social, @sonjawild.bsky.social, @drjohnmartin.bsky.social) presented >700 cockies with a novel, artificial food (🧵1/6)
PLOS Biology@plosbiology.org · 5mo agoAdopting novel food is vital to colonize novel environments, but what is the role of social learning? Study of urban #cockatoos by @clevercockierp.bsky.social shows them to rapidly adopt novel food via #SocialLearning, with juveniles showing conformist preferences @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4uq6NVq
There’s a bear in there, and an ibis as well… Yep, joining Play School in the field to go bird watching - with a focus on Australian white ibis - was fun. Thanks Big Ted & Teo Report the ibis you see, eg nesting, foraging, Wingtags using our Big City Birds app www.spotteron.com/bigcitybirds...
As many federal governments slow — or reverse — climate action, Austria's capital, Vienna, wants to show how cities can take the lead.
This country is slowing climate action. Its capital city is stepping up
As many federal government's slow - or reverse - climate action, Austria's capital, Vienna, wants to show how cities can take the lead.
npr.org
May in Sydney & the Brush-Turkey breeding season has begun - as indicated by males with distended yellow throat wattles. Are you seeing them? Please report, including new nests & repeat use of old nests - use the Big City Birds app across NSW & Qld www.spotteron.com/bigcitybirds...
Gift suggestion - recommended by cockies 😉 Our book: A Guide to the Creatures In Your Neighbourhood for $27 - fun facts & quirky tales 😂 www.thenile.com.au/books/andrew...
New paper: “Extensive Tracking of Nomadic Waterbird Movements Reveals an Inland Flyway”. Turns out the Great Dividing Range acts, to some degree, as a barrier to coastal movements from the inland wetlands. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Nature conservation is chronically underfunded in the ACT and across the county. It has to increase if we are to better protect & manage the incredible landscapes that make Australia so special. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/883559...
Plan to protect endangered ACT grasslands a casualty of tanked environment deal
'These are two of the most ecologically significant bits of bush in Canberra.'
canberratimes.com.au
Swallowtail butterfly - ‘Pilio aegeus’, found in eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea A magical moment in the park observing this beautiful creature with my 2yr old I reported our sighting using @inaturalist.bsky.social app, you can too
Fantastically nerdy - for those who love math & biology theconversation.com/prime-time-f...
Prime time for cicadas: what a once-in-1,547-year bug population surge tells us about the nature of reality
Three groups of cicadas have emerged together this year for the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire. The reason is pure mathematics.
theconversation.com
Amazing data - perceptions of Aus fossil fuel industry [employment / contribution to GDP / tax contributions] vs reality - from @australiainstitute.org.au's annual 'Climate of the Nation' survey What $billions in advertising + compliant cultural capture buys you -->> apo.org.au/node/329142
The Australien Government has made an ad about our next federal election, and it's surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol #preferentialvoting #twopartysystem #2025election www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oxQ...
Honest Government Ad | 2025 Election
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
youtube.com
Housing affordability in 🇦🇺 is the worst it’s ever been yet the major parties won’t back my bill requiring them to have 10-year national plan for housing and homelessness 🤯 www.smh.com.au/property/new...
There two types of 'swimming pools'. If there aren't plants and fish living in it, then I won't get in either. Munurru, Ngauwudu (Mitchell Plateau) in the Kimberley of WA.
Every time I open @bsky.app and see that another long lost friend and Twitter refugee has joined.
a dog is standing on a tiled floor and says so excited
ALT: a dog is standing on a tiled floor and says so excited
media.tenor.com
A little ibis appreciation, I banded this bird in 2007 as an adult (>3yrs old), so she is at least 20yrs old! The deep red colour under her wings indicates that she is breeding, is it her 20th clutch or 60th - they can breed 3 times in a season Report sightings www.spotteron.com/bigcitybirds...
Baby brush-turkey, a couple of days old, adjacent to a busy road = urban living. Lots of people haven’t baby-turks because they are often more cryptic & flighty & they don’t look like the adults Report your sightings using the Big City Birds app www.spotteron.com/bigcitybirds...
Here's is the thread I've just posted on Ex: 1. A few days ago, I wrote a thread about the pros and cons of staying on this platform and asked for your views. They were very helpful. As a result, I’ve decided to stop using X from January 20. Already I’m mostly posting now on BlueSky instead.🧵
Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires. In this massive collaboration, >100 Australian ecologists put a novel spin on meta-analysis to discover how fire frequency, interval, unburnt area, pre-fire drought and protected areas modify fire impacts.🌏 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires - Nature
Data collected from more than 2,000 taxa provide an unparalleled opportunity to quantify how extreme wildfires affect biodiversity, revealing that the largest effects on plants and animals were in are...
nature.com
New pape “Habitat use by nomadic ibis & spoonbills following dispersal from breeding sites in Oz” Fantastic to start to learn about these big and obvious species - yet we know so little about them; just think how little we know about the small, cryptic species idp.springer.com/authorize?re...
NSW Government inquiry into control of feral horses confirms that aerial culling is an important tool for reducing feral horse numbers humanely. Great to see increased protection of native Australian species and ecosystems, at least in 2/3 of Kosciuszko NP. invasives.org.au/media-releas...
NSW Parliament inquiry confirms: Aerial culling key to protecting wildlife from feral horse damage
The NSW Upper House has today released its report following an inquiry into the aerial shooting of wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park.
invasives.org.au
