Health activist🌏 Sociology of joyist. Bird pal🦜, Armchair Astronomer, zesty nerd. I respect courage, integrity, honour. Member: Women's Honour Roll
Canberra, Australia
Joined April 2009
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The theme of International #OpenAccessWeek2026, The Cost of Knowledge, asks us to consider the true costs of creating and sharing knowledge, and invites us to rethink – collectively – who pays for and supports open access.
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Today’s Bird Balm☺️
This reminds me of when I was a kid, watching others play and wanting to join in but not knowing how to ask😅
#JurassicParrotBirdBalm
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Medieval hailstorms: A nightmare for armour, a boon for armourers - 14th century, Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. Rh. 15, f. 161
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Recent open access article by TASA members Judith Bessant & Philippa Collin et al.:
The politics of a ‘duty of care’: children, climate change and social media in Australia, 2020–2025
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The extraordinary porcelain of Japanese ceramic master Tokuda Yasokichi III
His Saiyū glazing technique transformed traditional Kutani ceramics into brilliant color spectrums of cobalt
Developed in the 1970s, his work earned him Japan’s prestigious Living National Treasure designation in 1997
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The Flame trees are starting to bloom again ❣️#naturescenes
#bloomscrolling
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A warm and mostly sunny day in #Canberra with light north to northeasterly winds.
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5 yrs ago I fixed an old hat under the eaves in hope of birds.
Problem was pest mice & rats climbing up the brick to it.
Live trapping them as they come to lures has worked.
Today I noticed the White Browed Scrub Wrens are raising a family in it.
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IT IS GOING..CHEEP
Remember last weekend when I put up this cheap hat as a nesting site and said it would attract birds?
One photo like this (Thornbill) & next it was looking in the hat.
I will keep filming to see if the Pardalotes show up.
@BirdlifeOz @UrbanBirdsOz @
Epilogue
Aquel día de 1851 se publicó en Londres un libro con una tirada de apenas 500 ejemplares. Se llamaba La ballena. Herman Melville decidió en el último momento titularlo Moby Dick, pero el cambio no llegó a tiempo. Tampoco se incluyó el epílogo: el editor lo suprimió, y en esas páginas Ismael, el narrador, relata cómo sobrevivió al naufragio. Los críticos ingleses se burlaron: ¿cómo puede contar la historia alguien que se ha ahogado? En Estados Unidos repitieron la crítica sin verificar que su edición sí contenía el final. En vida de Melville se vendieron allí 3.215 ejemplares. Abandonó la novela y trabajó casi veinte años como inspector de aduanas en Nueva York. Murió en 1891 prácticamente olvidado, y nadie lo redescubrió hasta los años veinte. Hoy Moby Dick es una de las grandes novelas de la historia. Muchos somos juzgados por una versión de nuestra vida a la que le falta el epílogo.
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Spotted a tiny clump of orange dots beside a mossy tree stump. Hemitrichia decipiens, aka Salmon egg slime mold. Up close it looked to me like a tiny hot air balloons about to take off into the woodland canopy. #fungi #Autumn
ALT orange orbs on top of a shiny see though column it's only a 3mm high at the most but reminded me of a hot air balloon rising from the ground
ALT orange orbs on top of shiny transparent stalks.against a dark background.
ALT small shiny orange balls around the size of a pin head on a small chunk of brown rotting bark.
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Eastern Spinebill, Australia's next best thing to a hummingbird! #birds #australia
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My best ever October shot🦋
I was framing a shot of these rose hips and blackberries a few years back when I was photobombed by a comma butterfly🦋
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No appointment needed when the patient has four legs and a trunk! 🤩
Dr. Mukami Ruoro-Oundo, Senior Veterinary Officer at KWS, has been named 2026 IFAW Wildlife Vet of the Year!🏆
From treating diverse wildlife, including elephants, rhinos, big cats, pangolins - to advancing wildlife veterinary care and supporting more women in the field, her work continues to give wildlife a second chance.
Some doctors save lives. Some save wildlife. Dr. Mukami does both. 🥳
Congratulations, Dr. Mukami, on this well-deserved recognition!
#ThisIsOurWild #ExploreExperienceConserve #WildlifeVetOfTheYear
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Today’s Bird Balm☺️
I noticed a small group of people pointing their phones at a tree (a sight I don't normally see at my local parks), and I wondered what they were all photographing.
It all made sense when I spotted this gorgeous male king parrot!
I don't see king parrots as often as other parrots, so it was nice to get a good look at one myself.
#JurassicParrotBirdBalm
