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I just spent a week in the Amazon rainforest in the Manu NP Area. It was fantastic. This is my first post of images. The monkeys were impressive especially the Red Howler Monkeys and their amazing calling early in the morning and late afternoon. Spider Monkeys clamouring around the canopy were also very special.
Incredible work.
The fossilised spit of this Antarctic sea bird is helping scientists unlock its past
www.abc.net.au
The elegant snow petrel is something of a mystery to scientists, but researchers hope the fossilised remains of the bird's thick, oily spit will shed light on its history.Finally got some shots of a breaching humpback whale on my last day in the Kimberley. So very fortunate 🙂
It has been awhile since I posted something about wildlife or a favourite region. Soon I am going back to the remote and beautiful Kimberley region of North-west Australia. This will be my 12th expedition as a naturalist to this amazing region, one of favourite places on this planet.
Why do I love the Kimberley region so much?
There are so many reasons: The remoteness of this wilderness region (you cannot get there except by sea), the ancient and spectacular geology (2.2 bilion year old sandstone including world famous anticlines), the way the light changes on the sandstone cliffs on King George River, the huge tidal range (up to 10 metres), the extensive mangroves complete with estuarine crocodiles, a good diversity of coastal birds (including several majestic birds of prey), mudskippers, fiddler crabs and so much more, the rock wallabies zooming around the sandstone in the early morning light, the humpback whales leaping and tail-slapping everywhere you look while mothers swim with their new born calves, and last but not least, the breathtaking cultural experience of visiting an area inhabited by the first Australians some 60,000 years ago and being privileged to view their art.
I can't wait to see it again.
I have posted a selection of images. I hope you like them 🙂
My final chat for this season with Sharon Malloy on ABC radio across Queensland. This week was about the wildlife you might encounter if you are lucky enough to be enjoying our great outdoors this Easter weekend.
My recent chat to Sharon Malloy about attracting wildlife to your backyard - Part 2.
My recent chat to Sharon Malloy about attracting wildlife to your backyard - Part 1.
My chat this morning with Sharon Malloy on ABC radio through Queensland was on elapid snakes. These are the snakes that are front-fanged and are often deadly :).
My chat about burrowing frogs on ABC radio throughout Queensland this morning with Sharon Malloy.
My weekly chat with Sharon Malloy on Queensland ABC radio was all about galahs. I hope you enjoy!
My chat this morning with Sharon Malloy on ABC Radio throughout Queensland about Brush-tail Possums.
Christmas beetles are featured this week on my backyard wildlife segment with Sharon Malloy on ABC radio.
Even managed to squeeze in my backyard wildlife segments about green tree ant on ABC radio Queensland Saturday morning. Curiously, my friend Martyn Harries and I listened to it live via the internet while driving from Bristol to Devon. Ain't modern technology marvellous!
Finally the ABC story. I hope this issue gets the public support it deserves. I am just a spokesperson as it is the carers who are the heroes. Big thanks to the bat carers who are doing a magnificent job.
Ecologists blame construction for spike in baby bat deaths in Cairns
www.abc.net.au
Far north Queensland ecologists believe development is devastating Cairns's most valuable natural asset — its wildlife.
Do you have a favourite bird in your backyard? Find out more with my chat with Sharon Malloy on ABC radio this morning.
It isn't long until Christmas, so are you still looking for an ideal present?
Why not purchase a copy of a beautiful and enchanting children's book - Paddy O'Melon The Irish Kangaroo.
Written by my late partner, Julia Cooper, and illustrated by award-winning wildlife artist, Daryl Dickson, this delightful book about the adventures of a sweet little rainforest kangaroo, will gladden your heart and make you smile.
Just google Paddy O'Melon and you will find it available world-wide on internet sites such as Amazon and Booktopia.
My chat with Sharon Malloy on ABC radio Queensland about koalas this morning. I hope you enjoy.
My chat on ABC Radio Queensland about snakes, specifically pythons, last Saturday.
My ABC Radio chat with Sharon Malloy about Bush Stone Curlews a couple of weeks ago.
The story about construction impacts on baby flying-foxes at the Cairns library camp shown on WIN news tonight. Please share.
BAT CRISIS
This is the story ABC Far North radio did today on the library bat camp with Lynda Stevenson and myself. Hopefully it highlights the problems these developments are causing our wonderful flying-foxes.
Please share to your networks.
