Michael L
@birdmichael.bsky.social
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Michael L
@birdmichael.bsky.social
· Nov 17
This year is a decade of bird photography for me - I'm still on basic gear and limited commitment, but there have been some highlights - a little thread, starting with this 2015 nankeen kestrel from the northern end of the Merri
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I "made" @birdmichael.bsky.social come to the Western Treatment Plant with me on a workday to look for brolgas and orange-bellied parrots so I could write this article
September 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I "made" @birdmichael.bsky.social come to the Western Treatment Plant with me on a workday to look for brolgas and orange-bellied parrots so I could write this article
Darwin day off really delivered
May 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Darwin day off really delivered
Laura is basically the loveliest person in the world and also an incredible goddamn writer, how???
May 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Laura is basically the loveliest person in the world and also an incredible goddamn writer, how???
Thrilled to be at the launch of Laura Elvery's incredible debut novel - highly recommend it and both her short story collections
May 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Thrilled to be at the launch of Laura Elvery's incredible debut novel - highly recommend it and both her short story collections
I've drifted back to the bad site for the past month or so, but I'm gonna try to return here more regularly. Mostly I just wanted another place to post this photo of me distracted by a goshawk during the Ballarat marathon
May 13, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I've drifted back to the bad site for the past month or so, but I'm gonna try to return here more regularly. Mostly I just wanted another place to post this photo of me distracted by a goshawk during the Ballarat marathon
34km this morning, 90+ for the week, everything is sore and tired
March 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
34km this morning, 90+ for the week, everything is sore and tired
No cat can resist the charms of the lap
March 12, 2025 at 6:43 AM
No cat can resist the charms of the lap
Pleased to report that my special shoes helped me through 15 x 400m reps this morning, including my fastest ever 400! (pleased to report I'm *just* inside twice the world record pace!)
March 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Pleased to report that my special shoes helped me through 15 x 400m reps this morning, including my fastest ever 400! (pleased to report I'm *just* inside twice the world record pace!)
Me packing my race shoes for tomorrow's track sesh and I once again have this song in my head
I don't imagine it was what @themountaingoats.bsky.social intended, but every time I put on my fancy race sneakers for a fast run I get Billy the Kid's Dream of The Magic Shoes stuck in my head.
🎶I've got special shooooeesss on🎶
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOHQ...
🎶I've got special shooooeesss on🎶
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOHQ...
Billy The Kid's Dream Of The Magic Shoes
YouTube video by The Mountain Goats - Topic
www.youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Me packing my race shoes for tomorrow's track sesh and I once again have this song in my head
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Fantastic new article by our PhD student Emma Vieira examining how alcohol-related harms among adolescents have shifted in countries that have seen a decline in adolescent drinking onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A systematic review of adolescent alcohol‐related harm trends in high‐income countries with declines in adolescent consumption
Background and Aims
Adolescent alcohol consumption decreased in high-income countries during the 2000s and 2010s. While evidence for declining consumption is clear, there has been less research trac.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Fantastic new article by our PhD student Emma Vieira examining how alcohol-related harms among adolescents have shifted in countries that have seen a decline in adolescent drinking onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Getting ever more powerful
March 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Getting ever more powerful
First golden whistler of the year for me
March 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
First golden whistler of the year for me
The tips on how to get into birding from @edyong209.bsky.social here are just perfect: buttondown.com/edyong209/ar...
Even though I'm spending way more time running than explicitly birding atm, I still make a choice every time I'm out to pay attention!
Even though I'm spending way more time running than explicitly birding atm, I still make a choice every time I'm out to pay attention!
The Ed's Up - Radiate Outwards
Photo by Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times Last month, I was interviewed by David Marchese of the NYT for their interview series called The...
buttondown.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The tips on how to get into birding from @edyong209.bsky.social here are just perfect: buttondown.com/edyong209/ar...
Even though I'm spending way more time running than explicitly birding atm, I still make a choice every time I'm out to pay attention!
Even though I'm spending way more time running than explicitly birding atm, I still make a choice every time I'm out to pay attention!
Time for my annual failed attempt to predict @thestellaprize.bsky.social longlist! What have I missed here gang? Gimme your hot tips and predictions
February 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Time for my annual failed attempt to predict @thestellaprize.bsky.social longlist! What have I missed here gang? Gimme your hot tips and predictions
Googled Kate Jennings' Snake after @sightlined.bsky.social's post and this is just garbage: publication date out by nearly 50 years, a made-up co-author - remember when the internet used to work?
February 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Googled Kate Jennings' Snake after @sightlined.bsky.social's post and this is just garbage: publication date out by nearly 50 years, a made-up co-author - remember when the internet used to work?
Started Chetna Maroo's Western Lanes and the descriptions of squash are just sublime - what are our best sports novels, that really evoke the feeling of playing? The Art of Fielding? Parts of Infinite Jest? What else??
February 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Started Chetna Maroo's Western Lanes and the descriptions of squash are just sublime - what are our best sports novels, that really evoke the feeling of playing? The Art of Fielding? Parts of Infinite Jest? What else??
Thrilling to have Labor governments both federally and in Victoria that seem to have no interest in environmental issues at all
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Victorian duck shooting to last almost three months
Duck hunters will be able to shoot for almost three months this year, and the government has increased bag limits in a move set to please the hunting lobby.
www.abc.net.au
February 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Thrilling to have Labor governments both federally and in Victoria that seem to have no interest in environmental issues at all
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Absurdly boring for everyone else, but god I'm loving feeling noticeably fitter and stronger each week of this marathon training block
February 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Absurdly boring for everyone else, but god I'm loving feeling noticeably fitter and stronger each week of this marathon training block
Me responding to doodle polls for meetings I probably won't attend anyway
February 15, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Me responding to doodle polls for meetings I probably won't attend anyway
The cutest netball team in Melbourne? Surely
February 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The cutest netball team in Melbourne? Surely
Pleased to report that I continue to confuse and alienate my run club by pointing out random birds in the distance (today: an Australian hobby hunting around the Rathdowne public housing towers)
February 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Pleased to report that I continue to confuse and alienate my run club by pointing out random birds in the distance (today: an Australian hobby hunting around the Rathdowne public housing towers)
This is such a sad story and really does show the downsides of the convenient on-demand alcohol delivery services that have really taken off since 2020: www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Curfews, time delays on alcohol delivery urged after woman drank herself to death
Kathleen Arnold, 30, was found dead with a blood alcohol reading of .54. Her death prompted calls for a crackdown on alcohol home delivery services.
www.theage.com.au
February 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This is such a sad story and really does show the downsides of the convenient on-demand alcohol delivery services that have really taken off since 2020: www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
28km in the tank this morning for a 75km week, training block is intensifying
February 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
28km in the tank this morning for a 75km week, training block is intensifying
What's everyone's favourite parrot, and why isn't it purple crowned lorikeet?
February 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
What's everyone's favourite parrot, and why isn't it purple crowned lorikeet?