Clare Hawkins
@clawkins.bsky.social
Conservation biologist in lutruwita/Tasmania ๐๐ Coordinates citizen science to monitor threatened species: NatureTrackers & more with the Bookend Trust & the University of Tasmania https://naturetrackers.au/
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Clare Hawkins
@clawkins.bsky.social
ยท Aug 7
This season, we can announce a new call recogniser in the software: for Critically Endangered FAR EASTERN CURLEWS, seen but rarely heard in #Tasmania.
It recognised calls from our 1st recordings near curlews, at dusk & dawn.
Where else will #CallTrackers detect them?
#news ๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
๐ท Elaine McDonald
It recognised calls from our 1st recordings near curlews, at dusk & dawn.
Where else will #CallTrackers detect them?
#news ๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
๐ท Elaine McDonald
#NatureTrackers' big #news! ๐งต
with @btobirds.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #acoustics #citizenscience #CallTrackers #Tasmania #conservation #science #conservationscience #wildlife #monitoring #nationalscienceweek #STEM #ornithology #birds #curlew #threatenedspecies #biodiversity #nature ๐๐งช๐ฆ๐ชถ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
with @btobirds.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #acoustics #citizenscience #CallTrackers #Tasmania #conservation #science #conservationscience #wildlife #monitoring #nationalscienceweek #STEM #ornithology #birds #curlew #threatenedspecies #biodiversity #nature ๐๐งช๐ฆ๐ชถ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
... wetlands are being drained even today, as we've discovered for ourselves while ground-truthing potential habitat for the endangered Australasian bittern.
Find out exactly why the disappearance of our wetlands matters here โ www.ramsar.org/about/our-mi... [2/2]
#WorldWetlandsDay #Tasmania
Find out exactly why the disappearance of our wetlands matters here โ www.ramsar.org/about/our-mi... [2/2]
#WorldWetlandsDay #Tasmania
The importance of wetlands
www.ramsar.org
February 2, 2026 at 4:39 AM
... wetlands are being drained even today, as we've discovered for ourselves while ground-truthing potential habitat for the endangered Australasian bittern.
Find out exactly why the disappearance of our wetlands matters here โ www.ramsar.org/about/our-mi... [2/2]
#WorldWetlandsDay #Tasmania
Find out exactly why the disappearance of our wetlands matters here โ www.ramsar.org/about/our-mi... [2/2]
#WorldWetlandsDay #Tasmania
Today is World Wetlands Day, around the world. It marks the signing of the intergovernmental Ramsar Convention on Wetlands by most countries, including Australia, in 1971. Unfortunately... [1/2]
๐ท Blackmans Lagoon, Waterhouse
We recorded Australasian bittern boom calls (=breeding) here this season
๐ท Blackmans Lagoon, Waterhouse
We recorded Australasian bittern boom calls (=breeding) here this season
February 2, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Today is World Wetlands Day, around the world. It marks the signing of the intergovernmental Ramsar Convention on Wetlands by most countries, including Australia, in 1971. Unfortunately... [1/2]
๐ท Blackmans Lagoon, Waterhouse
We recorded Australasian bittern boom calls (=breeding) here this season
๐ท Blackmans Lagoon, Waterhouse
We recorded Australasian bittern boom calls (=breeding) here this season
So hard to read; both for Madagascar, a country I came to know well in the 1990s, & for Australia just as politicians battle furiously over any potential improvement to nature protection laws.
Species & numbers details via the IUCN Red List: www.iucnredlist.org/search
#EPBC #ExtinctionMatters
Species & numbers details via the IUCN Red List: www.iucnredlist.org/search
#EPBC #ExtinctionMatters
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
So hard to read; both for Madagascar, a country I came to know well in the 1990s, & for Australia just as politicians battle furiously over any potential improvement to nature protection laws.
Species & numbers details via the IUCN Red List: www.iucnredlist.org/search
#EPBC #ExtinctionMatters
Species & numbers details via the IUCN Red List: www.iucnredlist.org/search
#EPBC #ExtinctionMatters
After 40 years of extinct status in South Australia, the Murray crayfish is back! Darren Willis speaks about Glen, who shared the cultural significance of the project to First Nations peoples in the area, on day 2 of #ESA2025.
#southaustralia #crayfish #ecology
#southaustralia #crayfish #ecology
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Reposted by Clare Hawkins
Birdsong is not only beautiful, itโs also full of information. This is where Acoustic Monitoring comes in. Will you support the development of this new and important work? Find out more and donate today โก๏ธ www.bto.org/acoustic... #bioacoustics #ornithology
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Birdsong is not only beautiful, itโs also full of information. This is where Acoustic Monitoring comes in. Will you support the development of this new and important work? Find out more and donate today โก๏ธ www.bto.org/acoustic... #bioacoustics #ornithology
Iโm sad to see the bittern goneโฆ
October 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Iโm sad to see the bittern goneโฆ
NUMBER 3 WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE (Tasmanian *obviously* ๐)
Australian bird of the year! A tiny feathery hiatus from the grim day-to-day | First Dog on the Moon
(unless you are a bird)
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
NUMBER 3 WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE (Tasmanian *obviously* ๐)
IKR - imagine!! You're thinking of CETI's work?
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
What are animals saying? AI may help decode their languages
A groundbreaking research project is finally building the tools to translate just how whales and other creatures communicate.
www.nationalgeographic.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
IKR - imagine!! You're thinking of CETI's work?
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
Dive into the sounds of Tasmania's wetlands from dusk till dawn...๐งตโฌ๏ธ
#acoustics #citizenscience #Tasmania #conservation #science #conservationscience #wildlife #monitoring #nationalscienceweek #STEM #ornithology #bittern #threatenedspecies #biodiversity #nature #CallTrackers #NatureTrackers ๐๐งช๐ฆ๐ชถ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
#acoustics #citizenscience #Tasmania #conservation #science #conservationscience #wildlife #monitoring #nationalscienceweek #STEM #ornithology #bittern #threatenedspecies #biodiversity #nature #CallTrackers #NatureTrackers ๐๐งช๐ฆ๐ชถ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
August 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Dive into the sounds of Tasmania's wetlands from dusk till dawn...๐งตโฌ๏ธ
#acoustics #citizenscience #Tasmania #conservation #science #conservationscience #wildlife #monitoring #nationalscienceweek #STEM #ornithology #bittern #threatenedspecies #biodiversity #nature #CallTrackers #NatureTrackers ๐๐งช๐ฆ๐ชถ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
#acoustics #citizenscience #Tasmania #conservation #science #conservationscience #wildlife #monitoring #nationalscienceweek #STEM #ornithology #bittern #threatenedspecies #biodiversity #nature #CallTrackers #NatureTrackers ๐๐งช๐ฆ๐ชถ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
...hone the recognition software, so we can all better monitor for bitterns across Tasmania.
It's fun, there'll be great snacks, & you don't need to be an expert. Have a go for National Science Week!
Details & bookings: events.humanitix.com/bittern-ques...
#nationalscienceweek
It's fun, there'll be great snacks, & you don't need to be an expert. Have a go for National Science Week!
Details & bookings: events.humanitix.com/bittern-ques...
#nationalscienceweek
Bittern quest: boom or bust? [afternoon]
Learn about the mysterious, Endangered Australasian bittern, & help track down its booming call among data collected across Tasmania by CallTrackers volunteers!
events.humanitix.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
...hone the recognition software, so we can all better monitor for bitterns across Tasmania.
It's fun, there'll be great snacks, & you don't need to be an expert. Have a go for National Science Week!
Details & bookings: events.humanitix.com/bittern-ques...
#nationalscienceweek
It's fun, there'll be great snacks, & you don't need to be an expert. Have a go for National Science Week!
Details & bookings: events.humanitix.com/bittern-ques...
#nationalscienceweek
In Hobart this Sunday? Your ears are very much needed for this special BITTERN QUEST!
Help check CallTrackers' haunting recordings from around Tasmaniaโtentatively identified as likely the 'boom' of an Endangered Australasian bitternโin order to...
#nationalscienceweek #citizenscience #bioacoustics
Help check CallTrackers' haunting recordings from around Tasmaniaโtentatively identified as likely the 'boom' of an Endangered Australasian bitternโin order to...
#nationalscienceweek #citizenscience #bioacoustics
August 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
In Hobart this Sunday? Your ears are very much needed for this special BITTERN QUEST!
Help check CallTrackers' haunting recordings from around Tasmaniaโtentatively identified as likely the 'boom' of an Endangered Australasian bitternโin order to...
#nationalscienceweek #citizenscience #bioacoustics
Help check CallTrackers' haunting recordings from around Tasmaniaโtentatively identified as likely the 'boom' of an Endangered Australasian bitternโin order to...
#nationalscienceweek #citizenscience #bioacoustics
The Field Guide to the Insects of Tasmania now offers yet another fantastic toolโฆ
#Tasmania #insects #nature #TakeACloserLook
#Tasmania #insects #nature #TakeACloserLook
"True Bugs by Colour" is now up and running after a year of preparation. We have around 250 named species of Hemiptera and they are now sorted into a rainbow of shades. We hope it helps you track down the name of one of your locals!
tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/ins...
tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/ins...
True Bugs by Colour
True bugs (Hemiptera) come in a huge diversity of body forms; from flat looking blobs to metallic beetle like insects.ย They all have sucking mouthparts.ย Click on the colours that are closest to the ...
tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The Field Guide to the Insects of Tasmania now offers yet another fantastic toolโฆ
#Tasmania #insects #nature #TakeACloserLook
#Tasmania #insects #nature #TakeACloserLook
Fantastic ๐๐๐๐
August 13, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Fantastic ๐๐๐๐
#NatureTrackers' big #news! ๐งต
with @btobirds.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #acoustics #citizenscience #CallTrackers #Tasmania #conservation #science #conservationscience #wildlife #monitoring #nationalscienceweek #STEM #ornithology #birds #curlew #threatenedspecies #biodiversity #nature ๐๐งช๐ฆ๐ชถ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
with @btobirds.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #acoustics #citizenscience #CallTrackers #Tasmania #conservation #science #conservationscience #wildlife #monitoring #nationalscienceweek #STEM #ornithology #birds #curlew #threatenedspecies #biodiversity #nature ๐๐งช๐ฆ๐ชถ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
This season, we can announce a new call recogniser in the software: for Critically Endangered FAR EASTERN CURLEWS, seen but rarely heard in #Tasmania.
It recognised calls from our 1st recordings near curlews, at dusk & dawn.
Where else will #CallTrackers detect them?
#news ๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
๐ท Elaine McDonald
It recognised calls from our 1st recordings near curlews, at dusk & dawn.
Where else will #CallTrackers detect them?
#news ๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
๐ท Elaine McDonald
August 7, 2025 at 5:08 AM
#NatureTrackers' big #news! ๐งต
with @btobirds.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #acoustics #citizenscience #CallTrackers #Tasmania #conservation #science #conservationscience #wildlife #monitoring #nationalscienceweek #STEM #ornithology #birds #curlew #threatenedspecies #biodiversity #nature ๐๐งช๐ฆ๐ชถ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
with @btobirds.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #acoustics #citizenscience #CallTrackers #Tasmania #conservation #science #conservationscience #wildlife #monitoring #nationalscienceweek #STEM #ornithology #birds #curlew #threatenedspecies #biodiversity #nature ๐๐งช๐ฆ๐ชถ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
Please be part of it! Sign up! And for #NationalScienceWeek there are friendly intros to CallTrackers across Tasmania...
naturetrackers.au/news/spring-...
#CitizenScience #monitoring #conservation #Tasmania #NatureTrackers
๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
๐ท Helen Cunningham
naturetrackers.au/news/spring-...
#CitizenScience #monitoring #conservation #Tasmania #NatureTrackers
๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
๐ท Helen Cunningham
Spring into wildlife monitoring action! | Latest news | NatureTrackers
National Science Week workshops across Tasmania, September schools visits and moreโฆ
naturetrackers.au
August 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Please be part of it! Sign up! And for #NationalScienceWeek there are friendly intros to CallTrackers across Tasmania...
naturetrackers.au/news/spring-...
#CitizenScience #monitoring #conservation #Tasmania #NatureTrackers
๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
๐ท Helen Cunningham
naturetrackers.au/news/spring-...
#CitizenScience #monitoring #conservation #Tasmania #NatureTrackers
๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
๐ท Helen Cunningham
โby Cradle Coast Authorityโs NRM + Devonport City Council, under the Aus Govt-funded Urban Rivers & Catchments Program.
As the habitat improves, will #CallTrackers start to record the haunting curlew call & the bittern's boom?
Now we can find out.
#acoustic #conservation ๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
๐ท Elaine McDonald
As the habitat improves, will #CallTrackers start to record the haunting curlew call & the bittern's boom?
Now we can find out.
#acoustic #conservation ๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
๐ท Elaine McDonald
August 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
โby Cradle Coast Authorityโs NRM + Devonport City Council, under the Aus Govt-funded Urban Rivers & Catchments Program.
As the habitat improves, will #CallTrackers start to record the haunting curlew call & the bittern's boom?
Now we can find out.
#acoustic #conservation ๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
๐ท Elaine McDonald
As the habitat improves, will #CallTrackers start to record the haunting curlew call & the bittern's boom?
Now we can find out.
#acoustic #conservation ๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
๐ท Elaine McDonald
Far eastern curlews have declined rapidly, facing disturbance, pollution & habitat loss in China, Russia, SE Asia, Aus & NZโ & on their migration routes between these. It's our largest shorebird; & check that incredible bill!
Hence restoration efforts at the Mersey estuaryโ
#WildOz
๐ท Jenny Ostenfeld
Hence restoration efforts at the Mersey estuaryโ
#WildOz
๐ท Jenny Ostenfeld
August 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Far eastern curlews have declined rapidly, facing disturbance, pollution & habitat loss in China, Russia, SE Asia, Aus & NZโ & on their migration routes between these. It's our largest shorebird; & check that incredible bill!
Hence restoration efforts at the Mersey estuaryโ
#WildOz
๐ท Jenny Ostenfeld
Hence restoration efforts at the Mersey estuaryโ
#WildOz
๐ท Jenny Ostenfeld
This season, we can announce a new call recogniser in the software: for Critically Endangered FAR EASTERN CURLEWS, seen but rarely heard in #Tasmania.
It recognised calls from our 1st recordings near curlews, at dusk & dawn.
Where else will #CallTrackers detect them?
#news ๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
๐ท Elaine McDonald
It recognised calls from our 1st recordings near curlews, at dusk & dawn.
Where else will #CallTrackers detect them?
#news ๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
๐ท Elaine McDonald
August 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
This season, we can announce a new call recogniser in the software: for Critically Endangered FAR EASTERN CURLEWS, seen but rarely heard in #Tasmania.
It recognised calls from our 1st recordings near curlews, at dusk & dawn.
Where else will #CallTrackers detect them?
#news ๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
๐ท Elaine McDonald
It recognised calls from our 1st recordings near curlews, at dusk & dawn.
Where else will #CallTrackers detect them?
#news ๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
๐ท Elaine McDonald
These annual #volunteer -run surveys across Tasmania, using recorders borrowed from libraries, can help track changes in these species' distributions & numbers.
We can even head back in time, to pick out calls of species that the Acoustic Pipeline can now recognise, from stored recordings...
๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
We can even head back in time, to pick out calls of species that the Acoustic Pipeline can now recognise, from stored recordings...
๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
August 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
These annual #volunteer -run surveys across Tasmania, using recorders borrowed from libraries, can help track changes in these species' distributions & numbers.
We can even head back in time, to pick out calls of species that the Acoustic Pipeline can now recognise, from stored recordings...
๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
We can even head back in time, to pick out calls of species that the Acoustic Pipeline can now recognise, from stored recordings...
๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
If you contribute to CallTrackers' annual surveys for #Tasmania 's 'noisy but elusive' species (like bats & the Endangered Australasian bittern)โyou get to use @btobirds.bsky.social's Acoustic Pipeline software. Increasingly accurately, this can flag likely calls of these species...
#citsci ๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
#citsci ๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
August 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
If you contribute to CallTrackers' annual surveys for #Tasmania 's 'noisy but elusive' species (like bats & the Endangered Australasian bittern)โyou get to use @btobirds.bsky.social's Acoustic Pipeline software. Increasingly accurately, this can flag likely calls of these species...
#citsci ๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
#citsci ๐งช๐๐ชถ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
...and keep your eyes peeled for VERY exciting news coming soon, about the species we can learn about through CallTrackers acoustic monitoring...
#Tasmania #CallTrackers #NatureTrackers #bats #bitterns #citizenscience #stem #nationalscienceweek #acoustic #conservation ๐ ๐งช๐ชถ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
#Tasmania #CallTrackers #NatureTrackers #bats #bitterns #citizenscience #stem #nationalscienceweek #acoustic #conservation ๐ ๐งช๐ชถ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
August 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
...and keep your eyes peeled for VERY exciting news coming soon, about the species we can learn about through CallTrackers acoustic monitoring...
#Tasmania #CallTrackers #NatureTrackers #bats #bitterns #citizenscience #stem #nationalscienceweek #acoustic #conservation ๐ ๐งช๐ชถ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
#Tasmania #CallTrackers #NatureTrackers #bats #bitterns #citizenscience #stem #nationalscienceweek #acoustic #conservation ๐ ๐งช๐ชถ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๏ธ
Learn all about it for #NationalScienceWeek! Every Sept-March, you can help monitor wildlife across #Tasmania & learn more about your more elusive neighbours, by borrowing #CallTrackersโ state-of-the-art recorders from various libraries.
Find out more in a workshop: naturetrackers.au/news/spring-...
Find out more in a workshop: naturetrackers.au/news/spring-...
August 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Learn all about it for #NationalScienceWeek! Every Sept-March, you can help monitor wildlife across #Tasmania & learn more about your more elusive neighbours, by borrowing #CallTrackersโ state-of-the-art recorders from various libraries.
Find out more in a workshop: naturetrackers.au/news/spring-...
Find out more in a workshop: naturetrackers.au/news/spring-...