Fran Hacker
@franhckr.bsky.social
PhD Student at ANU studying foraging and habitat use in the superb fairy-wren 🐦
Wildlife photographer 🌱
IG: fran_x_photography
MRes Animal Behaviour, MSci Bioacoustics, BSc Neuroscience
Wildlife photographer 🌱
IG: fran_x_photography
MRes Animal Behaviour, MSci Bioacoustics, BSc Neuroscience
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Fran Hacker
@franhckr.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Hi all! Quick intro post! 🐦
I'm a PhD student at ANU (EcoEvo) studying the foraging behaviour and habitat use of superb fairy-wrens. Interested in everything animals, behaviour, and ecology!
Also check fran_x_photography on IG for my wildlife photos! 🐾
#behaviour #birds #ecology #photography
I'm a PhD student at ANU (EcoEvo) studying the foraging behaviour and habitat use of superb fairy-wrens. Interested in everything animals, behaviour, and ecology!
Also check fran_x_photography on IG for my wildlife photos! 🐾
#behaviour #birds #ecology #photography
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Earlier this season we said goodbye to GBB. Born in 2014, she was one of the oldest and most productive females in our population:
35 nests, 80 eggs, 47 chicks fledged, 35 reached independence, 24 grandkids. This female below has now taken over her territory. Big 🐾 to fill!
#SFW_ANU #birds #ecology
35 nests, 80 eggs, 47 chicks fledged, 35 reached independence, 24 grandkids. This female below has now taken over her territory. Big 🐾 to fill!
#SFW_ANU #birds #ecology
June 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Freezing but oh so worth it! These colours only rival those of the sunrises I got to see working at a penguin colony in South Africa 😍🐧
Greeted by a stunning sunrise this morning as @franhckr.bsky.social and @sramellini.bsky.social brave the cold at the gardens ❄️ Trying to catch the last few unbanded individuals in our population and helping colleagues with some thornbill research 🐦⬛
#SFW_ANU #ecology #ornithology #birds
#SFW_ANU #ecology #ornithology #birds
June 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Freezing but oh so worth it! These colours only rival those of the sunrises I got to see working at a penguin colony in South Africa 😍🐧
Happy to announce that my latest paper has been published in @animalecology.bsky.social! A brief research highlight on some exciting new research on Alpine ibex migration 🐐
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Sex‐specific plasticity in Alpine ibex migration timing
This paper highlights a recent study by Chauveau et al. (2025), which examined sex-specific flexibility in migration timing in Alpine ibex (Capra ibex). Using long-term data, the authors show that ma...
doi.org
June 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Happy to announce that my latest paper has been published in @animalecology.bsky.social! A brief research highlight on some exciting new research on Alpine ibex migration 🐐
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Excited to be representing @scienceanu.bsky.social and @fairywrensanu.bsky.social at #ASSAB2025 - if you're interested in thermal ecology and superb fairywren foraging choices, attend my talk at 15:45 pm tomorrow! I'll be presenting some preliminary results from one of my PhD chapters 😊
Day 1 of the #ASSAB2025 conference opened with an incredible plenary! Join us tomorrow for #SFW_ANU project updates. At 11:15 @sramellini.bsky.social will talk about their multilevel society, and
@franhckr.bsky.social will talk about their foraging behaviour at 15:45!
@animbehav.bsky.social
@franhckr.bsky.social will talk about their foraging behaviour at 15:45!
@animbehav.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Excited to be representing @scienceanu.bsky.social and @fairywrensanu.bsky.social at #ASSAB2025 - if you're interested in thermal ecology and superb fairywren foraging choices, attend my talk at 15:45 pm tomorrow! I'll be presenting some preliminary results from one of my PhD chapters 😊
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With the cold weather and brown males the non-breeding season is officially upon us! 🐦 Our fieldwork now focuses on their sociality and foraging 🍿 #ecology #birds #ornithology #SFW_ANU @sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
With the cold weather and brown males the non-breeding season is officially upon us! 🐦 Our fieldwork now focuses on their sociality and foraging 🍿 #ecology #birds #ornithology #SFW_ANU @sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
Spending weekends with my camera at the field site 📸 trying to capture all the lovely #bird residents 🐦
#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #photography
#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #photography
March 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Spending weekends with my camera at the field site 📸 trying to capture all the lovely #bird residents 🐦
#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #photography
#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #photography
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When you go to collect data but the data doesn't let you write it down ✍🏻🐦😆
#bird #ecology #ornithology #SFW_ANU
@sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
@scienceanu.bsky.social
#bird #ecology #ornithology #SFW_ANU
@sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
@scienceanu.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
When you go to collect data but the data doesn't let you write it down ✍🏻🐦😆
#bird #ecology #ornithology #SFW_ANU
@sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
@scienceanu.bsky.social
#bird #ecology #ornithology #SFW_ANU
@sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
@scienceanu.bsky.social
How cute are these guys 🥹💕 Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone from us here at the #SFW_ANU project, including our birds 🐦 Even though the breeding season is over, it's the perfect day for some allopreening to strengthen our social bonds 😉
#ornithology #birds
#ornithology #birds
February 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
How cute are these guys 🥹💕 Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
Reposted by Fran Hacker
Aaaand that's the official end of this year's breeding season! Yesterday, we banded the last chick - that's 68 in total! About to fledge any day now, let's wish him/her well ✨🕊️
#ornithology #ecology #birds @scienceanu.bsky.social
@sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
#ornithology #ecology #birds @scienceanu.bsky.social
@sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Aaaand that's the official end of this year's breeding season! Yesterday, we banded the last chick - that's 68 in total! About to fledge any day now, let's wish him/her well ✨🕊️
#ornithology #ecology #birds @scienceanu.bsky.social
@sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
#ornithology #ecology #birds @scienceanu.bsky.social
@sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
Lots of early mornings this week as we're working to band everyone in our population 🐦
A beautiful ride this morning to get to the Australian National Botanic Gardens to colour band fairywrens!
@fairywrensanu.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social @scienceanu.bsky.social
@fairywrensanu.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social @scienceanu.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Lots of early mornings this week as we're working to band everyone in our population 🐦
Reposted by Fran Hacker
Happy New Year! 🎆 We're starting the year off with monitoring cNb, who was born on January 1st 2022. Wishing everyone all the best for 2025, and a happy birthday to cNb 🎂
#birds #ornithology #superbfairywren #SFW_ANU
@sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social @damienfarine.bsky.social
#birds #ornithology #superbfairywren #SFW_ANU
@sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social @damienfarine.bsky.social
December 31, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Happy New Year! 🎆 We're starting the year off with monitoring cNb, who was born on January 1st 2022. Wishing everyone all the best for 2025, and a happy birthday to cNb 🎂
#birds #ornithology #superbfairywren #SFW_ANU
@sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social @damienfarine.bsky.social
#birds #ornithology #superbfairywren #SFW_ANU
@sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social @damienfarine.bsky.social
Happy holidays from us out in the field this morning 🎄🐦
Holiday season is upon us, and so is this year's breeding season! With the season still in full swing, we're banding a few times a week. Today, we banded this male's chicks and his helper 🐦 Happy holidays from cOnr! 🎄
@sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social #ornithology #birds #superbfairywren
@sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social #ornithology #birds #superbfairywren
December 23, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Happy holidays from us out in the field this morning 🎄🐦
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Fully funded PhD position available!
Join us at @scienceanu.bsky.social to work on an exciting project that was recently funded by the ARC.
Applications close 27th January. See our website for more details:
sites.google.com/site/drfarin...
Contact myself or @jamesklarevas.bsky.social for details.
Join us at @scienceanu.bsky.social to work on an exciting project that was recently funded by the ARC.
Applications close 27th January. See our website for more details:
sites.google.com/site/drfarin...
Contact myself or @jamesklarevas.bsky.social for details.
December 16, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Fully funded PhD position available!
Join us at @scienceanu.bsky.social to work on an exciting project that was recently funded by the ARC.
Applications close 27th January. See our website for more details:
sites.google.com/site/drfarin...
Contact myself or @jamesklarevas.bsky.social for details.
Join us at @scienceanu.bsky.social to work on an exciting project that was recently funded by the ARC.
Applications close 27th January. See our website for more details:
sites.google.com/site/drfarin...
Contact myself or @jamesklarevas.bsky.social for details.
Aaand our project page is now also on Bluesky! Follow us there for updates on the long-term superb fairy-wren project!
@damienfarine.bsky.social @sramellini.bsky.social @scienceanu.bsky.social
@damienfarine.bsky.social @sramellini.bsky.social @scienceanu.bsky.social
*Egg-citing news* The Superb Fairy-Wren Project is now on Bluesky! Our 37th breeding season is well underway, with the first fledgies out and the second nests being built.
Picture by @franhckr.bsky.social
Picture by @franhckr.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Aaand our project page is now also on Bluesky! Follow us there for updates on the long-term superb fairy-wren project!
@damienfarine.bsky.social @sramellini.bsky.social @scienceanu.bsky.social
@damienfarine.bsky.social @sramellini.bsky.social @scienceanu.bsky.social
Hi all! Quick intro post! 🐦
I'm a PhD student at ANU (EcoEvo) studying the foraging behaviour and habitat use of superb fairy-wrens. Interested in everything animals, behaviour, and ecology!
Also check fran_x_photography on IG for my wildlife photos! 🐾
#behaviour #birds #ecology #photography
I'm a PhD student at ANU (EcoEvo) studying the foraging behaviour and habitat use of superb fairy-wrens. Interested in everything animals, behaviour, and ecology!
Also check fran_x_photography on IG for my wildlife photos! 🐾
#behaviour #birds #ecology #photography
November 27, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Hi all! Quick intro post! 🐦
I'm a PhD student at ANU (EcoEvo) studying the foraging behaviour and habitat use of superb fairy-wrens. Interested in everything animals, behaviour, and ecology!
Also check fran_x_photography on IG for my wildlife photos! 🐾
#behaviour #birds #ecology #photography
I'm a PhD student at ANU (EcoEvo) studying the foraging behaviour and habitat use of superb fairy-wrens. Interested in everything animals, behaviour, and ecology!
Also check fran_x_photography on IG for my wildlife photos! 🐾
#behaviour #birds #ecology #photography