Rob Davis
@pezoporus.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. in Wildlife Conservation at Edith Cowan University. Editor in Chief: Pacific Conservation Biology. Studies birds, herps, rodenticide impacts on wildlife. Living on 5 acres in Western Australia on Whadjuk Noongar country.
www.wildlifelab.org
www.wildlifelab.org
Supervising postgraduates is the best part of my job and when they are as talented as @shelbymiddleton.bsky.social and the team includes @kennytravouillon.bsky.social @planigale.bsky.social @annajmhopkins.bsky.social and Harriet Mills, it’s as good as it gets! Go well Shelby.
February 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Supervising postgraduates is the best part of my job and when they are as talented as @shelbymiddleton.bsky.social and the team includes @kennytravouillon.bsky.social @planigale.bsky.social @annajmhopkins.bsky.social and Harriet Mills, it’s as good as it gets! Go well Shelby.
Thrilled to be part of this new study that aims to derive a meaningful classification of distinct and recognisable Australian terrestrial bird communities. Lead by @martinemaron.bsky.social and Hannah Fraser with many other colleagues check it out here.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A Typology of Australian Terrestrial Bird Communities
Aim Holistic measurement of the response of fauna communities to interventions requires suitable community condition metrics. However, the development of such metrics is hindered by the absence of b...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Thrilled to be part of this new study that aims to derive a meaningful classification of distinct and recognisable Australian terrestrial bird communities. Lead by @martinemaron.bsky.social and Hannah Fraser with many other colleagues check it out here.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Bird 106 on the year list was one you can’t tick off anywhere else in Australia except 45 minutes down the road from me.
January 28, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Bird 106 on the year list was one you can’t tick off anywhere else in Australia except 45 minutes down the road from me.
Great new paper just out about responsible cat ownership in @pacificconsbio.bsky.social. Also do yourself a favour and follow Oceania’s only dedicated conservation journal here on Bluesky to find out about the latest conservation research as it happens.
Time to paws and reflect: Responsible cat care is the purr-fect move
Gillian Bryant and @drbrucewebber.bsky.social from @wafcwg.bsky.social looked at past, current and planned efforts in Western Australia to improve responsible cat ownership
#OpenAccess in #PacificConsBio
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Gillian Bryant and @drbrucewebber.bsky.social from @wafcwg.bsky.social looked at past, current and planned efforts in Western Australia to improve responsible cat ownership
#OpenAccess in #PacificConsBio
buff.ly/p4chswW
January 27, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Great new paper just out about responsible cat ownership in @pacificconsbio.bsky.social. Also do yourself a favour and follow Oceania’s only dedicated conservation journal here on Bluesky to find out about the latest conservation research as it happens.
Aurora australis in our neighbour’s paddock last night, Perth Hills.
January 21, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Aurora australis in our neighbour’s paddock last night, Perth Hills.
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Here’s a closer look at the amazing prehistoric rufous scrub bird - ancient relatives to most song birds and related to lyrebirds, we are hoping that our breakthrough with capture techniques == new opportunities for conservation (1/2)
January 5, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Here’s a closer look at the amazing prehistoric rufous scrub bird - ancient relatives to most song birds and related to lyrebirds, we are hoping that our breakthrough with capture techniques == new opportunities for conservation (1/2)
Full moon, wolf moon and super moon all rolled in to one.
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Full moon, wolf moon and super moon all rolled in to one.
Strong start to 2026 with birding in the Karri Forest netting me 29 species on the year list by 9 AM.
January 1, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Strong start to 2026 with birding in the Karri Forest netting me 29 species on the year list by 9 AM.
As the last rays of sun slip below the horizon and the Grey Fantail calls from the darkening Karri forest, a Collared Sparrowhawk took me up to 224 birds. I look forward to the 2026 year list, starting at first light tomorrow! Happy New Year all.
December 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
As the last rays of sun slip below the horizon and the Grey Fantail calls from the darkening Karri forest, a Collared Sparrowhawk took me up to 224 birds. I look forward to the 2026 year list, starting at first light tomorrow! Happy New Year all.
Van lifer taking up 4 spots at the most popular local beach when the carpark was full. Was not popular.
December 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Van lifer taking up 4 spots at the most popular local beach when the carpark was full. Was not popular.
Moody morning at Canal Rocks
December 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Moody morning at Canal Rocks
Amazing sunset to farewell the longest day of the year on the summer solstice. Approximately 14 hours and 14 minutes today.
December 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Amazing sunset to farewell the longest day of the year on the summer solstice. Approximately 14 hours and 14 minutes today.
Sunsets and sea breezes. Must be holiday time.
December 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Sunsets and sea breezes. Must be holiday time.
Morning all. Carnaby’s cockatoo calls cut through the still morning air.
December 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Morning all. Carnaby’s cockatoo calls cut through the still morning air.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many fires in the Perth Hills in one day. Resources are stretched to their limit I suspect.
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many fires in the Perth Hills in one day. Resources are stretched to their limit I suspect.
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Sssneaking in some science stories before the year's end.
@science.org.au shares research from #AusJZoology & @pacificconsbio.bsky.social:
- coastal taipan classifications are corrected
- python species in Cape York
- plumed egret makes a 38-hour non-stop flight
www.science.org.au/academy-news...
@science.org.au shares research from #AusJZoology & @pacificconsbio.bsky.social:
- coastal taipan classifications are corrected
- python species in Cape York
- plumed egret makes a 38-hour non-stop flight
www.science.org.au/academy-news...
Research round-up: Unravelling serpentine science and epic egret journeys | Australian Academy of Science
Spotted python (Antaresia maculosa). Image credit: dhfischer via iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0).
www.science.org.au
December 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Sssneaking in some science stories before the year's end.
@science.org.au shares research from #AusJZoology & @pacificconsbio.bsky.social:
- coastal taipan classifications are corrected
- python species in Cape York
- plumed egret makes a 38-hour non-stop flight
www.science.org.au/academy-news...
@science.org.au shares research from #AusJZoology & @pacificconsbio.bsky.social:
- coastal taipan classifications are corrected
- python species in Cape York
- plumed egret makes a 38-hour non-stop flight
www.science.org.au/academy-news...
Summer is in full swing now. After a scorching day and severe thunderstorms yesterday (including lots of lightning started fires) these are the total fire bans in place today. That’s basically the entire south-west region of the state!
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Summer is in full swing now. After a scorching day and severe thunderstorms yesterday (including lots of lightning started fires) these are the total fire bans in place today. That’s basically the entire south-west region of the state!
It’s a wrap. A wonderful year for the Wildlife Lab - all of us united in our common desire to stem the extinction crisis. From Black-Cockatoos to possum systematics and the diet of the world’s rarest marsupial it’s a privilege to work with so many great colleagues and students.
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It’s a wrap. A wonderful year for the Wildlife Lab - all of us united in our common desire to stem the extinction crisis. From Black-Cockatoos to possum systematics and the diet of the world’s rarest marsupial it’s a privilege to work with so many great colleagues and students.
Lovely to be at ANU when it’s not below zero 🤣
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Lovely to be at ANU when it’s not below zero 🤣
Getting my fill of the strange grassy woodlands. We don’t really have these in SW WA where grassy woodland = weed filled woodland.
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Getting my fill of the strange grassy woodlands. We don’t really have these in SW WA where grassy woodland = weed filled woodland.
Amazing place for a meeting
December 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Amazing place for a meeting
Not a bad way to start the day
December 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Not a bad way to start the day
Morning all. Greetings from the National capital.
December 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Morning all. Greetings from the National capital.
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This table from the new UK Biodiversity Indicators is particularly stark, bleak, and awful. Almost every major group of UK birds is doing badly in the long- and/or short-term. None are showing sustained recovery, most have been declining for 50 years. Awful. #ukbirding #ornithology
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This table from the new UK Biodiversity Indicators is particularly stark, bleak, and awful. Almost every major group of UK birds is doing badly in the long- and/or short-term. None are showing sustained recovery, most have been declining for 50 years. Awful. #ukbirding #ornithology
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A outstanding specimen of Eucalyptus woodwardii (lemon-flowered gum) growing in the wild. It's one of 173 types of eucalypts that occur naturally in the WA goldfields, and one of 46 species that occur naturally nowhere else in the world.
More info: www.dn.com.au/Eucalypts_of...
More info: www.dn.com.au/Eucalypts_of...
December 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A outstanding specimen of Eucalyptus woodwardii (lemon-flowered gum) growing in the wild. It's one of 173 types of eucalypts that occur naturally in the WA goldfields, and one of 46 species that occur naturally nowhere else in the world.
More info: www.dn.com.au/Eucalypts_of...
More info: www.dn.com.au/Eucalypts_of...