ANU Superb Fairywren Project
@fairywrensanu.bsky.social
Long-term study of superb fairywrens in the Australian National Botanic Gardens by researchers at the Australian National University #superbfairywren #SFW_ANU
#AOC2025 then finished off with more exciting plenaries and the student awards. Congratulations to @sramellini.bsky.social for Best Student Poster and @franhckr.bsky.social for the Honourable Mention in the Best Student Talks category. 🎉 We're excited for AOC2027 in New Zealand!
November 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
#AOC2025 then finished off with more exciting plenaries and the student awards. Congratulations to @sramellini.bsky.social for Best Student Poster and @franhckr.bsky.social for the Honourable Mention in the Best Student Talks category. 🎉 We're excited for AOC2027 in New Zealand!
Our talks were also very successful! @franhckr.bsky.social presented preliminary results on superb fairywren foraging preferences, and @sramellini.bsky.social talked about the links between territoriality and non-breeding social behaviour. #SFW_ANU #AOC2025
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Our talks were also very successful! @franhckr.bsky.social presented preliminary results on superb fairywren foraging preferences, and @sramellini.bsky.social talked about the links between territoriality and non-breeding social behaviour. #SFW_ANU #AOC2025
Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by our posters! Both sessions were very successful and we had some really interesting discussions. Always great to see so much fairywren love 🐦 #AOC2025 #SFW_ANU @sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by our posters! Both sessions were very successful and we had some really interesting discussions. Always great to see so much fairywren love 🐦 #AOC2025 #SFW_ANU @sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
#AOC2025 has started! A great morning including bird walks and an interesting plenary on female colour and song. If you're keen on project updates, attend @sramellini.bsky.social's talk at 14:00 and @franhckr.bsky.social's talk at 14:45 (same session). Also, stop by our posters today and tomorrow!
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
#AOC2025 has started! A great morning including bird walks and an interesting plenary on female colour and song. If you're keen on project updates, attend @sramellini.bsky.social's talk at 14:00 and @franhckr.bsky.social's talk at 14:45 (same session). Also, stop by our posters today and tomorrow!
He also presented a co-authored poster with @franhckr.bsky.social on the effect of vegetation structure on superb fairywren survival.
#SFW_ANU
#SFW_ANU
September 30, 2025 at 6:03 AM
He also presented a co-authored poster with @franhckr.bsky.social on the effect of vegetation structure on superb fairywren survival.
#SFW_ANU
#SFW_ANU
#CIO2025 (Italian Conference of Ornithology) is now finished! @sramellini.bsky.social organised a symposium on the overlooked non-breeding season and presented his results on the territorial stability of superb fairywrens. He won 'Highly Commended' for his presentation, congrats!
September 30, 2025 at 6:03 AM
#CIO2025 (Italian Conference of Ornithology) is now finished! @sramellini.bsky.social organised a symposium on the overlooked non-breeding season and presented his results on the territorial stability of superb fairywrens. He won 'Highly Commended' for his presentation, congrats!
Today's fieldwork assistant was very keen to check the temperature data we are collecting 🐦⬛☀️ #SFW_ANU #birds #ecology #ornithology
August 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Today's fieldwork assistant was very keen to check the temperature data we are collecting 🐦⬛☀️ #SFW_ANU #birds #ecology #ornithology
In today's lab meeting we updated @damienfarine.bsky.social's website with a project overview and also added our finalised logo!
Check it out here: sites.google.com/site/drfarin...
Logo design by @franhckr.bsky.social
Check it out here: sites.google.com/site/drfarin...
Logo design by @franhckr.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
In today's lab meeting we updated @damienfarine.bsky.social's website with a project overview and also added our finalised logo!
Check it out here: sites.google.com/site/drfarin...
Logo design by @franhckr.bsky.social
Check it out here: sites.google.com/site/drfarin...
Logo design by @franhckr.bsky.social
Christmas in the Northern hemisphere means snow and pine trees, here in Canberra we have king parrot baubles for #ChristmasinJuly 🎄
July 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Christmas in the Northern hemisphere means snow and pine trees, here in Canberra we have king parrot baubles for #ChristmasinJuly 🎄
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
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 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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
#ASSAB2025 finished this afternoon with an announcement that we will meet in Adelaide next year, how exciting! Even more exciting, @sramellini.bsky.social won 'Highly Commended' for his presentation on the multilevel society of superb fairywrens, congrats! 🎉 #SFW_ANU @animbehav.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
#ASSAB2025 finished this afternoon with an announcement that we will meet in Adelaide next year, how exciting! Even more exciting, @sramellini.bsky.social won 'Highly Commended' for his presentation on the multilevel society of superb fairywrens, congrats! 🎉 #SFW_ANU @animbehav.bsky.social
Day 2 of the #ASSAB2025 conference has just begun! Don't forget to attend our two talks today for #SFW_ANU project updates:
11:15 @sramellini.bsky.social on the fairywrens' multilevel society
15:45 @franhckr.bsky.social on fairywren foraging behaviour
@animbehav.bsky.social
11:15 @sramellini.bsky.social on the fairywrens' multilevel society
15:45 @franhckr.bsky.social on fairywren foraging behaviour
@animbehav.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Day 2 of the #ASSAB2025 conference has just begun! Don't forget to attend our two talks today for #SFW_ANU project updates:
11:15 @sramellini.bsky.social on the fairywrens' multilevel society
15:45 @franhckr.bsky.social on fairywren foraging behaviour
@animbehav.bsky.social
11:15 @sramellini.bsky.social on the fairywrens' multilevel society
15:45 @franhckr.bsky.social on fairywren foraging behaviour
@animbehav.bsky.social
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 12:43 AM
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
An unfortunate yet fascinating encounter during yesterday's fieldwork: a sparrowhawk catches one of our fairywrens as we're following a group to collect social data 😦🦅
#birds #ecology #predation #ornithology #SFW_ANU @franhckr.bsky.social @sramellini.bsky.social
#birds #ecology #predation #ornithology #SFW_ANU @franhckr.bsky.social @sramellini.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 6:07 AM
An unfortunate yet fascinating encounter during yesterday's fieldwork: a sparrowhawk catches one of our fairywrens as we're following a group to collect social data 😦🦅
#birds #ecology #predation #ornithology #SFW_ANU @franhckr.bsky.social @sramellini.bsky.social
#birds #ecology #predation #ornithology #SFW_ANU @franhckr.bsky.social @sramellini.bsky.social
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
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
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 11:27 PM
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
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
With the 2024 breeding season coming to an end, we have started to band the few remaining unbanded adults to prepare for the collection of social data this winter. This guy is our first banded adult! 🐦
#ornithology #birds #superbfairywren #SFW_ANU @sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
#ornithology #birds #superbfairywren #SFW_ANU @sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
With the 2024 breeding season coming to an end, we have started to band the few remaining unbanded adults to prepare for the collection of social data this winter. This guy is our first banded adult! 🐦
#ornithology #birds #superbfairywren #SFW_ANU @sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
#ornithology #birds #superbfairywren #SFW_ANU @sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
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
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 9:41 PM
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
*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 2:34 AM
*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