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Judy Dunlop

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Dr Judy Dunlop, a passionate ecologist who helps threatened Australian #WildOz fauna 🦘🐍🐯🦎🦜🐀. #QuollPatrol #TCZ. Likes deserts better than desserts. Posts my own.

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · Mar 16

Here's what I've been up to lately- working on the Toad Containment Zone #TCZ - an area South of Broome with no free water for toads #wildoz

www.smh.com.au/national/her...

Here’s a simple solution to the cane toad invasion. And it costs just 66¢ a hectare

A narrow patch of land stands between the invasive species and the Pilbara – 27 million hectares where native species thrive. A new program taking aim at the cane toads’ Achilles heel.

www.smh.com.au

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 7d

Yesssssssss!! 🥳🥳🥁🧘‍♀️

Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 7d

Join me!!!

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 7d

Alrighty who is going to #esaus2025 and also to Tool in Adelaide Fri Nov 28??

#ecology & #thinkingmansmetal unite 🤘
#wildoz

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · Sep 2

Interested in making an impact in #ecology, with Traditional Owners, and be part of a super nice team at @curtinuniversity.bsky.social ? staff.curtin.edu.au/job-vacancie...

Check it out, or send to a friend! #wildoz #tcz 🐸🚫💧 @benflips.bsky.social

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · Jul 28

Open to Australian and international students, apply before 18 August 2025.

More info on the EOI process here: www.curtin.edu.au/study/higher...

(You can also contact me directly for more information!)

Research Training Scholarships - Study | Curtin University

The world needs new knowledge. Express your interest in one of Curtin's fully-funded Higher Degree by Research (HDR) projects and you could be beginning your research journey with Curtin in August.

www.curtin.edu.au

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · Jul 28

and:

Nature in my neighbourhood: mapping urban biodiversity for conservation:
research.curtin.edu.au/hdr-r-projec...

If you are identified as the preferred candidate for a project, you will be considered for a Research Training Program (RTP) scholarship.

#urbanNature #UrbanEcology #spatialEcology

Awkward photo of the author doing bird surveys in an urban park. Wearing denim shorts, blundstone boots and a black shirt, they are facing away from the camera using their binoculars to look into some shrubbery.

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · Jul 28

Come and do a PhD with me! 🎓 🌏 🧑‍💻 🏙️ 🗺️ 🌿 🪶🧪
I have TWO projects eligible the 2025 Curtin University RTP scholarship round:

Benchmarking biodiversity outcomes for nature positive urban development:
research.curtin.edu.au/hdr-r-projec...

#wildOz #urbanNature

The riot of colour that is springtime flora in Western Australia, a sparkling patchwork of plants on display at the Kings Park botanic garded in Boorloo (Perth, WA).

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · Jul 27

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #wildoz

Do you want to know what state capture looks like? Chevron is winding down oil production on Barrow Island | First Dog on the Moon

It is quite a good arrangement

www.theguardian.com

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · Jul 26

shoulda been higher!
#hottest100 #doublej

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · Dec 2

Roll up roll up!! Ahead of @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
#ESAus2024, and at @euanritchie.bsky.social's excellent suggestion, I to have made a starter pack:
go.bsky.app/2A8GiTX

Please reply if you identify as a woman working in #ecology and #conservation in Australia/NZ so I can add you! 🌏🧪

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Philip Hoare @philiphoare.bsky.social · Jul 12

@mooseallain.bsky.social

still one of my favourite cartoons...

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · Jun 20

can you link to the Spotify list please? ☺️

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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · Jun 18

And now @benflips.bsky.social on a crazy (but awesome) idea to stop a billion cane toads from getting into the Pilbara #wildoz #iccb2025

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · Jun 11

good morning friends!! #wildoz 🪶🪶👩‍🔬🌿🌏

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BirdLife Australia @birdlifeoz.bsky.social · Jun 6

🦉Rat poisons are killing Aussie birds — 281 experts unite to say enough is enough.

These deadly second-generation poisons are harming our birds, wildlife and pets. A federal review is underway, with a decision expected very soon.

Visit: actforbirds.org/ratpoison to have your say!

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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · Jun 6

That iss not how punk workss.

Picture of Sussan Ley. Headline reads
Sussan Ley says name spelling change was due to
'punk phase' - not numerology

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Bec Shaw @brocklesnitch.bsky.social · Jun 6

She’s right

Alice Vaughn @rationalblonde.bsky.social · Jun 6

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Rod Moffatt @politikarma.bsky.social · May 31

When a former WA Labor premier (someone close to the action) has the conviction to expose the seedy nature of the @albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social
Woodside gas ‘deal’, perhaps it’s time for the nation to demonstrate support, to become enraged…and to protest en masse.
#auspol

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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · May 28

Australia's largest oil and gas project will continue until 2070, making a complete mockery of fake aspirations for "net zero emissions" by 2050.

This shameful decision was postponed until after a federal election, just 3 weeks ago.

Nobody voted for this.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Australia's largest gas project approved for operation to 2070

The life of Australia's largest oil and gas project will be extended to 2070, with Environment Minister Murray Watt giving the long-awaited environmental approval for Woodside's North West Shelf proje...

www.abc.net.au

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · May 23

glorious morning after a night of rain. I'm spending the day chatting animal welfare at UWA for an Animal Ethics and Welfare workshop. 🌏👩‍🔬🌿 #wildoz

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · May 22

If Senator Murray Watt approves the North West Shelf extension, his legacy will forever be as the man who destroyed the oldest rock art on the planet.

It will be an act of vandalism so gross that nothing he can do in politics thereafter could counter the damage.

The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · May 22

The Murujuga rock art is one of Australia's most priceless heritage sites.

And it's being slowly destroyed.

If Environment Minister Murray Watt approves the 50 year extension to the North West Shelf, it will be a death sentence for Murujuga.

#savemurujuga #auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social

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Pete Milne @petemilne.bsky.social · May 19

Two American journalists travelled to Perth for a deep dive into Alcoa's mining of WA's jarrah forest. A great read on an unfolding environmental disaster.
www.boilingcold.com.au/how-pittsbur...

How Alcoa is undermining a rare forest to fuel its empire

Two journalists from Alcoa's hometown flew to Perth to look at its mining of WA's jarrah. A brilliant look at a slow-moving tragedy.

www.boilingcold.com.au

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · May 16

White-plumed honeyeater checking that his hairstyle is smooth. it's smooth.
#wildoz #quollpatrol 🪶🌿👩‍🔬🌏

a bird with yellow highlights drinking from a still creek with a perfect reflection

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · May 15

New paper- records of the not so common common brushtail possum in the Pilbara. look how svelte these desert dwellers are! no need for fluffy jackets here.
#wildoz #quollpatrol 🌏🌿👩‍🔬
amp.abc.net.au/article/1052...

The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) is a medium-sized marsupial that was
formerly widespread across Australia, but has suffered extensive declines in its range and
population size, with significant loss in semi-arid/arid areas. In the northern semi-arid/arid
areas in Western Australia (WA), little is known about the density and distribution of brushtail
possum populations. Here, we report on modern and unpublished records of brushtail possums in
north-west WA, focusing on the Pilbara region. Records were sourced from various agencies and
online sources. Prior to this study, only 13 records from the mainland Pilbara Interim
Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia (IBRA) bioregion were publicly available. We uncovered
47 additional independent records, with 35 records since 2000, indicating that brushtail possums
are persisting in low densities in the Pilbara bioregion. Most Pilbara possum records we found
were located in riverine and rocky environments, correlating to environments that include caves
and large Eucalyptus sp. The capture of these data fills an important information gap that will
now be available in public data repositories. We recommend that targeted surveys and follow-up
monitoring be conducted in northern WA to determine whether brushtail possums are declining
in this region, as has been found elsewhere in northern and central Australia.

Black and white camera trap photos of possums, one of which has a baby on its back

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · May 13

Bird Waterers are such a fabulous way for wildlife to coexist with us safely in a city. these ones in Perth support Carnaby's and red tailed black cockatoos. they're in most dog parks and the cockies love them! #wildoz 🪶🌏 www.victoriapark.wa.gov.au/residents/en...

The trough is raised 3-4m above the ground so birds can drink without getting close to the ground. this provides safety from dogs, cars, people

a map of locations the troughs are installed through southern Perth

some red tail black cockatoos enjoying a drink

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