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Robin Sinclair

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Field Ecologist with the Australian Wildlife Conservancy in Australia's Top End. Living in Garramilla/Darwin on Larrakia Country. He/they.

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Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · Feb 26

I'm the subject of this month's "People of AWC" article.
Click through to learn a little about me, my work and my background in conservation.
www.australianwildlife.org/meet-the-peo...

Meet the people of AWC: Field Ecologist Robin Sinclair

Get to know Robin Sinclair, Australian Wildlife Conservancy's Field Ecologist based at Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary in WA.

www.australianwildlife.org

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 11h

A jacky winter at Hattah-Kulkyne National Park.

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Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 14h

Gouldian Ficnhes are listed as endangered under the EPBC act, with numbers once thought to be as low as 2500. Their primary threat is inappropriate fire regimes resulting in large, hot late dry season fires which destroy the tree hollows the nest in and reduce the availability of the seed they eat

About 8 Gouldian Finches perched in a tree. There is a mix of adult and juvenile bird with both red and black faces.

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Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 14h

A highlight of a recent fieldwork trip to AWC's Pungalina-Seven Emu Sanctuary was seeing my first Gouldian Finches.
We only got a brief look at a group of 6 on sanctuary (thrilling nonetheless) but then on the way back to Darwin we had ~130 of them visit our campsite in Limmen National Park.
#WildOz

Six Gouldian Finches, five sat on a lawn with a sixth coming in to land, it's wings outstretched behind it. There is one dull grey-green juvenile bird and five colourful adults. The adults have a yellow belly, purple chests, green back and bright blue on their tail and ringing their faces, which are either red or black.

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Aussie Moths @wa-moths.bsky.social · 17h

Another #spider for the end of #Arachtober 🕷️

Meet the incredibly handsome Banksia Peacock spider (Maratus mungaich). He’ll use those amazing colours on his abdomen to try and impress the lady spiders
#ausinverts #wildoz #arachnids #inaturalist #nature

Picture of a small spider with a dazzlingly colourful abdomen in greens and reds

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Kristi Ellingsen @kristiellingsen.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry spider haters, but this was just the most beautiful beast & I knew (nearly everyone) would need to see it 😉. It sat frozen, up on its toes, on the edge of Leeman (WA) salt lake while I took pics. Unfortunately it was too big (body length 1.4cm) for my lens. #spider #Lycosidae #Tetralycosa

Most of a wolf spider, taken from directly above. The last segments of a few legs have been cut off by the frame. It is standing on holy salty sand, so the background looks like a solid slab of black specked beige. The spider is a mainly soft grey body with four black eyes showing. The abdomen is marked with a grey line and black rimmed blobs all over it. This made it incredibly hard to see if you weren't paying close attention. The legs are a more pinky white with diffuse black barring. If it was big enough people would be wearing the "pelt" as luxury coats. It's gorgeous.

The same spider taken from a low angle, looking at the face slightly angled. This shows the female palps and the entire set of 8 black eyes. It also showed how the spider was right up on its "toes" ready for a fast get-away (or maybe the blinding white salt was hot to stand on). There is a bit of a shadow from the intense sunlight. Spider description is on the other photo.

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Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 19h

Stunning!

Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 20h

It certainly wasn't getting any of my coffee! 😁

Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 20h

Fantastic! What bird is that?

Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 20h

Sadly, I don't think hash brown is part of a healthy bird diet 😕

Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 20h

Not this time 😁 I didn't think hash brown would be good for it 🙃

Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 1d

Cheers!

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Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 1d

I feel so lucky to have it close to home!

Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 1d

Was it a pleasant song? I feel like it's hit or miss with friarbirds 😁

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Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 1d

Not this time 😁

Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 1d

Yep! They're found pretty much everywhere. The same species all around the world! 🙂

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Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 1d

How special!

Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 1d

Woah!

Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 1d

"Please may I have some hash brown?"

A little friarbird interrupting my breakfast down at East Point in Darwin a little while ago.

A little friarbird perched atop a picnic table with a tree, some mulch and the ocean in the background. The friarbird is pale grey, with darker grey fings and tail feathers. It's face is masked with bare, black skin and it has a slightly downcurved, pointy black beak.

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Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic pic!

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Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 1d

Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing 🙂

Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 1d

Possibly, although I don't know if I'm familiar enough with the species to be able to tell

Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 2d

Do people still use this app?

Anyway, here's a pheasant coucal in the botanic gardens in Darwin. A truly stupendous bird.
#WildOz

A large bird sites in a chain link fence. The bird has a dark head, large somewhat menacing bill, speckled dark brown wings and a long dark tail feathers with light brown barring.

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Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · Jul 16

Click through to read more about how and why we have conducted this translocation: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Woylies jump at chance to leave bush sanctuary and take on feral cats

Exposure to predators is the next key stage in the endangered marsupial's gradual reintroduction to country Western Australia.

www.abc.net.au

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Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · Jul 16

This morning I caught up with one of the Woylies we recently released outside the feral-predator free area at Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary. It seems to be doing well two weeks post-release.
📍Badimia Country
#WildOz

⚠️ Animal handled for monitoring purposes with required training and permits

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Jul 14

Honoured and humbled to join such a stellar group of people!

From Environment Centre N.T.

"A powerful gathering of changemakers shaping the future of Country and climate in the North.”

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