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Rob Davis

@pezoporus.bsky.social

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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

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Anthony Amend @fungaloha.bsky.social · 22h

Applications now open for the position of Director of Pacific Biosciences Reseach Center, at University of Hawaiʻi.
PBRC fosters cutting-edge research across cellular, molecular, developmental, ecological, evolutionary, and conservation biology—with a focus on Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.

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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 2d

Wohoo congrats Dave!

Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 8d

Looks like pretty generalist pollination digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/items/6aef3d...

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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 9d

It’s a beauty!

Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 9d

Bird folks. You have just one day left for earlybird registration for the Australasian Ornithology Conference in Perth in just 50 days time! Get in fast because I’m pleased to say it has been so popular that we will be closing registration soon.

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Registration - Australasian Ornithological Conference 2025

Australian Ornithological Conference 2025 Registrations

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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 11d

This is living. Best end to a Saturday of fuel reduction activities with the 9 year old.

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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 11d

This is living. Best end to a Saturday of fuel reduction activities with the 9 year old.

Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 11d

How the long weekend finds me

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 17d

[COMMENTARY]

Since 2014, Samoa’s “little dodo” has been listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.

But an underfunded conservation effort could still snatch this fascinating species from the extinction list, a new commentary argues.

** The views expressed are those of the author.

Funding is needed to save Samoa’s ‘little dodo’ from extinction (commentary)

It’s early August 2025. Deep in the rainforests of Upolu, on the island of Samoa, Moeumu “Moe” Uili and I have paused our hike, counting the seconds between coo calls from an unseen pigeon hidden in…

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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 14d

The spring orchard smells divine and is festooned with blossom! Pears, Apricots and Plums are giving it their all.

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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 16d

Where’s the Red-capped Parrots?

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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 17d

Mala’s favourite job is being let into the pool area to “chase” the kangaroos that lurk in the bush outside the pool fence. At 10.5 she still has plenty of cattle dog energy!

Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 18d

Nice! South coast problems!

Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 18d

#winning

Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 18d

Any Western Rosellas?

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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 21d

Welcome to the wildflower state. Hope you get to sneak in some sightseeing on your brief trip. Weather is warming up for you.

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Dave Watson @ecosystemunraveller.com · 21d

Tomorrow I’m crossing the continent on my way to Bridgetown for Grounded Australia. I’ll be giving two talks—spreading the good word on mistletoe and discussing why productive farmland is crucial for safeguarding wildlife populations groundedaustralia.com.au

GROUNDED Australia - Farming Better

GROUNDED Australia is a hybrid event for farmers; a cross between a conference, a field day and a food festival.

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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 21d

Almost…!

Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 21d

A local beauty that caught my eye is this stunning member of the Proteaceae: Petrophile biloba. Occupying a narrow range in the Darling Range from north near Bindoon to south near Serpentine, it can often be seen lining roadsides in the Perth Hills.