Fake snakes, bricks, sneakers: How Sydneysiders are fighting the cockatoo bin war smh.com.au/national/nsw/f…

Hugh Possingham @BigCityBirds Indeed, you’ve contributed plenty and continue to.

Our paper, part of Matthew Hall’s PhD, shows that eBird & iNaturalist don’t capture bird behaviour, hence the value of @BigCityBirds 😉

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Breeding migratory shorebirds have departed, leaving only overwintering birds. Now seeing travelling resident waterbirds stopping in at Deeban (Port Hacking) for a rest before continuing to wherever they are headed for winter. Plus our regular winter visitors double-banded plover

Precision foraging 😂
Help us map where Bin-Opening “is” and “is not” occurring - our annual survey takes 2-min. Thanks! clevercockies.com/annual-bin-ope…

Please report behaviours and Wingtag sightings using the Big City Birds app 😉
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Cool! Report your sightings in using the Big City Birds app 👍👍👍

Grey-headed flying-foxes can fly over 300km in a night! They are important pollinators - think of them as a giant bee 🐝 This species is listed as vulnerable to extinction due to population decline and loss of habitat - our latest research The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand theconversation.com/grey-headed-fl…

@BigCityBirds Dr John Martin ANU Fenner School Ecology&EvolutionANU ABC Sydney Science at ANU Australian Citizen Science Association Illawarra Mercury The Sydney Morning Herald Lucy Aplin He was TRYING, but I’m not sure he actually succeeded in opening it, I think possibly more of an opportunist seeing it wasn’t fully closed (Hazelbrook, NSW)

Platypus @BigCityBirds Dr John Martin … She’s come over from the north side and a favorite for many years but she always brings her crew and the biggest one knocks her off the perch. She’s not “dominant” but one of the gentle girl cockatoos. She’s very sweet.

Urban adaptation 😉 Please report Cockatoo bin-opening, including if you haven’t seen this behaviour. The survey takes 1-3 minutes. Your reports help us map this behaviour - thanks!

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Lucy Aplin Dr Barbara Klump ABC Sydney

Sofie! Partner of Watermelon (011 Dr John Martin @BigCityBirds ) she has the make beautiful eyes and a lovely nature. She’s the only one, with Watermelon, who gets a few almonds. Unlike her partner Watermelon, she flies off when she’s had her fill. Watermelon has no stop button

Have you seen our wing-tagged white ibis? Tagged in Adelaide, Brisbane, & Sydney - of course, they move so you may see one anywhere in Australia or PNG - that’d be cool👍👍👍 Report using the @BigCityBirds app or website: spotteron.com/bigcitybirds/i…

Please report Cockatoo bin-opening, including if you haven’t seen this behaviour. The survey takes 1-3 minutes. Your reports help us map this behaviour - thanks!
clevercockies.com/annual-bin-ope…
ANU Fenner School Ecology&EvolutionANU ABC Sydney Science at ANU Australian Citizen Science Association Illawarra Mercury The Sydney Morning Herald Lucy Aplin

Karen 💉💉💉💉💉😷 @BigCityBirds Great video! Definitely a young bird, ~2-months old.

Baby & young-ones below

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I happened to see a piece on breakfast TV, discussing cockatoos and wheelie bins this morning talking about the @BigCityBirds project, but really telling anyone how to get the app and do some #citizenscience #Fail Channel 7 #Sunrise

Jen Tuyet (Available for work) @BigCityBirds Awesome! Please report spotteron.com/bigcitybirds/i…

A young (I think!) Bush Turkey scrabbling around in our hedge in Bella Vista, Sydney a short while ago @BigCityBirds I couldn’t get closer unfortunately

It’s time for our annual cockatoo bin-opening census! If you live in Australia (whether you've seen it or not), please fill in our survey at clevercockies.com/annual-bin-ope…
Your reports help us to continue tracking this fascinating urban innovation
Dr John Martin @BigCityBirds

Introducing... Australia's three corellas! Dr John Martin from @BigCityBirds talked about some of their behaviours in this week's episode. I've uploaded these guides to the website so you can use them anytime. Find them in the 'How-to' section - weekendbirder.com/how-to-guides

This brush turkey built a mound in friends yard & little turkeys have been popping out for months. Today she went into the yard & got the fright of her life. @BigCityBirds

Westmead Hospital car park. Look out masked lapwings, a new boss bird is in town. @BigCityBirds