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Meeting a Mulga Snake
by
Dr Alex Kutt (Ecologist)
on
02 May 2019
At Edgbaston Ecologist Pippa Kern demonstrates how snakes are more concerned with escaping and hiding than biting people by watching calmly as a released King Brown slithers past her feet. Snakes...
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The invasive species war
by
Dr Alex Kutt (Ecologist)
on
22 January 2019
A recent Guardian article highlighted how invasive species are the most significant threat to, and cause of, species decline and loss in Australia - and more destructive than climate change at...
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Feral cats caught on camera
by
Dr Alex Kutt (Ecologist)
on
14 December 2018
We've been testing the use of burn lines as a way to draw cats towards our new Felixer cat traps at Ethabuka Reserve. The results so far are super encouraging.
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Predators! Keep calm, just carrion
by
Dr Alex Kutt (Ecologist)
on
23 August 2018
Have you ever stopped to think, how does the provision of resources in the landscape affect wildlife patterns in general? If you add a heap of additional unexpected food resources, what then...
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Holy owl vomit. To the Bat Cave!
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Dr Alex Kutt (Ecologist)
on
20 July 2018
With Bush Heritage ecologist Pippa Kern I travelled to a cave known as Bat Hole in the far west of Cravens Peak Reserve to collect owl pellets.
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That tricksy Felixy
by
Dr Alex Kutt (Ecologist)
on
12 June 2018
It's well known that cats have a huge and often catastrophic impact on native species and are notoriously difficult to control. The Felixer cat trap might be the solution.
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Night Parrots & watching grass grow
by
Dr Alex Kutt (Ecologist)
on
21 May 2018
Al Healy's research at Pullen Pullen is helping us understand the benefits of fencing cattle out of key Night Parrot feeding areas - the McFloodplains.
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Commissioner visits Pullen Pullen
by
Dr Alex Kutt (Ecologist)
on
08 May 2018
Along with Pullen Pullen Reserve Manager Shelley Inglis I was was privileged to host the Threatened Species Commissioner, Dr Sally Box, and two members of the Night Parrot Recovery Team - Dr Leo...
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Saving water to save a species
by
Dr Alex Kutt (Ecologist)
on
06 December 2017
A new hole we just drilled at Edgbaston is not boring at all. In fact, it's a new artesian bore and we're very excited about it. It'll replace the old one, which has a cracked head and is wasting...
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Fencing in the food
by
Dr Alex Kutt (Ecologist)
on
30 June 2017
Do we really need a fence on our Night Parrot reserve? Fences are a requirement in pastoral rangelands and are vital infrastructure to keep large feral herbivores off reserve, eliminating their...
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Meet Night Parrot Nick
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Dr Alex Kutt (Ecologist)
on
26 June 2017
Our ecologist Alex Kutt interviews PhD student Nick Leseberg to find out a little more about his latest field trip and data he's collecting about Night Parrots at Pullen Pullen Reserve in western...
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Secrets & parrots
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Dr Alex Kutt (Ecologist)
on
26 June 2017
A recent essay by Professor David Lindenmayer, one of Australia's most renowned conservation scientists, reinforced the reasons why the location and call of the Night Parrot were initially kept...
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