Look at the incredible beast we saw today! Malleefowl are so fantastic
October 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Look at the incredible beast we saw today! Malleefowl are so fantastic
A sold out South Australian premier of the 'Malleefowl - the most unlikely bird' documentary in Adelaide tonight. Good vibes and inspiring to be around so many amazing malleefowl loving community in attendance.
#malleefowl
#Australianwildlife
#malleefowl
#Australianwildlife
October 2, 2026 at 1:46 PM
A sold out South Australian premier of the 'Malleefowl - the most unlikely bird' documentary in Adelaide tonight. Good vibes and inspiring to be around so many amazing malleefowl loving community in attendance.
#malleefowl
#Australianwildlife
#malleefowl
#Australianwildlife
There be dragons.
A bearded dragon at the end of the malleefowl walk at Gluepot.
A bearded dragon at the end of the malleefowl walk at Gluepot.
October 12, 2024 at 11:45 PM
There be dragons.
A bearded dragon at the end of the malleefowl walk at Gluepot.
A bearded dragon at the end of the malleefowl walk at Gluepot.
One of the tracks at Gluepot Reserve. This is for management vehicles and walkers only. This is good malleefowl and striated grasswren territory (as well as many other birds).
April 1, 2026 at 9:52 AM
One of the tracks at Gluepot Reserve. This is for management vehicles and walkers only. This is good malleefowl and striated grasswren territory (as well as many other birds).
An endangered malleefowl chick has been saved from a 2,000-hectare bushfire in a regional Victorian national park.
Endangered malleefowl chick saved in national park bushfire
An endangered malleefowl chick has been saved from a 2,000-hectare bushfire in a regional Victorian national park.
www.abc.net.au
December 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
An endangered malleefowl chick has been saved from a 2,000-hectare bushfire in a regional Victorian national park.
A "walkers only" track at Gluepot Reserve. There is another narrow walking trail that runs parallel to this on the right. From the carpark to the white sign in the far distance and back is a 5.9 km circuit. Good malleefowl and striated grasswren territory.
April 13, 2026 at 11:24 AM
A "walkers only" track at Gluepot Reserve. There is another narrow walking trail that runs parallel to this on the right. From the carpark to the white sign in the far distance and back is a 5.9 km circuit. Good malleefowl and striated grasswren territory.
Scenes from my October trip to our malleefowl monitoring site at Bronzewing in northwest Victoria, including the male bird near his nest mound, and some emu tracks.
@mybirdcards.com #ausbird
@mybirdcards.com #ausbird
November 29, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Scenes from my October trip to our malleefowl monitoring site at Bronzewing in northwest Victoria, including the male bird near his nest mound, and some emu tracks.
@mybirdcards.com #ausbird
@mybirdcards.com #ausbird
Great story about malleefowl and efforts to ensure they recover from recent bushfires.
#birds #wildoz #ornithology
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
#birds #wildoz #ornithology
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Vulnerable bird builds 'ingenious' nests to survive bushfires
A vulnerable population of ground-dwelling malleefowl survived bushfires that tore through one of its few remaining refuges in Victoria, but the remaining hatchlings now face a new challenge.
www.abc.net.au
March 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Great story about malleefowl and efforts to ensure they recover from recent bushfires.
#birds #wildoz #ornithology
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
#birds #wildoz #ornithology
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Malleefowl territory.
This is a "walkers only" track at Gluepot.
I didn't find any malleefowl but I did find one of their mounds and some fresh tracks in the red dirt. I need to return in spring and try again.
This is a "walkers only" track at Gluepot.
I didn't find any malleefowl but I did find one of their mounds and some fresh tracks in the red dirt. I need to return in spring and try again.
May 7, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Malleefowl territory.
This is a "walkers only" track at Gluepot.
I didn't find any malleefowl but I did find one of their mounds and some fresh tracks in the red dirt. I need to return in spring and try again.
This is a "walkers only" track at Gluepot.
I didn't find any malleefowl but I did find one of their mounds and some fresh tracks in the red dirt. I need to return in spring and try again.
A malleefowl nest at Gluepot Reserve.
These mounds, built by the male malleefowl, are huge. They can be 2 metres high and 5 metres wide. The female will select a mound and lay ~15-24 eggs. While incubating, the male keeps the temperature constant.
🪶 #birds
These mounds, built by the male malleefowl, are huge. They can be 2 metres high and 5 metres wide. The female will select a mound and lay ~15-24 eggs. While incubating, the male keeps the temperature constant.
🪶 #birds
October 13, 2024 at 8:54 AM
A malleefowl nest at Gluepot Reserve.
These mounds, built by the male malleefowl, are huge. They can be 2 metres high and 5 metres wide. The female will select a mound and lay ~15-24 eggs. While incubating, the male keeps the temperature constant.
🪶 #birds
These mounds, built by the male malleefowl, are huge. They can be 2 metres high and 5 metres wide. The female will select a mound and lay ~15-24 eggs. While incubating, the male keeps the temperature constant.
🪶 #birds
Monitoring malleefowl breeding in Bronzewing Flora and Fauna Reserve, and for the fourth year running my mate stopped by to say hello.
@mybirdcards.com #ausbird
@mybirdcards.com #ausbird
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Monitoring malleefowl breeding in Bronzewing Flora and Fauna Reserve, and for the fourth year running my mate stopped by to say hello.
@mybirdcards.com #ausbird
@mybirdcards.com #ausbird
So I forgot to note National Threatened Species Day yesterday - but at least I did post something about a threatened species on the day.
I have seen malleefowl mounds (they lay their eggs in massive dirt mounds) but haven't been lucky enough to spot a bird yet. One day, hopefully.
I have seen malleefowl mounds (they lay their eggs in massive dirt mounds) but haven't been lucky enough to spot a bird yet. One day, hopefully.
September 8, 2025 at 6:17 AM
So I forgot to note National Threatened Species Day yesterday - but at least I did post something about a threatened species on the day.
I have seen malleefowl mounds (they lay their eggs in massive dirt mounds) but haven't been lucky enough to spot a bird yet. One day, hopefully.
I have seen malleefowl mounds (they lay their eggs in massive dirt mounds) but haven't been lucky enough to spot a bird yet. One day, hopefully.
Something to consider next time you depict nesting sauropods in #paleoart: females are always shown constructing the nest solo, but some living archosaurs work together, including the closest analogs for sauropod nesting, malleefowl & brush turkeys
April 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Something to consider next time you depict nesting sauropods in #paleoart: females are always shown constructing the nest solo, but some living archosaurs work together, including the closest analogs for sauropod nesting, malleefowl & brush turkeys
The Australian Conservation Foundation says vulnerable species like the malleefowl and pink cockatoo are suffering a "death by a thousand cuts" due to land clearing.
Conservation foundation alleges illegal land clearing on NSW properties
The Australian Conservation Foundation says vulnerable species like the malleefowl and pink cockatoo are suffering a "death by a thousand cuts" due to land clearing.
www.abc.net.au
May 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Australian Conservation Foundation says vulnerable species like the malleefowl and pink cockatoo are suffering a "death by a thousand cuts" due to land clearing.
Tim Dolby recently guided a trip to the Victorian Mallee. It’s gorgeous there. Goodgrail birds too!! Malleefowl and Mallee Emuwren. #BirdsSeenIn2026
May 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Tim Dolby recently guided a trip to the Victorian Mallee. It’s gorgeous there. Goodgrail birds too!! Malleefowl and Mallee Emuwren. #BirdsSeenIn2026
I have never seen a malleefowl - anywhere - despite looking in all the right places. But, yes, this is malleefowl country.
May 11, 2026 at 9:03 AM
I have never seen a malleefowl - anywhere - despite looking in all the right places. But, yes, this is malleefowl country.
People consider precocial chicks as "independent", and some are (e.g., malleefowl). Most still require a lot of care. In addition to warmth & protection from small predators, #chickens feed & teach their chicks to forage. Watch this hen peck apart & feed a freezer burned pork gyoza to her babies. 🌱
March 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
People consider precocial chicks as "independent", and some are (e.g., malleefowl). Most still require a lot of care. In addition to warmth & protection from small predators, #chickens feed & teach their chicks to forage. Watch this hen peck apart & feed a freezer burned pork gyoza to her babies. 🌱
Endangered malleefowl chick saved in 2,000-hectare fire at Wyperfeld National Park www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Endangered malleefowl chick saved in national park bushfire
An endangered malleefowl chick has been saved from a 2,000-hectare bushfire in a regional Victorian national park.
www.abc.net.au
December 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Endangered malleefowl chick saved in 2,000-hectare fire at Wyperfeld National Park www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Malleefowl love (tolerate) me for my extremely quiet steps and kangaroo size range (large dogs people are walking in parks hate me for this however 💀). This one is from the Coorong.
October 4, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Malleefowl love (tolerate) me for my extremely quiet steps and kangaroo size range (large dogs people are walking in parks hate me for this however 💀). This one is from the Coorong.
It's ba-ack! In a new year, and a new location, the malleefowl camera is streaming live again. Get your daily dose of ASTM from watching the malleefowl scratching a living from the land on the driest inhabited continent. www.nationalmalleefowl.com.au/live-camera
Malleefowl Live Camera — National Malleefowl Recovery Group
Watch malleefowls working on their mound in real time!
www.nationalmalleefowl.com.au
October 9, 2024 at 11:35 PM
It's ba-ack! In a new year, and a new location, the malleefowl camera is streaming live again. Get your daily dose of ASTM from watching the malleefowl scratching a living from the land on the driest inhabited continent. www.nationalmalleefowl.com.au/live-camera
Another from early last year of Progura campestris, a pleistocene megapode bird, encountering a monitor lizard. This one was inspired by getting called at by a malleefowl when I accidentally got too close to its nest 😅. #paleoart #palaeoart
October 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Another from early last year of Progura campestris, a pleistocene megapode bird, encountering a monitor lizard. This one was inspired by getting called at by a malleefowl when I accidentally got too close to its nest 😅. #paleoart #palaeoart
Thursday birdsday!
AW staff found this malleefowl mound in our region recently. The pile of leaf litter in the centre is a sign that the mound is being prepared by the birds for eggs. The vegetation breaks down to create warmth for incubation, much like a compost heap.
#wildoz #birdsofaustralia
AW staff found this malleefowl mound in our region recently. The pile of leaf litter in the centre is a sign that the mound is being prepared by the birds for eggs. The vegetation breaks down to create warmth for incubation, much like a compost heap.
#wildoz #birdsofaustralia
December 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Thursday birdsday!
AW staff found this malleefowl mound in our region recently. The pile of leaf litter in the centre is a sign that the mound is being prepared by the birds for eggs. The vegetation breaks down to create warmth for incubation, much like a compost heap.
#wildoz #birdsofaustralia
AW staff found this malleefowl mound in our region recently. The pile of leaf litter in the centre is a sign that the mound is being prepared by the birds for eggs. The vegetation breaks down to create warmth for incubation, much like a compost heap.
#wildoz #birdsofaustralia
Malleefowl survive summer bushfires through ingenious nests, but danger remains www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Vulnerable bird builds 'ingenious' nests to survive bushfires
A vulnerable population of ground-dwelling malleefowl survived bushfires that tore through one of its few remaining refuges in Victoria, but the remaining hatchlings now face a new challenge.
www.abc.net.au
March 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Malleefowl survive summer bushfires through ingenious nests, but danger remains www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...