Another day bashing through extremely dense Melaleuca in search of #malleefowl with #EsperanceTjaltjraak #IndigenousRangers. After getting whipped in the face by branches for 5 hrs, Im not able to include any quotes from the team because they all included curse words 🤬 (and a lot of grunting!). Good thing no one needed to record the “sounds of the bush” 🤣🤣🤣 And no, we didn’t see any birds 🙄 Thankfully, these hard-earned data are part of a new MSc #student #research project in collaboration with #RMIT University - stay tuned for exciting updates!
#CaringForCountry #ProtectWhatYouLove #ThreatenedSpecies #TeamWork #collaboration #AdriftLab #drones #SateliteImagery @AdriftLab

Today’s #FieldWork was…exhausting but also great fun (and my shins are once again black and blue). We bush-bashed (in the rain) through dense Melaleuca in search of #malleefowl nests (we found one!) 🪺 This project is led by one of our female #IndigenousRangers and it was a privilege to help make HER project happen 😍 #WomenInSTEM