#Breaking : new nature reforms announced today will not stop wildlife extinctions.

Australia is in an extinction crisis, and the government's newly announced reforms will not do enough to protect nature.

Read more: birdlife.org.au/news/latest-ep…

📸Bianca Vilculescu

Help us in the final push to save Toondah Harbour!

Last week, the Minister proposed rejecting Toondah Harbour and has given us 10 days to have our say on that decision.

Tag Tanya Plibersek and encourage her to hold firm✊

Read more: birdlife.org.au/news/final-pus…

📸Tony Bellette

Celebration as the controversial Ravensthorpe Lithium Project is rejected at one of the most important breeding sites for Carnaby's Black-Cockatoos in WA

Read more: birdlife.org.au/news/celebrati…

📸Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo by Nathan Watson

We are disappointed today as the Victorian duck hunting season begins.

Read more: birdlife.org.au/news/endangere…

BREAKING NEWS: GLORIA IS BACK!!!!!

After three and a half months with no location data, last night we received three new fixes from about 100 km north of Birdsville in QLD. It looks like her and Marcelina have similar taste for the channel country. GO GLORIA! BirdLife Australia

Meet the Cape Barren Goose, our #BirdOfTheWeek ! Its unique yellowish-green beak and pink legs make it unmistakable. Found on offshore islands and southern mainland Australia in summer, listen for its pig-like honking calls earning it the nickname 'pig goose'

📸Jan Wegener

BirdLife Australia's Community Grants are now open.

There is up to $20,000 in funding available for projects that align with BirdLife Australia’s Bird Conservation Strategy.

Find out more: birdlife.org.au/awards/communi…

Ever seen a balding cockatoo with a deformed beak and wondered what was wrong?

It likely had a highly contagious disease called psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD).

Learn more, including how to help prevent the spread of disease here: birdlife.org.au/news/what-is-b…

🚨New research announced by the Australian National University found as few as 500 Swift Parrots are estimated to be left in the wild.

Help us save the Swift Parrot: birdlife.org.au/campaign/donat…

📽️ Swifty footage by Mick Roderick

We've just come out of a two-day consultation on the Federal Govt's draft nature laws.

The current proposals, as they stand, will not fulfil the significant improvement in environmental protection that the Federal Govt has promised.

Read more: birdlife.org.au/news/nature-la…

BirdLife Australia has recommended for 30 Victorian wetlands to be closed for duck hunting this season.

Read the full update here: birdlife.org.au/news/experts-n…

📸Australasian Shoveler by Jonathan Tickner

Over 150 conservation experts and scientists have signed an open letter to Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek calling on her to reject Walker Corporation's destructive real estate project at Toondah Harbour.

Read it here: actforbirds.org/savetoondah/op…

⏲️Time is running out to save Toondah Harbour, and we need your help. Help us keep the momentum going by tagging Tanya Plibersek
and urging her to save Toondah #SaveToondahHarbour

📷Toondah by Judy Leitch & Eastern Curlews by Mick Barker

Palm Cockatoos may just be one of Australia’s most fascinating birds. Known for their drumming displays using sticks and seed pods, they also use their large beak to craft each tool to their liking!

Read more: birdlife.org.au/news/little-dr…

📽️ Palm Cockatoo by Christina Zdenek

The countdown to the Toondah Harbour decision has begun, and we need your urgent action!

1️⃣ Comment and let Tanya Plibersek know why Toondah is important to you
2️⃣ RT this and use the hashtags
3️⃣ Call the Minister's office

#SaveToondah Harbour #SaveToondah #RespectRamsar