MjClancy Wildlife Photography

Wildlife and Conservation Biology - student at Deakin University. Integrating my interest in photography with my passion for Wildlife, focusing on reptiles and amphibians in their natural environment and their conservation.

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The beautiful Fogg Dam with a bit of foreground Pandanus - by Matt Via Flickr: Fogg Dam, Northern Territory.

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(Clancy Wildlife) Eerie dusk in the Perth Hills. 

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Southern Brood Frog breeding activity has begun after the recent rains. I stumbled across this population unintentionally last night. Was stoked to say the least! (Clancy Wildlife)

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The Leadbeater’s Possum is a tiny native possum which lives in the tall mountain ash forests of Victoria’s Central Highlands. It requires old, hollow bearing trees to nest in and a surrounding ecosystem of undisturbed forest with dense undergrowth. Unfortunately, the above sight is one which is far too often seen in the Central Highlands, and is a major threat to the possum. The proposed Great Forest National Park will protect the Leadbeater’s Possum from ongoing clear fell logging, and create a brand new recreation area within an hour of Deakin! #deakinenviroclub #deakinenviro #leadbeaterspossum #GFNP #mountainash #logging #burnt by deakinenviroclub http://ift.tt/22UZru8

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Australian Wood Frog (Hylarana daemeli) by Matt Via Flickr: Kuranda, Queensland.

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Deakin study aims to determine how powerful owls utilise urban landscapes

Australia’s largest owl, the powerful owl (Ninox strenua) is the focus of a Deakin University study aimed at determining how they utilise urban landscapes.  Researchers from the School of Life and Environmental Sciences (Associate Professors Raylene Cooke and John White) and honours student (Nick Bradsworth) are using GPS technology to track the movements of some of Australia’s most urban powerful owls.

Powerful owl’s are known to inhabit restricted areas of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.  They are generally associated with parks and reserves making a living eating the many possums that also call the city their home.  They have also occasionally been shown to successfully breed in some urban reserves, but only if there is an enormous tree hollow (a very rare urban resource).

The question is how much time do they spend using suburban backyards etc. Answering this question is critical to developing better urban planning guidelines for the conservation and enhancement of urban powerful owl populations.

Last week, the first powerful owl was caught in a small urban reserve and fitted with a GPS logger and radio transmitter.  The logger takes a reading every 20 minutes and follows the owls where ever they go for a month. When the logger is removed from the animal the fine scale use of the urban environment will be revealed. The radio transmitter allows researchers to check on the animal, find day time roost sites etc. Over the next two months, further loggers will be fitted to this amazing species.  Interesting times ahead.

If you are on Twitter and want to follow the stories of Australia’s urban powerful owls, check out https://twitter.com/UrbanPowerfuls

Do you live in Melbourne and know of some powerful owls?  You can report them via BirdLife Australia’s Melbourne Powerful Owl Project website http://www.birdlife.org.au/projects/powerful-owl-project/melbourne-powerful-owl-project?projects/powerful-owl-project/melbourne-powerful-owl-project-pow

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And off she goes. This #wildmelbourne Powerful owl being released after having a GPS logger/radio transmitter unit attached for #deakinenviro research on space use of urban owls. by johnwhitewildlife http://ift.tt/1XkdIJX

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Wildlife photographer and Conservation Biology student at Deakin University. I decided to make a SoundCould account to feature some of the incredible sounds of nocturnal nature (mainly frog calls) which I record with my phone.

Like Frog sounds? 

Have a look and a listen through the frog call-recordings on my SC account. Sorry about the poor quality of some of the older recordings (phone mic’s weren't as good back then as they are now).  

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The recently resurrected Oedura cincta (Split from Oedura marmorata; Oliver and Doughty 2016) adult from the south of their range. These animals are the arboreal eastern lineage of cincta, from the South Australian Mallee.

Oedura cincta by Matt 

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Northern Murray Mallee, South Australia.

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Boyd's Forest Dragon (Hypsilurus boydii) - Atherton Tablelands, QLD. Slender and secretive, prehistoric looking dragons which spend their days perched vertically on thin trees within tropical rainforest. #australianwildlife #wildlifephotography #macro #canon #forest #dragon #rainforest #fieldherping #wettropics #wideangle #queensland #discoverqueensland

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Jewelled Gecko (Strophurus elderi) photographed in the South Australian Mallee. These guys are normally associated with Triodia (spinifex grass). Triodia form spiky, dense, impenetrable hummocks which provide perfect habitat for reptiles. The Jewelled gecko is one of a few species which is perfect adapted for life in the spinifex, climbing through the spiky plant with ease. #canon #macro #gecko #jewelled #strophurus #adaptation #southaustralia #australianwildlife #fieldherping #wildlifephotography #spinifex

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Common Spadefoot (Neobatrachus sudellae) from a few nights ago. These burrowing frogs are not often seen around Melbourne as they spend most of their life buried underground, only emerging to feed and breed after heavy rain. They have a sharp spade-like blade on the back of their feet which allows them to quickly burrow deep underground. #spadefoot #frog #melbourne #wildmelbourne #rain #australianwildlife #wildlifephotography #canon #macro

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Coastal Ring-tailed Gecko (Cytrodactylus tuberculatus) by Matt Via Flickr: Cedar Bay National Park, Queensland.

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Skink VS Grasshopper

First post here, I don't really know how to use this yet so I have no idea what I’m doing. Feel free to give me a few pointers!

A Trunk-climbing Skink (Pseudemoia spenceri) with a mouth-full of tasty grasshopper! Photographed while scanning a rock wall for reptiles in the late morning during a Fauna Survey north of Melbourne.