Spotted-tailed quoll out of habitat

"Residents have reported sightings of a spotted-tailed quoll at the Coffs Harbour Marina."
There are concerns for the animal's welfare due to a hostile environment of roads, sprawl, dogs and fishing gear.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-23/vulnerable-spotted-tail-quoll-spotted-at-coffs-harbour-marina/105923582
#CoffsHarbour #wildlife #quoll #dogs #sprawl #NSWLogging #fishinggear #MuttonBirds

Why are dead and dying seabirds washing up on our beaches in their hundreds?

"Millions of short-tailed shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostis), commonly known as muttonbirds, return to southern Australia from the Arctic each spring – a round trip of up to 35,000km.Muttonbird wrecks have happened on rare occasions since time immemorial, but are becoming more common.The many ideas about what is causing wrecks range from storms and overfishing to plastic, blue-green algae and irradiated water from Fukushima."

"When muttonbird wrecks occur, the casualties are starving. These birds weigh only half their healthy body weight. The factors leading to this starvation start before they reach Australia."
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https://theconversation.com/why-are-dead-and-dying-seabirds-washing-up-on-our-beaches-in-their-hundreds-217349
#birds #seabirds #muttonbirds #wreck #NSW #MarineHeatwaves #migration #starvation #salmon #overfishing

A Thing Well Made, The Mutton Birds. Perhaps Aotearoa's greatest storyteller-in-a-song is Don McGlashan. Here he eerily echoes the terrible tragedy at Aramoana.

It's Wednesday
So I do the mail orders
There's nothing much
Some oilskins and a 303
For a hunter over in Westland
And oh yeah
One of those AK-47s
For some collector down the line

#JukeboxFridayNight #AStoryTold #MuttonBirds #Don McGlashan #Aramoana

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=zyipnRngQlQ

#GreatAlbums1990s – #MuttonBirds – Mutton Birds (1992). Focalized around Don McGlashan’s lyrically powerful songwriting, this New Zealand quartet scored several hits at home before decamping for the UK, where selections from this disc and follow-up Salty appeared as Nature. Tracks like “A Thing Well Made” and “White Valiant” relate tales of almost gothic intensity, while lighter fare like “Dominion Road” and “Giant Friend” mine fields comparable to early Split Enz.

#1990s, #GreatRockAlbums