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It's International Day for Biological Diversity!

This year's theme is "Acting locally for global impact", so there's no better time to visit your local wild and green spaces, have a reset, and record their residents with #iNaturalist:

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/idb-2026-acting-locally-for-global-impact

If you're local to #Meanjin / #Magandjin (#Brisbane), join tomorrow's #Barrambin / #VictoriaPark Bioblitz (9 am), to protect our remaining inner-city pockets of nature against development:
https://stragu.codeberg.page/posts/2026-05-20_barrambin-bioblitz

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#biodiversity

IDB 2026: Acting locally for global impact

Observe local species May 15–31 for International Day for Biological Diversity! Join this project so your observations count. Together, we create a global snapshot of life on Earth. The theme of IDB 2026 is "Acting locally for global impact." This project is our iNaturalist contribution to that vision. When you document the plants, fungi, animals, and other species in your backyard, neighborhood, or local wild places, you're not just sharing something beautiful: you're contributing to a living record of global biodiversity. How to participate: - Join this project (required for your observations to be included) - Observe any wild species in your area between May 15–31 - Focus on what's around you: quality and local knowledge matter more than quantity - Learn more about IDB 2026: https://www.cbd.int/biodiversity-day/2026 May 22 is International Day for Biological Diversity itself — a great day to head outside! Every observation adds to a collective dataset used by scientists and conse...

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Ada 8h ago

K-dog

I'm going to try something different. I've got great cameras and lenses, but I've been missing the old days before mobile phones had good cameras, when I had my camera with me almost every day. Mobile cameras are great, but they're quite narrow in what they can do. So today, I picked up an older camera with a pancake zoom kit lens. It's light and compact, so I can just keep it in my bag. What it lacks in quality, it will make up for in availability! Most everything I share from it will be "straight out of the camera" JPGs (aside from metadata/resizing). If I end up having to do a heap of post processing every time I shoot with this camera, it will have missed its mark.

So I hope today is a return to the old days, when taking a photo wasn't a planned effort or outing, when it could just be something that happens spontaneously.

#KoreanCornDog #KDog #FoodPhotography #Food #FoodPhoto #Brisbane #Meanjin #Chermside #Australia #Olympus #OlympusPhotography #EMark10 #MZuiko #StraightOutOfCamera #SOOC

Ada 18h ago

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

This fine bird came up on to our back deck looking for a handout. Which is strange, because we'd never seen the bird before, nor feed them, and they've never come back since. But still, they seemed to enjoy the little bit of meat they got (You aren't meant to feed them mince on a regular basis, but, this was a one off).

#Kookaburra #LaughingKookaburra #Bird #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #AustralianWildlife #Wildlife #AustralianBirds #Brisbane #Meanjin #OMSystem #OM1MarkII #Darktable

Ada 1d ago

Atardecer en San Nicolás, Buenos Aires

Av. Corrientes

#StreetPhotography #BuenosAires #Meanjin #Argentina #SouthAmerica #TravelPhotography #Obelisco #CityStreet #UrbanPhotography #Sunset #Architecture #Samsung #GalaxyZFold4 #MobilePhotography

Ada 1d ago

Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)

I was a little worried about this guy. I'm not sure if they were young or injured, but they were initially on the ground, and then climbed up to the fork the tree, and waited there even as I got closer. I couldn't see any obvious signs of injury, so I went on my way after taking a couple of photos.

These days, I carry a cheap compact camera with a pancaking kit lens in my bag (the E-M10MarkIV with a M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ) so that I've always got a camera with me, and I'm not too precious about it getting banged up being loose in my bag. This moment was possible because I had the camera with me! Exactly the sort of thing I was hoping to achieve with it!

#RainbowLorikeet #Lorikeet #Parrot #Bird #BirdsOfAustralia #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #AnimalPhotography #KalingaPark #Brisbane #Meanjin #Olympus #OMSystem #Darktable

Polly Kraisus 1d ago

I'm running an #iNaturalist Bioblitz at #Barrambin / #VictoriaPark this Saturday, 9 am.

Let's record as many species as possible before GIICA fences off most of the park.

Blog: https://stragu.codeberg.page/posts/2026-05-20_barrambin-bioblitz/

Post on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1322675863383185&set=a.608472684803510

Hope to see you there! Please share widely.

#BNE #Meanjin #Magandjin #biodiversity

Polly Kraisus 2d ago

Last week's event at #Barrambin / #VictoriaPark

https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1454/news/standing-barrambin-against-olympics-destruction

GIICA wants to fence off most of the park in 12 days (1st of June), kicking out the First Nations camp in the process.

You can still sign the community submission, until the 29th of May:

https://www.savevictoriapark.com/submission

#Meanjin #Magandjin #BNE #Brisbane

Standing up for Barrambin against Olympics destruction

About 200 people stood up for Barrambin — Victoria Park — at a Yagara Magandjin Elders-led rally at the site in the inner-city. Jonathan Strauss reports.

Green Left

Ada 2d ago

Black Flying Foxes (Pteropus alecto)

Taken with the 168mm lens on the Mavic 4 Pro drone. The 168mm lens is great, because it lets me get close enough for a good photo, but also remain far enough away that the animals aren't disturbed by the presence of the drone.

Herston, Brisbane/Meanjin, Australia

#FlyingFox #BlackFlyingFox #Bat #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #AustralianWildlife #Animals #DronePhotography #Brisbane #Meanjin #DJI #Mavic #Mavic4Pro #Darktable