An Australian Boobook calling in a park near our home in southeast Queensland, Australia. I love falling asleep listening to this bird calling! Shakiness due to extreme zoom of the camera. More about these owls here --> OwlPag.es/AustralianBoobook | The Owl & Nature Page

4.2K views · 2.3K shares | Adorable owl cuteness with Mango and Macadamia the Boobook chicks for your Thursday! 黎 | Australian Reptile Park | Facebook

The Southern Boobook is Australia's smallest and also most common owl. It is also known as the 'Mopoke', can you hear why? These owls feed mainly at night on insects and small mammals like mice. They locate their prey by listening and watching from a tall perch and they take flying prey like moths and small bats in mid-air while ground prey are pounced upon. They usually nest in tree hollows and the female incubates the eggs, but both male and female feed the young. Image thanks to Sharon G McCa

'Akikiki: Bird on the Brink

AJA Calls Out Albanese - Sharri Markson, Sky News AJA CEO Robert Gregory was quoted by Sharri Markson on Sky News, discussing the fallout from the Australian Prime Minister's strange wardrobe choice. Robert highlighted the hypocrisy, noting that the Prime Minister was aware of the meaning behind the shirt and would have acted very differently if any other minority was involved. Robert said: "This might have been excused as a harmless wardrobe choice, except the Prime Minister was previously made