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25.01.2022 Pelican story continued Pelican was diagnosed with botulism. Was very weak but after 2 weeks of loving tlc with Gill made a full recovery. We were rapt to be able to release - to the delight of the mop who reported it in the first place and who also said she would donate $1000 to aware for the hard work. Amazing work by very observant members of public who we can’t thank enough. Thank you to Nicky Rushworth and Lisa O’Lisa O'Toole for rescue and release and thank you to Gillian Donath for taking in this sickie amongst many and bringing him back to good health.

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21.01.2022 Remember while you are out within 5km of your home to get to know the local birds and animals that live in your neighbourhood. And contact your local wildlife group if you have any concerns. Stay safe! https://www.theage.com.au//interactive-see-where-your-5km-

21.01.2022 Please look carefully before pruning. Wildlife need dense coverage of vegitation to keep them safe from preditors. http://bit.ly/2S6ptKz

20.01.2022 Currently birds are nesting and defending their chicks and one that can be of the most concern to Australians is the beautiful iconic magpie. Please remember th...is is a short term situation during nesting season. And remember when those chicks come to ground to learn to fly called FLEDGING they should not be picked up to save them from cats or hazards. If you are concerned by a bird on the ground please take a photo or 20 second video and contact your local wildlife group who can assess and respond. The best animal to raise a bird are their families NOT wildlife carers who would be overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of birds fledging at once. See more

20.01.2022 The amazing work of rescuers. Happy soggy Monday everyone. Weather is sometimes a factor in the reasons wildlife groups are contacted by members of the public so I thought today was as good a time as any to chat about the important role of rescuers. Because despite days like today being uninviting for most people those awesome people committed to helping wildlife don’t stop to think it’s too hot or it’s too wet or it’s too cold. They just put on the appropriate clothes and ...head out to get the job done. Rescuers may have full time jobs, be retired, be carers, battle school runs and have social lives the same as everyone one else but make a commitment to help sick injured or orphaned wildlife in amongst all life’s normal commitments. They are not paid by anyone, often not even thanked, but they are always awesome and important and valued and nessessary volunteers in our communities. At AWARE we are trying to offer basic wildlife rescue and advanced rescue as two half day seperate trainings. Bushfires followed by Covid has sidetracked our plans to move towards that system. So mostly people have done a full day rescue course and increased their skills through building their own experiences, being mentored by others or attending external courses such as macropod training, working at height, tree climbing ect. Aware also offer training in reuniting birds and possums because we strive to only care for animals if there is no option for their families to raise them in their natural environment. Rescuers work mostly alone but are often called on to team up for safety such as late at night, for extra hands and ideas during difficult cases or during times of mass rescues. What may start out as a net, a towel and a simple crate can rapidly turn into a pair of waders, snake chaps, paddle board, net gun, Roo bags, bite gloves, large carriers, wool blankets and sheets, DNets and many other tools of the trade. If you are considering becoming a wildlife rescuer don’t panic, ask questions, try new things and remember most but not all rescues are successful. The important tool all rescuers have in their kit is the drive to help ease the suffering of an animal. And in pouring rain, beautiful sunshine and all those days with a little of both that makes them CHAMPIONS! See more

18.01.2022 https://www.change.org/p/victorian-fisheries-authority-save

18.01.2022 BirdLife Australia are putting a shout out to citizen scientists to get involved in their quarterly birds on farms project. Including people to assist in Flinders. If you are on acherage or an enthusiastic birdwatcher wanting to get involved please visit their website for more details. And please share to your networks so other areas can get involved too. https://birdlife.org.au//woodland-birds-/birds-on-farms-wl

17.01.2022 A feel good story... On Friday 27 March this Pelican was reported as not looking well. We assessed and realised Pelican definitely not ok. Amazingly we were able to distract Pelican with a surprise launch into the water to create confusion and were lucky to be able to get net over and capture.

16.01.2022 https://wildpollinatorcount.com//wild-pollinator-count-st/

16.01.2022 FREE KOALA TREES!!! Selected Mornington Peninsula residents in SOMERS, BALNARRING, MERRICKS, POINT LEO, RED HILL SOUTH and SHOREHAM only (see map). Please share... with your neighbours. It’s so easy to help our koalas! MPKC and the Conservation Collective Native Plant Nursery are partnering again to provide free trees to the MP community. More than 70% of koala habitat is on private property and without your help our koalas will disappear. Please express your interest via email [email protected] or DM/PM us with your Name Address where trees will be planted Email address Phone number (for confirmation purposes). Mix of Coastal Manna Gum, Swamp Gum, Narrow-Leaf Peppermint tube stock. How many trees can you plant? Pick up is from the nursery or selected locations in Somers, Balnarring and Shoreham. Please note: Registration is an expression of interest only and does not guarantee trees. Thanks for helping us save our koalas! ,

16.01.2022 Please get involved if you can. Rubbish doesn’t just look bad it has a huge negative impact on our wildlife and our environment which in turn impacts back to us who were responsible in the first place. https://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/

15.01.2022 Today I visited our amazing partners at Envision to collect some much needed supplies for the carers and habitat boxes. Didn’t count but about 10 baby parrot boxes so they feel secure as if they are in a tree hollow, about 150 pillow cases with corners rounded and a ribbon tie for transporting lizards, possums ect if your collecting more critters than you have crates for which we regularly are and took about 8 micro bat boxes they had completed in 2 sizes, about 30 mini house...s they have cut ready for me to decorate which I’m crazy excited about and 3 small bags of felt keyrings ready for our fundraising endeavours. You’d have to be thrilled with all that right. We talked about an up coming project for parrots, our upcoming project for water for wildlife after a delivery from our new sponsor arrived yesterday and a couple of other projects we are considering and what their next sewing projects for us would be. I didn’t have time to empty all the goodies from my car before my grandkids came over for a couple of hours but during that time I had spoken to Envision who had a very enthusiastic participant working on the parrot project who needed one last supply so she could go into full scale beast mode and kick production into the stratosphere. When people are that keen sometimes you have to drag yourself back to the car and give them what they need. After handing over the supplies ( secretly until we post the project on our website ) I was then given a further 6 bat boxes that had finished drying, 10 aviary vases the browse is put into that I’m told carers desperately needed so had been made in the time since my morning visit and a bag of large kit bags that I personally need for us to store towels ect for rescuers. I also dropped of a huge bag of knitted pouches to have liners made. Bet that sounds like enough right. If you’ve ever been to Gills she doesn’t often let you get away with dropping a car full off without returning the favor and filling you up again so back to Envision I’ll go tomorrow with materials to make pvc microbat tubes, stuff to finish the remaining small wooden microbat boxes we had ordered and have 6 brushie boxes drilled for drainage, painted and chain fitted. Who knows what else we will think of by morning. THANK YOU ENVISION. You guys rock!!!!!! I’ll try adding some pics tomorrow

14.01.2022 Sometimes you have to share the funny ones.

12.01.2022 Please read this new take on an urgent message about saving Westernport Bay. Two wings up for Breda the civil disobedience penguin. https://www.theguardian.com//brenda-the-civil-disobedience

12.01.2022 Just a reminder AWARE Wildlife is a Rescue and rehabilitation organisation who spend countless hours caring for and rescuing Australian native animals. We take the welfare of the animals very seriously and are governed by the appropriate legislation. We are not able to allow ongoing posts on this group that are discussions of what unnatural foods people can feed to wildlife of any species as this is not in the best interests of those animals. We are happy to have people discu...ss ways to naturally support wildlife through planting, supplying fresh water only during the warmer months ect. Thank you to Everyone who has advocated for allowing the magpies to continue their natural behaviour. I will be leaving this post up until lunch time tomorrow as there is some good information but then will be deleting the post. If you have concerns that a native animal is not receiving enough nutrition or is unwell injured or orphaned please do not hesitate to contact our hotline on 0412433727 for Frankston and surrounding suburbs or your local wildlife rescue group for other areas. Thank you all for your input I can see you are all passionate about birds in your gardens. See more

11.01.2022 An old possum reunite video today. Zoom into the tree to see mum come out of her drey ( nest)

10.01.2022 https://vimeo.com/333548905

09.01.2022 We see quite a few injured or entangled pelicans every year but here’s something you don’t see every day. Being lovingly hand raised by these fabulous women

09.01.2022 Have you seen a grey headed flying fox and a few hundred friends hanging upside down from trees on TV or the news when people are concerned about large numbers of bats in their area? These amazing animals live together in large numbers and play an important role in healthy forest ecosystems because they pollinate and disperse the seeds of many important tree species. GHFF can fly up to 50km a night looking for fruit and pollens to feed off. As a wildlife rescue organisation ...we often see these amazing expressive animals in amazingly distressing conditions entangled in fruit netting, barbed wire and cyclone fencing. This week I want to share some hard images with you to help people to understand why it’s important to be vigilant and why wildlife rescuers are so important to these vital creatures. This week our hotline operator Pam recieved a call reporting a grey headed flying fox stuck in chain link fencing in Carrum Downs. She called me as a new operator to seek advice and I asked her to try the amazing Nicky as it was about 3.45 in the afternoon so this poor animal has been there since the night before or very early morning. Nicky came as quickly as she could and the GHFF was gone. The fence had been cut and there was no sign of the animal. Nicky is very careful to search the area before giving up and hoping the person who has stopped to free the bat managed to take it to a vet that would accept it. People handling bats need to be vaccinated against Lyssa virus. If a bat bites or scratches you it’s a long course of preventative injections. Most bats do not have the virus but my understanding is they can only be tested once deceased. For this reason only vaccinated rescuers attend these rescues and handle the animals and only vet practices with vaccinated nurses and vets can asses and treat them. Naturally for the same reason not all carers can care for bats. Please please please call a wildlife group if you see a bat in distress. They are fighters trying to get free often causing further damage to themselves in the process. We are lucky to have an extensive group of vaccinated rescuer and carers in our area and extensive surrounding suburbs that network together to ensure the fastest best outcome for these guys. Thank you to all those who help them. We appreciate you all. Unfortunately here are the images from yesterday.

07.01.2022 Lots of birds doing their thing when I swung past Gill’s shelter tonight. Sorry Gill was hoping to edit you out but couldn’t figure it out. Look close in the trees.

06.01.2022 https://youtu.be/YgHgVw6bkWQ

05.01.2022 If your free Wednesday night getting involved in this public panel on the handling of the bushfire crisis and climate change might interest you

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03.01.2022 https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=EOsnDWEfcKw

03.01.2022 From the amazing team at AWARE WILDLIFE we hope you have a safe and special day. Hopefully the Bilby left you something nice

01.01.2022 Hi everyone, full page advertisement on page 7 of The Age today...so very proud to be part of this initiative with Regional Victorians Opposed to Duck Shooting Inc. https://www.facebook.com/Regionalv.../posts/1202625150117835