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25.01.2022 The South Australian Government has proposed to allow commercial fishing into some of the state's most important marine sanctuaries, at odds with its own indepe...ndent review, the science and community views. Recent YouGov polling found that 88% of South Australians think marine sanctuaries are a good idea and three in four people want to see them doubled in size. Please Premier - SOS - save our sanctuaries!

25.01.2022 Here's a haunting poem/short story from Janet Frame about birdsong. It evokes place beautifully as well. Has anyone come across poetry about birds or other wildlife in our local area? Anyone want to give it a crack? The birds began to sing. There were four and twenty of them singing, and they were blackbirds. And I said what are you singing all day and night, in the sun and the dark and the rain, and in the wind that turns the tops of the trees silver?... We are singing they said. We are singing and we have just begun, and we’ve a long way to sing, and we can’t stop, we’ve got to go on and on. Singing. The birds began to sing. I put on my coat and I walked in the rain over the hills. I walked through swamps full of red water, and down gullies covered in snowberries, and then up gullies again, with snow grass growing there, and speargrass, and over creeks near flax and tussock and manuka. I saw a pine tree on top of a hill. I saw a sky-lark dipping and rising. I saw it was snowing somewhere over the hills, but not where I was. I stood on a hill and looked and looked. I wasn’t singing. I tried to sing but I couldn’t think of the song. So I went back home to the boarding house where I live, and I sat on the stairs in the front and I listened. I listened with my head and my eyes and my brain and my hands. With my body. The birds began to sing. They were blackbirds sitting on the telegraph wires and hopping on the apple trees. There were four and twenty of them singing. What is the song I said. Tell me the name of the song. I am a human being and I read books and I hear music and I like to see things in print. I like to see vivace andante words by music by performed by written for. So I said what is the name of the song, tell me and I will write it and you can listen at my window when I get the finest musicians in the country to play it, and you will feel so nice to hear your song so tell me the name. They stopped singing. It was dark outside although the sun was shining. It was dark and there was no more singing. -Janet Frame The Birds Began to Sing from Janet Frame, Stories and Poems (2004).

25.01.2022 Please support this campaign. We are losing our urban trees at an alarming rate. Birds need trees. Insects need trees. Possums need trees.... Humans need trees!

25.01.2022 Mischievous dolphin. Twinkles tossing an eel in the air. He must have learnt this from Star.

25.01.2022 I heard a Kookaburra in Glanville this morning!

25.01.2022 Has it started in your neck of the woods yet? Magpie swooping season has arrived, as nesting has started a little earlier in the southern parts of the countr...y. What do you do if you get swooped? Tell us below. Do you? - run screaming wildly with arms flailing, giving everyone around you a good laugh? - hit the ground and beg the magpie for mercy? - hope he is distracted by your very fashionable ice cream container hat? - hold a branch and camouflage yourself as a tree? - do nothing - you don't get swooped, you and the birds have come to an understanding For actual helpful suggestions on what you can do if you get swooped this spring, the urban birds team have prepared a great blog post about those 'Swoopy Bois' - the Australian Magpies, and what you should do if you get swooped. Link: https://www.birdsinbackyards.net//Swoopy-Bois-what-are-they Glenn Emhke Birds in Backyards is a project led by our Urban Birds team - for daily updates join the Birds in Backyards (Australia) Facebook group, or follow the team on Twitter: @UrbanBirdsOz and Instagram: @birdsinbackyards

23.01.2022 Youre going to like watching this one!! Really grateful to Catherine for the opportunity to put this short film Port River Encounter together for Estuary Car...e Foundation Catherine and the entire ECF team do amazing work showcasing, researching and taking care of our Port River, Barker Inlet and all its animals and plant species. Enjoy watching Port River Encounter heres the link - https://youtu.be/aZgmbgYNG_M

23.01.2022 It's always special when you see a Pelican

23.01.2022 Love the Port River dolphins? Volunteer skipper on the South Australian Maritime Museums boat, the Archie Badenoch, has written a childrens book about them. T...he book Who Can Save The Dolphins? was written to raise awareness about the wild dolphins that live and play in the Port River and the harmful effect of human activity, especially plastic, on their marine habitat. See more

22.01.2022 Flora & Fauna in and around the Dunes: The Rock Parrot. The Rock Parrot has the least colourful plumage of any Australian parrot. It is seldom seen more than a ...few hundred metres from the sea, frequenting windswept coastal dunes, mangroves, saline swamps and rocky islets. The Rock Parrot is tame and quiet and rarely forms large flocks, preferring small groups. It feeds on seeds and fruits of a wide variety of grasses, rushes, shrubs and salt-tolerant plants, foraging quietly, mainly in the early morning and late afternoon. It is almost exclusively terrestrial but commonly perches in dense shrubbery and occasionally shelters under rocks. Photo by Kym Murphy. For information on the diversity of flora and fauna found in the dunes at Taperoo, head over to our website at www.taperoodunes.com. #Taperoo #TaperooDunes #NatureForAll #ichooseSA #Birdwatching #BirdsofAustralia #BirdLifeAustralia See more

21.01.2022 Please Like the page and support this campaign. It's an important area for so many of our locals: shorebirds, Neophema parrots, samphire thornbills and whiskered (marsh) terns, to name just a few. The area is so important it is part of the International Bird Sanctuary (Winaityinaityi Pangkara) National Park and the saltmarshes are a Protected Ecological Community under the Commonwealth EPBC Act.... The mangroves and saltmarshes are vital hatcheries and juvenile nurseries for the fishing industry and for recreational fishermen. The estuaries passing through the impact zone have also become hypersaline. Fish that breed at sea and return to land, like congolli and galaxias, will not be able to migrate till the salinity of the estuaries returns to normal. The St Kilda Mangroves are also an integral part of the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary and the Barker Inlet-St Kilda Aquatic Reserve.'

20.01.2022 Anyone seen this critter lurking round the Woolsheds? Monster: Unnamed Place: Port Adelaide (back of woolsheds on Perkins Drive) Dancer/Monster: Anika Havey... Video editing and Production: Domenico De Ceasare Camera: Daniel Havey Music: Domenico De Cesare Created as part of the Dancing Monsters Emerge place-making project. Participating residents or friends of Port Adelaide Enfield create and host the Monster. The Monster then dances to protect/represent their favourite places. The Dancing Monsters Emerge project is proudly supported by the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. Message via Facebook Page or itsnotharvey@outlook if you'd like to host a monster for your fave place. https://www.instagram.com/_dancingmon... https://www.facebook.com/dancingmonst... #dancingmonstersemerge

20.01.2022 Peter Goers shared his memory of seeing a Goanna in the mangroves at West lakes when I spoke with him recently. There was goannas all round here - gone now. Does anyone else remember seeing one? What else do you remember seeing that isn't around anymore? Apparently my Grandpa used to catch Crayfish in the Port River, pretty sure they've gone too. ... Peter starts talking about his goanna memory about half hour into the broadcast, here's the link if you'd like to listen: https://www.abc.net.au//programs/evenings/evenings/12485508

19.01.2022 Brian came from Scotland to Port Adelaide for a few months and decided to stay for good! Coming to a new place, you see things with an outsider's eye, and Brian was amazed by Port Adelaide's amazing urban dolphins. As a skipper on the Archie Badenoch, he'd take kids out on the river. One day they had an encounter with a distressed dolphin, and the questions a bewildered young girl asked him about this led Brian to write a book for kids about the dolphins. It's a great yarn.

19.01.2022 There are so many little ones that live in our bodies, our beds, out food. It's annoying when they eat our food......But..... You don't have to throw the food away, and experts advise against using pesticides to control them in your pantry. https://www.theguardian.com//how-evil-are-weevils-a-guide-

17.01.2022 Flora & Fauna in and around the Dunes: The Golden Whistler. The Golden Whistler belongs to the Family Pachycephalidae, which means 'thick-head' after the group'...s robust necks and heads. It is one of Australia's loudest and most beautiful songsters. The Golden Whistler feeds on insects, spiders and other small arthropods. Berries are also eaten. Feeding is usually done alone and most food is obtained from the lower or middle tree level, where it is picked from leaves and bark. Photo by Kym Murphy. For information on the diversity of flora and fauna found in the dunes at Taperoo, head over to our website at www.taperoodunes.com.#Taperoo #TaperooDunes #NatureForAll #ichooseSA #Birdwatching #BirdsofAustralia #GoldenWhistler See more

17.01.2022 The Monkey House in Glanville. What has it got to do with Monkeys? I'm not sure there's straight answer to this. Here's some stories I've heard: 1. Sailors used to come regularly to the hotel when the river ran closer. They were from all over the world and would sometimes have little monkeys as pets. 2. The pub was owned by Monks, or a Monk at one stage. ... 3. The pub was once owned by Mr. Monk, or Monkhouse. 4. (This is a strange one that an old timer told me recently) One of the pet Monkeys was left behind by a sailor. A few blokes were sitting around drinking too much and decided to have a chat with the odd looking furry fella sitting by himself. When he failed to respond, they became suspicious that he was a spy. So they hung him. 5. It's worth mentioning that George Coppin, a fascinating figure who owned the Semaphore Hotel in the early days of what came to be called Semaphore (thanks to George but that's another story), had an actual Monkey House in the area. Is this related in some way that has been lost in time? Any other stories people have heard? See more

16.01.2022 Some great stories in here about the beautiful Budgie. Got any Budgie memories to share?

16.01.2022 Love this bird! Sometimes I hear it at night, eerie and beautiful.

16.01.2022 When you see an animal in it's habitat, and your eyes meet, it can be quite a memorable feeling. These are simple stories but worth sharing.

16.01.2022 EMS Live! Dolphins with Dr Mike Bossley.

16.01.2022 Every place has inhabitants. At this session we'll reflect on our favourite habitats and the others who live there. A time to share/hear memories and experience about animals and place.

14.01.2022 Love this perspective!

13.01.2022 Flora & Fauna in and around the Dunes: The White-fronted Chat. The White-fronted Chat is rarely seen around Taperoo Dunes as it tends to live in salt marsh and ...other damp areas with low vegetation. However, it can sometimes be spotted on beaches and the edges of lakes, and it was just this past week that volunteer Kym Murphy spotted a pair of the birds flying across the dunes during our Monday morning session. Whether they have taken up residence here, we do not know. Although they are classified as honeyeaters, they do not feed on nectar. Instead, they run along the ground picking up small insects, usually less than 5 mm long. Midges, kelp-flies, plant bugs and beetles are popular food items. With their bold black-white-and-grey plumage, White-fronted Chats are sometimes known as Nunbirds due to the resemblance of their feathering to a nuns habit. Let's hope we see them around the dunes more often. These photos previously taken by Kym Murphy. For information on the diversity of flora and fauna found in the dunes at Taperoo, head over to our website at www.taperoodunes.com. #WhiteFrontedChat #Birdwatching #BirdsofAustralia #BirdLifeAustralia See more

12.01.2022 I remember when there were Orb Spiders everywhere in Glanville. They were a bit scary but the fact that they seem to have completely disappeared now scares me too.

12.01.2022 Who is the first bird to start singing in the morning where you live?

12.01.2022 Beachcombing: What you might find along Adelaides Shores. * Lugworms family * Various kinds of worms live in beach sand and feed on microscopic food particl...es. Most are not seen at the surface and remain in the burrows which they dig. When lugworms burrow, they produce casts of coiled sand and mucus, and these are often seen on the surface of beach sand in the intertidal zone. Credit (text): Janine L Baker, Marine Ecologist. #Beachcombing #Lugworms See more

11.01.2022 Enjoy this wonderful vision captured yesterday while students from 9D participated in their Kayaking excursion as part of the Interdisciplinary Unit (IDU) from the IBMYP.

11.01.2022 A sleepy lizard going about its business today on the peninsula. [Location withheld.] Photo: J Colburn #SleepyLizard #Lookingforwardtospring

10.01.2022 Welcome! This is a place to share and celebrate awareness of the ways in which our community includes animals, and our local places include habitat for these animals. If you have a story about a local animal, even if it's just a simple tale, we'd love to hear it!

09.01.2022 This is an old article, but I think the problem remains unresolved at Mutton Cove. Increasing risk of flooding is a worry for all the animals in Port and the Peninsula, including the human ones!

09.01.2022 It is better to love animals than fear them (within reason, I fully support fearing sharks). We can start with our pets and work towards the ants and spiders (long term goal maybe).

09.01.2022 // There are some breath-hold dives where the experience is so mesmerizing I completely forget about the burning sensation in my lungs. This was one of those ...occasions. As the whale song of a distant male reverberated through my body, this devoted mother humpback basked in the warm waters off the coast of Tonga patiently waiting for her baby to grow, and building strength for the long journey back to their feeding grounds in Antarctica. I bid a silent farewell before gently floating to the surface so as not to disturb them. With Scott Portelli and Kyle Roepke in Tonga under Special Interaction Permit (Regulation 13) from the Ministry of Tonga. #whale #humpback #calf #mother #baby #tonga #underwater #freedive #wildlife #nature #naturelovers #gratitude #breathless See more

08.01.2022 This is a story from Fox News in the US about Boris the Pig, who lived in Rosewater before he died. Does anyone remember Boris? He was quite a celebrity for a while there. I saw someone walking a pig in Semaphore once, I suppose it must have been Boris.

08.01.2022 An article in the state Murdoch rag recently. The Lizard poaching has been going on in the dunes along Lefevre Peninsula also. Please keep an eye out for people poaching lizards in the dunes or other parts of the Peninsula, and report them to police if suspicious . ... (Not concerned about people having sex in the dunes as long as it doesn't bother the lizards or other flora/fauna). https://www.adelaidenow.com.au//60a7ed3f15d6b628b5308fd097

07.01.2022 EDIT: Frill Necked Lizards are often confused with Bearded Dragons. We have the Dragons around here, NOT the Frill Necked ones though, they are exclusive to Northern Australia and PNG Original post: We've been told by a local that they remember seeing a Frill Necked Lizard in Semaphore Park in the 1970s! Does anyone else remember seeing one?

07.01.2022 Seven birds nests you can see in South Australia

07.01.2022 I think one is the Nankeen Kestrel?

06.01.2022 The dolphins that live in the Port River are the in-shore indopacific bottlenose dolphins. It is unique to have a pod of wild dolphins living so close to a majo...r city. Over the years we have been able to observe the dolphins closely and learn a significant amount about the dolphins that live here. Many of them have had incredible lives and left us with amazing stories including Billie who became famous for swimming with Race Horses and her tail walking antics and a young calf named Ali who survived after she became an orphan at only 8 months of age. Marianna Boorman Dolphin Volunteer Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.dolphindock.com.au Mobile: 0447 721 933 Please join our "Around Australia" Community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/AroundAustralia #AustralianStories #ProudAustralian #AboutAustralia #Aussie #VideoAustralia #AroundAustralia #MadeinAustralia

06.01.2022 A beautiful image taken last week by Kerry Edwards. Such beautiful creatures. #semoseals #semaphoreseals

06.01.2022 Sad news from Tennyson Dunes who have reported that they saw two youths in the dunes today hitting vegetation with sticks in order to scare out native lizards t...o go into their big blue backpack. Its not even Spring yet and the thieves are out already. These two were 18/19 year old males, one with a grey hoodie, and they got away on bikes heading into the back streets of West Lakes. Our lizards, unfortunately, are worth a lot of money in international illegal markets. If you see suspicious behaviour in any of our dunes, please see if you can get a car rego number if they go back to one, which would be very handy for police. Best not to confront them yourself. Feel free to spread the word. See more

06.01.2022 Flora & Fauna in and around the Dunes: The Whiskered Tern. Whiskered Terns are migratory and nomadic, widely distributed throughout the mainland when not breedi...ng. They eat mainly small fish, amphibians, crustaceans, insects and their larvae and feed by three main methods: plunging (diving), dipping (skimming the surface of water) and hawking (taking insects on the wing). A whole colony of Whiskered Terns will quickly fly to mob or attack a predator or intruder, including humans. Large numbers will migrate into Indonesia and South-East Asia, mainly via the Top End. Photo by Kym Murphy. For information on the diversity of flora and fauna found in the dunes at Taperoo, head over to our website at www.taperoodunes.com. #Taperoo #TaperooDunes #NatureForAll #ichooseSA #WhiskeredTern #BeachBirds #ShoreBirds #Birdwatching #BirdsofAustralia See more

05.01.2022 When you see an animal in its habitat, and your eyes meet, it can be quite a memorable feeling. These are simple stories but worth sharing.

05.01.2022 Cat amongst the pigeons: This cat on Water St Semaphore can be seen most days, chilling with it's pigeon buddies. Most cats would rather relate to pigeons in a more conventional predator/prey kinda way, but this one is way past all that. Cats, dogs, probably all the animals (including us), sometimes step outside of expectation and make friends across species. Why? What are the conditions for this?

04.01.2022 Be a Plover Lover!

04.01.2022 We've had this cool little story sent in from Sunday Mail and ABC Radio journalist Peter Goers: "Growing up in the western suburbs my father used to joke that in the 50s and 60s you could go to your back door and call your black 'n white dog or cat and you'd call "Fos!" and thirty pets would come to you. Everyone named their pet after the great Fos Williams of the Port Adelaide Magpies".

04.01.2022 Cat amongst the pigeons: This cat on Water St Semaphore can be seen most days, chilling with its pigeon buddies. Most cats would rather relate to pigeons in a more conventional predator/prey kinda way, but this one is way past all that. Cats, dogs, probably all the animals (including us), sometimes step outside of expectation and make friends across species. Why? What are the conditions for this?

03.01.2022 Every place has inhabitants. At this session well reflect on our favourite habitats and the others who live there. A time to share/hear memories and experience about animals and place.

02.01.2022 Apologies to those who, like us, will not subscribe to Murdoch publications - you won't be able to see this article. It's just the Advertiser having a bit of fun with our unique Panther folklore, and giving the Animal Stories Project some great coverage. The suggestion of possible sightings on Alberton Oval or Diver Derrick Bridge was a bit mischievous, but good stories have a life of their own I guess.

02.01.2022 The Monkey House in Glanville. What has it got to do with Monkeys? Im not sure theres straight answer to this. Heres some stories Ive heard: 1. Sailors used to come regularly to the hotel when the river ran closer. They were from all over the world and would sometimes have little monkeys as pets. 2. The pub was owned by Monks, or a Monk at one stage. ... 3. The pub was once owned by Mr. Monk, or Monkhouse. 4. (This is a strange one that an old timer told me recently) One of the pet Monkeys was left behind by a sailor. A few blokes were sitting around drinking too much and decided to have a chat with the odd looking furry fella sitting by himself. When he failed to respond, they became suspicious that he was a spy. So they hung him. 5. Its worth mentioning that George Coppin, a fascinating figure who owned the Semaphore Hotel in the early days of what came to be called Semaphore (thanks to George but thats another story), had an actual Monkey House in the area. Is this related in some way that has been lost in time? Any other stories people have heard? See more

02.01.2022 Apologies to those who, like us, will not subscribe to Murdoch publications - you wont be able to see this article. Its just the Advertiser having a bit of fun with our unique Panther folklore, and giving the Animal Stories Project some great coverage. The suggestion of possible sightings on Alberton Oval or Diver Derrick Bridge was a bit mischievous, but good stories have a life of their own I guess.

02.01.2022 Its always special when you see a Pelican

02.01.2022 Question: I wonder if we ever get Seals in the Port river? Answer: Yes! we do! Though the only time we've heard of was back in 1951, when the Advertiser reported that a Seal "spent the day diving in the Port River for fish and basking in the sun... south-west of the Ethelton railway bridge". The article goes on to describe some guy lassoing the seal and contacting the Zoo to see if they want one. Fortunately the Seal got away from this perplexing idiot. Has anyone seen a Seal in the river?

01.01.2022 The South Australian Government has proposed to allow commercial fishing into some of the states most important marine sanctuaries, at odds with its own indepe...ndent review, the science and community views. Recent YouGov polling found that 88% of South Australians think marine sanctuaries are a good idea and three in four people want to see them doubled in size. Please Premier - SOS - save our sanctuaries!

01.01.2022 Weve had this cool little story sent in from Sunday Mail and ABC Radio journalist Peter Goers: "Growing up in the western suburbs my father used to joke that in the 50s and 60s you could go to your back door and call your black n white dog or cat and youd call "Fos!" and thirty pets would come to you. Everyone named their pet after the great Fos Williams of the Port Adelaide Magpies".