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‘Osprey cam’ streams life of nesting seabirds perched at tip of 55 metre-long Queensland rainforest canopy crane

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By: Andrew Messenger
9 June 2026 at 15:00

Researchers believe the same pair of birds has been mating and nesting in the unusual spot in the Daintree Rainforest for 15 consecutive years

It started by chance – but it should have come as no surprise that two ospreys would pick a hi-tech research facility to make their home.

James Cook University’s 47-metre tall crane towers over the far-north Queensland rainforest canopy, making it the perfect nesting place for the seabird.

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© Photograph: JCU Daintree Rainforest Observatory

© Photograph: JCU Daintree Rainforest Observatory

© Photograph: JCU Daintree Rainforest Observatory

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    Aussie~mobs posted a photo: The building was named after the Hon. W. Forgan Smith, Premier of Queensland, 1932 -1942, and University Chancellor in 1944. The Forgan Smith Building is the centrepiece of the Great Court complex at the core of The University of Queensland’s St. Lucia campus. The foundation stone of the Forgan Smith Building was laid in 1937, and the building was officially opened in 1949, although not completed until 1952. Sandstone carvings are a feature of the Central Court
     
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Forgan Smith Building, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Qld - 1950s

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By: Aussie~mobs
30 May 2026 at 21:35

Aussie~mobs posted a photo:

Forgan Smith Building, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Qld - 1950s

The building was named after the Hon. W. Forgan Smith, Premier of Queensland, 1932 -1942, and University Chancellor in 1944.

The Forgan Smith Building is the centrepiece of the Great Court complex at the core of The University of Queensland’s St. Lucia campus.

The foundation stone of the Forgan Smith Building was laid in 1937, and the building was officially opened in 1949, although not completed until 1952. Sandstone carvings are a feature of the Central Court as well as on the façade of the building around the Law and Arts Entrances. These depict historical scenes and figures, the names of great thinkers and teachers, coats of arms, grotesques and carvings of Australian flora and fauna.
(QUT info)

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