Weekend Birder

Young birds have to learn the sounds of their world. Dr Vicky Austin shares how birds learn calls, how mimicry works and how simple apps can help you record birdsong. Episode illustration: Superb Fairywren (female) 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Record...

Western Australia is home to birds you will not meet anywhere else. Jeremy Ringma shares where to go birdwatching in WA and the species that make these places special. Episode illustration: Western Rosella 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by M...

What would you notice if you crossed Australia slowly, by bike? Leo and Cezary from Two Birders Two Bikes share their birdwatching journey, the birds they found and the cause behind their ride. Episode illustration: Grey Honeyeater 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.bird...

This shorebird flies across the world and still manages to disappear into the grass. Dr Birgita Hansen shares the story of Latham’s Snipe and its remarkable migration. Episode illustration: Latham's Snipe 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by Marc An...

Birds get stranger the longer you watch them. McKinley Moens shares unexpected birdwatching moments, from bathing birds and foot quivering to rare sightings. Episode illustration: Regent Honeyeater 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson...

It looks familiar until you realise there is nothing else quite like it. Chris Hartnett from Zoos Victoria shares the story of the Plains-wanderer and what makes this rare bird so unique. Episode illustration: Plains-wanderer 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊...

A slow walk can turn into a very good birdwatching day. Damian Kelly shares stories of walking, noticing and birdwatching across Victoria. Episode illustration: Little Friarbird 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced fr...

Not every bird of prey announces itself like an eagle. Edward shares the world of Australia’s kite species and what makes them so fascinating to watch. Episode illustration: Whistling Kite 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licen...

This small yellow bird has a bigger influence than you might expect. Dr Lana Austin shares the behaviour of Eastern Yellow Robins and the role they play in the forest around them. Episode illustration: Eastern Yellow Robin 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Rec...

Some birds return to the same nest like it is part of who they are. Pip Grant-Taylor shares the story of the Eastern Osprey and the citizen science helping us understand it. Episode illustration: Eastern Osprey 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by M...

A great bird photo is often made long before the shutter clicks. Award-winning photographer Shelley Pearson shares how light, patience and birdwatching shape her photography. Episode illustration: Banded Stilt 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by Ma...

Birds have more in common with us than they first let on. Dr Gráinne Cleary shares the surprising world of feathers, eyelids, legs and bird biology. Episode illustration: Galah 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from htt...

An 11-year-old birder can remind you what wonder sounds like. Luca shares his love of birds, East Gippsland and the species he hopes to see next. Episode illustration: Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by Marc Ander...

Some Australian birds are painted so large you can spot them from the road. Artist Geoffrey Carran shares how birds inspire his silo murals, from Sacred Kingfishers to endangered species. Episode illustration: Sacred Kingfisher 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder...

Bird calls carry stories older than we can imagine. Dr Jack Pascoe shares connections between birds, First Peoples cultures and ecology, including the call of the Fan-tailed Cuckoo. Episode illustration: Fan-tailed Cuckoo 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Reco...

A feather can change colour without changing colour at all. Artist Freia Noss shares the science of iridescence and her love of Australian ducks. Episode illustration: Bronze-winged Pigeon 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licen...

A Swift Parrot sighting can feel like a small flash of hope. Beau Meney from BirdLife Australia shares how to spot Swift Parrots and why protecting them matters. Episode illustration: Swift Parrot 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson a...

You do not need to leave home to start noticing birds. Christine Parrott shares stories of balcony birdwatching, everyday birds and finding connection during lockdown. Episode illustration: Spotted Pardalote 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by...

Beach birds are easy to miss until you know where they live. Author and artist Bridget Farmer shares the small, busy birds of the coast and how they inspire her art and books. Episode illustration: Sooty Oystercatcher 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Rec...

Cities can be made more welcoming for birds. Dr Kylie Soanes shares how nesting hollows, floating wetlands and unexpected urban places can support birdlife. Episode illustration: Purple-crowned Lorikeet 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by Marc Ande...

Birdwatching looks different when access shapes every part of the day. Paralympian Richard Cordukes shares stories of accessible birding, northern Australia and Gouldian Finches. Episode illustration: Gouldian Finch 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings...

The birds in our cities are telling us more than we think. Dr John Martin shares the Big City Birds project and what ibis, corellas and cockatoos can teach us. Episode illustration: Australian Ibis 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by Marc Ande...

On Bruny Island, some of Australia’s rarest birds are still holding on. Ella Roles shares birdwatching on Bruny Island and species including the Forty-spotted Pardalote and Swift Parrot Episode illustration: Forty-spotted Pardalote 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend...

Birdwatching can start small and grow into a whole way of seeing the world. Teenage birder Luke Eaton shares his birding journey, conservation work and love of King Parrots and Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos Episode illustration: King Parrot 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weeken...

Little Brown Birds get easier once you know where to begin. Bird guide Ricki Coughlan shares advice for identifying thornbills and using binoculars with more confidence. Episode illustration: Brown Thornbill 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by Marc...