Weekend Birder

A birding app can change what you notice on a familiar walk. Lareen Newman shares how eBird and Merlin can help you identify birds, record sightings and find new places to visit. Episode illustration: Blue-billed Duck 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordin...

A beautiful bird photo should never come at a bird’s expense. Award-winning photographer Kim Wormald shares her ethical approach to bird photography and her love of species like the Mallee Emu-wren. Episode illustration: Mallee Emu-wren 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend...

Not every black bird is the same once you know what to look and listen for. Sean Dooley from BirdLife Australia shares how to identify Australia’s ravens and crows by sight and call. Episode illustration: Australian Raven 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Reco...

A creek changes every season if you keep walking beside it. Ann McGregor shares birdwatching along Merri Creek, or Merri Merri, and the birds that appear through the year. Episode illustration: Australasian Pipit 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by...

Some waterbirds are experts at staying out of sight. Matt Herring shares the world of Australian Bitterns, snipes, rails, crakes and other sneaky birds of farmland and waterways. Episode illustration: Australasian Bittern 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Reco...

The call of a Red-tailed Black-cockatoo can carry a whole conservation story. Scientist Richard Hill shares the community work helping protect the endangered south-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo. Episode illustration: Red-tailed Black-cockatoo 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.c...

A bird nest can be practical, delicate and astonishing all at once. Artist Zora Verona shares the architecture of bird nests, what they reveal about birds and how to set up a birdbath at home. Episode illustration: Golden Cisticola 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.bird...

Bush birds become easier to notice when you slow down and let them appear. Author and artist Bridget Farmer shares how to become a bird noticer and watch species like White-browed Scrubwrens and Spotted Pardalotes. Episode illustration: White-browed Scrubwren 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https...

A local patch can hold a lifetime of birdwatching stories. Hugh Possingham shares the joys of birdwatching at Oxley Creek Common in Brisbane, including the tiny Mistletoebird. Episode illustration: Mistletoe Bird 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by...

City birds can give us reasons to feel hopeful. Urban ecologist Jacinta Humphrey shares how urban birds use our suburbs and how greener cities can support wildlife. Episode illustration: Eastern Spinebill 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by Marc An...

A camera can help you notice birds and the places they belong. Wildlife photographer Coreena Vieth shares bird photography, birdwatching and nature-based travel in Tasmania. Episode illustration: Green Rosella 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings by Ma...

Waterbirds can look alike until one small detail gives them away. Kathie Thomas shares how to identify common Australian waterbirds, including darters, teals and grebes, and her love of Birdsland Reserve. Episode illustration: Chestnut Teal 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/wee...

Being a good birder starts with giving birds space. Golo Maurer from BirdLife Australia shares the ethics of birdwatching and how to be a better mate to wild birds and other birdwatchers. Episode illustration: Black Redstart 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 R...

Birdsong is never just a pretty sound. Nicholas Bishop from Zoos South Australia shares why birds make sounds and how to tune your ear to songbirds around Australia. Episode image: Grey Butcherbird 🎧 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 river can tell you a lot about the birds living around it. John Forrester and Charlotte Williamson from the Werribee River Association share river birds, revegetation and birdwatching along the Werribee River. Episode illustration: White-faced Heron 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://faceb...

Loving birds is easier when you let yourself be a little bit nerdy about it. Dr Jen Martin shares science communication, storytelling and how to talk about the things that fascinate you. Episode illustration: Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/w...

Female birds have been overlooked for far too long. Dr Vicky Austin shares the appearance, behaviour and vocalisations of female birds, and how to notice more when you go birdwatching. Episode illustration: Female Superb Lyrebird 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder...

A Superb Lyrebird can change the forest without most of us ever seeing it happen. Ecologist Dr Alex Maisey shares the secret world of lyrebirds, from mimicry to the way they shape ecosystems. Episode illustration: Male Superb Lyrebird 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.b...

Bird conservation is full of people who care deeply and keep showing up. Grant Williams from the Bird Emergency podcast shares threatened birds, conservation stories and the joy of being a bird nerd. Episode image: Long-billed Corella 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.b...

Some birds pass overhead in waves, if you know when to look. Carol Probets shares the Yellow-faced Honeyeater migration through the Blue Mountains and the birdwatchers who count them each year. Episode illustration: Yellow-faced Honeyeater 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/week...

Shorebird chicks start communicating before they even hatch. Dr Kristal Kostaglou shares the lives of Australian shorebirds, including Red-capped Plovers and the tiny calls coming from inside the egg. Episode illustration: Red-capped Plover 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/wee...

Wetlands can feel overwhelming until you learn how to move through them slowly. Peter Murphy shares birdwatching at Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands and how volunteering can build your skills. Episode image: Great Egret 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recordings b...

Birdwatching in Sydney can be part science, part art and part good excuse for a walk. Amy Ranck and Stephanie Chambers from Sydney Bird Club share favourite birding places, community and the Channel-billed Cuckoo. Episode illustration: Channel-billed Cuckoo 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https:/...

A Powerful Owl can live quietly above a city and still feel completely wild. Scientist Nick Bradsworth shares how to identify Powerful Owls, what they eat, where they live and why hollow-bearing trees matter. Episode illustration: Powerful Owl 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/...

A Tawny Frogmouth is familiar, strange and somehow always surprising. Dr Marian Weaving shares the features, behaviours and conservation needs of one of Australia’s most loved birds. Episode illustration: Tawny Frogmouth 🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/ 🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder 🔊 Recor...