Explore the birds in your suburb and beyond with urban ecologist Dr Darryl Jones. Featuring the Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike and birdwatching in Kuala Lumpur. 🎧 All links here - https://www.weekendbirder.com/podcast/49-birds-in-your-neighbourhood-with-darryl 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/weekend.birder 🎵 Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike call by Marc Anderson - licensed via wildambience.com 🦜 More at - https://www.weekendbirder.com Bird illustration: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo -- Hosted on Acas...
Nov 07, 2023•22 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Hugh Possingham is here to help you identify Australian robins - red and pink-coloured robins, noisy robins and rare robins. 🎧 All links here - https://www.weekendbirder.com/podcast/48-australian-robins-with-hugh 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/weekend.birder 🎵 Rose Robin recording by Geoffrey Monchaux (XC510778) - licensed from https://xeno-canto.org 🎵 Southern Scrub Robin recording by Greg McLachlan (XC336504) - licensed from https://xeno-canto.org 🦜 More at - https://www.weekendb...
Oct 31, 2023•21 min•Season 2Ep. 48
Discover how Liz Hackett's mindful birding walks in Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens have become a beautiful way to share nature with others, including watching the Nankeen Night Heron. 🎧 All links here - https://www.weekendbirder.com/podcast/47-birding-in-the-botanic-gardens-with-liz 🎵 Australasian Darter call recorded by Marc Anderson - licenced from https://www.wildambience.com 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 More at - https://www.weekendbirder.com Bird illustrat...
Oct 24, 2023•18 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Laugh along with Geraldine Hickey as she explores the funny side of birdwatching and reflects on Orange-bellied Parrots, bird calendars, and powerful birdwatching moments. 🎧 All links here - https://www.weekendbirder.com/podcast/46-the-humour-of-birdwatching-with-geraldine 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 More at - https://www.weekendbirder.com Bird illustration: Eastern Whipbird -- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 17, 2023•18 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Explore the relationship between birds and trees. And how awesome Rainbow Bee-eaters are. This episode is about how birds and trees rely on each other, the Rainbow Bee-eater and what’s happening in Sydney. Links: * Outer Island website - outerisland.com.au * Outer Island on Facebook - @outerislandgoods * Outer Island on Instagram - @outer.island * Sydney Bird Club website - sydneybirdclub.com * Sydney Bird Club on Facebook - @sydneybirdclub * Sydney Bird Club on Instagram - @sydneybirdclub * Bir...
Oct 10, 2023•19 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Delve into the weird and wonderful world of Australian cuckoos, featuring the crafty Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo and how it tricks other birds into raising its young. 🎧 All links here - https://www.weekendbirder.com/podcast/44-cuckoos-with-cassandra-and-claire 🎵 Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo call by Marc Anderson - licenced from wildambience.com 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/weekend.birder 🦆 More at - https://www.weekendbirder.com Bird illustration: Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo -- Hosted on...
Oct 03, 2023•20 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Discover the link between birdwatching and mental health. This episode is about what happens in your brain when you birdwatch, and the science of mindfulness. Links: * Luke's website - smithneuropsychology.com * Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies - website - monash.edu/consciousness-contemplative-studies * Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies - Twitter/X - @Monash_M3CS * Kings College research - Smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment reveals ...
Sep 26, 2023•28 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Weekend Birder is back for Season 2! Here’s a preview of what’s to come. Let's connect: * Website - weekendbirder.com * Instagram - @weekend.birder * Facebook - @weekend.birder Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 19, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Be inspired by good news stories from WWF-Australia. This episode is about Grey Fantails and how people are working together as part of bird conservation. Links: * Darren on Twitter - @DarrenGroverWWF * WWF-Australia - website - wwf.org.au * WWF-Australia - Artificial Nests Aim to Increase Shy Albatross Breeding Success - wwf.org.au/news/2017/artificial-nests-aim-to-increase-shy-albatross-breeding-success/ * WWF-Australia - Gouldian Finch - https://wwf.org.au/what-we-do/species/gouldian-finch/ *...
Jun 06, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Learn the calls of Australia's common honeyeaters, including the Eastern Spinebill, New Holland Honeyeater, Yellow-faced Honeyeater and White-plumed Honeyeater. Links: * Eastern Spinebill recording by Ramit Singal (XC567413) - xeno-canto.org/species/Acanthorhynchus-tenuirostris * Eastern Spinebill recording by Marc Anderson (XC340221) - xeno-canto.org/species/Phylidonyris-novaehollandiae * New Holland Honeyeater recording by Marc Anderson (XC172248) - xeno-canto.org/species/Phylidonyris-novaehol...
May 30, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Get to know the calls of Australia's wetland birds, including the Buff-banded Rail, Lewin's Rail, Australian Spotted Crake and Spotless Crake. Links: * Buff-banded Rail recording by Greg McLachlan (XC442303) - xeno-canto.org/species/Hypotaenidia-philippensis * Buff-banded Rail recording by Richard Boon (XC512703) - xeno-canto.org/species/Hypotaenidia-philippensis * Chestnut Rail recording by Bram Demeulemeester (XC410635) - xeno-canto.org/species/Eulabeornis-castaneoventris * Lewin's Rail record...
May 23, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Learn the calls of Australia's nine whistler birds, including the Golden Whistler, Mangrove Golden Whistler, Rufous Whistler and White-breasted Whistler. Links: * Gilbert's Whistler recording by Marc Anderson (XC689149) - xeno-canto.org/species/Pachycephala-inornata * Golden Whistler recording by Craig Robertson (XC766524) - xeno-canto.org/species/Pachycephala-pectoralis * Grey Whistler recording by Phil Gregory (XC208148) - xeno-canto.org/species/Pachycephala-simplex * Mangrove Golden Whistler ...
May 16, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Learn the calls of Australia's seven lorikeets, including the Little Lorikeet, Musk Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet and Varied Lorikeet. Links: * Episode 27 - Red-tailed Black Cockatoos with Richard - weekendbirder.com/episodes/28-red-tailed-black-cockatoos-with-richard * Episode 8 - Aussie Bird Count with Sean - weekendbirder.com/episodes/08-aussie-bird-count-with-sean * Little Lorikeet recording by Greg McLachlan (XC372859) - xeno-canto.org/species/Parvipsitta-pusilla * Musk Lorikeet recordi...
May 09, 2023•15 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Learn the calls of four different types of pardalotes - Forty-spotted Pardalote, Red-browed Pardalote, Striated Pardalote and Spotted Pardalote. Links: * Episode 20 - Songbirds with Nicholas - weekendbirder.com/episodes/20-songbirds-with-nicholas * Episode 26 - Bushbirds with Bridget - weekendbirder.com/episodes/26-bush-birds-with-bridget * Forty-spotted Pardalote recording by Barry Edmonston (XC794625) - xeno-canto.org/species/Pardalotus-quadragintus * Red-browed Pardalote recording by Eddy Smi...
May 02, 2023•15 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Hear the story of Charuka Abhayawickrama, who challenged himself to photograph 600 birds in one Big Year. Charuka Abhayawickrama had a successful career in IT over 25 years. On his 45th birthday, he walked away from all his businesses and discovered a love of wildlife photography. When the pandemic hit, Charuka turned his attention to birds and in 2022 ended up doing an accidental Big Year. He ended up breaking the Australian record for number of birds photographed in one year. And he almost bea...
Apr 25, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Create a safe haven for Australian birds in your garden, balcony or nature strip with the advice from ecologist Tom Hunt. Tom Hunt is an ecologist on the Wild Deserts project, with work focusing on birds, plants, habitat restoration and wildlife conservation. Growing up surrounded by bushland and birds in the Adelaide Hills, Tom has been a keen nature lover for as long as he can remember. The career he’s made out of that passion that has taken him to every corner of Australia to work on conserva...
Apr 18, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Grow your knowledge about Brolgas and Sarus Cranes with help from BirdLife expert Edward Bell. You’ll also hear about the annual Crane Count in the Atherton Tablelands. Edward Bell has worked and volunteered across a wide variety of conservation projects, including surveying parrots in the Caribbean and assisting in microbat research on three continents. His interest in birds developed with his arrival in Australia in 2019. He is the coordinator for the Crane Count on behalf of Birdlife Northern...
Apr 11, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Learn how to use apps like eBird and Merlin to identify and record the birds you see, and find new places to visit. Lareen Newman also talks about her favourite birdwatching spot - a wetlands near Adelaide. Lareen Newman has been observing birds since she was 10 years old, starting with the birds in her childhood garden in England. In the mid-1980s she participated in some of England’s first Big Garden Birdwatch sessions, writing down what she saw on a paper checklist that got posted to a collec...
Apr 04, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Discover how Kim Wormald, an award-winning photographer, maintains her ethical bird photography approach whilst also taking stunning photos of birds like the Mallee Emu-wren. Kim Wormald is an ethical wildlife photographer with a deep love of, and respect, for nature. Kim’s images have received national and international awards, including Gold Medals and a coveted FIAP Blue Badge. She was a finalist for three consecutive years in Australian Geographic National Photographer of the Year and listed...
Mar 28, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Learn how to identify five Australian ravens and crows by sight and call with BirdLife Australia’s Sean ‘The Birdman’ Dooley. Sean Dooley is the National Public Affairs Manager for BirdLife Australia, author of The Big Twitch, and former holder of the Australian Big Year twitching record. For many years, Sean and his team have been working tirelessly to ensure that birds are protected and loved by Australians. That's why he is affectionately known as 'the Birdman' and we reckon he’s a national t...
Mar 21, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Walk along Merri Creek (Merri Merri) with Ann McGregor and learn about how birds change with the seasons. Ann McGregor started birding as a child at her family’s weekender in the Dandenong Ranges. She still enjoys watching long-term favourites such as the Eastern Spinebill and Golden Whistler, but also spends time birding around Australia and overseas, always on the lookout for unfamiliar species. Ann has co-ordinated the Friends of Merri Creek bird surveys since they began in 2008 and is here t...
Mar 14, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Learn about the unique birds found in farmland and waterways. Matt Herring shares his knowledge of Australian Bitterns, snipes, rails, crakes and other sneaky waterbirds. Matt Herring has been captivated by threatened and cryptic waterbirds for 25 years. His research on brolgas began in the late 1990s and he quickly realised the importance of farmers as wetland custodians. This has guided his studies ever since and soon he’ll work on his 1000th farm in the Murray-Darling Basin. Over the past dec...
Mar 07, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Meet Richard Hill, a scientist who is working with community to protect the endangered Red-tailed Black-cockatoo. Richard Hill is a conservation biologist who works on threatened birds and mammals. He shifted to Casterton with his family to study the region's endangered Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, and he's never looked back. Richard’s work involves understanding and mitigating key threats to the south-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo and Brolga, as well as working on a number of threatened small...
Feb 28, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Marvel at the architecture and artistry of bird nests with artist Zora Verona. She also shares how to establish a birdbath in your garden. Zora Verona is an emerging and interdisciplinary artist who explores the complexity of bird’s nests through sculpture. Her work intersects visual art, environmental philosophy, avian science and natural history. What drives Zora Verona to document, create and communicate is her legacy as well as the trajectory of loss of habitat, ecosystems and species. Her a...
Feb 21, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Author and artist Bridget Farmer explains how to become a ‘bird noticer’ and watch the bush birds around you, like the White-browed Scrubwren and Spotted Pardalote. Bridget Farmer is originally from Northern Ireland. She initially visited Australia to friends but fell in love with the country (and a certain Australian man) and stayed longer than expected. She lives in country Victoria with her husband, two young sons, a whole flock of chickens and a studio rabbit. Bridget is a printmaker and her...
Feb 14, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Hugh Possingham shares the joys of birdwatching in his corner of Brisbane, the Oxley Creek Common, which is home to the Mistletoe Bird. Hugh Possingham has devoted his life to stopping habitat loss around the world. He completed a PhD in Mathematics and Ecology at Oxford University in the UK and this led to a career in universities in the USA and Australia. He has mainly worked as a university professor and is currently at the University of Queensland. He also served two years at Chief Scientist...
Feb 07, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Celebrate the birds and environments around you with Jacinta Humphrey. Jacinta is an urban ecologist and Australian urban wildlife specialist. Jacinta Humphrey is a PhD Student with the Research Centre for Future Landscapes at La Trobe University. Her research focuses on the impacts of urban development on the birds that share our suburbs. Jacinta is passionate about creating and maintaining habitat for wildlife in our cities, and hopes that her work will contribute to a greener, more biodiverse...
Jan 31, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Look at birds through the lens of a camera, and the landscapes of Tasmania, with wildlife photographer Coreena Vieth. Coreena Vieth is a professional nature-based tour guide and talented wildlife photographer. For the past 15 years, she has extended her love of birdwatching into a love of bird photography. Coreena runs Shutterbug Walkabouts with her husband, a company that offers enriching photography and travel experiences in Tasmania. She shares her knowledge and skills so that other people ca...
Jan 24, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Identify common Australian waterbirds such as darters, teals, grebes with Kathie Thomas. Kathie also shares her love of Birdsland Reserve in Melbourne. A photo of a Blue Banded Bee that Kathie Thomas took in Spring 2009 led her on a path of discovery. She’s learnt lots of things since that day and can now name almost every bird in the region she lives in, and identify it by its call too. Apart from improving her skills in photography she’s learnt so much more about the environment in which she l...
Jan 17, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Be a good mate to wild birds and other birdwatchers. Golo Maurer from BirdLife Australia explains the ethics of birdwatching. Golo Maurer has been involved in ecological research and conservation for about 20 years. He has enjoyed a broad career in ornithological research and has contributed to scientific and conservation projects on six continents. He has also taught at the University of Birmingham and at Charles Sturt University. As BirdLife Australia’s Citizen Science Program Leader, Golo sup...
Jan 10, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 21
