Weekend Birder

Rarity can make a bird feel precious, but it can also change how we see everything else. Author and science journalist Justine Hausheer shares her thinking about common birds, endangered species and her book The Vanishing Wild.

Birds featured: Australasian Bittern, Golden-shouldered Parrot, Rainbow Lorikeet, Regent Honeyeater

Episode illustration: Regent Honeyeater
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
🐦‍⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder
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🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere

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At this school, it’s completely normal to stop class for a bird. Catherine Shaw shares how The Nature School helps young connect with the world around them.

Birds featured: Bar-tailed Godwit, Brolga, Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher, Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Golden Whistler, Lewin’s Honeyeater, Regent Honeyeater, Square-tailed Kite

Episode illustration: Golden Whistler (male)
🎧 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 https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere

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At first, it just feels like a quiet hobby - then you realise how many people love it too. Natalie Kyriacou shares her insights into human relationships with nature and her new book Nature’s Last Dance.

Birds featured: Kākāpō

Episode illustration: Kākāpō
🎧 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 https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere

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You can learn a lot about a place by noticing which birds are still there. Kai Hill-Crofts shares stories of birds, ecology and growing up on Country.

Birds featured: Eastern Osprey, Superb Fairywren, White-bellied Sea-eagle

Episode illustration: White-bellied Sea-eagle
🎧 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 https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere

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Woodlands can feel empty until you learn where to look. Ecologist Emi Arnold shares how to identify the birds living in Australia’s woodland habitats.

Birds featured: Brown Treecreeper, Diamond Firetail, Glossy Black-Cockatoo

Episode illustration: Diamond Firetail
🎧 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 https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere

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