Weekend Birder

Bowerbirds are artists, collectors and very particular decorators. Author and illustrator Aura Parker shares the fascinating behaviours of these iconic Australian birds and how they inspired her much-loved Bowerbird Blues books.

Birds featured: Great Bowerbird, Regent Bowerbird, Satin Bowerbird

Episode illustration: Satin Bowerbird
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
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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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Australia's honeyeaters are noisy, feisty and full of surprises. Sean Dooley from BirdLife Australia explores what makes these birds so uniquely Australian, shares some remarkable stories about their lives and explains why the Aussie Bird Count matters.

Birds featured: Little Wattlebird, Red Wattlebird, Regent Honeyeater, Scarlet Honeyeater, Yellow Wattlebird

Episode illustration: Scarlet 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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You don’t need the lingo to love birds. Comedian Kirsty Webeck chats about birdwatching on tour, car park sightings, accidental adventures and why everyone is allowed to enjoy looking at birds.

Birds featured: Superb Fairywren, Superb Lyrebird

Episode illustration: Female Superb Fairywren
🎧 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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Birds can tell us where we are or remind us of where we’ve been. Lorna Pettifer chats about birds as travelling companions, the sounds of home and what Brown Treecreepers taught her about the Murray-Darling floodplains.

Birds featured: Brahminy Kite, Brown Treecreeper, Pied Currawong, Superb Lyrebird

Episode illustration: Brown Treecreeper
🎧 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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We've arrived at Season 5. There's more everyday birds, places, stories and science to discover.

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🎧 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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