81 Birdwatching in WA
Venture across Western Australia in search of birds.
This episode is about birdwatching in WA - coastal heaths, inland deserts and tropical wetlands - and the bird species that make this state one Australia’s top birdwatching destinations.
Resources
Eastern Yellow Wagtail recording by Geoff Carey (XC729999) - xeno-canto.org
Shark Bay Scrubwren recording by Matthias Feuersenger (XC107871) - xeno-canto.org
Noisy Scrub-bird and Western Gerygone recordings by Marc Anderson - wildambience.com
Meet the Guest
Jeremy Ringma is a Shorebird Project Coordinator at BirdLife Australia. His work involves collecting shorebird survey data in order to assess population trends and support conservation efforts. He also runs workshops to help the community become citizen scientists. Jeremy grew up in Brisbane, where he completed his undergraduate studies and PhD on Australian predator threatened mammals. He started ‘birding’ properly in his early twenties after being interested in wildlife as a kid.
