114 Bird of Prey Q&A

About this episode

Raptor expert Stephen Debus answers listener questions about birds of prey in Australia - from eagles and falcons to parenting, prey and plumage. A must-listen for bird nerds and curious nature lovers.

Resources

• Weekend Birder ID guides

• Sign BirdLife’s SGARs poison petition

• Raptors of Northern NSW on Facebook

• BirdLife Australia Raptor Group

• Birds of Prey Australia

• Australian Birds of Prey in Flight

• Australian Falcons

• Australasian Eagles and Eagle-like Birds

• Recordings by Marc Anderson - licenced from wildambience.com

Meet the guest

Stephen Debus has been interested in birds, and especially raptors, since childhood. He’s had a long association with the University of New England (Armidale, NSW) as a research fellow and honorary research associate on various woodland birds. Stephen is also an ecological consultant, doing fauna surveys and assessments for government and industry. Since 2017 he has been working for NSW Local Land Services, surveying and monitoring the nests of threatened raptors on the NSW Northern Tablelands. Stephen has written numerous field guides on raptors and monographs on the eagles and falcons.

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