82 Listening to Birds - with Vicky
Turn up the volume on your birdwatching.
This episode is about bird call ID apps, sound recording tips, and the fascinating ways birds use sound – including how some baby birds start learning calls before they’ve even hatched.
Resources
Superb Lyrebird recording by Nick Talbot (XC340211) - licenced from xeno-canto.org
Superb Fairywren recording by Marc Anderson - licenced from wildambience.com
Meet the Guest
Dr Vicky Austin is interested in bird behaviour and how birds interact with each other and their environment. She is particularly fascinated by the vocalisations of female birds. Vicky’s PhD at Western Sydney University focused on the vocalisations of female Superb Lyrebirds (such as mimicry) and how females use these sounds to protect themselves and their chicks. Vicky reckons that vocalisations of female birds are just as spectacular as males and she’s here to share what she knows.
