Weekend Birder Podcast

A podcast about Australian birds and the people who love them. Listen now on your favourite app.

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67 Bird Feathers - with Freia

Some bird feathers aren't what they seem. Freia Noss shares insights into feather structure, colour and iridescence. She also shares her love of Australian waterfowl.

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66 Swift Parrots - with Beau

Celebrate the Swift Parrot – Australia’s 2023 Bird of the Year. Birdlife Australia's Beau Meney shares how to spot them and why protecting them matters.

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64 Beach Birds - with Bridget

Australian artist Bridget Farmer shares her love of Australia’s beach birds – from oystercatchers to curlews to plovers – and how they inspire her art and children’s books.

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63 New Homes for Urban Birds - with Kylie

Dr Kylie Soanes shares clever and inspiring urban conservation ideas, from bird nesting hollows to floating wetlands, and the joy of spotting birds in unexpected places.

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62 Birding Beyond Barriers - with Richard

Paralympian Richard Cordukes shares his passion for birdwatching and the birds of northern Australia, including the Western Bowerbird and Gouldian Finch. He also shares the opportunities and challenges of birding in a wheelchair.

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61 Big City Birds - with John

Dr John Martin shares insights from the Big City Birds project, where citizen scientists and ecologists work together to better understand Australian ibis, corellas and cockatoos.

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60 Bruny Island - with Ella

Bruny Island Festival Coordinator Ella Roles shares her passion for Tasmanian rare birds like the Forty-spotted Pardalote and Swift Parrot.

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59 Birder Beginnings - with Luke

Teenage birdwatcher Luke Eaton shares how his love for birds began, his conservation efforts, and his admiration for parrots like the King Parrot and Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo.

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58 Thornbills - with Ricki

Bird guide Ricki Coughlan shares how to identify Australia’s thornbills and other “Little Brown Birds”, and offers tips for using binoculars with confidence.

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56 Little Penguins - with Paula

Penguin researcher Paula Wasiak shares insights into Phillip Island’s Little Penguins (also known as Fairy Penguins) from research and fieldwork to conservation and STEM outreach.

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55 For the Love of Owls - with Cesar

Photographer and podcaster Cesar Puechmarin shares his love for Australian owls, including the Rufous Owl and Southern Boobook, and why birdwatching is best when shared.

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53 Birds of Prey - with Stephen

Get an introduction to Australia’s birds of prey with expert Stephen Debus. Learn how to identify falcons, hawks, eagles, kites and more.

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52 Orange-bellied Parrots - with Jenny

Celebrate the community effort that is preventing a little parrot from going extinct. This episode is about the Orange-bellied Parrot and stories that will give you hope about the future of birds.

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50 Birds with Personality - with Georgia

Be delighted by some of the world’s most charismatic birds. This episode is about birds that have fun personalities and have a large impact on their environment, like the Victoria’s Riflebird, Paleated Woodpecker and Burrowing Owl.

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49 Birds in Your Neighbourhood - with Darryl

Meet the author of Australia’s first complete beginners' field guide to urban birds. This episode is about the birds found in cities and towns (including the Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike), birdwatching in Kuala Lumpur and Wallace’s Line.

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48 Australian Robins - with Hugh

Learn how to identify Australia’s huge variety of robins. This episode is about red and pink-coloured robins, noisy robins, rare robins and birdwatching on the Limestone Coast.

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