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Ann Göth spent some of her formative years as a scientist studying one of the most curious birds on the planet, the Tongan Megapode, that uses the …
You have probably seen the devastating reports about the infestations of avian influenza sweeping parts of the world, affecting nesting colonies of …
Almost exactly a year ago, Milly Formby told me about the planning and the extraordinary fundraising campaign that had enabled her to embark on a …
Have you heard the term "DeGrowth" being thrown around in recent years? Have you wondered what it really means, and can it be achieved in a modern society?
Hear Martin Tye explain to Grant what it means, and how a …
Meet …
Predation by feral cats is one of the biggest threats to the unique wildlife of Australia. The WA Feral Cat Working Group is working to reduce the threat.
Feral cats are a major threat to wildlife in Australia, with …
Gregory Andrews is a D’harawal man and was Australia’s first-appointed Threatened Species Commissioner. He owns and manages Wombat Ridge Nature …
Giving you a special Christmas present, and celebrating the work Dr. Matt Herring and the team behind the Tracking Australia's Painted Snipe crowdfunding effort, Dr. Matt Herring and I talk about Matt's back story, the …
Maybe you have seen the great photos that Dr. Nick and Lucy have been posting on Twitter and other social media of the Powerful Owls they have come …
Managing isoloated populations is difficult, more so when bushfire places and entire population in peril. Sarah Comer explains how the Western …
Here is the audio of the recent live stream, in the Monday with Holly regular Monday spot, where Dr. Matt Herring talked about his current …
A year or so back I spoke with Dan Nugent about one of Australia's strangest and rarest birds, the Plains-wanderer, and the work that Dan was doing monitoring the birds in the grasslands of Victoria and New South Wales. …
Here is a bonus for you - audio of the live stream where Grant spoke with Dr. Michael Mulvaney about the (recently listed as Endangered) Gang-gang …
Dr. David Watson, is an ornithologist, and Professor in Ecology in the school of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences at Charles Sturt …
There is a new birder/birdwatching podcast on the scene, it's produced in Melbourne as well, and I am really excited that it's another avenue for people to discover the joy of getting to know birds, and to become a …
For almost 30 years, ornithologist, Neil Hamilton has been caring for, working with and studying birds, and many of Australia's unique animals.
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This bonus episode is the audio from the live stream recently conducted with Robert Ashworth, A Masters student at Melbourne University. Robert is …
Here is the Fotography Friday conversation that Grant and Nicolas Rakotopare had with Sandy Horne, recounting her introduction to photography, and …
Another Bonus episode - the audio of a live stream where Grant Williams and Dr. Holly Parsons suggest some plants they like to use in a bird and …
What do you think is the rarest bird in New Zealand? Perhaps, you immediately think of the Kakapo? But the title probably belongs to a seabird, or a little-known shorebird, the Southern Dotterel (or the Southern …
This episode is a little different than our usual "regular" episode, in that is the audio of the video live stream, and a number of images and videos …
Fotography Friday has been given a bit of an overhaul, and will be an irregular regular bonus in The Bird Emergency feed. The reboot episode …
Professor Hugh Possingham is widely know in Australia, as the Chief Scientist in the State of Queensland, but also as a champion of birds, and for his work assisting to develop conservation stragegy and plans utilising …
Continuing with our regular theme exploring the interactions between birds in urban settings, and the humans that have created and live in them, …
Should we be feeding our local wild birds? Dr. Holly Parsons, Manager of the Urban Birds program at Birdlife Australia, Dr. Johanne Martens and Prof. …
Camilo Carniero is a biologist and ecologist and postdoc researcher at the South Iceland Research Centre, after completing a PhD in Biology and …
Yoav Perlman is based in a region of the world that is not often the first thought when bird nerds begin thinking about destinations to sate our birdwatching desires, but the Middle East is a great destination. It is …
The term "biodiversity" is thrown around and inserted into conversations all the time. But when one person says biodiversity, is the full meaning of …
What is it like to be involved in a breeding program and managing part of an insurance population of an endangered species that is under human care? …
Dr. Sally Bryant is the Chair of the Forty-spotted Pardalote Recovery Team. The Recovery Plan for the 40-Spot is currently being updated, so the team are busy doing that. (Yes, I know we love this bird!).
Over more than …
If you have a copy of the Australian Bird Guide, then you already are familiar with some of the work of Rohan Clarke. If you have been a keen Bird Nerd for many, many years, and consume as much information as you can …
Dr. Holly Parsons, Manager of the Urban Birds Program at Birdlife Australia, and Grant Williams recently spoke with Dr. Joe Welklin, one of the …
This episode began as a celebration of one of the most curiously named, most loved and interesting migratory species of North and Central America, the Prothonotary Warbler. It became a very free-flowing and …
Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day (WorldMigratoryBirdDay.org) and this episode we talk to Scott Pursner from the Taiwan Wild Bird Federation about the birds that move thorough Taiwan, that reside in Taiwan and the …
Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day (WorldMigratoryBirdDay.org), PhD candidate, David Tan, tells us about the stunning Pittas that needlessly fall victim to BirdStrike as the migrate thorough SIngapore, why SIngapore …
Photo courtesy - Marcus Salton
What could be for fun than talking again about penguins, with somebody who has summed up their research project in a …
Something we have returned to time and time again in The Bird Emergency is how we have removed the nesting opportunities for birds that require …
Have you ever considered brushing up on your bird-watching skills in a more formal and structured way? Are you just starting out and would like to …
As we move from traditional power generation methods we may be introducing significant new threats into the landscape.
For many years Hamish Cumming …
World Penguin Day has ambushed me! Truth be know, I did not even know it existed! Luckily when I saw some Twitter talk about it, I had an episode …
When I was a youngster, I used to imagine being able to venture into the dense schlerophyll eucalyptus forests of eastern Australia with the chance …
Birdlife Australia always has a range of projects underway to learn more about our endangered birds, and to design the important programs to try to …
Birdlife Australia always has a range of projects underway to learn more about our endangered birds, and to design the important programs to try to …
You may have always been familiar with turtle doves the same way I was - a childhood song that also references pear trees and partridges.... It may surprise you to know that turtle doves are becoming scarce in the UK.
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Grant and Dr. Holly Parsons, Manager of the Urban Birds program at Birdlife Australia, are joined by Fiona Backhouse and Matthew Hall, who have both …
Milly Formby is amazing! A zoologist, artist, author and now, an Adventurer!
Meet Milly and learn about the amazing Wing Threads project, which will …
Dr. Holly Parsons, the Manager - Urban Birds programs at Birdlife Australia, joins Grant Williams regularly to talk about issues of interest to Bird …
In this episode we talk to Cat Davidson, one of the organisers of the Bruny Island Bird Festival, which is on from the 25th to the 27th of March 2022, and celebrates the birds that make the small island, off the eastern …
Grant was joined by Dr. Holly Parsons, Manager of the Urban Birds program at Birdlife Australia, Dr. John Martin, Research Scientist at Taronga …
Did you know that 3 out of the 4 birds most likely to go extinct in the coming years are found only on King Island?
Let's not quibble about species or sub-species, but the King Island Scrubtit, the King Island Brown …
When Simon Verdon and I had this chat, he was a PhD candidate at LaTrobe University. who had been leading a team in an effort to relocate a group of Mallee Emu-wrens, in the remote Mallee habit of South Australia and …
Following on from Part One of this discussion, Grant is joined by Tegan Douglas, Citizen Science Project Coordinator, BIrdlife Australia, Western …
Grant Humphries has become The Data Guy after a long career studying birds, and particularly Seabirds. Grant tells Grant how he became The Data Guy, …
Patrick Jodice was elected Chair of the World Seabird Group in 2015, at WSC2. Patrick is an ecologist, with a special interest in seabirds, and in …
Aline Da Silva Cerqueira is a PhD candidate, in the Department of Geography of King's College, London jointly with the ZSL Institute of Zoology. The …
Grant is joined by Tegan Douglas, Citizen Science Project Coordinator, BIrdlife Australia, Western Australia, to promote the upcoming Aussie Backyard Bird Count for 2021, and go over the highlights of the 2020 count …
When is it important to study a population of birds? Ryan Carter from Edith Cowan University in Perth, in Western Australia, is undertaking a …
Fotography Friday has come around again, and joining Grant and Ewen Bell this time is Conservation, Science & Nature media creator, Nicolas …
What are the chances that the avian world will suffer a pandemic? Topical, I know!?!! Well, the best way to find out more about that is to ask a scientist who specialises in avian diseases, and that person is Michelle …
In this episode, I am joined my Kevin Burgio, PhD, to discuss the rapid decline and eventual extinction of the Carolina Parakeet, the only endemic …
In this episode, you will hear the discussion I had with Dr. Holly Parsons, the Urban Bird Program Manager, BirdLife Australia, which encompases the …
Australia has a famous lyrebird, the one everyone has seen in the David Attenborough shows, imitating all manner of man-made sounds and the sounds of the forest it lives in. But, there is a lesser-known lyrebird, which …
Formerly known as the Monkey-eating Eagle, the Philippine Eagle is large, imperious eagle of the remote forests of The Philippines. Sadly, it is …
We are talking photography, bird photography again, and how Christy Bharath snaps the birds in an urban fringe in India with a consumer level camera. He takes great smnaps, and we learn about the birds seen in an urban …
The Gouldian Finch is one of the most desired cage birds in the world. Inhabiting northern Australia, in the tropical savannah habitat, it has been …
Here is the terrific panel discussion live streamed earlier this week, discussing all the issues around the loss of hollows for wildlife, and the …
As we see more and more habitat being lost, replaced by new housing developments, new and wider roads, expansions to agriculture and industry, one …
Here is a bonus for you! This is the Live Stream event/panel/seminar (whatever you want to call it) that took place on Monday July 5th, featuring Dr. …
Chris MacColl has been unlocking the secrets of the elusive Red Goshawk in northern Queensland and across the Top End of Australia.
The work has …
Trying something a little different, because a huge part of protecting birds, and their habitat, is for people to know and love birds more! That's where photography comes into it... I will be talking to people who love …
Dimas Gianuca works with Birdlife Marine and the RSPB collaborating with everyone comprising the Albatross Task Force to protect the albatross …
Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas and Pacific Rim Conservation are involved in an effort to ensure the survival of the Black-footed Albatross …
Let's celebrate the amazing explorers of the ocean, the friends of seafarers and the masters of the vast expanse of the seas! Dr. Stephanie Borelle was my guest in the very first Bird Emergency episode! We speak again …
Doing something a little different for a while- an irregular feature to help those bird nerds who have developed a business sharing their knowledge …
Everyone who has ever heard about the Kakapo, or seen footage of this remarkable bird, never forgets them
They have clung tenaciously to existence, …
The Golden-shouldered Parrot is rapidly disappearing from the landscape in northern Australia, where this species requires a very particular habitat …
The Philippine Cockatoo is restricted to intact lowland forests of the Philippines - increasingly hard to find! Indira Lacerna - Widmann and the Katala Foundation are dedicated to the preservation of this big parrot.
Wrapping up the Takeover of The Bird Emergency by The Pint of Science Australia, is Ettore Camerlenghi, who is studying the complex and surprising social structure and behaviour of the Superb Fairywren on the outskirts …
In this episode we meet Alona Charuvi, a researcher who has been studing the reactions to disturbance by the Masked Lapwing, a bird that is very familiar over a large part of eastern and southern Australia.
The Masked …
An estimated 8 million migratory shorebirds frequent the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) annually. In recent years, global change has resulted …
The people at Pint of Science asked me to be part of #PintAU21 Takeover - where we takes science and scientists like Elodie Camprasse to the masses and showcase their work and experience! Elodie shares her visits and …
In this episode, Scott Mouat, documentary filmaker from New Zealand - Aoteoroa - who has worked on presenting the plight of the Kakapo, the strange Night Parrot, that teeters on the edge of existence on pest-free …
In this episode, we meet Linda Bell, who manages the Saving Our Species program in the New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and …
Did you know that it is World Migratory Bird Day? May 8th
To mark World Migratory Bird Day, this episode features two migratory species that have become loved and important in one of the mega cities of the world, …
Without doubt, the best friend the Eurasian Curlew has, from a public relations perspective, is Mary Colwell, Chair of the Curlew Recovery …
Reliable information is required in the efforts to conserve endangered species, and collecting that information can be expensive to gather, or may …
Do you sometimes marvel at the stunning photography where birds are the subject? I am always amazed at the clarity and the action shots, or the …
As we are coming up to the 2021 surveys for the Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle - the Where, Where Wedgie project - Here is an update on last year's …
Meet the Plains-wanderer, one of the oddest birds in Australia, living in the last remaining intact tracts of grassland habitat in south east Australia. Daniel Nugent is trying to unlock the many secrets held by this …
Mark Holdsworth has been involved in conservation for what seems like forever, but has developed from his initial skills working in the national …
I have been teasing this episode for a long time.... It seems like a great opportunity to pop out an episode that is not about birds, but where the work concerned will surely have an impact on the native bird …
Tegan Douglas from Birdlife Australia returns to tell us how easy it is to get involved in National Bird Week and to take part in the Aussie Backyard …
Marking World Migratory Bird Day (October 10th), today meet Heidi Trudell, an architectural consultant, from Michigan in the USA. Heidi advises the …
In this Monday Megaphone, where we break format to discuss issues, somebody who knows what they are talking about tells me about coal-fired power …
Over four years, Dr. Johanne Martens has been studying the Beak and Feather Disease virus, which is appearing more often among wild bird populations, …
My guest in this episode is Dr. Clare Hawkins, Citizen Science Co-ordinator at the Bookend Trust, and the driving force behind Where? Where? Wedgie? …
Another bonus episode, to mark Plover Appreciation Day and raise awareness of the particular challenges that are facing a varied group of wading …
In a fairly casual conversation, I speak to James Trezise, who is a Policy Analyst with the Australian Conservation Foundation about the challenges …
This episode of The Bird Emergency introduces you to Dr. Rob Davis, who is based at the Edith Cowan University in Perth, which sits on the Indian Ocean. However, Rob has a passionate interest in the birds of the small …
Meet Dr. Catherine Young, who describes herself as a "actual living scientist", a birder, traveller, bird guide & general nature enthusiast.
We discuss the Forty-spotted Pardalote, one of the subjects of the …
It's a special episode! Assoc. Prof. Dr. Peter Burnett from the Australian National University tells me about the calamitous failures of the administration of Australia's environment laws, as reported by the Australian …
Claire Greenwell is two years into her PhD, which she is doing at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia.
Claire is undertaking a comprehensive study of the Australian sub-species of the Australian Fairy Tern, …
Tegan Douglas is a bird researcher, proud Bird Nerd and the Citizen Science Project Co-Ordinator at Birdlife Australia's Western Australia office.
In this episode we talk about many of Western Australia's endangered …
It's the very first World Albatross Day, and a dedicated group of bird field workers, hardy seafarers and research academics are doing their best to …
Dr. Ben Sullivan is a biologist based in Hobart, Australia, who has an interest in reducing the harm the global fishing industry does to non-target …
Meet the Far Eastern Curlew, perilously close to disappearing, subject of this Episode of The Bird Emergency.
Every year as the days begin to get …
Amanda Lilleyman is a researcher at the Charles Darwin University, in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia.
She monitors the Far Eastern …
Dr. Stephanie Borrelle is a David H. Smith Research Fellow at the University of Georgia in the USA, but her love of seabirds began many years ago in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Visit Steph's website here
And take a look at …
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