Hear birdwatching stories from around Australia. This episode is about the joys of connecting with neighbourhood birds and the challenge of doing a Local Big Year.

Local Big Year is a challenge to identify as many birds species as possible within a local geographical area in one year. Many thanks to the following Local Big Year community members for contributing to this episode - Coreena Veith, Jeremy Ringma, Jo Bangles, Kate Crock, Kylie Savidge, Marian Blake and Sophie Walker.

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Links:

* Local Big Year website - weekendbirder.com/local-big-year

* Coreena’s website - www.shutterbugwalkabouts.com.au

* Coreena on Instagram - @in.naturephotography

* Jeremy on Instagram - @jeremy_ringma

* Kate's website - packupandflyaway.com

* Kate on Instagram - @packupandflyaway

* Kylie on Instagram - @kylie_savidge_psychic

* Liz on Instagram - @yarrapenguin

* Marian on Instagram - @mariankp

* Sophie on Instagram - @sophiealice08

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* Instagram - @weekend.birder

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Learn how to record bird song and use technology to identify them. This episode is about bird call ID apps, sound recording equipment and research into how baby birds learn while they are in their egg.

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.

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Links:

* Vicky on Twitter - @avianbehaviour

* Vicky on Instagram - @avianbehaviour

* Vicky at the Animal Ecology Lab - animalecologylab.org/victoria-austin.html

* Flinders University - flinders.edu.au/college-science-engineering/who-we-are/ecology-evolution-environment

* Lyrebird Lab - lyrebirdlab.org

* Superb Lyrebird recording by Nick Talbot (XC340211) - xeno-canto.org

* Superb Fairywren recording by Marc Anderson, licenced from wildambience.com

Sound recording apps:

* Merlin Bird ID app – merlin.allaboutbirds.org

* BirdNet app - birdnet.cornell.edu

* xeno-canto (bird sound recordings) - https://xeno-canto.org

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Search for birds in Western Australia’s coastal heaths, wetlands, arid regions and tropical north. This episode is about the best places to go birdwatching Western Australia and some of the unique birds you might find there.

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.

Links:

* Jeremy on Instagram - @jeremy_ringma

* Weekend Birder Google Map - maps.app.goo.gl/idqxtcxUDmUkDi1Y7

* BirdLife WA website - birdlife.org.au/groups/birdlife-wa/

* BirdLife WA on Facebook - @birdlifewa

* BirdLife WA on Instagram - @birdlifewa

* 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, licenced from wildambience.com

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* Instagram - @weekend.birder

* Facebook - @weekend.birder

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