Celebrate the joy of birdwatching together.

This episode is a special collection of listener stories, curious questions, and bird recordings from the Weekend Birder community. Thank you to Alexa, Kerrie Robertson, Tom Raw, Meg Dow, Jia Yin, Pete Brothwell, Anelie Joy, Jeff Smith, Christoph Devoil, and Roger MacKertich for your contributions — and to Andrew Skeoch for his dawn chorus recording of budgerigars.

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Listen to the world around you. This episode is about learning from birds, deep listening and why the Australian dawn chorus is so unique.

Andrew Skeoch is a professional wildlife sound recordist, acoustic ecologist and author of ‘Deep Listening to Nature’. Over the last 30 years, he has documenting the sounds of environments around the planet, and through his label 'Listening Earth', published over one hundred recordings allowing listeners to immerse themselves in wild soundscapes from around the world. His recordings have been heard in documentaries, installations and feature films such as Peter Gabriel's soundtrack to 'Rabbit Proof Fence’. He has given presentations to audiences ranging from local community and naturalist groups to university students. He’s appeared at festivals such as WOMADelaide’s Planet Talks, written for The Conversation, and presented radio features, keynote addresses and a TEDx talk. He is the president of the Australian Wildlife Sound Recoding Group, and on the board of the Australian Forum for Acoustic Ecology.

Links:

* Andrew’s website - andrewskeoch.com

* Listening Earth website - listeningearth.com

* Andrew on Instagram - @andrewskeoch_author

* Listening Earth on Instagram - @listening_earth

* All recordings were gifted and licensed from Andrew Skeoch

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Take a trip to the Australian outback. This episode is about the unique birds that call Broken Hill home and the passion of a farmer who cares for wildlife and the planet.

Dr Anika Molesworth is an Agriculture and Environmental scientist who works on climate smart farming across Australia and the Asia Pacific. With a passion for rural communities and healthy ecosystems, she is committed to help create sustainable and vibrant rural landscapes now and for the future. Anika established Climate Wise Agriculture to focus on supercharging green initiatives, and is a founding Director of Farmers for Climate Action – a national network of nearly 8,000 Australian farmers undertaking climate change action. She has presented the TEDx talks Farmers are Key to a Better Future and Repairing the Broken Food System. Anika is the author of her book, Our Sunburnt Country, which won the Royal Societies of Australia and New Zealand Writer’s Award for Outstanding Writing on Social Change, and is currently working on an illustrated children’s picture book.

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* Anika’s website - anikamolesworth.com

* Anika on Facebook - @anikamolesworthdr

* Anika on Instagram - @anikamolesworth

* Anika on X - @AnikaMolesworth

* Anika on LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/anika-molesworth-phd-93519187/

* Curtin University Zebra Finch research - curtin.edu.au/news/media-release/zebra-finches-survive-australian-heatwaves-by-predicting-high-temperatures/

* Emu recording was by Marc Anderson and licensed from www.wildambience.com

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Look at Australian birds with new eyes. In this episode, English birdwatcher and podcaster Suzy Buttress shares her birding adventures, her love for connecting with people through birds, and her favourite places to go birding in the UK.

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🎵 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo recording by Marc Anderson - licenced from https://www.wildambience.com

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Get to know birds of prey on a whole new level. In this Q&A episode, raptor expert Stephen Debus answers listener questions about eagle parenting, prey, plumage morphs and more – sharing insights from a lifetime studying Australia’s birds of prey.

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🎵 Bird of prey recordings by Marc Anderson - licenced from https://www.wildambience.com

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Discover the joys of birdwatching with limited mobility. This episode is about two birders who make birding accessible, including for those in a wheelchair, and the wonderful nature discoveries they've made along the way.

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Learn how to record video footage of birds. This episode is about a passionate ornithologist, conservationist and film-maker who has some great advice about creating bird videos.

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🎵 Paradise Riflebird recording by Marc Anderson - licenced from https://www.wildambience.com

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Try a different form of birdwatching. This episode is about slowing down to learn about local birds and a special place to go birding in Texas.

Maggie Galbraith is an amateur naturalist who started focusing more on birds in her early 30s. Since then, she has been trying to educate herself as much as she can. Maggie loves photography. She also adores native bees and enjoys the challenge of macro photography.

Links:

* Maggie on Instagram - @maggies_lens

* Weekend Birder Google Map - weekendbirder.com/travel

* Australian Bird ID how-tos - weekendbirder.com/bird-id

* Weekend Birder Hobart Meet-up 2025 - weekendbirder.com/meet-ups/hobart-2025

* White-winged Fairywren recording is by Marc Anderson, licenced from wildambience.com

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