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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 us...
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Birds are rapidly disappearing from all around us. Habitat reduction, climate change, pesticides, invasive pests and many more factors are causing the reduction in the numbers of all species...
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 us...
You have probably seen the devastating reports about the infestations of avian influenza sweeping parts of the world, affecting nesting colo...
Almost exactly a year ago, Milly Formby told me about the planning and the extraordinary fundraising campaign that had enabled her to embark...
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...

How does art influence attitudes to nature, and how can it help to create positive outcomes in conservation? These two artists who put natur...

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 redu...
Gregory Andrews is a D'harawal man and was Australia's first-appointed Threatened Species Commissioner. He owns and manages Wombat Ridge Nat...
Giving you a special Christmas present, and celebrating the work Dr. Matt Herring and the team behind the Tracking Australia's Painted Snipe...
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 ha...

Managing isoloated populations is difficult, more so when bushfire places and entire population in peril. Sarah Comer explains how the Weste...
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 c...

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 wa...

Here is a bonus for you - audio of the live stream where Grant spoke with Dr. Michael Mulvaney about the (recently listed as Endangered) Gan...
Birds are rapidly disappearing from all around us. Habitat reduction, climate change, pesticides, invasive pests and many more factors are c...
Dr. David Watson, is an ornithologist, and Professor in Ecology in the school of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences at Char...
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 avenu...
For almost 30 years, ornithologist, Neil Hamilton has been caring for, working with and studying birds, and many of Australia's unique anima...
This bonus episode is the audio from the live stream recently conducted with Robert Ashworth , A Masters student at Melbourne University. Ro...
Here is the Fotography Friday conversation that Grant and Nicolas Rakotopare had with Sandy Horne, recounting her introduction to photograph...

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...
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 seab...
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 a...
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, a...

Continuing with our regular theme exploring the interactions between birds in urban settings, and the humans that have created and live in t...

Should we be feeding our local wild birds? Dr. Holly Parsons, Manager of the Urban Birds program at Birdlife Australia, Dr. Johanne Martens...
Camilo Carniero is a biologist and ecologist and postdoc researcher at the South Iceland Research Centre, after completing a PhD in Biology...
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...

The term "biodiversity" is thrown around and inserted into conversations all the time. But when one person says biodiversity, is the full me...
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 hum...
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...
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 k...

Dr. Holly Parsons, Manager of the Urban Birds Program at Birdlife Australia , and Grant Williams recently spoke with Dr. Joe Welklin , one o...
This episode began as a celebration of one of the most curiously named, most loved and interesting migratory species of North and Central Am...
Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day ( WorldMigratoryBirdDay.org ) and this episode we talk to Scott Pursner from the Taiwan Wild Bird Feder...
Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day ( WorldMigratoryBirdDay.org ), PhD candidate, David Tan, tells us about the stunning Pittas that needle...
Photo courtesy - Marcus Salton What could be for fun than talking again about penguins, with somebody who has summed up their research proje...
Something we have returned to time and time again in The Bird Emergency is how we have removed the nesting opportunities for birds that requ...
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 l...
As we move from traditional power generation methods we may be introducing significant new threats into the landscape. For many years Hamish...
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 ep...
When I was a youngster, I used to imagine being able to venture into the dense schlerophyll eucalyptus forests of eastern Australia with the...

Birdlife Australia always has a range of projects underway to learn more about our endangered birds, and to design the important programs to...

Birdlife Australia always has a range of projects underway to learn more about our endangered birds, and to design the important programs 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.......
Grant and Dr. Holly Parsons, Manager of the Urban Birds program at Birdlife Australia, are joined by Fiona Backhouse and Matthew Hall, who h...
Milly Formby is amazing! A zoologist, artist, author and now, an Adventurer! Meet Milly and learn about the amazing Wing Threads project, wh...

Dr. Holly Parsons, the Manager - Urban Birds programs at Birdlife Australia, joins Grant Williams regularly to talk about issues of interest...
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 M...
Grant was joined by Dr. Holly Parsons, Manager of the Urban Birds program at Birdlife Australia, Dr. John Martin, Research Scientist at Taro...