BirdLife Australia in the media: August 2024

Find out more about our bird conservation work around the country with our monthly multimedia round-up.

New peregrine in town: female falcon becomes latest to nest atop Melbourne skyscraper (The Guardian)

A pair of Peregrine Falcons have laid their first eggs of the season atop a skyscraper on Melbourne’s Collins Street. Started seven years ago by the Victorian Peregrine Project (VPP), an initiative of BirdLife Australia’s Raptor Group, the hugely popular 24-hour live stream of their nest is back online for another year ‒ much to the delight of their many adoring fans.

To the right of the frame, a female Peregrine Falcon is perched in a nest box on the ledge of a skyscraper, looking down over the Melbourne CBD from her nest. — *The female Peregrine does most of the incubating, which takes about 33 days. Screenshot via 367 Collins St Falcons Live Stream*

Clever birds and killer bots: What to know about swarm intelligence (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Birds, bees and ants all co-operate to solve problems with no one in charge. Here’s what humans are learning from them.

Large dense flock of green and gold budgerigars in flight — *Large flocks of Budgerigars flying together are known as murmurations. Photo by JJ Harrison*

How to make friends with a magpie this swooping season (The Briefing podcast)

Magpies are starting to nest around Australia – which means magpie swooping season is upon us. BirdLife Australia’s Sean Dooley joins Sacha Barbour Gatt on The Briefing to break down the facts and myths about Australian Magpies, and explain how you can make friends, not enemies, with your neighbourhood magpies this swooping season.

In the centre of the frame, three black and white Australian Magpies are perched on a white cable, backlit by a setting sun against a pale pink and forested background. — *Magpies are one of Australia’s most common and widespread birds. Photo by Darren Weinert*

Birds in the media:

The Secret Lives Of Our Urban Birds: Perth (ABC iview)
They come from above: here’s why magpies, magpie-larks and lapwings swoop in spring (The Conversation)
Steady flight of kestrels could help aerial safety soar (RMIT University)
One of Australia’s most elusive birds, a 2,200km journey and a mid-winter mystery solved (The Guardian)
*Swift parrot’s world’s been turned upside down. Change needed to save it (Bendigo Advertiser)

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BirdLife Australia in the media: August