BirdLife Australia in the media: October/November

BirdLife Australia in the media: October/November 2024

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

Costa celebrates the Aussie Bird Count (The Project, Network 10)

During National Bird Week, Aussie Bird Count ambassador and gardening guru Costa Georgiadis took a break from counting birds to chat about the Count with Rove McManus and the rest of the panel on The Project.  

Pigeons and Doves with Sean Dooley (Weekend Birder podcast)

Our resident Bird Man Sean Dooley returns to popular Australian birding podcast Weekend Birder. He spoke with Aussie Bird Count ambassador and podcast host Kirsty Costa about the many species of pigeons and doves that are native to Australia, a bunch of rare parrots and the delights of the Aussie Bird Count.

*Koels are thriving in our cities. Not everyone is happy (The Sydney Morning Herald)

BirdLife Australia’s Dr Holly Parsons spoke to The Sydney Morning Herald about the Eastern Koel, a fascinating (and controversial) migratory cuckoo with a call that can’t be ignored.

Feeling climate dread? Nature may be the best medicine (The Canberra Times)

Working in conservation can be a double-edged sword. BirdLife Australia’s Central NSW Woodland Birds Project Coordinator Jayden Gunn shares how he finds hope in the face of the climate crisis by spending time in nature.

*Why so many dead birds are being washed up on Australian beaches (The Sydney Morning Herald)

A mass mortality event has seen tens of thousands of dead and dying migratory Short-tailed Shearwaters washing ashore along Australia’s eastern seabird. Sean Dooley explains why.

Birds in the media:

• ‘Avian architecture’: Why birds’ nests are truly grand designs (The Age)
• High-flying life of Australia’s birds revealed in new detail – thanks to weather radars (The Guardian)
• Wildlife expert says State of Environment report is a ‘wake-up call’ as Forty-spotted Pardalote edges closer to extinction (ABC Stateline)
• ‘Craziest’ find in woman’s backyard baffles Aussies (Yahoo Australia)
• Collins Street peregrine falcon chicks fly the coop (ABC Listen)
• Emperor penguin recovering in care after epic journey from Antarctica to Western Australia (ABC Great Southern)
• ‘It’s Gang-gang country’: the landholders restoring farmland to forest in the Victorian alps (The Guardian: The rural network, Victoria)

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