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Celebrate Halloween with these five spooky Australian birds Celebrate Halloween: Meet five of Australia’s spookiest and kookiest birds. Creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky Australia is the land of birds, home to over 800 species as fascinating as they are diverse. Some, by human standards, are also pretty freaky –…Read more

Birds to look out for in March Find out more about birds to look out for this month Birds to look out for in March What birds might you see this month? Here are a few to look out for… Brolgas in flight. Photo by Rebecca Harvey Swift Parrots and…Read more

…tea and Birdata trainers. Birds on Farms – Volunteering Opportunity The BirdLife Australia Woodland Birds team is seeking the support of volunteer birdwatchers for its Birds on Farms program. This citizen-science monitoring program aims to learn more about how birds are using a variety of habitats on private rural properties…Read more

…to express his true self. “Birds aren’t judgemental,” he says. “I can be as gay as I like and the birds still sing and fly, and that freedom is infectious. I also think the metaphor of being able to fly freely is not lost on queer folks – especially those…Read more

…birds. Our scientists and the communities who are monitoring these birds know where they nest, and we know when they’re vulnerable. Seasonal closures at targeted locations, like we called for, are an obvious solution but unfortunately, these steps weren’t taken.” Dr Grainne Maguire, Director Coastal and Wetland Birds at BirdLife,…Read more

Birds to look out for in December Find out more about birds to see around Australia in December, including Hooded Plovers, Eastern Koels and White-throated Needletails Birds to look out for in December What birds might you see this month? Here are a few to look out for… The repetitive…Read more

…they certainly went above and beyond in sharing their love or birds, and the importance of a citizen-science event like this one. We smashed last year’s total birds counted, and raised a record amount of money – more than $107,000 in donations to the Bird Count. We welcomed back previous…Read more

…couple of birds found in recent days, north of Woolgoolga, feeding on flowering Swamp Mahogany, and at the same time we have had up to a dozen birds in Lake Macquarie, also feeding in Swamp Mahogany,” he said. And it’s not just that some birds had turned up there that…Read more

…– Post Office Hill Reserve, Chewton, on a beautiful summer morning. The walk was preceded by Breakfast With the Birds. Twenty-six species of birds were seen or heard – click here for the list. Many thanks to Bob Dawson for organising the walk and to Tavish and Joel for leading….Read more

Celebrating World Parrot Day: Palm Cockatoos Palm Cockatoos are the rockstars of the bird world, but are their drumming displays an ancient instinct or a clever mimicry of human behaviour? Little drummer birds Australia’s Palm Cockatoos have wowed the world with their drumming displays, and the instruments they craft for…Read more

…spend 20 minutes reconnecting with nature and counting their local birds. During the past 10 years, annual data collected during the Aussie Bird Count has provided BirdLife Australia with valuable insights into the state of our native birds across the country. “Participation in this year’s Count will enable bird experts…Read more