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Old Mate Nate Goes Birding With A Baby

Season 3 · Episode 3

Friday, December 5, 2025 • Duration 27:44

I've never really been a birder myself. Birding, twitching, getting out in the field and tracking down a bird isn't an activity I've ever taken seriously, mostly because I never really had the time to do. But since going on parental leave I've found myself with hours in the day to fill and a baby who likes getting out and about. So in this episode I present the reflections of a birding novice.

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Notes:

Aussie Bird Count: https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/

Merlin Bird ID: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/

eBird Mobile: https://ebird.org/about/ebird-mobile

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The World's Most Boring Bird

Season 1 · Episode 65

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 • Duration 25:29

The show still exists! We are back and this time we are looking at maybe the world's most boring bird, the House Sparrow. These little brown birds live in pretty much every city in the world. Everyone is familiar with them and they have little of interest to offer anyone, ever. Or do they? Well let's find out.

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House Sparrow: https://ebird.org/species/houspa
The War on Sparrows: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/episodes/16461045-the-war-on-sparrows
Western Australia hates the Sparrow: https://www.dpird.wa.gov.au/siteassets/documents/biosecurity/invasive/birds/sparrows---biosecurity-alert-pf008-23-print.pdf
How Sparrows came to Australia: https://theconversation.com/city-sparrows-came-to-australia-via-india-59730
The Sparrow's evolution: https://www.bbcearth.com/news/how-humans-shaped-the-evolution-of-the-worlds-most-common-bird
Sparrow declining population: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/16/house-sparrow-population-in-europe-drops-by-247m

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The War on Sparrows

Season 2 · Episode 10

Saturday, January 18, 2025 • Duration 40:24

Today we welcome back friend of The Bird, Mr David Clay, as we discuss that one time China tried to eliminate all the sparrows in their nation. Did the plan work, were there unforeseen consequences, is this another tale of human folly? Almost certainly. Join us as we look at another strange avian story from history.

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Sorry I meant to have notes, but I'm not as organised this time. The story is quite well documented though in numerous online sources.

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When a Stork Calls

Season 1 · Episode 57

Sunday, December 22, 2024 • Duration 25:35

Bird of the Week special announcement: there is a baby on the way so there's no better time to talk about Storks and what they have to do with baby delivery. Where did that myth of the Stork bringing babies to expectant parents come from? Well, today we are going to find out.

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Notes

Storks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stork
Saddle-Billed Stork: https://ebird.org/species/sabsto1
Marabou: https://ebird.org/species/marsto1?siteLanguage=en_AU
White Stork: https://ebird.org/species/whisto1?siteLanguage=en_AU
Black Stork: https://ebird.org/species/blasto1
Migration: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/episodes/9912409-migration-part-ii
Speared Stork: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeilstorch
Hera: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230119-the-weird-history-of-baby-myths
Hans Christian Andersen: http://hca.gilead.org.il/storks.html
Work Without Hope: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43999/work-without-hope

Power of Flight Part 2

Season 1 · Episode 56

Monday, December 9, 2024 • Duration 28:20

In our follow up episode on avian flight we dive deeper into the question of how birds get into the air. In part two we look at the machinery birds have and the physiological attributes they needed to make a flapping wing work. But do we answer the question, 'how do birds fly?', almost certainly not.

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Power of Flight Part 1

Season 1 · Episode 55

Thursday, November 21, 2024 • Duration 26:52

Flying is basically the most defining thing about what birds do, and yet I've never really spoken about it. Well no more, today we begin the mission to figure out how exactly birds fly. We will begin in the long past and look at the evolutionary journey from lizard to bird, as I refuse to answer the question: how do birds fly. But then I guess that's Part 2 will be for?

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Flying Snake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopelea
Archaeopteryx: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeopteryx
Huxley's Near Bird: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchiornis

Albatross

Season 1 · Episode 54

Thursday, October 24, 2024 • Duration 33:47

Wow, does this podcast even release episodes anymore? Yes it does, and we are back with Albatross, renown as some of the biggest birds in the world. Majestic birds of the open ocean, clumsy buffoons on land. What is it that makes them special? We find out in this episode.

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Pelagic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagic_zone
Procellariiformes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procellariiformes
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-text-of-1834
Wandering Albatross: https://ebird.org/species/wanalb1
Tube nose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRTRRMwXuEg
Waved Albatross: https://ebird.org/species/wavalb?siteLanguage=en_AU
Laysan Albatross: https://ebird.org/species/layalb?siteLanguage=en_AU
Short-tailed Albatross: https://ebird.org/species/shtalb?siteLanguage=en_AU
Smell: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0709047105#:~:text=Wandering%20albatrosses%20(Diomedea%20exulans)%20forage,role%20in%20natural%20foraging%20behavior.

Bird Myths Debunked

Season 1 · Episode 53

Monday, August 19, 2024 • Duration 27:57

I'm sure we've all heard some fun facts about birds, a duck's quack won't echo, an Ostrich sticks its head in the sand when threatened. But is there any truth to these statements, or are they straight up lies?

Well on this episode we dive into 5 famous bird myths, break them do and see if there is any truth to the rumours.

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Notes

Quack's quack won't echo: https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2004/05/06/1102602.htm
Ostrich with its head in the sand: https://www.clevelandzoosociety.org/z/2020/03/11/truth-or-tail-do-ostriches-really-bury-their-head-in-the-sand-when-scared-or-frightened
Egyptian Plover cleans crocodile teeth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_plover
Trochilus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trochilus_(crocodile_bird)
Don't touch baby birds: https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=426#:~:text=Q%3A%20If%20a%20person%20touches,prevent%20people%20from%20disturbing%20wildlife.
Birds can't smell: https://www.audubon.org/magazine/january-february-2014/birds-can-smell-and-one-scientist

How to Feed Wild Birds

Season 1 · Episode 52

Sunday, July 28, 2024 • Duration 22:24

Who among us hasn't thrown a chip at a seagull or a slice of bread at a duck? Feeding birds is a wonderful way to interact with our feathered friends. Except, if we do it wrong we could literally kill them with kindness. So what are the dos and don'ts of feeding birds? Well good news, we look at the worse consequences that can occur, and how to do it right so everyone is happy.

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Want birds in your inbox? Drop me a line at weekly.bird@outlook.com and I'll hook you up with a free weekly bird.

Links:

Feeding advice: https://birdlife.org.au/a-guide-to-feeding-wild-birds-in-australia/#:~:text=Seed%2Deating%20birds%20have%20a,oats%2C%20sorghum%20and%20peanut%20pieces.
Making a bird friendly garden: https://birdlife.org.au/discover-birds/birds-in-your-backyard/bird-friendly-garden/

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Escargot and the Kite

Season 1 · Episode 51

Sunday, July 7, 2024 • Duration 18:57

Eagles are majestic animals, fearsome apex predators that hunt large prey. But then their is that one Kite that only eats snails, the Snail Kite. Today we meet an odd ball bird, and find out how they're adapting to survive in a changing world.

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Links:

Snail Kite: https://ebird.org/species/snakit
Phenotypic Plasticity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotypic_plasticity
Oystercatcher bill: https://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2010/07/11/incredible-bill-of-oystercatcher

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