Weekend Birder – Details, episodes & analysis
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Noticing birds changes how you see the world. Explore the fascinating lives of Australian birds through birdwatching, stories and science in everyday places. Hosted by Kirsty Costa.
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Publication history
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Season 3 Trailer
Season 3 · Episode 3
jeudi 26 septembre 2024 • Duration 01:58
More birds, more stories, more reasons to look up. This is your glimpse of Season 3 and the birdwatching moments waiting for you.
Episode illustration: Superb Fairywren
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
🐦⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder
🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder
🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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83 Birding Stories - with the Local Big Year crew
Season 2 · Episode 83
mardi 2 juillet 2024 • Duration 26:19
The best birdwatching stories are sometimes hiding close to home. Birdwatchers across Australia share moments from their Local Big Year and the birds they noticed in everyday places.
Episode illustration: Eastern Barn Owl
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
🐦⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder
🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder
🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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74 Eastern Yellow Robin - with Lana
Season 2 · Episode 74
mardi 30 avril 2024 • Duration 18:30
This small yellow bird has a bigger influence than you might expect. Dr Lana Austin shares the behaviour of Eastern Yellow Robins and the role they play in the forest around them.
Episode illustration: Eastern Yellow Robin
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
🐦⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder
🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder
🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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73 Eastern Osprey - with Pip
Season 2 · Episode 73
mardi 23 avril 2024 • Duration 22:19
Some birds return to the same nest like it is part of who they are. Pip Grant-Taylor shares the story of the Eastern Osprey and the citizen science helping us understand it.
Episode illustration: Eastern Osprey
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
🐦⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder
🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder
🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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72 From Dawn to Dusk - with Shelley
Season 2 · Episode 72
mardi 16 avril 2024 • Duration 21:10
A great bird photo is often made long before the shutter clicks. Award-winning photographer Shelley Pearson shares how light, patience and birdwatching shape her photography.
Episode illustration: Banded Stilt
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
🐦⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder
🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder
🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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71 More than Meets the Eye - with Gráinne
Season 2 · Episode 71
mardi 9 avril 2024 • Duration 17:30
Birds have more in common with us than they first let on. Dr Gráinne Cleary shares the surprising world of feathers, eyelids, legs and bird biology.
Episode illustration: Galah
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
🐦⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder
🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder
🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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70 Birding in East Gippsland - with Luca
Season 2 · Episode 70
mardi 2 avril 2024 • Duration 14:27
An 11-year-old birder can remind you what wonder sounds like. Luca shares his love of birds, East Gippsland and the species he hopes to see next.
Episode illustration: Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
🐦⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder
🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder
🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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69 Silos and Sacred Kingfishers - with Geoffrey
Season 2 · Episode 69
mardi 26 mars 2024 • Duration 18:04
Some Australian birds are painted so large you can spot them from the road. Artist Geoffrey Carran shares how birds inspire his silo murals, from Sacred Kingfishers to endangered species.
Episode illustration: Sacred Kingfisher
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
🐦⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder
🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder
🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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68 Strength of Country - with Jack
Season 2 · Episode 68
mardi 19 mars 2024 • Duration 16:42
Bird calls carry stories older than we can imagine. Dr Jack Pascoe shares connections between birds, First Peoples cultures and ecology, including the call of the Fan-tailed Cuckoo.
Episode illustration: Fan-tailed Cuckoo
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
🐦⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder
🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder
🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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67 Bird Feathers - with Freia
Season 2 · Episode 67
mardi 12 mars 2024 • Duration 22:52
A feather can change colour without changing colour at all. Artist Freia Noss shares the science of iridescence and her love of Australian ducks.
Episode illustration: Bronze-winged Pigeon
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
🐦⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder
🦆 Facebook - https://facebook.com/weekend.birder
🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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