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Weekend Birder episodes
- 43 Birding and Mental Health - with Luke
Birdwatching can shift what happens in your mind and body. Dr Luke Smith explains the links between birds, mental health and the science of mindfulness.
Episode Illustration: Silver Gull
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
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🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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29 min - Season 2 Trailer
Weekend Birder is back with more birds, places and stories to notice. This Season 2 trailer offers a glimpse of the conversations and birdwatching moments ahead.
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🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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3 min - 42 Good News Stories - with Darren
Conservation work can be hard, but there are still good stories to tell. Darren Grover from WWF-Australia shares bird conservation stories, including Grey Fantails and the people working together to help birds.
Episode illustration: Grey Fantail
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
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🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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20 min - 41 Tune Your Ear - Honeyeaters
Honeyeaters can sound familiar until you listen more closely. This Tune Your Ear episode helps you learn the calls of common Australian honeyeaters, including Eastern Spinebill, New Holland Honeyeater, Yellow-faced Honeyeater and White-plumed Honeyeater.
Episode illustration: White-plumed Honeyeater
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
🐦⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder
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🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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19 min - 40 Tune Your Ear - Rails and Crakes
Wetland birds are often heard long before they are seen. This Tune Your Ear episode helps you learn the calls of Australian rails and crakes, including Buff-banded Rail, Lewin’s Rail, Australian Spotted Crake and Spotless Crake.
Episode illustration: Buff-banded Rail
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
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🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
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22 min - 39 Tune Your Ear - Whistlers
Whistlers can fill the bush with calls that feel both familiar and hard to place. This Tune Your Ear episode helps you learn the calls of Australian whistlers, including Golden Whistler, Rufous Whistler and White-breasted Whistler.
Episode illustration: Rufous Whistler
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
🐦⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder
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🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
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25 min - 38 Tune Your Ear - Lorikeets
Lorikeets are loud, fast and easier to hear than identify. This Tune Your Ear episode helps you learn the calls of Australian lorikeets, including Little Lorikeet, Musk Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet and Varied Lorikeet.
Episode illustration: Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
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🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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16 min - 37 Tune Your Ear - Pardalotes
Pardalotes are tiny birds with calls that carry through the bush. This Tune Your Ear episode helps you learn the calls of Australia’s pardalotes, including Forty-spotted Pardalote, Red-browed Pardalote, Striated Pardalote and Spotted Pardalote.
Episode illustration: Striated Pardalote
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
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🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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15 min - 36 Accidental Big Year - with Charuka
Charuka Abhayawickrama did not set out to break a birdwatching record. He shares how photography led to an accidental Big Year, 773 bird species and a new way of supporting wildlife conservation.
Episode illustration: Carpentarian Grasswren
🎧 Show notes and transcript - https://weekendbirder.com/podcast/
🐦⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder
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🔊 Recordings by Marc Anderson are licenced from https://wildambience.com
🎵 Theme music is Swing Joyful Tune by Audiosphere
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22 min - 35 Bird-Friendly Gardens - with Tom
A garden can become habitat with a few thoughtful choices. Ecologist Tom Hunt shares practical ways to support Australian birds in gardens, balconies and nature strips.
Episode illustration: Red Wattlebird
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🐦⬛ Instagram - https://instagram.com/weekend.birder
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About Weekend Birder
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Discover the fascinating lives of Australian birds with Kirsty Costa. Whether you’re completely new to noticing birds or you’ve been birdwatching for years, this podcast is for…
you.
Kirsty Costa is an experienced birdwatcher, science communicator, storyteller and media presenter. She is also a spokesperson for the Nature Media Centre and an ambassador for BirdLife Australia’s Aussie Bird Count.
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