Tag: Native birds
How our album of birdsong recordings rocketed to #2 on the ARIA charts
‘Songs of Disappearance’, a still taken from the animation by Mervyn Street & Bernadette Trench-Thiedeman. The Bowerbird Collective, Author provided (no reuse)
Australia is losing its birds...
Native birds have vanished across the continent since colonisation. Now we know just how much we’ve lost
The critically endangered regent honeyeater. Friends of Chiltern, Author provided
In the 250 years since Europeans colonised Australia, native birdlife has disappeared across the continent. Our new research has,...
Headphones, saw blades, coat hangers: how human trash in Australian bird nests changed over 195 years
This, if you can believe it, is part of a magpie nest. Kathy Townsend, Author provided
When we opened a box supplied by museum curators,...
Look up! A powerful owl could be sleeping in your backyard after a night surveying kilometres of territory
Picture: Nick Bradsworth, Author provided
Picture this: you’re in your backyard gardening when you get that strange, ominous feeling of being watched. You find a grey...
B&Bs for birds and bees: transform your garden or balcony into a wildlife haven
Graphic by: Wes Mountain/The Conversation
Just like humans, animals like living near coastal plains and waterways. In fact, cities such as Sydney and Melbourne are “biodiversity hotspots” – boasting...