The Birder's Guide
The Birder's Guide
Michael Greenshields
Travel across Australia and abroad with professional birding guide Michael Greenshields, as he chats to passionate birders, researchers and ornithologists about our incredible birdlife, as well as exploring some of our best birding locations.
The Birder's Guide: Update for 2022
No interview in this very quick chat, just an update on where The Birder's Guide is headed in 2022.
Mar 18, 2022
2 min
#50 Feral Cats: Hugh McGregor
In this episode we chat to Hugh McGregor who has spent most of his career working on the subject of feral cats in Australia. If you'd like to read his PhD thesis mentioned in this podcast it can be found here: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/23875/1/McGregor_whole_thesis.pdf Some of Arid Recovery's work is mentioned in our conversation, their work can be seen here: https://aridrecovery.org.au
Feb 24, 2022
1 hr 15 min
#49 Birding in an Age of Extinctions: Martin Painter
In this episode, we chat to Martin Painter about his recently published book 'Birding in the Age of Extinctions', a book about being a birder in an age of environmental decline. To watch the YouTube video: https://youtu.be/fxb3xLsYLJw The following link to Martin's book is not sponsored in any way, it's simply the first result that came up on Google: https://www.amazon.com.au/Birding-Age-Extinctions-Martin-Painter/ Martin's personal blog and website: www.anthropocenebirder.com
Feb 10, 2022
1 hr 18 min
#48 Youngest Australian woman to see 700 species: Donna Belder
In this episode we chat to Donna Belder about her personal birding, bird banding and being the youngest Australian woman to see 700 species.
Nov 19, 2021
44 min
#47 Regent Honeyeaters: Dean Ingwersen
In this episode we chat to Dean Ingwersen about his work with BirdLife Australia trying to save the critically endangered Regent Honeyeater. Available anywhere you get your podcasts or from the following link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1007575 To watch this conversation on YouTube you can find it at this address: https://youtu.be/wDMhIDWMYFc To read more about Birdlife's work with Regent Honeyeaters, this is the best place to go: https://birdlife.org.au/projects/woodland-birds-for-biodive...
Nov 10, 2021
1 hr 3 min
#46 Night Parrots: John Young
In this episode we chat to John Young about his obsession with Night Parrots and the night when he famously captured the very first photograph of a live Night Parrot back in 2013.
Oct 15, 2021
1 hr 12 min
#45 Birding without Borders: Noah Stryker
In this episode, another international special guest, we chat to Noah Stryker who, in 2015, set out to break the record for the most birds seen in a single year around the world. If you'd like to buy any of his books, read his blog, watch the video you can do it at www.noahstryker.com
Oct 3, 2021
47 min
#44 Victoria Big Year 2021: Grace Lewis
In this episode we chat to Grace Lewis about her year trying to break the record for most species seen in Victoria in a calendar year.
Sep 29, 2021
38 min
#43 Seabirds: Peter Harrison
In this episode we chat to Peter Harrison about his own incredible personal journey with birds as well as his spectacular new publication 'Seabirds: The New Identification Guide'. This episode is only available as a podcast, not as a YouTube video. To purchase the book directly from Lynx go here: https://www.lynxeds.com/product/seabirds/ To register your interest for the limited edition Conservation Issue go here: https://www.peterharrisonseabirds.com/books
Sep 15, 2021
1 hr 2 min
#42 Josep Del Hoyo: All the Birds of the World
In this video, another of our special international guest episodes, we chat to Josep Del Hoyo about his own birding journey as well as Lynx's new book 'All the Birds of the World'. Want to watch our conversation on YouTube? You can find it here: https://youtu.be/CjCXnQ23RN8 Want to buy the book? Get it direct from Lynx at: https://www.lynxeds.com/product/all-the-birds-of-the-world/
Sep 9, 2021
1 hr 4 min
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