Search for birds in Western Australia’s coastal heaths, wetlands, arid regions and tropical north. This episode is about the best places to go birdwatching Western Australia and some of the unique birds you might find there.

Jeremy Ringma is a Shorebird Project Coordinator at BirdLife Australia. His work involves collecting shorebird survey data in order to assess population trends and support conservation efforts. He also runs workshops to help the community become citizen scientists. Jeremy grew up in Brisbane, where he completed his undergraduate studies and PhD on Australian predator threatened mammals. He started ‘birding’ properly in his early twenties after being interested in wildlife as a kid.

Links:

* Jeremy on Instagram - @jeremy_ringma

* Weekend Birder Google Map - maps.app.goo.gl/idqxtcxUDmUkDi1Y7

* BirdLife WA website - birdlife.org.au/groups/birdlife-wa/

* BirdLife WA on Facebook - @birdlifewa

* BirdLife WA on Instagram - @birdlifewa

* Eastern Yellow Wagtail recording by Geoff Carey (XC729999) - xeno-canto.org

* Shark Bay Scrubwren recording by Matthias Feuersenger (XC107871) - xeno-canto.org

* Noisy Scrub-bird and Western Gerygone recordings by Marc Anderson, licenced from wildambience.com

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Adventure around Australia with two passionate birders on a gap year. This episode is about the highs and lows of riding a pushbike 15,000km around Australia to see as many birds as possible in one year.

Leo Norman and Cezary Carmichael are on the road, on two wheels, on a grand adventure. The plan is to spend their gap year riding the country and enjoying birdwatching along the way. They are combining their efforts to document the unique cultural and ecological importance of birds in Australia whilst helping to build a school in Timor Leste.

Imagine if every Weekend Birder listener donated $10 to Cezary and Leo’s fundraising effort? That’s over $50,000!

Let’s do this - spenditwell.com/6730-2/

Other links:

* Two Birders Two Bikes on Instagram - @twobirderstwobikes

* eBird profile - https://ebird.org/profile/MTA2NzU5NQ/AU

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* Instagram - @weekend.birder

* Facebook - @weekend.birder

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Learn about a bird that’s a little bit different from the rest. This episode is about a quirky and lovable migratory shorebird, and a scientist’s quest to grow our knowledge about its physiology and behaviour.

Birgita Hansen has strong research interest in understanding the ecological response of birds to modification of their habitat, which has included studies into migratory shorebirds, riparian restoration in agricultural landscapes and waterbird monitoring at local and continental scales. She is a long-term member of the volunteer-run Victorian Wader Study Group and an executive committee member of the Australasian Wader Studies Group. She is leading a national citizen science research program called The Latham’s Snipe Project.

Links:

* Latham’s Snipe Project - lathamssnipeproject.wordpress.com

* Australian Painted Snipe Tracking - paintedsnipe.com.au

* Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) at Federation University - cerdi.edu.au

* Painted Snipe recording was by Peter Boesmen - xeno-canto.org

* Introduction to Shorebirds with Jeremy - weekendbirder.com/episodes/51-introduction-to-shorebirds-with-jeremy

* Victorian Bird Walks with Damian (includes the Painted Snipe) - weekendbirder.com/episodes/76-bird-walks-with-damian

* Weekend Birder Google Map - maps.app.goo.gl/idqxtcxUDmUkDi1Y7

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* Instagram - @weekend.birder

* Facebook - @weekend.birder

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