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Do a survey - and win a prize!

Submitted by Holly on 15 Jan 2021.

Looking for an excuse to do some birding? Would the possibility of winning a prize entice you?

We still have 2 weeks left in the Birds in Backyards Summer surveys and have 6 great bird pin prize packs to giveaway - two each for Facebook, Instagram and Twitter users.

To enter:

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Spring Survey Results

Submitted by Holly on 27 Nov 2020.

What a great series of surveys we received for our Birds in Backyards Spring surveys. 2224 surveys were submitted (and all but 3 of those were complete!) totalling 76898 individual birds across 711 sites. This season also saw an increase in the number of species recorded with 351 species seen (up from 315 in Winter).

Overall Survey Results

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Things are heating up - it is Summer survey time!

Submitted by Holly on 26 Nov 2020.

Welcome to those of you who are new to Birds in Backyards and to surveying. With many of us taking some time off over Christmas, its a great time to reconnect or maybe connect for the first time with birds.

As we thankfully are about to see the back of 2020, its time for one last Birds in Backyards seasonal survey to round off the year.

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Birds in Schools goes online!

Submitted by Holly on 26 Nov 2020.

We are thrilled to have launched our new online Birds in Schools program! While the move to the online space was spurred by the challenging events of this year, we could not be happier that we can now engage schools across the country in our program.

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Gardening with Em: dams, ponds and tips for aquatic habitats

Submitted by Holly on 26 Nov 2020.

With the summer now upon us, the hot temperatures may prove too warm to be planting land-based plants. However, this is the perfect time for planting in the water. Em Bowman from Stem Landscape Architecture and Design shares a case study of one of her latest projects:

 

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A little feather tells a big story

Submitted by Holly on 30 Oct 2020.

With a whopping wingspan of +1.5m the Powerful Owl, Australia’s largest threatened owl, is powerful by name and nature. However the BirdLife Australia Powerful Owl Project is using some of its smallest features, feathers, to understand more about the population in the Greater Sydney region.

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Gwen and Jeff Young plant thousands of trees to create 9-hectare haven for birds on their Port MacDonnell farm

Submitted by Chickowee on 25 Oct 2020.

Long before Jeff Young met his wife Gwen, birds were targets for his slug gun.

Sparrows were "spoggies", red-browed finches were "beetroot eaters" — at least that is what his Dad told him on their Port MacDonnell farm in South Australia's south-east.

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BirdLife Australia at the Federal Inquiry on Feral and Domestic Cats

Submitted by Holly on 25 Sep 2020.

This morning our Urban Bird Program Managers, Dr. Monica Awasthy and Dr. Holly Parsons gave evidence at the federal inquiry into the problem of feral and domestic cats in Australia. 

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Endangered birds travel from Werribee to new home at Monarto

Submitted by Chickowee on 09 Sep 2020.

Six critically endangered Plains-wanderer birds have successfully completed a quarantine period at Monarto Safari Park after their big trip from Werribee Open Range Zoo in Victoria.

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New research shows lyrebirds move more litter and soil than any other digging animal

Submitted by Chickowee on 03 Sep 2020.

When you think of lyrebirds, what comes to mind may be the sound of camera clicks, chainsaws and the songs of other birds. While the mimicry of lyrebirds is remarkable, it is not the only striking feature of this species.

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