Blog Articles

Season 1, Episode 2 From Singer Songwriter to Birder & Best-Selling AuthorR. Bruce made his living as an internationally touring comedian and singer/songwriter, but later became an avid birder. In 2015 he embarked on a year-long, life-changing trip around...

Season 1, Episode 1 Stalking Leopards, Rehabilitating Vultures, Evolution & How to Save the WorldIn this episode, Peter Rowland chats to Australian popular science writer, presenter and producer, Elliot Connor. Elliot is best known for founding the international...

My Australian Geographic Magazine 'Bird Nerd' column has had a face lift! While the bird nerd tag has flown away, the column is still about birds, or should I say birding. Birding is wonderfully addictive, and this year I will be sharing birding tips and tricks and my...

My 'Bird Nerd' column in the latest Australian Geographic Magazine (Issue 159) is all about variations in colouration and patterning in birds caused by the presence or absence of certain pigmants. The blacks and browns, in particular, are caused by melanin, and the...