Bird Nerd Articles

Season 1, Episode 9 The Magical, Pelagical Birding World of a Tasmanian Twitcher with Peter VaughanPeter Vaughan has been an ‘ornithological enthusiast’ from a young age and is a self-declared ‘bird nerd’ and 'Pelagic Tragic'. He has spent much of his time travelling...

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...

'Big Building Birds' (Bird Nerd Column) My 'Bird Nerd' column in the latest Australian Geographic Magazine (Issue 158) is all about those incredible birds that build huge mounds to incubate their eggs - the Magapodes. The name actually means 'large foot' and these...

Issue 157 is the latest  edition of the Australian Geographic Magazine to hit the shelves. In this issue my 'Bird Nerd' column is called 'All at Sea' and talks about pelagic birds and birding trips. The feature image is the incredible Wandering Albatross (the bird...