Monday with Grant

A Wing Threads Update with Milly Formby.

Monday 20th March,  12.00pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time

You may have heard about the fabulous journey Milly has been undertaking, around Audtralia in a microlight aircraft, that she built herself, to carry out a journey that approximates the annual migration of shorebirds from the arctic to Australia?

Get an update on the flight so far, and what is in store for Wing Threads in the near future.

A Big Year?

Have you ever considered undertaking a Big Year?

Tuesday 21st March,  10.00am Australian Eastern Daylight Time

Meet R. Bruce Richardson and hear about undertaking a year birdwatching, and seeing how many species you can count in a Big Year, and hear about how he has turned his experience into a series of books.

Members Only

Live Stream

Special presentaion for the Members of The Bird Emergency membership program

Wednesday 22nd March,  1.00pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time

If you would like to join the community  go to thebirdemergency.com/join

If you would like to Buy Me A Coffee or leave a donation - thebirdemergency.com/coffee

Monday with Holly 

Urban Birds

Monday 27th March, midday, Aust. Eastern Daylight Time 

Grant is joined by Holly Parsons, Manager of Urban Birds programs at Birdlife Australia, to discuss the birds that live with us in towns and cities.

Bird Flu Update with Michelle Wille

Migratory Birds with Rebecca Heisman

A new book about amazing bird migrations

Thursday 16th March,  8.00am Australian Eastern Daylight Time

Meet Rebecca Heisman and hear about her book about migrations and migratory birds.

March Dawn Chorus

Featuring contributions from The Bird Emergency audience, showcasing their Dawn Chorus, and the bird calls they experience in their local birding patch.

Wednesday 15th March,  1.00pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time

Grant gives examples of what he hears when he is doing his daily #FirstSeenAndHeard bird reports on the social media platforms.

If you would like to contribute your Dawn Chorus to use on the show, send an email to DawnChorus@thebirdemergency.com and we will organise how to best share your video files.

Birding on a skateboard

Low Carbon birding with Wallie Hampton

Monday 13th March,  12.00pm midday Australian Eastern Daylight Time

Meet Wallie Hampton, skater, birder and bird podcaster.

Fotography Friday

Friday 10th March  6.00pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time

Meet Will Wilson - in Rwanda

How does a nature and wildlife photographer choose their gear and get the great shots?

Come on a journey inside the camera bag, learn about the perspectives of a professional nature photographer, and hear them talk about some of their favourite shots and moments.

Featuring Will Wilson

Will has had a lifelong passion for wildlife, adventure, and the environment. This is complemented by theoretical and practical expertise in photography. As a Wildlife photographer Will has worked with the Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association and Gorilla Doctors to support their communications and marketing campaigns. Will also teaches fundamental photography workshops, with clients ranging from Rwandan Wildlife Guides and young children through to senior members of the diplomatic community. Will guest writes for the New Times covering the life of birds and conservation issues. Will’s first photography book, "Falling for the birds of Kigali", has just been published.

Will spent more than 22 years in the British Military, during which time he taught Recruits, Officer Cadets, Special Duty Operators as well partner forces whilst deployed in challenging environments. Adept at planning and delivering training on complex topics Will rapidly builds rapport to create a comfortable learning space. After leaving the military Will continued to coach and build client’s capacity during short term training tasks both in the UK, Ukraine, and Sudan. Will now combines this experience with his passion to educate, motivate and inspire people to protect and conserve the environment through his training, writing, and photography.

Will has an MA in Security, Conflict and International Development from University of Leicester, UK and a BA (Hons) first class degree in Intelligence and International Relations, from Staffordshire University, UK.

Birdwatching Deep Dive with Ricki Coughlan

Friday 10th March  4.00pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time

Monday with Holly 

Really, Really Hard To Identify Birds

Monday 6th March, midday, Aust. Eastern Daylight Time 

Grant is joined by Holly Parsons, Manager of Urban Birds programs at Birdlife Australia, to discuss some of the types of birds that are really difficult to identify, and what are the skills that you need to identify the species within some of these groups.

How can you improve your skills, or are there things that you should be looking out for to improve your chances of an accurate identification?

Monday with Grant

Monday 27th February

Some views on carbon credits, offsets and why they can be problematic.

Monday becomes Tuesday with Holly

Wednesday EXTRA with Grant

Featuring contributions from The Bird Emergency audience, showcasing their Dawn Chorus, and the bird calls they experience in their local birding patch.

Wednesday 15th February

Grant gives examples of what he hears when he is doing his daily #FirstSeenAndHeard bird reports on the social media platforms.

If you would like to make a submission to play on the show, email it to Grant via DawnChorus@thebirdemergency.com or message him on social media.

Monday with Grant

Monday with Grant

DEGROWTH - Meet Martin Tye

Let's talk about "DeGrowth". What is it? How can it be applied to a modern society, where economic interests of individuals are so closely tied to consumption, and exploitation of finite natural resources?

Featuring Martin Tye

Monday with Grant

Meet Gregory Andrews

Gregory Andrews is a D’harawal man and was Australia’s first-appointed Threatened Species Commissioner. He owns and manages Wombat Ridge Nature Reserve near Goulburn in NSW and is an Associate Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra’s Institute for Applied Ecology.

How often does the opportunity come up to discuss so many of Grant's favourite topics? 

Revegetation, managing land in a way that encourages and prioritises nature, habitat gardening and plant selection, interacting with and feeding birds in an urban setting, learning from First Nations people about managing the environment and specific habitats, offsets and other conservation & how policy is made, by someone who was part of that process.

Featuring Gregory Andrews

Summer Series Interactive Replays

Fotography Friday Revisted

Sandy Horne

How does a nature and wildlife photographer choose their gear and get the great shots?

Come on a journey inside the camera bag, learn about the perspectives of a professional nature photographer, and hear them talk about some of their favourite shots and moments.

Featuring Sandy Horne and Naomi Bergensen

Summer Interactives - The Ariape Manikin with Bennett Hennessey from American Bird Conservancy

Summer Series Interactive Replays

Hannah Scharf, Ph.D. Candidate in Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior, in the cowbird lab at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Hannah is using avian brood parasites and their hosts to study social behavior, information use, recognition, and more.

Cuckoos and Cowbirds need love too!

Summer Series Interactive Replays

Fotography Friday Revisted

Nicolas Rakotopare

How does a nature and wildlife photographer choose their gear and get the great shots?

Come on a journey inside the camera bag, learn about the perspectives of a professional nature photographer, and hear them talk about some of their favourite shots and moments.

Summer Series Interactive Replays

Plastic Pollution is ubiquitous all over the world - but for the Seabirds of the world, it can lead to a particularly gruesome end.

Because most people never see seabirds, they remain unaware of the scale of the problem, and the pain that these birds may endure after ingesting plastic.

Grant speaks with some of the members of The Adrift Lab at the University of Tasmania, about their work with Flesh-footed Shearwaters on Lord Howe Island.

Summer Series Interactive Replays

Bird Strike is the cause of death of billions of birds worldwide each year. Yes, billions. Although it may seem unbelievable, the regular flyways that birds use to undertake their seasonal migrations, see birds colliding with windows and reflective surfaces. The death rate is very high. On top of the risk of collisions with glass in buildings, add the light that we are putting into the environment every night, and birds are becoming disoriented, often with tragic results. This can be especially so for seabirds.

Featuring David Tan  and Ariel Heswall

This stream will feature 2 episodes, all very different, but fantastic examples of how birds can inspire people.

The first part of this stream will be a Monday with Holly, where Grant and Dr. Holly Parsons spoke with author and Professor, Darryl Jones about our urban spaces, and can we reconnect fragmented urban habitat?

The second part will be Grant talking with Ainsley Power-Walters about her work, as part of her Masters, on the Helmeted Honeyeater, the bird emblem of the State of Victoria.

Summer Series Interactive Replays

A mixed bag! An airborne adventure around Australia, the development of urban birds and a spiritual discovery of birds.

Featuring Milly Formby, Prof. Darryl Jones and Aaric Eisenstein

This stream will feature 3 episodes, all very different, but fantastic examples of how birds can inspire people.

First, I will replay the conversation I had with Milly Formby, which happened before she took off on her crowdfunded microlight flight around the coast of Australia, to raise awareness about the extraordinary migratory journeys that shorebirds undertake each year.

Nest, meet Darryl Jones, who you may know as the author of "The Birds At My Table", or Professor and ecologist, with a special interest in urban birds, particularly the Torresian Crows of Brisbane. Are urban crows evolving into a new species?

Finally, a personal discovery of birds, brought on by the new conditions of lockdown and removal from the normal life in the pandemic.

Summer Series Interactive Replays

How can you make the right choice if you are using rodenticides?

Featuring Dr. Holly Parsons and Dr. Maggie Watson

There has been a lot of effort by Birdlife Australia, and many other groups to inform the community about which rodenticides should be used to decrease the chances of native birds and animals being affected. As part of the Monday with Holly regular spot, Grant spoke with Dr, Holly Parsons from Birdlife Australia and Dr. Maggie Watson, from Charles Sturt University about how everyone can make the best choices for birds if they are using chemical means of rodent pest control.

Grant will be live, reacting to the replayed conversation, and interacting in the chat/comments, and providing updates to some of the issues raised.

Summer Series Interactive Replays

Highlighting other conservation and bird podcasters and content creators

Jack Baker - The Pangolin podcast

Pangolin is a podcast that will get you thinking about conservation, and the role that zoos play in raising awareness and also doing research that informs may other activities. Jack talks to me about pangolins, and their struggles against the pet trade and their use as medicinal ingredients in many cultures, and his podcast.

New Years Day with Grant

Ease into the New Year with some Penguin content!

New Zealand Aotearoa has some fabulous penguin species, and in this conversation, I spoke with Ursula Ellenberg about the Tawaki, and the work the whole Tawaki Project team are doing to protect and understand this rockhopper penguin, with a very restricted breeding range.

Enjoy the replay with Grant and learn a lot about penguins. Who doesn't love penguins?

New Years Eve with Grant

A Look back at the year, some highlights and the thoughts of some past guests from a survey a sent out several weeks ago.

What were the highlights for conservation in 2022? What were the highlights for The Bird Emergency in 2022? What were the highlights according to Grant in 2022? And what did some of our past guests think were the conservation highlights of 2022?

Grant will be live, reacting to the replayed conversation, and interacting in the chat/comments, and providing updates to some of the issues raised.

Feral Cats: The Disaster for our birds and wildlife - New Years Eve with Grant

Habitat Gardening - New Years Eve with Grant

Another dive into  some of the highlights over the past  interviews and live streams from The Bird Emergency!

What do you have to consider when you decide to make your garden bird and wildlife-friendly? Garnt is joined by Holly Parsons and Dan Fuller to discuss many of the issues.

Habitat Gardening - Friday with Grant

Another dive into  some of the highlights over the past  interviews and live streams from The Bird Emergency!

Grant  discusses how you can make your garden more birds and wildlife friendly. Grant shares his thoughts about the birds that are required for the Little Brown Birds/Little Brown Jobs that get neglected often, and recommends some of his favourite reliable species, and tries to make it easy for you to select some suitable for your area!

Grant will be live, reacting to the replayed conversation, and interacting in the chat/comments, and providing updates to some of the issues raised.

Habitat Gardening - Friday with Grant

Another dive into  some of the highlights over the past  interviews and live streams from The Bird Emergency!

Grant and Holly Parsons, from the Urban Birds program at Birdlife Australia, discussing how you can make your garden more birds and wildlife friendly. Grant shares his principles for creating the structure, and recommends some of his favourite reliable species, and Holly recommends some from her perspective as an Urban Bird expert!

Grant will be live, reacting to the replayed conversation, and interacting in the chat/comments, and providing updates to some of the issues raised.

Thursday with Grant

Another dive into  some of the highlights over the past  interviews and live streams from The Bird Emergency, this time featuring another conversation with Mick Callan, the developer of the Habitat Innovation Nest Box system, and Holly Parsons, from the Urban Birds program at Birdlife Australia, discussing how you can provide artificial hollows in your garden for birds and wildlife.

Grant will be live, reacting to the replayed conversation, and interacting in the chat/comments, and providing updates to some of the issues raised.

Wednesday with Grant

Another dive into  some of the highlights over the past  interviews and live streams from The Bird Emergency, this time featuring the second conversation with Mick Callan, with updates on and the development of his artificial hollow system, and how it has become widely accepted by conservationists and land managers.

Grant will be live, reacting to the replayed conversation, and interacting in the chat/comments, and providing updates to some of the issues raised.

Tuesday with Grant

Another dive into  some of the highlights over the past  interviews and live streams from The Bird Emergency, this time featuring Mick Callan and the development of his artificial hollow system.

Grant will be live, reacting to the replayed conversation, and interacting in the chat/comments, and providing updates to some of the issues raised.

Monday with Grant

Low-key recap some of the highlights over the from interviews and live streams from The Bird Emergency, this one features Dr. Daniella Teieira and her work monitoring the subspecies of the Glossy Black-Cockatoo, following the extensive bushfires on Kangaroo Island.

Monday with Grant

A very relaxed stream to wind down the year... some interesting interactions with birds, some news and a trip down memory lane, into The Bird Emergency archives...

Habitat Gardening - Plants that Flower in Winter

Grant will feature a selection of plants that flower in winter, to help you start to think about some ways to ensure there is food sources in your garden over the cooler months, to help the birds and wildlife that remain in your area over winter.

Monday with Holly

Grant is joined by Dr. Holly Parsons and Dr. Matt Herring to talk about the crowdfunding effort that Matt is undertaking to track a sample group if the extremely rare, and almost unknown, Australian Painted Snipe.  Matt has undertaken a successful crowdfunding before for the BItterns In Rice project, and he is doubling up for the Tracking The Australian Painted Snipe project.

What can you get for the Bird Nerd in your life as a gift (that will be appreciated and useful)?

Monday with Grant

The strange places that birds choose to nest! Share your experiences.

Monday with Holly

What is your favourite bird that visits your garden, and/or your favourite encounter with a bird? Join us and share your stories.

The critically endangered birds of south-west Western Australia with Sarah Comer

 Plains-wanderer update. Protection and translocations with Saskia Gerhardy

Tuesday with Grant - Let's talk Birds in Pop Culture - Songs, Movies, Books etc.

Tuseday 8th November - 1:00 PM Aust. Eastern Daylight Time

Do you have a favourite song about a bird? A movie? What is your favourite bird book? Field Guides, fiction, non-fiction - Let's share our favourite written pieces about our avian friends.

Monday with Grant

Monday with Grant

Who are your Conservation Heroes?  Grant shares some of his...  Tell us yours.

Monday with Holly - Urban Powerful Owls

Joining Dr. Holly Parsons is Dr. Nick and Lucy, who have been obsering the same pair/group of Powerful Owls in suburban Brisbane for about 2 years.  Hear what Nick and Lucy have learned, and how Birdlife Australia is supporting research into our urban birds. It is also the beginning of Bird Week and the Aussie Bird Count in Australia.

Sunday 16th October 1.00pm (Melb/Syd)

Sunday Session - Relaxed chat about the joy of birds and wildlife - Guest Robert Ashworth

Tuesday 11th October - 11.00 am (Melb/Syd)

Current research on the Helmeted Honeyeater

Ainsley Walters is currently undertaking a Masters project studying the bird emblem of the State of Victoria, and a bird I was fascinated with as a kid. Meet Ainslie and get updated on the conservation of this fabulous bird.

Wednesday October 5th 8.00pm Australian Eastern Standard Time

Facebook-only event

Follow The Bird Emergency page on Facebook to take part in a Question and Answer session about plant selection targeting particular species that you want to attract to your garden, and some artificial hollow advice.

Monday with Grant

Grant talks about some of the birds he sees regularly in his patch, highlights some useful plants to encourage Little Brown Birds like thornbills and fairywrens and will take your Questions about bird-friendly wildlife and habitat gardening. 

Thursday 29th September - 10.00am Australian Eastern Standard Time

How does the Koala Clancy Foundation help birds?

Janine Duffy talks about how saving koalas is also helping birds as well.

Monday 26th September - 12.00pm Midday - Australian Eastern Standard Time

Discover current Citizen Science projects

Friday 23rd September - 11.00am Australian Eastern Standard Time

Do you want to understand the statistics that are used and talked about in science and conservation communication?

Dr. Samantha Monroe from TERN explains what TERN is and how the organisation is undertaking countinent-wide data collection from over 800 sites, and discusses the methodology, analysis and interpretation of the stats that we see and here in science and conservation.

Wednesday 21st September - 6.00am Australian Eastern Standard Time

Over 25 years experience feeding birds in the backyard

Tammy Poppie from onthefeeder.com talks about how she has been feeding birds in her backyard for decades, and what she has learned about the birds migrating in North America.

Monday 19th September - 12.00pm Midday Australian Eastern Standard Time

Monday with Grant & Robert Ashworth

Robert joins Grant to talk about a great Citizen Science project called Redrumpuary. Robert will tell you how to be involved to gather knowledge to assist the beautiful Red-rumped Parrots, commonly seen in parks and gardens in the south-eastern segment of Australia.

Friday 16th September - 7.00am Australian Eastern Standard Time

Light pollution and more about plastic pollution and seabirds

Ariel Heswaell has been researching the effects of light pollution on the habits and movements of seabirds, and the devasting effects of plastic pollution on ocean-going birds.

Thursday 15th September - 2.00pm Australian Eastern Standard Time

An NFT to improve conservation of birds AND the Peruvian Amazon and Palm Oil

Alicia Srinivas joins Grant to talk about her NFT project to raise awareness and funds for bird conservation and talk about her research about palm plantations in the Peruvian Amazon.

Alicia Srinivas is a believer that the blockchain technology and NFTs can have a positive impact on the wildlife of the world. Alicia has founded the Cosmic Birds collection of NFTs, and will explain it all to Grant.

Thursday 15th September 

How can you invest in a sustainable way?

Bill Bovingdon talks about how to invest in a sustainable way. How do asset and fund managers define sustainable companies and investment products?

Tuesday 13th September - 10.30am Australian Eastern Standard Time

The Urban Field Naturalists produced a great new handbook

Meet the team who have produced a essential guide for lovers of the wildlife in our cities, suburbs and towns.

Monday 12th September - 4.00pm Aust. Eastern Standard Time

Efforts to control feral cats in Western Australia

Ecologist Judy Dunlop talks about the Western Australian Feral Cat Working Goup

Monday 12th September, Midday Australian Eastern Standard Time

Bird and Wildlife-friendly Habitat Gardening - Top 10's with Grant

Top 10 Common Australian Plants to try & Top 10 underused plants to find and try

Meet Aaric Eisenstein - The Avian Rebbe

Friday 9th September - 3.00am Aust Eastern Standard Time

The Avian Rebbe teaches Jewish wisdom seen in the beauty of birds. A very different take on the beauty and value of birds.

Meet Jack Baker from the Pangolin conservation podcast

Thursday September 8th - 7.00pm AEST

Who cares for the carers?

Meet Fran Carleton, who has set up a charity to support the people who care for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife. Remember all the footage of the koalas from the bushfires?  Fran is helping the animals and the people doing the hard work of caring.

Tuesday, 30th August 2022