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The “fast food” that urban birds love and the healthier alternatives
Just like humans, birds have a sweet tooth that can throw their diets off-balance.
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Threatened superb parrots are being wiped out by motorists, but you can help
Australian Geographic spoke with Laura Rayner, an expert on superb parrots, to find out how exactly we can avoid colliding with these excellent birds on the road.
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This is why Aussie ‘firehawk’ raptors are spreading bushfires
A new study has recently confirmed what Indigenous Australians have known all along: our raptors are using bushfires to corner their prey.
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Urban birdwatching guide to Adelaide
With its unique central location, Adelaide boasts easy access to birds across a dramatic range of habitats: desert, woodlands, wetlands and shorelines.
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A guide to helping our native animals with the heat this summer
While we enjoy the summer holidays – returning to our air-conditioned abodes when it gets too much – our native animals, especially our koalas and birds, can find it difficult to cope with the sweltering heat and limited water sources. Here’s how you can help them out this summer.
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In pictures: BirdLife Australia’s 2018 calendar
BirdLife Australia is turning the spotlight on some of our most beautiful, colourful and intriguing woodland birds.
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Household rat poisons are killing boobook owls, study says
A year-long study into the decline of Australia’s boobook owls has revealed that the leading cause may be household rodenticides.
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Feathered geniuses: birds are much smarter than we think
As scientists discover just how incredibly smart some birds are, it may be time to start using the term bird brain as a compliment rather than an insult.
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Deadly stare: Australia’s iconic tawny frogmouths
Australia’s tawny frogmouths are unique in every possible way. They shape-shift, they joint parent and they have an eerie stare that can either be frightening or epitomise how you might feel on a Monday morning.
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GALLERY: the richly-coloured finches of Queensland
Queensland has the highest bird populations of any state, the most spectacular residing in the far north expanses of the Wet Tropics and Cape York. The state is also a haven for a diverse and richly coloured group of finches substantial enough that it’s home to the largest specialist bird club in Australia, the Queensland Finch Society, who are dedicated to rehabilitating the states iconic species. According to Gary Fitt, the current president of the society, “there are only three finch species in Australia that don’t occur in QLD, meaning 15 of the 18 species are in QLD.