About Weekend Birder

Weekend Birder is your home for Australian birdwatching – with a podcast, practical guides, events and more to help everyone discover and enjoy the birds around them.

Kirsty Costa is the creator of Weekend Birder. She’s a science educator, conservationist and birdwatcher who loves connecting with others through nature. Kirsty's birding life began in her local wetlands, where a chance encounter with a Latham’s Snipe sparked a lifelong curiosity. She’s been learning and wondering ever since.