About Weekend Birder

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

Kirsty Costa is the creator and host of Weekend Birder. She’s a science communicator, conservationist and birdwatcher who enjoys helping people feel connected to the nature around them. Her birding life began in her local wetlands, where a surprise meeting with a Latham’s Snipe opened the door to a lifelong fascination. She’s been learning, noticing and sharing stories ever since.

Kirsty is wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a blue polka dot shirt, holding binoculars outdoors with trees in the background.

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