58 Thornbills

About this episode

Bird guide Ricki Coughlan shares how to identify Australia’s thornbills and other Little Brown Birds, and offers tips for using binoculars with confidence.

Resources

• Aussie Wild (Ricki's website)

• Ricki's book – Little Brown Birds of the Sydney Region

• Ricki on Facebook

• Ricki on Instagram

• Ricki on Twitter/X

• Birdwatching Changes the Way You Look at the World

• Bird call recordings by Marc Anderson licenced from – wildambience.com

Meet the Guest

Ricki Coughlan is a bird guide and nature educator with a particular interest in the behaviour and ecology of the Acanthizids, aka ‘Little Brown Birds’. She runs courses and workshops for birders and nature lovers and facilitates the occasional citizen science project, including the Boat Harbour Shorebird Study Group. She is also author of the book Little Brown Birds in the Sydney Region. Ricki studied Ornithology at Charles Sturt University, has been a Warden at BirdLife Australia Broome Bird Observatory and an avian consultant for a number of NSW Coastal Councils.

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