Aussie encouraged to unleash their inner 'bird nerd'

Australian Community Media

The annual Aussie Bird Count is Australia's largest citizen science project, and involves ordinary Australians documenting the birds they see in their local parks, hiking spots, and backyards.

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00:00Australians are encouraged to unleash their inner bird nerd by taking part in

00:04the annual Aussie Bird Count in October 2025. Every year we do a zoo bird count

00:10and this year it's going to be on the 20th to the 26th of October and that

00:15coincides with the BirdLife Aussie Bird Count so and there's an absolutely

00:20incredible app that BirdLife do so if you come to the zoo and record your

00:24lists on the app I can actually see that and then record the number of birds that

00:28are recorded in that week. The annual event is Australia's largest citizen

00:33science project and involves ordinary Australians documenting the birds they

00:37see in their local parks hiking spots and backyards. Run by BirdLife Australia the

00:44event helps to build an accurate portrait of Australia's avian diversity. One of

00:48my favorite hobbies is bird watching and I get to come to this magnificent place

00:53and watch birds every day it's fantastic as well as our other staff that are into

00:57birds as well as our volunteers and it's um it's mindfulness do you know what I

01:01mean it's it it kind of slows you down and makes you notice the little things

01:06around you and it does you know surround you in nature you know it's a it's a

01:10really good hobby to get into really

01:22you

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