NSW students compete in local annual bird call competition

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Primary school students on the New South Wales south coast have been going for gold in a rather unique competition. The Bournda Bird Olympics has them imitating bird calls.

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00:00Welcome to the 2025 Bounda Bird Olympics.

00:1028 students from five schools have gathered to compete, reviving a contest that once thrived

00:29in the 1950s.

00:30Here I am and that has been 1954 I think.

00:33To get the younger children back into doing what we used to do, it's great to see them.

00:40That's me.

00:41But I used to do a few birds like Reefus Whistler, Whistler Eagle.

00:50Some bird calls were more popular than others.

00:53Well, I would think that a yellow-tailed black cockatoo must be terribly hard but I hate

01:00to think what their lungs and their throats are doing.

01:15It can be quite a challenge.

01:27Many calls were unexpected.

01:34And unique.

01:55The revived contest, hosted by the Bounda Environmental Education Centre, has now entered

02:08its eighth year.

02:09It's hoped more local schools take part in the future.

02:12The top prize of best bird caller went to ten-year-old Otto West for his rendition of a yellow-tailed

02:22black cockatoo.

02:23Try and match that.

02:25Adrian Ridden, ABC News, Maroombula.

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