Steve Abbott steps into Spring with no spring in his step but an eye for the birds...
So this is the end...and what has Steve learnt about birdwatching? Guests gather from previous episodes to eat cakes, ponder the future of our feathered friends, and say goodbye. Features the Birdbrain Choir.
Steve stumbles through Spring and catches the common cold. Sorry...Common Koel.
Steve discovers, unlike the red-rumped parrot, he can't stand getting up early.
Mr Abbott learns about our feathered friends from the learned 13 yr. old, Max Breckenridge. And gets pinged for driving an unregistered car.
Steve travels to Victoria and the sex symbol of birdwatching, Sean Dooley. Sewage Treatment Works have never been so much fun.
Steve continues his ramble through Victoria and ends up in a pub with birdwatcher and celebrated poet, Dorothy Porter...
What's the difference between a vagrant and a blow-in? Will Steve find employment with the BBC guy? And just what can you do in Leeton?
Birdbrain's producer and tech-head, Evan Croker, tracked down the owners of the birdcall recordings you hear in the series. Along the way though, he discovered these birdcall recordists have some interesting stories to tell. Enjoy.
This is a bonus to a bonus. John is not only a recordist, but an inventor. This is the story of an elaborate recording device he made in the 50s...
Mike Carter is Australia's leading twitcher, with a list in excess of 800 birds. A keen traveller to far-flung locales of Australian territory, in this interview Mike reveals his passion for birdwatching, stories of rare species identification, and his chance encounter with the elusive Night Parrot. Or was it really?