“Birds are everywhere. Even in the center of the cities, the white cockatoos call as they form silhouettes against blue sky; the rosellas squabble for fruit. And in the bush birds are the canaries of the environment. They tell us which places are thriving, which are dying. Australia’s bird populations are under threat. Even such iconic and common birds as the Kookaburra are diminishing in numbers. This project explores the idea of birds as part of the Australian identity – both individual and cultural.”
So opens ABC radios “Birdland” Pool project, a collaborative forum for all things audio, visual and literary inspired by Australian birds, and concerning the threats they face. In between PhD writing, I have been contributing some images and sounds collected in the Wet Tropics, concerning the effects of climate change on rainforest bird biodiversity… Including some spectrograms like the one above. Please take a look and explore some of the other contributors works also, the Pool project is an interesting one, bringing together all sorts of perspectives on all sorts of topics…
