BIRDS
© Paul Randall
© Lachlan Hall
I love birds. I regularly survey (count) birds in several locations and am a member of the National Recovery Team coordinating conservation work on the Orange-bellied Parrot ("OBP").
In 2011, I began using social media to raise awareness of the OBP, one of Australia's most endangered birds.
My Facebook Page, Save the Orange-bellied Parrot (and blog) has many hundreds of posts. The Page is followed by 20,000+ people and organisations. In 2014, I edited and self-published a calendar to raise money for conservation, and began an online shop selling custom-designed merchandise.
I wrote a crowdfunding campaign in 2016, which raised its target in under two weeks. In all, through my work, I've raised around $15,000 for this bird and helped publicise other conservation efforts, via social media.
Examples of published work:
In Australian Birdlife, a feature article about the Peregrine Falcons of Collins Street, Melbourne, December 2019
In The Age, an opinion piece about the Peregrine Falcons in Melbourne's CBD, November 2019
Opinion piece in The Age, November 2019 about the St Kilda penguin colony and issues around its popularity
Personal piece in Australian Birdlife, March 2019 on searching for Latham's (or Japanese) Snipe (p16). Also reproduced here
Opinion piece in Crikey, September 2011 on the hunt for the Orange-bellied Parrot
Opinion piece in The Guardian Australia, January 2017 on the plight of the Orange-bellied Parrot
Opinion piece in The Age, February 2011 about conservation of the Orange-bellied Parrot
Opinion piece in The Age about swans and other birds in urban parks, March 2010
