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BIRDS
© Paul Randall
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© Lachlan Hall
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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").
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In 2011, I began using social media to raise awareness of the OBP, one of Australia's most endangered birds.
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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.
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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.
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Examples of published work:
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In Australian Birdlife, a feature article about the Peregrine Falcons of Collins Street, Melbourne, December 2019
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In The Age, an opinion piece about the Peregrine Falcons in Melbourne's CBD, November 2019
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Opinion piece in The Age, November 2019 about the St Kilda penguin colony and issues around its popularity
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Personal piece in Australian Birdlife, March 2019 on searching for Latham's (or Japanese) Snipe (p16). Also reproduced here
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Opinion piece in Crikey, September 2011 on the hunt for the Orange-bellied Parrot
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Opinion piece in The Guardian Australia, January 2017 on the plight of the Orange-bellied Parrot
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Opinion piece in The Age, February 2011 about conservation of the Orange-bellied Parrot
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Opinion piece in The Age about swans and other birds in urban parks, March 2010
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