Monday Megaphone with Holly Parsons - Albert's Lyrebird and Brush Turkeys
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Grant and Dr. Holly Parsons, Manager of the Urban Birds program at Birdlife Australia, are joined by Fiona Backhouse and Matthew Hall, who have both recently completed their fieldword, analysis and writing their PhD theses, on the Albert's Lyrebird and Brush Turkey, respectively. This is the recording of the regular live stream, when Holly joins Grant at 1.00 pm every second Monday afternoon to discuss birds getting along with people.  More information is available on The Bird Emergency website, just click here to go to the shownotes for this bonus episode, and to get more details about Albert's Lyrebird, Brush Turkeys and our guests.
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