About this episode
Peter Menkhorst is the mammalogist who wrote the birding bible, The Australian Bird Guide.
As a boy, Peter would go birdwatching with his dad, setting up in a hide before dawn to observe malleefowl tending their mounds — and ignoring ongoing attacks from mosquitoes!
His professional work ranged from surveying mammals and developing National Parks, to ecological research and managing over-abundant koalas, while also leading conservation work to protect the orange-bellied parrot, the regent honeyeater and the helmeted honeyeater.
Peter still keeps a list of the birds he sees, in the hardcover notebook his grandmother gave him when he was 11.
Featuring:
- Peter Menkhorst, zoologist and author
Production:
- Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer
- Rebecca McLaren, Producer
- Hamish Camilleri, Sound Engineer
This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and Taungurung people.
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