036 World Albatross Day 2021 - Steph Borelle from Birdlife Marine

06/18/21 • 79 min

Let's celebrate the amazing explorers of the ocean, the friends of seafarers and the masters of the vast expanse of the seas! Dr. Stephanie Borelle was my guest in the very first Bird Emergency episode! We speak again to talk about albatrosses, as Steph now works for Birdlife Marine looking out for the great seabirds of the world. It's #WorldAlbatrossDay2021

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035 Tour Guide Thursday with Janine Duffy - Echidna Walkabout Tours

Doing something a little different for a while- an irregular feature to help those bird nerds who have developed a business sharing their knowledge and their favourite birding locations with other bird nerds! A global pandemic doesn't help tour operators, so I thought I could feature some great bird-focused tour operators!

First up is Janine Duffy, co-founder and Director of Echidna Walkabout Tours.

Janine is passionate about birds and Australia's unique wildlife, Koalas in particular. Janine is a tour guide and operator who takes the values of "tread lightly" and preserving (and improving) habitat seriously. Meet Janine, and maybe taking a trip to some of the places she talks about, to see some of the stunning Australian birdlife.

You can find out more about the tours Janine offers here - https://www.echidnawalkabout.com.au/

Instagram - @echidnawalkabout_

If you are interested to check out other tour operators who have similar values, then have a look at https://australianwildlifejourneys.com/

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037 World Albatross Day 2021 - Translocations in Mexico with Federico Mendez from GECI Conservacion de Islas and Dr. Lindsay Young, Executive Director of Pacific Rim Conservation

Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas and Pacific Rim Conservation are involved in an effort to ensure the survival of the Black-footed Albatross in the northern Pacific Ocean, conducting a tranlocation of the species to restored islands, after extensive pest control and revegetation efforts on suitable islands off the Mexican coast and the US territories, including Hawaii and Midway Atoll.

A truly massive undertaking, and multi-agency cooperative effort!

For World Albatross Day 2021, meet Federico Mendez from GECI Conservacion de Islas and Dr. Lindsay Young, Executive Director of Pacific Rim Conservation.

The graphic above gives an idea of the scale of the project. The use of decoys encourage birds to establish a breeding presence on the newly pest-free islands.

This is a view of the southern end of Guadaloupe Island, where some of the restoration works are underway.

Here is a look at some of the extraordinary combination of vegetation types that were discussed.

If you are interested in this revegetation, restoration and relocation project in the north Pacific and the western coast of Mexico, explore these links;

Webpage: www.islas.org.mx Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IslasGECI/ More information about Pacific Rim Conservation can be found on their website: https://pacificrimconservation.org/ Be sure to follow Federico and his team on Twitter: @IslasGECI All images used with permission, provided by Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas. Copyright is theirs. Currently trying to get some eyes and subscribers on The Bird Emergency on YouTube, so I can put a bit more effort into the video side of things, so if you would like more visual content, please subscribe, and I will watch with interest if that's what you want!