Hi all,
We’re excited to announce that our first Fairywren Project paper is out! Working with photographers and birders from around the country, we described three new instances of hybridisation in fairywrens and provided more information on a previous report.
This was a really fun paper to write and something we didn’t expect to work on when we started the Fairywren Project. Thanks to Martin Ross for first alerting us to one of these hybrids!
You can view/download the paper here:
https://www.birdlife.org.au/
Also check out Martin Ross and Allan Briggs’ paper on the behaviour of some of the Red-backed x Superb Fairywren hybrids:
https://www.birdlife.org.au/
And see the updated hybrid fairywrens page on our website:
https://fairywrenproject.org/
Want more fairywrens? Joe talked fairywrens with Grant Williams of the Bird Emergency podcast and Dr. Holly Parsons of Birdlife Australia on the BE podcast this past Monday. You can view the recording here:
https://thebirdemergency.com/
If you’re interested in hearing more about the hybrids, Joe will be talking with Grant and Holly again on May 30th at 12pm Melbourne time. You can livestream it or find the recording on the Bird Emergency webpage when it comes out.
Happy birding!
Joe and Allison
