The Birder's Guide

#5 Reduced Populations, Twitchathons and Fantasy Birding: Matthew Crawford

The Birder's Guide

Show Notes

In this episode we talk to Matthew Crawford, ABC Radio National personality, about his number crunching on the populations of Melbourne birds. Matthew's number crunching: https://medium.com/@matthew.crawford Bellbird Tours: https://www.bellbirdtours.com/

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