Three solid days of talks by experts, researchers, enthusiasts and scientists gave plenty of food for thought, culminating in the provocative and irreverent talk by First Dog on the Moon (censored!). The speaker series has become a much-loved feature of the Bird Festival and links to many of the talks are found below.

Tonia Cochran – What really happens at Inala
Kaylene Allan Cat management on Bruny
Shannon Troy – Orange bellied parrots
Scott Whitemore – Machine learning birdsong
Sarah Lloyd – Sex and the spring dawn chorus
Ruth Mollison – Elizabeth Gould
Craig Webb – Rescue to Release Workshop
Clare Hawkins – Where where wedgies
CHRIS TZAROS – Out of the Blue Bruny Bird Festival 2018
Andrew Hingston – Swift Parrots and invasive species
Adan Cisterne – Masked Owl research