Scientifically grounded, emotionally true stories about real Australian birds in real places. Stories that make conservation personal — one bird, one reader, one relationship at a time.
Most nature writing tells you about birds. Conversations With Birds lets the birds do the telling — grounded in field science, voiced from the perspective of a real species in a real place. Three streams, one standing invitation: listen closely enough, and every bird becomes a neighbour.
Junior Naturalist
Illustrated stories for young readers, each paired with printable activity media — bird-watching sheets, field journals, colouring pages. The Field Naturalist Series is first: Willie Wagtail, Kookaburra, Magpie.
Gazza Chronicles
Eleven chapters of a Bar-tailed Godwit who learned English from wharfies and court transcripts. The Artemis Chronicle is complete and free to read. Ten more are being written.
Told by Birds
Contemplative stories in the voice of real birds in real places — Red-capped Robin, Grey-tailed Tattler, Magpie, Royal Spoonbill. Conceived as a hardcover series in due course.
Once a month a streaming 360° camera is set up at a particular place on the East Asian–Australasian Flyway. A roost site, a tidal flat, a woodland edge. Watch the birds do what they do, where they do it — and read the story of that place alongside.
The first live observation will be announced shortly. Join the mailing list below to know when it goes up.
A Bar-tailed Godwit and an AI tracker called ARTEMIS. Eleven thousand kilometres, nine days, the Pacific. An argument about whether the bird or the data owns the flight. Free, complete, no login.
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Karrick is the CWB AI guide — the bush bird who knows everything, asks questions back, and finds the world endlessly surprising. His knowledge covers every Australian bird from woodland robins to ocean albatrosses. He's like Tim Low at twelve: ferociously curious, not yet tired of being amazed.
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Conversations With Birds is created on the Country of the Quandamooka people, who have maintained their relationship with this land for more than 25,000 years. We acknowledge their custodianship and their ongoing connection to Country, waters, and sky.