{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62a69d0f5686ee00134b8593/64105ca50799fd00128655e1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"30 Merri Merri - with Ann","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62a69d0f5686ee00134b8593/1760164529184-f445edd1-1219-4ef5-8509-5db8b3ba6475.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Walk along Merri Creek (Merri Merri) with Ann McGregor and learn about how birds change with the seasons.</p><p><br></p><p>Ann McGregor started birding as a child at her family’s weekender in the Dandenong Ranges. She still enjoys watching long-term favourites such as the Eastern Spinebill and Golden Whistler, but also spends time birding around Australia and overseas, always on the lookout for unfamiliar species. Ann has co-ordinated the Friends of Merri Creek bird surveys since they began in 2008 and is here to share her experience with you.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Links:</strong></p><p>* Friends of Merri Creek website - <a href=\"https://www.friendsofmerricreek.org.au/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.friendsofmerricreek.org.au/</a></p><p>* Friends of Merri Creek on Facebook - <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofMerriCreek/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@FriendsofMerriCreek</a></p><p>* Friends of Merri Creek on Instagram - <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/friendsofmerricreek/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@friendsofmerricreek</a></p><p>* BirdLife Australia - Australasian Pipit - <a href=\"https://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Anthus-novaeseelandiae\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Anthus-novaeseelandiae</a></p><p>* BirdLife Australia website - Eurasian Skylark - <a href=\"https://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Alauda-arvensis\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Alauda-arvensis</a></p><p>* Bird calls were recorded by Marc Anderson and licensed from <a href=\"http://www.wildambience.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.wildambience.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Let's connect:</strong></p><p>* Website - <a href=\"https://www.weekendbirder.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">weekendbirder.com</a></p><p>* Instagram - <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/weekend.birder\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@weekend.birder</a></p><p>* Facebook - <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/weekend.birder\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@weekend.birder</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Kirsty Costa"}