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Avian Journals

Avian Journals explore birding through a wider lens. From well-being, culture, community, and the sheer brilliance of birdlife, each journal looks at how birds shape the way we move through the world.
Written by the LYFER team along with guest contributors, these articles celebrate the brilliance of birds and share our take on birding in the modern world. Always curious and definitely a little unexpected.
Image of two night parrots illustrated by Elizabeth Gould
Bird Better

A Brief History of the Bird Field Guide, And Why We Still Reach For It

If you’ve spent any time birding, you’ve probably held a field guide in your hands, flicking through pages trying to match a fleeting moment while a bird frolics in the trees before you. Even now, ...

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Best Birding Spots in Victoria and South Australia (According to LYFER)
Bird Better

Best Birding Spots in Victoria and South Australia (According to LYFER)

Looking for the best (and a little different) birding spots in Victoria and South Australia? Here are the locations we keep coming back to, from urban wetlands to remote landscapes. This is part on...

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Bird-watcher using NOCS 8x25 binoculars out in the field
Bird Better

How to Use Binoculars for Birding - The Only Guide You Need

Many people buy binoculars, look through them a few times, struggle to focus, then assume they are harder to use than they really are. The issue? We hate to say it, but it ain't the binoculars. It ...

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Frigatebird flying across blue sky for common birds question article
Bird Awareness

10 Questions Everyone Still Asks About Birds - Answered!

Where do birds go at night? Why do they sing in the morning? We answer 10 of the most searched bird questions with clear, accurate and curious insights.

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Birding Isn’t Becoming a Lifestyle. It Already Is.
Community & Lifestyle

Birding Isn’t Becoming a Lifestyle. It Already Is.

If you’ve spent a bit of time reading recent headlines, you’ll notice a consistent and recurring conversation. Bird-watching is being rediscovered, it’s the latest thing being taken up by a younger...

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Endangered Australian Birds: 4 Species You Should Know
Bird Awareness

Endangered Australian Birds: 4 Species You Should Know

Explore 4 endangered Australian birds, including the Orange-bellied Parrot and Regent Honeyeater. Learn where they live, why they are at risk, and the role conservation plays in their survival.  

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Bird-watching Binoculars, The Lowdown on Birding’s Most Important Tool
Community & Lifestyle

Bird-watching Binoculars, The Lowdown on Birding’s Most Important Tool

Birdwatching binoculars are one of the most important tools a birder will ever use. They turn distant movement into detail, bringing colour, behaviour, and character suddenly into focus. In this Av...

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Why our largest eagle needs Tasmanian forests to remain
Bird Awareness

Why our largest eagle needs Tasmanian forests to remain

Some birds blend happily into a landscape while others near define it. The Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle falls into the second category. As Australia’s largest eagle and a distinct island subspecies...

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A night with the Plains-wanderer
Community & Lifestyle

A night with the Plains-wanderer

Our encounter with the endangered Plains-wanderer with Phil Maher.

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Collage hero image of bird-watcher with urban birders guide by Lyfer with a peregrine falcon and eastern spinebill, spotted dove set against the city background of melbourne and sydney.
Community & Lifestyle

Bird the City: Rediscovering & Rebuilding Urban Life Through Birds

[Estimated read: 8 minutes] Cities are fast, crowded, and loud. They’re chaotic, demanding, and built to keep us moving, workers rushing, travellers passing through, locals navigating the grind, an...

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