Birds and Bones with Sylvia Rosenblum

During the course of July/August 2019, Sylvia’s guest was Dr Jacqueline Nguyen, ornithologist and palaeontologist at the Australian Museum. In a six-part series, entitles Birds and Bones, Jacqueline took us through a unique view of birds, via fossil bones. The six episodes are:

1. What does an ornithologist do?
2. Australia: the birth place of song birds
3. Bristlebirds
4. What fossils can tell us about Australia’s birds
5. Mihirungs: Demon Ducks of Doom
6. Bird names