Hunting The Night Parrot

For a long time, the elusive night parrot of the Australian outback was believed to be extinct. Then, an experienced birder with a reputation for dubious finds offered up foolproof evidence that the bird is still alive: photographs, feathers, and birdsong that he promises is the real deal. This week on the show, we're featuring our Australian podcast pal Ann Jones, host of ABC's Off-Track, as she heads out into the bush to try and capture sound from a bird few have ever heard.

Rita Cutter, standing in the Birriliburu Indigenous Protected Area. Photo courtesy of Off Track.

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Outside/In was produced this week by:

Outside/In was produced this week by Dr. Ann Jones and Maria Tickle of Off Track, and was a coproduction with the BBC World Service. The sound engineer was Angie Grant. Introduction produced by Sam Evans-Brown, and Taylor Quimby.

The Off Track theme is by Martin Peralta.

Music from this week’s episode came from Blue Dot Sessions.

Our theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

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