In Hello Birdy the inimitable Australian actor William McInnes gets up close and personal with some of Australia's diverse birdlife like never before. Have you ever seen a birdwatcher in a malleefowl suit or a giant yellow codpiece? Or someone using the mythical rubber red-bellied black snake to scare off a brush turkey? Have you ever wondered what to say to a horny male emu while brandishing an artificial cloaca (bird's reproductive organ)? No, well, William doesn't have much idea either, and the results are hilarious!
Hello Birdy Season 1
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Hello Birdy
2014In Hello Birdy the inimitable Australian actor William McInnes gets up close and personal with some of Australia's diverse birdlife like never before. Have you ever seen a birdwatcher in a malleefowl suit or a giant yellow codpiece? Or someone using the mythical rubber red-bellied black snake to scare off a brush turkey? Have you ever wondered what to say to a horny male emu while brandishing an artificial cloaca (bird's reproductive organ)? No, well, William doesn't have much idea either, and the results are hilarious!
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Hello Birdy Season 1 Full Episode Guide
William's journey starts in outback New South Wales. Richard Kingsford, also known as Dr Duck squeezes the larger-than-life actor into his small plane and shows him how to count water birds from up high.
William ships off to Carnac Island near Perth. He learns that in a strange relationship, tiger snakes deter people and predators from the island - thus creating the perfect habitat for breeding Silver Gulls.
William finds himself at a medieval festival where he attempts to elevate himself socially by flying a series of raptors.
William and audio king Dave Stewart spend the day recording the songs of our warbling wonders in Queensland. William then tries to work out why magpies swoop at us before observing the courting ritual of the Great Bowerbird.
William McInnes meets Suzanne Dennings who has a special relationship with a male malleefowl; faces off with an Australian Brush Turkey; and plays Barry White, coughing sweet nothings into a female emu's ear.
William meets Wildlife Officer John Martin and Adrian Davis from the University of Sydney who are using Facebook to monitor the movements of dozens of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos around Sydney.
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