Seeing the incredibly rare orange-bellied parrot | The Secret Lives Of Our Urban Birds

[@ABCScience]

The Secret Lives Of Our Urban Birds - Stream now on ABC iview: ab.co/StreamABCiview

[@paolaashe2474]

I teared up right along with them. What gorgeous birds. So heart wrenching to know there are so few of them left. It’s a crime.

[@AussieAquatic]

to think that those tiny birds fly across Bass Strait every year to breed, is incredible, and also very dangerous.

[@paolaashe2474]

@@AussieAquatic I was pondering that when I was watching the video. So amazing. Truly awe inspiring!

[@AussieAquatic]

Two Australian Wildlife Legends in the same video!!!!........and then some SUPER RARE BIRDS!!!.......Melbourne you've done it Again :)

[@satyamparekh2805]

Very beautiful to see these gorgeous birds, but one thing we have to keep in mind that they are very rare,so any cost we have to give them space and then only they can live their life longer without any fear.🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@HabilisYTroblox]

The Western treatment plant is my favourite place for bird watching and finding brolgas

[@Boajhdk]

😭 Goose bumps. And I’m not even that into birds.

[@helensarkisian7491]

There is a similar place on Arcata Bay in Humboldt County California - about a four hour drive north of San Francisco.

[@jillvasquez1010]

I live in the south San Francisco bay and this looks just like my home!

[@ParArdua]

So brilliant, the sort of piece that inspires people to think and care about native fauna and flora ... and sewage treatment.

[@dadegroot]

I had a lovely close-up encounter with wild Swift Parrots and thought that was pretty amazing, but OBP's would be another level entirely.

[@ruaidhrikathygill8833]

That was great. Thank you. 🙏😊

[@aVerveQuest]

"very close to freshwater" still attracts shorebirds from thousands of miles around. God knows what is considered "close to drinking water" for our local taps, or low budget bottled water companies. The birds certainly can tell the difference

[@skybluskyblueify]

Does the wide expanses of water help with stopping introduced predators from getting to the birds?

[@KuramiRocket]

Such beautiful birds. I've been doing my own self research of the birds in Mexico and it would be amazing to do research and conservation work professionally.

[@gfear24]

I'm a simple person. If I see Dr. Ann in the thumbnail, I immediately click.

[@dbertobis]

Bless the conservationists 🙏🏼

[@geokola]

I'm very concerned about safety of these 2 Birders. If that is Australia, crocodiles, snakes, poisonous spiders etc are everywhere. Just worried. Good documentary though.

[@robertbutlin3708]

No crocodiles that far south. Water too cold in the winter.

[@l214laus]

Aussies love our crocodiles, snakes, poisonous spiders etc but as the other comment says, no crocs here. Perhaps 3,000 km north of here, these two might end up as dinner if they stayed so close to the waterways in northern Western Australia, the Northern Territory and in north Queensland.

[@spiralpython1989]

Always amazes me that people without experience of Australia think our whole country is full of death species… there are a lot less death bringing species here than in most of the world, and most of the ‘dangerous’ species avoid people… Further, if the two birders were in such danger, how would Australia be populated by 27 million people 🤔. An oft repeated statement amongst my community of Australian snake fanciers, is that more people are killed by horses (an introduced species) than by spiders, snakes and sharks put together.

[@spinkscapes775]

More likely to find a "poisonous spider" behind your own dunny in Victoria than at the treatment plant.

[@debkeith9198]

Don’t worry, we’re a hardy bunch & we’re used to everything poisonous.