'The birds are a global citizen': Indigenous groups in Australia and Alaska team up to track a feathered adventurer's epic journey

A new knowledge-sharing project aims to ensure the survival of the migratory short-tailed shearwaterShort-tailed shearwaters used to blacken the skies on the south-west coast of Australia, so abundant were they in their coastal homes each Djilba season - the time in the calendar of the Noongar peoples between August and September, when days shift from blustery cold and wet winds to warmer weather.In Wudjari Noongar, the language of the traditional owners of this place they call Kepa Kurl, but which since colonisation has been called Esperance, the birds are called yowli. To other cultures they are muttonbirds.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...