Catherine Shaw

I saw that one, and I can kind of cross it off.

I will put my hand up and say, if any teacher does want to email me, Kirsty, I'll make a bingo chart for your school based on where you are, if that would help you out, because it's been a really simple and easy tool for us to use to connect children with birds in their local kind of area.

And then of course you can reach out to BirdLife Australia too.

They've got their Beautiful Birds in Schools program, and I'm sure they'd love to hear from other schools who want to connect through that program.

I often say to students here, embrace your inner geek.

I don't think we need to be shy about it anymore.

You know, as a kid, I loved birds.

And then there was this period in my life where it wasn't so cool to be into birds.

So I was a quiet birder.

I noticed them, but I didn't do anything about it.

And then having this role as head of the nature school has given me permission to be as nerdy as I like about birds.

And I have, and I'm unapologetic about it, but kids around me actually benefit from that.

You only have to hang out and have a coffee with me for half an hour before I'll get you interested in birds.

And before you know it, you'll be sending me a message going, what's this?

Or making a recording and going, I heard this on my morning walk.

Are you the girl I can send that to who can help me figure that thing out?

I love that I get to open people's eyes to the world around them and it benefits them and the birds.