We ♥ Birds

You might be a Sydneysider just becoming interested in the birds you see, or a tourist looking for a fun, local eco-experience. Perhaps you're a pro (in that case, send us some tips and your own story), or maybe you're just looking for a little fun in this big giant world of ours.

Regardless of how you wound up here, hello and welcome! Our mission is to help people discover the magical world of birding through fun, well-designed and informative content, walks and products. We truly love birds and want to share that with anyone living in, or visiting Sydney or Australia.

Sydney Bird Club was founded in 2016 by Stephanie Chambers and Amy Ranck. The Sydney based couple are bird obsessed artists who run Outer Island, a sustainable Australian souvenirs company with a focus on native plants, animals and habitats. 

 

Meet The Team

Stephanie Chambers / Co-founder

Stephanie (they/them) is a native New Yorker who loves painting, birding and being outside. Their favorite Sydney bird is the Latham’s Snipe.

 

Amy Ranck / Co-founder

Amy (she/her) is a native Sydney-sider who loves birding, swimming and designing. She’s the engine behind the website and all things design. Her favorite Sydney bird is the Australian Pelican.

 
 
 

Cheriz Cajita / SBC Guide

Originally from California, Cheriz (she/her) has a passion for birding, fountain pens and Wingspan. Her favorite Sydney bird is the Australian Magpie.

 

Kelly Panchyshyn / SBC Guide

Originally from the Yukon, Kelly (they/them) is off exploring, birding and bike-riding when not working on their PhD at the University of Sydney. Their favorite Sydney bird is the Azure Kingfisher.

 
 

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What a great walk and group today!! Thank you so much to everyone who came to the Autumn Walk at Field of Mars Reserve 😊🐦 A big shout-out to all of you for spotting so many birds including a posing Spangled Drongo, a bright Rose Robin, cuddling Re
Our last Field of Mars highlighted bird before the walk tomorrow! This one’s a guaranteed sighting as the reserve has so many Laughing Kookaburras perched beautifully or grabbing a worm or two from the ground in plain sight 🐛 This icon of Au
Australia’s most common scrubwren, the White-browed Scrubwren✨ To find it on Sunday we’ll need to look down instead of up as these birds are often seen close to the ground 🌱 Such a stern looking little bird! Whenever I’m painting
This stunner is the Crimson Rosella, a native parrot we’re so lucky to have in Sydney 😍 We’ll be looking for flashes of red and listening out for their sweet two toned whistle call on Sunday 🐦 Fun fact: their beautiful blue tail feath
There are some new folks around here and also joining this weekend so I thought I’d introduce myself 👋 I’m Stephanie (they/them) and I run Sydney Bird Club with my partner Amy (she/her) which we started eight years ago to create an inc
So excited for the Autumn Walk on Sunday! We’ll be looking out for Red-browed Finches at the Field of Mars Reserve including some juveniles that are super cute and will be with the adult finches ✨ The easiest way to identify them is their assoc
We’ll be looking for the lovely little Spotted Pardalote on next weekends walk at Field of Mars✨ These bright little birds can be hard to see as they dart about, but are worth the effort and patience to get a good look at their beautiful pluma
Link to join beginner friendly game is up on Insta Stories ✨ if you get our newsletter you’ll know that SBC Guides Kelly and Cheriz are incredible Wingspan players (what can’t they do!) and have organized a beginner friendly game @beholdg
The Australian Brush Turkey ✨ the largest bird we’ll be looking for at the walk next weekend 👀 these mound building incubator birds create enormous piles of leaf litter to form a nesting mound of rotting vegetation 🍁🥚 They’re really f