Karen Dick

About Karen

Karen Dick is an expert in ecology and birds and is the convenor of BirdLife Tasmania

Background

Karen Dick's family cared for wildlife when she was growing up in South Africa, and she has been a very keen birder all her life.

Karen is an environmental specialist with more than twenty five years’ experience of ecology, environmental management, research and education, with specialist expertise in ecology, ecological impact assessment, ornithology, biodiversity conservation, and sustainability issues. She has practised ecology since 1988, and has worked on projects in a variety of countries around the world.

Karen is a bird expert who is part of a network of Tasmanian Birders. She is the Convenor of BirdLife Tasmania, is a nature guide with Inala Nature Tours, and works as an environmental consultant. Karen continually traverses the whole of Tasmania both on guided nature tours, for conservation work, and for her own birding pleasure.


Articles by Karen

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Storm petrel power

My very favourite bird in the whole world is is a tiny storm petrel called a grey-backed storm petrel which is roughly the size of the palm of your ha...
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Bruny Island Bird Festival

It's well documented that people with a connection to Nature - or to something they like - are far more active in conserving it, writes BirdLife Tasma...
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The short-tailed shearwater

Every year the short-tailed shearwaters leave the shores of Tasmania and head back to Alaska, leaving their young behind. No-one has told them how to ...
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Albatross: a life at sea

Karen Dick's love of seabirds goes back a long way to her university days. She is captivated by the big pelagics, who can live to a great age and spen...
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Tasmania: every day's a birding day

Tasmania may be a tiny landmass compared to the Australian mainland, but it's home to 12 bird species you can't find anywhere else. Birds are everywhe...
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It started in South Africa

For ecologist/ornithologist and Birdlife Tasmania Convenor Dr Karen Dick, her love of nature comes from her South African childhood, a mother who reha...
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