Hollywood bird sounds

2025-04-25

Have you heard of the Kookaburra that conquered Hollywood?Yes- that was a kookaburra at the start of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.But WHY? Dr Ann Jones is on a mission to find out.Featuring:Ella Loeffler, Film and Bird Watcher. Dr Maggie Watson, Ornithologist, ecologist, fantasy fiction fan. Assoc Professor Cameron Webb, Mosquito Wrangler, NSW Health and University of Sydney.Professor John W. Fitzpatrick, Emeritus Director, Cornell Lab of Ornithology,James Currie, Sound Recordist / Ed...

Have you heard of the Kookaburra that conquered Hollywood?

Yes- that was a kookaburra at the start of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.

But WHY? Dr Ann Jones is on a mission to find out.

Featuring:

Ella Loeffler, Film and Bird Watcher.

Dr Maggie Watson, Ornithologist, ecologist, fantasy fiction fan.

Assoc Professor Cameron Webb, Mosquito Wrangler, NSW Health and University of Sydney.

Professor John W. Fitzpatrick, Emeritus Director, Cornell Lab of Ornithology,

James Currie, Sound Recordist / Editor.

With extra sounds from Listener: Jesse Cotteril

Movie Sounds:

The Wizard of Oz (1939) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer