Welcome to November, the second last month of the year???? Seems fake, but ok.

It is Spring here in Australia, or Buarth Gurru / Flowering Grass Season on Wurundjeri Country. It's the time of hayfever and baby birds. One of those is more exciting than the other, guess which?

I have been lucky enough myself to see a whole family of baby Pacific Black Ducks who were very adorable. It's a pretty sweet time to be alive.

The short of it is that my laptop carked it last month, seriously hindering my ability to do final episode checks. Whatever happens next, I do promise that new content will be released this year, but likely not as much as I had hoped for. I do have a new (refurbished) laptop now, and it's surprisingly lightweight! Also unexpectedly touchscreen, which does nothing for podcast editing, but does make me feel fancy.

Stay tuned for a season 2 drop in the near future,
Logan

Bit of a later one this month, mostly because I'm in a local musical and have been BUSY. Opening weekend was last weekend and it was a blast. 
See if you can guess the show from these emojis? 🧞‍♂️🪔🔀

A third bird has been inked into my skin, though as part of a larger piece. I had a special encounter with a Grey Fantail this year that stayed with me, so when I needed to choose a bird to fill out my latest tattoo, it was an easy choice!

All episodes edited by Imani ✅
All episodes approved by Logan ✅
Guest order approved ✅
Guests completed: 2/7

'Completed' in this case means adding my outro, plus shoutouts and Gender Wizard horoscopes. I'll be clear that not a lot is likely to happen in October as I finish the musical season and then recover. Stay tuned for more!

Many thanks for your ongoing support,
Logan :)

No that can't be right let me check again...

There's been an influx of Eastern Rosellas in my backyard of late! Is it because of the long seedy grasses growing that they like to nibble on? Is it because I keep singing this absolute bopper of a song (2 mins)? Who can say...

We are SO SO CLOSE to having all the episodes edited by Imani. There is one guest whose audio is a little choppy and distorted, so Imani is working very hard to try and match the audio quality with my own for a more balanced listen.

I've had good fun adding all the gender horoscopes and saying Shoutout Backer names in various silly voices. I know this has taken longer than I'd hoped, but each time I listen to an episode from Imani's edits I am re-filled with excitement. I think it will be worth the wait.

Stay safe, stay kind, and say hi to a bird for me :D
Logan

A little further into the month than usual, because I wanted to wait until I could announce something substantial...

I am really enjoying listening to the Grey Butcherbirds near my house. They have one of my all-time favourite calls, harkening back to hearing them at the house I grew up in. This morning I heard two (perhaps a male and female) singing back and forth in a totally rockin duet. They've been more vocal of late and it makes me wonder what it means. Mating season? Or perhaps they're excited for...

Alex Roberts' episodes are DONE AND DUSTED BABEYYYYY
Imani has finished editing the rest of the season 2 guests and their files are being uploaded as we speak.
Next steps - top and tail the remaining 6 guests, upload to RedCircle, choose a release date. Honestly that last one will probably be hardest as I am likely to overthink it 😅

Anyway, stay safe, stay kind, and say hi to a bird for me :D
Logan

That means we're officially over halfway through 2026. Yes, I continue to be amazed by the passage of time 😆

Sometimes it's really satisfying when birds are named sensibly. For example, I went on a walk recently and was twittered at hither and yon by a small bird with white eyebrows from the scrubby brush around me. And the bird's name? White Browed Scrub Wren. Amazing.
Though I must say that I find confusingly-named birds also charming. Like the Tawny FrogMouth. I suppose it is tawny, but it is not a frog and it sure does have a mouth!

I have begun topping and tailing the eps that Imani has completed editing on and uploading them to the hosting site! It is very exciting to see a bunch of new eps there, just waiting to be published... Imani has also given me a date that they expect to be done by, but I like to hold these things lightly because life often happens. I say it here just to give a sense of progression - things are happening, and I hope next month to announce a launch date and online listen party 😊

Til then, stay safe, stay kind, and say hi to a bird for me :D
Logan