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Don Baker

About Don -

Don Baker is a journalist and co-author, with Sarah Harris, of the book Budgerigar: How a brave, chatty and colourful little Aussie bird stole the world’s heart.

Articles by Don

Flying high: from budgie smugglers to a budgerigar brassiere

The budgie has been painted by masters, revered by royals and immortalised in fashion. Sarah Harris and Don Baker, SA-based authors of the new book Budgerigar, tell how two ‘pocket-size parrots’ from Down Under ignited a global budgie boom.