Big Zigzag BirdingQueensland

week 005 | Tropical Wet QLD | trip list 165 – 194 

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Mainly Atherton Tablelands, and Cairns

In an eggshell

  • Big Zigzag bird species count: 194 (+30 this week)
  • Big Zigzag bird families count: 67 (+5 this week)
  • Big Zigzag Lifers: 18 (+8 this week: Golden Bowerbird, Bridled Honeyeater, Atherton Scrubwren, Mountain Thornbill, Tooth-billed Bowerbird, Chowchilla, Fernwren, Rufous Owl)
  • Campsite Lifers: 4 (+0 this week)
  • Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 27 (+10 this week)
  • New “all spices seen family” – Logrunners (Orthonychidae) with Chowcilla this week (Papuan Logrunner seen in PNG 2022 & Australian Logrunner in 2013)
  • Week’s special milestone: My Australia’s list past in over 450 species

Bird(s) of the week

Rufous Owl (Ninox rufa) – just a walk in the park.. actually Les Davie Park (Cairns North).
We parked the motorhome today afternoon at McKenzi street, a short 50 meters northbound walk to the fig tree, and here it is roosting! But… yesterday we spent the whole afternoon, checking the trees without success, only after dusk we had a quick look at the female when she left the nesting hole. And this morning, nada as well. So, not a “walk in the park” 😊

Bridled Honeyeater (Bolemoreus frenatus), Mount Hypipamee National Park, Tablelands

Tooth-billed Bowerbird (Scenopoeetes dentirostris), Lake Barrine

Non-bird image

Waiting for the Fernwren… 

Week's Key location(s)

Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 4280 km (this week 930 km)

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