Taste of New Guinea at Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park and Pajinka - The Tip!
In an eggshell
- Big Zigzag bird species count: 242 (+27 this week)
- Big Zigzag bird families count: 72 (+2 this week: Boatbills, Frigatebirds)
- Big Zigzag Lifers: 27 (+7 this week: Northern Scrub-Robin, Lovely Fairywren, Lesser Frigatebird, Frill-necked Monarch, Tropical Scrubwren, White-streaked Honeyeater, Graceful Honeyeater)
- Campsite Lifers: 7 (+3 this week: Northern Scrub-Robin, Lovely Fairywren, Frill-necked Monarch)
- Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 52 (+21 this week)
- eBird days of checklist streak: 47
- Week’s special milestones: Australia is now the nation with the most birds seen! (481)
Bird(s) of the week
Northern Scrub-Robin (Drymodes superciliaris) at Iron Range (Greenhoose trials). Easy to hear, not so to be photographed. Nice to cleanup all 3 Drymodes (Scrub-Robins) – Papuan in 2022, naturally at PNG and Southern seen in 2018 at Kalbbari, Western Australia.
Red-cheeked Parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi) seen only in flight near Cook Huts camping ground (Iron Range) – photo from PNG.
Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) seen only in flight above Weipa shopping center. Photo from PNG
Non-bird image
Pajinka – The Tip
Jardine Ferry Crossing
Week's Key location(s)
Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 6480 km (this week 1230 km)
eBird Checklists this week
1358. 31 Aug 2024 5:36 PM Loyalty Beach campground, Northern Peninsula Area
1357. 31 Aug 2024 11:37 AM The Tip of Cape York
1356. 31 Aug 2024 7:55 AM Old Telegraph Track, Jardine River, Queensland, AU (-11.446, 142.416)
1355. 30 Aug 20247:51 AM Weipa Caravan Park
1354. 29 Aug 2024 9:47 AM Weipa Caravan Park
1353. 28 Aug 2024 6:36 AM The GreenHoose, Cook
1352. 27 Aug 2024 3:31 PM The GreenHoose, Cook
1351. 27 Aug 2024 11:25 AM Portland Road, Iron Range, Queensland, AU (-12.709, 143.292)
1350. 26 Aug 2024 12:12 PM Portland Road, Iron Range, Queensland, AU (-12.709, 143.292)
1349. 25 Aug 2024 1:18 PM Archer River Roadhouse
