Easy week mainly around Cairns with some personal arrangments
In an Eggshell:
- Big Zigzag bird species count: 250 (+2 this week)
- Big Zigzag bird families count: 73
- Big Zigzag Lifers: 30
- Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 56 (+1 this week)
- eBird days of checklist streak: 61
- Week’s special milestones: Trip list 250 bird
Bird(s) of the Week
Barred Cuckooshrike, not a lifer (seen in PNG) but first for my Australian list. Photographed in Babinda.
Metallic Starling nesting colony
Non-bird image
Week's Key location(s)
Not rare but easy to access – Metallic Starling nesting colony at Crystal Cascades
Rotary Park Rest Area, Babinda. My first Aussie Barred Cuckooshrike
Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 8370 km (this week 440 km)
eBird Checklists this week
1381. 14 Sep 2024 2:02 PM Cairns Crystal Cascades Holiday Park, Cairns
1380. 13 Sep 2024 5:12 PM Babinda
1379. 12 Sep 2024 4:01 PM Babinda
1378. 12 Sep 2024 11:31 AM Babinda Boulders Scenic Reserve
1377. 11 Sep 2024 1:24 PM Glenoma Park (Brinsmead)
1376. 10 Sep 2024 1:33 PM Saltwater Lake (Centenary Lakes), Cairns
1375. 10 Sep 2024 11:18 AM 54 Yarrum Street, Earlville, Queensland, AU (-16.943, 145.735)
1374. 09 Sep 2024 4:31 PM 107 Mill Street, Gordonvale
1373. 08 Sep 2024 12:51 PM Mareeba Rodeo Grounds