Big Zigzag BirdingSouth Australia

week 037 | The Flinders Ranges up to Coober Pedy | trip list 486 – 486 

Back to the Outback!

In an Eggshell:

Big Zigzag bird species count: 486 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag bird families count: 89 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag Lifers: 112 (+0 this week)
Campsite Lifers 24 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 159 (+0 this week)
eBird days of checklist streak: 257
Week’s special milestones: 30000 km traveled! 

Bird(s) of the Week

Great to see Pink Cockatoos again, along Stewart Highway 

Zebra Finch,  queen of the  desert, one of the commonest birds of the Outback.

Emus at Flinders Ranges 

Non-bird image(s)

Yellow-footed Rock-Wallaby, Near-threat. Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park–Wilpena Creek

Hart Lake, Stuart Highway

Near Coober Pedy

Week's Key location(s)

Stuart Highway, Pink Cockatoos’ site

Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 30470 km (this week 1320 km)

eBird Checklists this week

1718. 29 Mar 2025 5:51 PM Kanku – Breakaways Conservation Park
1717. 29 Mar 2025 7:39 AM William Hutchinson Memorial
1716. 28 Mar 2025 1:03 PM Commonwealth Hill Road, Bulgunnia, South Australia, AU (-30.161, 135.189)
1715. 28 Mar 2025 12:10 PM Bon Bon Rest Area (Stuart Hwy)
1714. 28 Mar 2025 9:57 AM Glendambo
1713. 28 Mar 2025 9:16 AM Stuart Highway, Wirraminna, South Australia, AU (-31.179, 136.17)
1712. 28 Mar 2025 8:22 AM Lake Hart Rest Stop
1711. 27 Mar 20259:09 AM Port Augusta, South Australia, AU (-32.488, 137.764)
1710. 26 Mar 2025 4:41 PM Port Augusta Waterfront
1709. 25 Mar 2025 11:48 AM Stokes Hill Lookout Road, Willow Springs, South Australia, AU (-31.457, 138.726)
1708. 25 Mar 2025 10:01 AM Unnamed Road, Gum Creek Station, South Australia, AU (-31.187, 138.686)
1707. 24 Mar 2025 9:39 AM Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park–Wilpena Creek
1706. 24 Mar 2025 8:02 AM Bunyeroo Road, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AU (-31.403, 138.587)
1705. 23 Mar 2025 1:42 PM Jarvis Road, Hawker, South Australia, AU (-31.907, 138.363)
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