Still waiting for the RV to be fixed - George McCoy Park has never been birded so much. Cuckoos' week litraly
In an Eggshell:
- Big Zigzag bird species count: 316 (+8 this week)
- Big Zigzag bird families count: 79 (+1 this week: Owlet-nightjars)
- Big Zigzag Lifers: 55 (+2 this week: Spotted Nightjar, Latham’s Snipe)
- Campsite Lifers: 14 (+0 this week)
- Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 84 (+3 this week)
- eBird days of checklist streak: 96
- Week’s special milestones: lifer 4545 counts?
Bird(s) of the Week
Dripping water from the first tank at the famous Pamela Street site, attracts among many other birds also dozens of painted firetails.
Pheasant Coucal was one of the surprises at George McCoy Park, Mount Isa, and one of the 4 Cuckoos’ week sepcies.
Non-bird image(s)
View east from Mount Isa Outlook. The first water tank at town’s edge seen among the spinifex hills, the Kalkadoon Grasswren habitat.
Leichhardt River, George McCoy Park section ,Mount Isa. Birding under the is ideal on rainy days.
Week's Key location(s)
Ditto for George McCoy Park, Mt. Isa. Numbers climbed a bit: Mt. Isa Lookout on the map as well. And about the cuckoos: Not lifers, but 4 species seen this week, and 2 of then been added to Big Zigzag list: Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo, Channel-billed Cuckoo, Pacific Koel and Pheasant Coucal.
One more ditto here for Pamela street water tanks.
Moondarra Lake is just 15 km from Mt. Isa, and quite birdy area.
Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 11420 km (this week 0 km)
eBird Checklists this week
