Back to Gang-gang territories!
In an Eggshell:
Big Zigzag bird species count: 485 (+1 this week)
Big Zigzag bird families count: 89 (+1 this week: Bristlebirds)
Big Zigzag Lifers: 111 (+0 this week:0)
Campsite Lifers 24 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 158 (+1 this week)
eBird days of checklist streak: 243
Week’s special milestones: None
Bird(s) of the Week
Rufous Bristlebird, new endemic bird family for Big Zigzag list. (photographed in 2018, Great Ocean Road)
Great to hear and see some Gang-gang Cockatoos again, this one from Heywood, VIC
Black-tailed Nativehens from Cockatoo Lake, South Australia
Typical assortment on lake Cockatoo like: Australian Pelican, Yellow-billed Spoonbill, Australian Shelduck, Pacific Black Duck, Masked Lapwing, Sliver Gull, Gray Teal.
Non-bird image(s)
Blue Lake, Mount Gambier, South Australia. Amazing site with local interesting record: 15 Great Crested Grebes
Cape Nelson Lighthouse Reserve, Victoria
Cape Nelson Lighthouse Reserve, Victoria
Week's Key location(s)
Cape Nelson Lighthouse is a great spot for Rufous Bristlebird
Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 27900 km (this week 950 km)
eBird Checklists this week
1689. 12 Mar 2025 4:48 PM Fitzroy River, Heywood, Victoria
