Is Pilotbird Victoria's secret?
In an Eggshell:
- Big Zigzag bird species count: 436 (+14 this week)
- Big Zigzag bird families count: 81 (+0 this week: )
- Big Zigzag Lifers: 91 (+7 this week: Pink Robin, Flame Robin,
Gang-gang Cockatoo, Beautiful Firetail, White-throated Nightjar, Little Lorikeet, Pilotbird) - Campsite Lifers 23 (+4 this week: Gang-gang Cockatoo, White-throated Nightjar, Little Lorikeet, Pilotbird)
- Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 127 (+9 this week)
- eBird days of checklist streak: 159
- Week’s special milestones: bird 555 on my Australia’s list, clean-up Australia’s Cockatoos
Bird(s) of the Week
- Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
- Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo
- Baudin’s Black-Cockatoo
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
- Glossy Black-Cockatoo
- Cockatiel
- Palm Cockatoo
- Gang-gang Cockatoo
- Galah
- Pink Cockatoo
- Western Corella
- Little Corella
- Long-billed Corella
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Flame Robin – ticked at Beauchamp Falls, photographed at Toolangi State Forest.
Pink Robin – Hopefully better photo will follow
Baillon’s Crake -not a lifer but rare and seen twice this week: at Lake Elingamite and at Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve.
Non-bird image(s)
Triangular road, Bunyip State Park near Mortimer Picnic Ground – Beautiful Firetail site
Toolangi State Forest
Toolangi State Forest
Week's Key location(s)
Great Otway National Park–Beauchamp Falls – three lifers location: Pink Robin, Flame Robin, Gang-gang Cocatoo
Triangular road, Bunyip State Park near Mortimer Picnic Ground – Beautiful Firetail site
Bunyip State Park–Helipad – White-throated Nightjar & Sooty Owl site
Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve just across St. Kilda street, Elwood – Little Lorikeet site.
Toolangi State Forest–The Tanglefoot Trails – Pilotbird site.
Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 19140 km (650 km this week)
eBird Checklists this week
1554. 15 Dec 2024 1:28 PM Great Otway National Park–Beauchamp Falls
