Along Stuart Highway, Uluru area and MacDonnell Ranges
In an Eggshell:
Big Zigzag bird species count: 494 (+8 this week)
Big Zigzag bird families count: 89 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag Lifers: 118 (+6 this week: Chiming Wedgebill, Bourke’s Parrot, Sandhill Grasswren, Banded Whitehead, Dusky Grasswren, Gray Honeyeater)
Campsite Lifers 24 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 165 (+6 this week)
eBird days of checklist streak: 264
Week’s special milestones: Grasswren #8 & #9!, over 50% spices in Whipbirds and Wedgebills
Bird(s) of the Week
Dusky Grasswren, GW #9! Serpentine Gorge, West MacDonnell
Sandhill Grasswren! My 8th GW, Near Uluru, NT
Bourke’s Parrot, lefer just before leaving South Australia
Banded Whitehead, along Stuart Hwy
Chiming Wedgebill, first seen north to Coober Pedy, SA. Later seen and heard a few time while heading north in both SA & NT.
Non-bird image(s)
Ayris Rock from Sandhill Grasswren site
Ayris Rock – Uluru
Serpentine Gorge, West MacDonnell Ranges, Dusky Grasswren site (you can see it on the closer rock!)
Week's Key location(s)
2 lifers location along Stuart Highway! Unnamed Road, Mount Willoughby, South Australia, AU (-28.259, 134.15)
Dunefield east of Yulara airport and north of Lasseter Hwy – Sandhill Grasswren site
Banded Whiteface site, along Stuart Highway, 21km north to A4 junction
Serpentine Gorge, west MacDonnell, Dusky Grasswren site
Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 32123 km (this week 1651 km)
eBird Checklists this week
1727. 03 Apr 2025 2:41 PM Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve
