Taste of New Guinea at Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park and Pajinka – The Tip! In an eggshell Big Zigzag bird species count: 242 (+27 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 72 (+2 this week: Boatbills, Frigatebirds) Big Zigzag Lifers: 27 (+7 this week: Northern Scrub-Robin, Lovely Fairywren, Lesser Frigatebird, Frill-necked Monarch, Tropical Scrubwren, […]
Tablelands, Daintree, Cape York In an eggshell Big Zigzag bird species count: 215 (+21 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 70 (+3 this week: Bustards, Stilts and Avocets and Australian endemic White-winged Chough and Apostlebird) Big Zigzag Lifers: 20 (+2 this week: Little Kingfisher, Golden-shouldered Parrot ) Campsite Lifers: 4 (+0 this week) Big […]
Mainly Atherton Tablelands, and Cairns In an eggshell Big Zigzag bird species count: 194 (+30 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 67 (+5 this week) Big Zigzag Lifers: 18 (+8 this week: Golden Bowerbird, Bridled Honeyeater, Atherton Scrubwren, Mountain Thornbill, Tooth-billed Bowerbird, Chowchilla, Fernwren, Rufous Owl) Campsite Lifers: 4 (+0 this week) Big Zigzag […]
Some fruitful traditional sites along Queensland shore In an eggshell Big Zigzag bird species count: 164 (+42 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 62 (+11 this week) Big Zigzag Lifers: 10 (+5 this week: Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Eungella Honeyeater, White-browed Crake, Little Bronze-Cuckoo, White-browed Robin) Campsite Lifers: 4 (+3 this week: White-browed Crake, Little Bronze-Cuckoo, […]
Starting actually heading north! In an eggshell Big Zigzag bird species count: 123 (+10 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 51 (+6 this week) Big Zigzag Lifers: 5 (+1 this week: Ground Parrot) Campsite Lifers: 1 (+0 this week) Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 8 (+1 this week) Bird of the week White-cheeked […]
Lamington, still some setups and Dayboro In an eggshell Big Zigzag bird species count: 103 (+64 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 44 (+11 this week) Big Zigzag Lifers: 4 (+2 this week: Albert’s Lyrebird & White-throated Gerygone) Campsite Lifers: 1 (+1 this week: Albert’s Lyrebird) Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 7 (+5 this […]
RV Handover, setup, first birds of new adventure In an Eggshell Big Zigzag bird species count: 39 (+39 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 23 (+23 this week) Big Zigzag Lifers: 2 (+2 this week: White-eared Monarch & Russet-tailed Thrush) Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 2 (+2 this week) Bird of the week White-eared […]
Mission accomplished! All 250 Bird Families of the ticked! This 5 decades project, which actually become a project in 2013 (bird families member seen already from 1976) was possible to start only in 2011, as at least one member of each bird families seen since than. Time for new adventure! “Plains-wanderer”, our new home on […]
Pink tail at Tibetan plateau, Mission Accomplished – ALL 250! Project progress – Bird Families of the World 250/250 100% Not many records this year for Przevalski’s Pinktail. Originally, we plan to check the Rubber Mountains near Qinghai Lake, but just 2 weeks before our trip, a local birder reported the bird near Haibei. We […]
Almost There Beyond Wallace’s Line Project progress – Bird Families of the World 249/250 99.6% More then 100 endemic bird species can be seen in this unique shaped island but I had only one main target on my short Sulawesi visit. Luckily we’ve got Hylocitrea, the only endemic bird family here, on our first stop […]