Big Zigzag bird species count: 561 (+7 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 89 (+0 this week) Big Zigzag Lifers: 141 (+0 this week) Campsite Lifers 28 (+0 this week) Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 195 (+0 this week) eBird AU year list: 400 (14st eBirder in Australia by species, 2025) eBird days of checklist streak: 355 Week’s special milestones: 555th trip bird, 400th year bird.
Bird(s) of the Week
Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufus) from Flinn road, The Lakes, WA
Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus), Port Gregory Rd Causeway
Great to hear the wakeup calls of Chiming Wedgebill (Psophodes occidentalis) this one from Hamelin Pool Telegraph Station.
White-cheeked Honeyeater, Turquoise Way Walk, Jurien Bay
Non-bird image(s)
Port Denison (Dongara) beach
Port Gregory’s Banded Stilts photography.
Week's Key location(s)
No success here so far with Western Shrike-tit, but some good birding anyhow
Hutt Lagoon, the famous Pink Lake, great place for hundreds of Banded Stilts
Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 46200 km (this week 1700 km)