Big Zigzag BirdingSouth AustraliaVictoria

week 066 | From SA (state) to SA (bird) | trip list 588 – 590

Kalangadoo - Mount Gambier - Piccaninnie Ponds (SA) - Casterton (VIC) - Point Danger

In an Eggshell:

Big Zigzag bird species count: 590 (+2 this week)
Big Zigzag bird families count: 90 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag Lifers: 150 (+1 this week: Australasian Bittern)
Campsite Lifers 30 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 207 (+2 this week), AU list now 632.
eBird AU year list: 446
eBird days of checklist streak: 460
Week’s special milestones: Big Zigzag Lifer #150!

Bird(s) of the Week

Finally got the boogey bird! Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus), Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park. Seen for 3 days in a raw, always for a short time after flashed from the reeds.

Long staying South African guest at Point Danger: Cape Gannet among hundreds of Australasian Gannets (the pale irised one, long dark gular striped, and paler head).

Golden-headed Cisticola, carrying nesting material, Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park.

Australian Hobby, Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park

Non-bird image(s)

Looks good but nature problem! Introduced Red Fox, Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park.

Koala hanging on a tree above Victorian highway north to  Portland

Southern Elephant Seal near Point Danger

Week's Key location(s)

Australasian Bittern site!

Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 62200 km (this week 800 km)

eBird Checklists this week

2065. 18 Oct 2025 4:56 PM Point Danger
2064. 17 Oct 2025 12:43 PM Weecurra State Forest–Range Rd, Glenelg
2063. 17 Oct 2025 10:13 AM Ess Lagoon
2062. 16 Oct 2025 1:21 PM Ess Lagoon, Glenelg, Victoria
2061. 16 Oct 2025 9:07 AM Eight Mile Creek Mouth, Grant, South Australia
2060. 15 Oct 2025 4:05 PM 85 Attiwill Road, Yahl, South Australia, AU (-37.858, 140.848)
2059. 15 Oct 2025 1:46 PM Mount Schank State Heritage Area
2058. 15 Oct 2025 9:44 AM Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park
2057. 15 Oct 2025 9:16 AM Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park–Pick Swamp
2056. 14 Oct 2025 5:47 PM Eight Mile Creek Mouth
2055. 14 Oct 2025 9:47 AM Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park–Pick Swamp
2054. 13 Oct 2025 11:48 AM Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park–Pick Swamp
2053. 13 Oct 2025 11:01 AM Valley Lake, Mount Gambier
2052. 12 Oct 2025 9:52 AM Kalangadoo
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