Debaroo Deja Vu, and some birding around from Brooweena to Laidley
In an Eggshell:
Big Zigzag bird species count: 629 (+1 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 92 (+0 this week) Big Zigzag Lifers: 168 (+1 this week: King Quail) Campsite Lifers 30 (+0 this week) Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 224 (+1 this week), AU list now 653. eBird days of checklist streak: 565 Week’s special milestones:none
Bird(s) of the Week
King Quail (Synoicus chinensis) was photographed at Singapore Botaic Gardens where it is concedured introduced and not counted by eBird. Therefore, the one flashed this week for the grass around Lake Samsonvale is a lifer!
Near Atkinson Dam: A pair of Black Falcons (Falco subniger) exchanged prey (Magpie Lark) transfer while flying
Great to see again (just for the second time) Plum-headed Finch (Emblema modestum) near Lake Clarendonar.
Non-bird image(s)
Lake Samsonvale with Tom.
Blenheim Road, Laidley Heights
Week's Key location(s)
Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 75800 km (this week 700 km)
eBird Checklists this week
2245. 31 Jan 2026 2:39 PM Blind Gully Rd (south end), Lockyer Waters, Somerset
2244. 31 Jan 2026 2:04 PM 915 Coominya Connection Road, Clarendon, Queensland, AU (-27.432, 152.487)