Big Zigzag BirdingWestern Australia

week 052 | Kalbarri & Pinnacle Desert | trip list 561 – 563

Slowly back to Perth, heating system needs fixing..

In an Eggshell:

Big Zigzag bird species count: 563  (+2 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: 403 (14st  eBirder in Australia by species, 2025)
eBird days of checklist streak: 362
Week’s special milestones: none

Bird(s) of the Week

Western Fieldwren – Kalbarri National Park–Natural Rock

White-backed Swallow (Cheramoeca leucosterna) monotype genus – digging nesting caves in the sandy pinnacles – Pinnacle Desert National Park

Redthroat – common in many of Kalbarri NP trails  

Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo, Neergabby

Non-bird image(s)

Great Humpback Whales views from Eagle Gorge Lookout, Kalbarri.

Pinnacle Desert

White-back Swallow nesting holes, Pinnacle Desert.

Week's Key location(s)

Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 47200 km (this week 1000 km)

eBird Checklists this week

1906. 12 Jul 2025 1:21 PM Dooling Road, Neergabby, Western Australia, AU (-31.328, 115.676)
1905. 12 Jul 2025 9:56 AM Thirsty Point waterfront/park (Cervantes)
1904. 11 Jul 2025 3:25 PM Nambung National Park
1903. 11 Jul 2025 2:02 PM Three Bays Walkway (Green Head)
1902. 10 Jul 2025 9:43 AM Wittecarra Creek
1901. 09 Jul 2025 12:25 PM Kalbarri National Park–Hawks Head
1900. 09 Jul 2025 10:44 AM Meanarra Lookout Road, Kalbarri, Western Australia, AU (-27.698, 114.217)
1899. 09 Jul 2025 10:18 AM Kalbarri
1898. 08 Jul 2025 10:26 AM Kalbarri National Park–West Loop
1897. 07 Jul 2025 12:37 PM Kalbarri
1896. 06 Jul 2025 11:23 AM Kalbarri National Park–Natural Rock
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