Big Zigzag BirdingSouth Australia

week 062 | Two blue faced welcoming SA | trip list 582 – 586

SA Nullarbor - Ceduna - Eyre Peninsula - Port Lincoln - Kimba - Mount Ive

In an Eggshell:

Big Zigzag bird species count: 586  (+4 this week)
Big Zigzag bird families count: 90 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag Lifers: 148 (+3 this week: Naretha Bluebonnet, Nullarbor Quail-thrush, Scarlet-chested Parrot)
Campsite Lifers 30 (+1 this week: Naretha Bluebonnet)
Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 204 (+3 this week), AU list now 628.
eBird AU year list: 441
eBird days of checklist streak: 432
Week’s special milestones: Quail-thrush #6

Bird(s) of the Week

Scarlet-chested Parrot (Neophema splendida) Definatly splendid, and a lifer with blue face!

Naretha Bluebonnet (Northiella narethae), and a lifer with blue face!

Rufous Fieldwren (Calamanthus campestris) near Nullarbor Roadhouse, SA. Member of Acanthizidae (Gerygones, Thornbills, Scrubwrens, and Allies)

Non-bird image(s)

Week's Key location(s)

Koonalda Homestead, Naretha Bluebonnet site.

Nullarbor Roadhouse, Nullarbor Quail-thrush site

Yumbarra Conservation Park, Scarlet-chested Parrot site

Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 58350 km (this 8 days week 1650 km)

eBird Checklists this week

2024. 20 Sep 2025 2:01 PM Mt Ive Summit Walk
2023. 20 Sep 2025 10:07 AM Roora Walking Trail (Kimba)
2022. 19 Sep 2025 3:23 PM Bluff Road, Caralue, South Australia, AU (-33.276, 136.175), Kimba
2021. 19 Sep 2025 1:20 PM 292 Bratten Road, Tumby Bay, South Australia, AU (-34.37, 136.077), Tumby Bay
2020. 19 Sep 2025 8:09 AM Billy Lights Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, Port Lincoln
2019. 18 Sep 2025 9:57 AM Unnamed Road, Coulta, South Australia, AU (-34.326, 135.358), Lower Eyre Peninsula
2018. 18 Sep 2025 8:58 AM Kiana Road, Mount Hope, South Australia, AU (-34.114, 135.361), Lower Eyre Peninsula
2017. 17 Sep 2025 1:47 PM Murphys Haystacks, Streaky Bay
2016. 17 Sep 2025 9:47 AM Yumbarra Conservation Park–rockholes, Ceduna
2015. 16 Sep 2025 9:28 AM Lake Macdonnell
2014. 16 Sep 2025 8:53 AM Eyre Highway, Penong, South Australia, AU (-31.862, 132.866), Unincorporated SA
2013. 15 Sep 2025 8:00 AM Caves Rd Tank at -31.44593, 130.88605, Unincorporated
2012. 14 Sep 2025 6:04 PM Murrawijinie Caves
2011. 14 Sep 2025 12:36 PM Nullarbor Roadhouse
2010. 14 Sep 2025 6:56 AM Koonalda Homestead

2009. 13 Sep 202510:45 AM Koonalda Homestead

8 days, extra day to split WA – SA)

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