Big Zigzag BirdingSouth Australia

week 064 | Flinders to Yorke Peninsula | trip list 586 – 587

Lyndhurst (Ochre Pitts) - Port Augusta - Wallaroo - Innes NP

In an Eggshell:

Big Zigzag bird species count: 587  (+1 this week)
Big Zigzag bird families count: 90 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag Lifers: 149 (+1 this week: Thick-billed Grasswren)
Campsite Lifers 30 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 205 (+1 this week), AU list now 629.
eBird AU year list: 443
eBird days of checklist streak: 446
Week’s special milestones:  Grasswren #11, Travelled over 60000 km.

Bird(s) of the Week

Not long ago, White-bellied Whipbird (photographed at Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula SA this week) was a different species from Black-throated Whipbird  (photograped in July at WA). Now both lumped to Western Whipbird.

Western Whipbird (Black-throated) Cheynes Beach Caravan Park, WA.

Purple-gaped Honeyeater, Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula SA

Brown Falcon

Non-bird image(s)

Ochre Pits, Thick-billed Grasswren site (on the dune at the opposite side).

Western Whipbird (White-bellied) Habitat. Innes NP.

Yorke Peninsula amazing coastline. 

Week's Key location(s)

Ochre Pits near Lyndhurst, Thick-billed Grasswren site.

Western Whipbird (White-bellied) site at Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park

Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 60600 km (this week 1100 km)

eBird Checklists this week

2042. 04 Oct 2025 10:02 AM Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula
2041. 03 Oct 2025 1:00 PM Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula
2040. 03 Oct 20259:17 AM Beegoodye Wells Road, Minlaton, South Australia, AU (-34.833, 137.459), Yorke Peninsula
2039. 02 Oct 2025 5:04 PM Minlaton Bird Hide, Yorke Peninsula
2038. 01 Oct 2025 12:08 PM Wallaroo Sewage Treatment Works, Copper Coast
2037. 01 Oct 2025 11:29 AM Wallaroo Foreshore, Copper Coast
2036. 30 Sep 2025 2:36 PM Port Pirie
2035. 29 Sep 2025 8:00 AM Lyndhurst
2034. 28 Sep 2025 5:42 PM Ochure Pits
2033. 28 Sep 2025 6:55 AM Lyndhurst airstrip
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