Ardrossan - Gawler - Adelaide - Tintinara - Naracoorte
In an Eggshell:
Big Zigzag bird species count: 588 (+1 this week)
Big Zigzag bird families count: 90 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag Lifers: 149 (+0 this week)
Campsite Lifers 30 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 205 (+1 this week), AU list now 630.
eBird AU year list: 444
eBird days of checklist streak: 453
Week’s special milestones: eBird days of checklist streak over 450.
Bird(s) of the Week
Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata), the first monotype bird family (on taxonomy) at the south-west edge of it’s range. Bool Lagoon Game Reserve (and some Black Swans)
Gray Teals (with one Pacific Black Duck). Same lagoon.
A few Swamp Harriers are around all day long.
Non-bird image(s)
Bool Lagune Game Reserve (No Aussie Bittern)
Eastern Australian Snakeneck Turtle
Week's Key location(s)
Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 61400 km (this week 800 km)
eBird Checklists this week
2051. 11 Oct 2025 7:58 AM Hacks Lagoon Conservation Reserve, Naracoorte and Lucindale
2050. 10 Oct 2025 8:11 AM Bool Lagoon Game Reserve–Little Bool Lagoon
2049. 09 Oct 2025 1:06 PM Bool Lagoon Game Reserve
2048. 08 Oct 2025 3:15 PM Lake Indawarra (Tintinara)
2047. 07 Oct 2025 12:36 PM Adelaide Zoo
2046. 07 Oct 2025 11:36 AM Bonython Park, Adelaide
2045. 06 Oct 2025 9:46 AM Dead Mans Pass Reserve, Gawler
2044. 05 Oct 2025 1:57 PM Third-Creek Trail, Thompson Beach
2043. 05 Oct 2025 11:50 AM Ardrossan
