Jamberoo - Illaroo - Broke - Hunter Wetlands NP - Port Macquarie - Macksville
In an Eggshell:
Big Zigzag bird species count: 610 (+3 this week)
Big Zigzag bird families count: 91 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag Lifers: 157 (+0 this week)
Campsite Lifers 30 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 211 (+0 this week), AU list now 640.
eBird AU year list: 492
eBird days of checklist streak: 530
Week’s special milestones: none
Bird(s) of the Week
From 0 to 50 in a few weeks… White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela) was missing from the trip list and a few places checked without success in the last few weeks. Luckly eBird directed my to Emerys Road, Illaroo (NSW) where about 50 of them just waited for me 🙂 .
Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia phasianella)
Little, Common and Created Terns, Port Macquarie North Wall
White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus), 1 of about 80 above Seal Rocks Lighthouse.
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), Dawkins Park, Macksville
Non-bird image(s)
Port Macquarie North Wall
King Creek Road Swamp, Wauchope
Just after adding Scaly-breasted Lorikeet to the year list, Dawkins Park, Macksville
Week's Key location(s)
Location Emerys Road, Illaroo at this point have the ,magic to attaract dozens of White-headed Pigeons and some
Little & Common Terns (among many Created Terns) – new for Big ZigZag from Port Macquarie North Wall
Dawkins Park, Macksville
Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 72100 km (this week 1000 km)
eBird Checklists this week
