Great plagic with 5 lifers and 10 new for the Big Zigzag + BBBQ
In an Eggshell:
Big Zigzag bird species count: 628 (+11 this week)
Big Zigzag bird families count: 92 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag Lifers: 167 (+6 this week: Streaked Shearwater, Tahiti Petrel, Black-winged Petrel, White-necked Petrel, Blue-billed White-Tern, Black-breasted Buttonquail)
Campsite Lifers 30 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 223 (+8 this week), AU list now 652.
eBird days of checklist streak: 558 (8 days week)
Week’s special milestones: 555 Big Zigzag days and counting!
Bird(s) of the Week
Tahiti Petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata)
White-necked Petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis)
Blue-billed White Tern (Gygis candida)
Black-winged Petrel (Pterodroma nigripennis) Collected on the beach a while ago, relased today from the boat after recovered.
Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)
Wilson’s Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
Black-breasted Buttonquail (Turnix melanogaster), male. Ted and Maud Mungomery’s Vine Forest Reserve. May be called pelagic lifer as well as I got the location tip from on of the pelagic participants.
Fairy Gerygone (Gerygone palpebrosa), Teddington Weir, Maryborough
White-eared Monarch (Carterornis leucotis), Teddington Weir, Maryborough
Non-bird image(s)
Ted and Maud Mungomery’s Vine Forest Reserve
Week's Key location(s)
Fairy Gerygone & White-eared Monarch site.
Woodford Showgrounds, was very nice with some good birds like Powerful Owl!
Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 75100 km (this week 800 km)
eBird Checklists this week
2228. 23 Jan 2026 1:42 PM Ted and Maud Mungomery’s Vine Forest Reserve, Fraser Coast
