Big Zigzag BirdingQueensland

week 081 | SE QLD | trip list 628 – 629

Debaroo Deja Vu, and some birding around from Brooweena to Laidley

In an Eggshell:

Big Zigzag bird species count: 629 (+1 this week)
Big Zigzag bird families count: 92 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag Lifers: 168 (+1 this week: King Quail)
Campsite Lifers 30 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 224 (+1 this week), AU list now 653.
eBird days of checklist streak: 565
Week’s special milestones:none

Bird(s) of the Week

King Quail (Synoicus chinensis) was photographed at Singapore Botaic Gardens where it is concedured introduced and not counted by eBird. Therefore, the one flashed this week for the grass around Lake Samsonvale is a lifer!

Near Atkinson Dam: A pair of Black Falcons (Falco subniger) exchanged prey (Magpie Lark) transfer while flying

Great to see again (just for the second time) Plum-headed Finch  (Emblema modestum) near Lake Clarendonar.

Non-bird image(s)

Lake Samsonvale with Tom.

Blenheim Road, Laidley Heights

Week's Key location(s)

Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 75800 km (this week 700 km)

eBird Checklists this week

2245. 31 Jan 2026 2:39 PM Blind Gully Rd (south end), Lockyer Waters, Somerset
2244. 31 Jan 2026 2:04 PM 915 Coominya Connection Road, Clarendon, Queensland, AU (-27.432, 152.487)
2243. 31 Jan 2026 12:30 PM Lake Clarendon–roadside farm pond, Lockyer Valley
2242. 31 Jan 2026 10:59 AM 12 Blenheim Road, Laidley Heights, Queensland, AU (-27.647, 152.364)
2241. 30 Jan 2026 2:20 PM Narda Lagoon, Laidley
2240. 29 Jan 2026 5:28 AM Lake Samsonvale–Golds Scrub Lane (some areas restricted access)
2239. 28 Jan 2026 3:25 PM Dayboro Showgriunds
2238. 27 Jan 2026 2:24 PM Tipperary Flat Rest Area (Nanango)
2237. 26 Jan 2026 1:01 PM Goomeri Town Park, Gympie
2236. 25 Jan 2026 6:05 PM 252 Brooweena Woolooga Road, Boompa, Queensland, AU (-25.62, 152.226)
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