week 069 | SE NSW & ACT | trip list 599 – 599
Posted onSouthern part of NSW coast line and Canberra area
In an Eggshell:
Big Zigzag bird species count: 599 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag bird families count: 90 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag Lifers: 155 (+0 this week)
Campsite Lifers 30 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 209 (+0 this week), AU list now 638.
eBird AU year list: 466
eBird days of checklist streak: 481
Week’s special milestones: None
Bird(s) of the Week
As expected, Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) seen well around ACT (male & female).
Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula), member of Monarchidae (Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills).
White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) photographed for the first time (Big Zigzag lifer from 2024)
Sahul Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre) photographed for the first time. Member of Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes).
Latham’s Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) at Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve (with Magpie-larks).
Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
Non-bird image(s)
Some marine mammals
Big Rock Road, Bodalla, NSW.
Canberra from Mount Ainslie
Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve
Week's Key location(s)
Big Rock Road, Bodalla, New South Wales. Free campsite in the wood contributed 2 first time photographed birds: White-throated Needletail & Sahul Cicadabird.
Gang-gang and Leaden Flycatcher site.
Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 65025 km (this week 1000 km)
eBird Checklists this week
