week 066 | From SA (state) to SA (bird) | trip list 588 – 590
Posted onKalangadoo - Mount Gambier - Piccaninnie Ponds (SA) - Casterton (VIC) - Point Danger
In an Eggshell:
Big Zigzag bird species count: 590 (+2 this week)
Big Zigzag bird families count: 90 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag Lifers: 150 (+1 this week: Australasian Bittern)
Campsite Lifers 30 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 207 (+2 this week), AU list now 632.
eBird AU year list: 446
eBird days of checklist streak: 460
Week’s special milestones: Big Zigzag Lifer #150!
Bird(s) of the Week
Finally got the boogey bird! Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus), Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park. Seen for 3 days in a raw, always for a short time after flashed from the reeds.
Long staying South African guest at Point Danger: Cape Gannet among hundreds of Australasian Gannets (the pale irised one, long dark gular striped, and paler head).
Golden-headed Cisticola, carrying nesting material, Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park.
Australian Hobby, Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park
Non-bird image(s)
Looks good but nature problem! Introduced Red Fox, Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park.
Koala hanging on a tree above Victorian highway north to Portland
Southern Elephant Seal near Point Danger
Week's Key location(s)
Australasian Bittern site!
Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 62200 km (this week 800 km)
eBird Checklists this week
