From the grasslands around Boulia to the Dainasor district In an Eggshell: Big Zigzag bird species count: 307 (+14 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 78 (+1 this week: Pratincoles and Coursers) Big Zigzag Lifers: 53 (+8 this week: Red-backed Kingfisher, Letter-winged Kite, Flock Bronzewing, Red-browed Pardalote, Rufous-crowned Emuwren, Grey Falcon, Opalton Grasswren, Hall’s […]
Fantastic birding week starting on the Great Inland Way into the Spinifex around Mount Isa, Kalkadoon county In an Eggshell: Big Zigzag bird species count: 293 (+36 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 77 (+3 this week: Buttonquail, Australo-Papuan Bellbirds, Reed Warblers) Big Zigzag Lifers: 45 (+13 this week: Plum-headed Finch, Spinifex Pigeon, Gray-headed […]
Cleanup loop from Cairns via Daintree to the Tablelands heading to the outback In an Eggshell: Big Zigzag bird species count: 257 (+7 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 74 (+1 this week: Pittas) Big Zigzag Lifers: 32 (+2 this week: Spotted Whistling-Duck, Superb Fruit-Dove) Campsite Lifers: 8 (+0 this week) Big Zigzag New […]
Easy week mainly around Cairns with some personal arrangments In an Eggshell: Big Zigzag bird species count: 250 (+2 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 73 Big Zigzag Lifers: 30 (+0 this week) Campsite Lifers: 8 (+0 this week) Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 56 (+1 this week) eBird days of checklist streak: […]
Back from the tip to tablelands In an Eggshell: Big Zigzag bird species count: 248 (+6 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 73 (+1 this week: Sittellas) Big Zigzag Lifers: 30 (+3 this week: Red Goshawk, Yellow-tinted Honeyeater, Black-throated Finch) Campsite Lifers: 8 (+1 this week: Black-throated Finch) Big Zigzag New for Australia list: […]
Taste of New Guinea at Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park and Pajinka – The Tip! In an eggshell Big Zigzag bird species count: 242 (+27 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 72 (+2 this week: Boatbills, Frigatebirds) Big Zigzag Lifers: 27 (+7 this week: Northern Scrub-Robin, Lovely Fairywren, Lesser Frigatebird, Frill-necked Monarch, Tropical Scrubwren, […]
Tablelands, Daintree, Cape York In an eggshell Big Zigzag bird species count: 215 (+21 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 70 (+3 this week: Bustards, Stilts and Avocets and Australian endemic White-winged Chough and Apostlebird) Big Zigzag Lifers: 20 (+2 this week: Little Kingfisher, Golden-shouldered Parrot ) Campsite Lifers: 4 (+0 this week) Big […]
Mainly Atherton Tablelands, and Cairns In an eggshell Big Zigzag bird species count: 194 (+30 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 67 (+5 this week) Big Zigzag Lifers: 18 (+8 this week: Golden Bowerbird, Bridled Honeyeater, Atherton Scrubwren, Mountain Thornbill, Tooth-billed Bowerbird, Chowchilla, Fernwren, Rufous Owl) Campsite Lifers: 4 (+0 this week) Big Zigzag […]
Some fruitful traditional sites along Queensland shore In an eggshell Big Zigzag bird species count: 164 (+42 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 62 (+11 this week) Big Zigzag Lifers: 10 (+5 this week: Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Eungella Honeyeater, White-browed Crake, Little Bronze-Cuckoo, White-browed Robin) Campsite Lifers: 4 (+3 this week: White-browed Crake, Little Bronze-Cuckoo, […]
Starting actually heading north! In an eggshell Big Zigzag bird species count: 123 (+10 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 51 (+6 this week) Big Zigzag Lifers: 5 (+1 this week: Ground Parrot) Campsite Lifers: 1 (+0 this week) Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 8 (+1 this week) Bird of the week White-cheeked […]