Big Zigzag Birding

week 023 | Towards and around Melbourne | trip list 423 – 438

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Is Pilotbird Victoria’s secret? In an Eggshell: Big Zigzag bird species count: 438 (+14 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 82 (+0 this week: Barn-Owls)  Big Zigzag Lifers: 91 (+7 this week: Pink Robin, Flame Robin, Gang-gang Cockatoo, Beautiful Firetail, White-throated Nightjar, Little Lorikeet, Pilotbird) Campsite Lifers 23 (+4 this week: Gang-gang Cockatoo, White-throated […]

Big Zigzag Birding

week 017 | The Outback Hwy – Flinders Ranges Way | trip list 346 – 363

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Completing the desert crossing In an Eggshell: Big Zigzag bird species count: 363 (+17 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 80 (+0 this week)  Big Zigzag Lifers: 67 (+3 this week: Chestnut-breasted Whiteface, Chestnut-rumped Thornbill, Western Grasswren) Campsite Lifers 19 (+2 this week: Chestnut-breasted Whiteface, Chestnut-rumped Thornbill) Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 96 […]

Big Zigzag Birding

week 016 | from Birdsville to Birdsville Track | trip list 332 – 346

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Crossing South Australia’s Desert In an Eggshell: Big Zigzag bird species count: 346 (+14 this week) Big Zigzag bird families count: 80 (+0 this week: Larks)  Big Zigzag Lifers: 64 (+5 this week: Eyrean Grasswren, Cinnamon Quail-thrush, Chirruping Wedgebill, Chestnut-crowned Babbler, Rufous Fieldwren) Campsite Lifers: 17 (+2 this week: Chirruping Wedgebill,  Rufous Fieldwren) Big Zigzag […]