Great Northern Highway to Broome
In an Eggshell:
Big Zigzag bird species count: 541 (+2 this week)
Big Zigzag bird families count: 89 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag Lifers: 137 (+1 this week: Mangrove Fantail)
Campsite Lifers 27 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 188 (+1 this week)
eBird AU year list: 368 (21st eBirder in Australia by species, 2025)
eBird days of checklist streak: 327
Week’s special milestones: Earth’s circumference travelled so far – over 40000 km!
Bird(s) of the Week
Mangrove Fantail – seems an easy WA bird – not as in NT. Lifer from the mangroves near Derby Jetty.
Red-browed Pardalote (Pardalotus rubricatus), ticked in October at Queensland outback (Boulia), seen again in NT, and photographed for the first time near Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia
Non-bird image(s)
Bungle Bungle helicopter flight view
James Price Point
James Price Point
Derby Jetty
Week's Key location(s)
Derby Jetty, Mangrove Fantail site.
Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 40600 km (this week 1300 km)
eBird Checklists this week
1841. 06 Jun 2025 1:45 PM Entrance Point and Port (Broome)
