Shellharbour - Kiama - Wingecarribee - Wollondilly - Lithgow
In an Eggshell:
Big Zigzag bird species count: 636 (+1 this week: Chestnut-rumped Heathwren)
Big Zigzag bird families count: 93 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag Lifers: 168 (+0 this week)
Campsite Lifers 30 (+0 this week)
Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 225 (+0 this week), AU list now 654.
eBird days of checklist streak: 621
Week’s special milestones: eBird checklist #2345
Bird(s) of the Week
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren (Hylacola pyrrhopygia), new for the Big Zigzag, seen only once before in 2018. Photographed at The Lost City Walking Track in the Garden of Stones National Park. Member of Acanthizidae (Gerygones, Thornbills, Scrubwrens, and Allies).
Superb Lyrebird supprised us crosssing while climbing up the steep Illawarra Hwy (photographed in 2018)
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) supprised us at Barren Grounds while chasing (unsuccessfuly) auruea australis. (photograpged at 2024).
Non-bird image(s)
The Lost City Lookout, Chestnut-rumped Heathwren site.
Week's Key location(s)
Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 81300 km (this week 600 km)
eBird Checklists this week
