ZooChat Big Year 2017

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animal_expert01 said:
I stay of Zoochat for a few days and I am already miles behind!

Birds:
1. Feral Pigeon (Columbia Livia Domestica)
2. Magpie Goose (Anserana semipalmata)
3. Plover (Vanellus miles)
4. Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
5. Sulphur Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
6. Indian Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)
7. Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
8. Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)

Reptiles:
1. Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
2. Common Garden Skink (Lampropholis guichenoti)

Fish:
1. Mullet (Mugil cephalus)

I saw a bush-stone curlew in the middle of a busy city park on the Gold Coast on New Years Eve, first time I had ever seen one in the wild, if only I had seen it a few hours later...
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Birds:
9. Pale-headed rosella (Platycercus adscitus)

Reptiles:
3. Asian House gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)

Invertebrates:
1. Golden orb spider (Nephila sp.)

Total:
14
 
Participated in a bird count at my local wildlife refuge (Hagerman NWR) and picked up lots of good birds.

85 Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus
86 Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
87 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
88 Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus
89 Loggerhead Shrike - Lanius ludovicianus
90 Winter Wren - Troglodytes hiemalis
91 Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus
92 Bewick's Wren - Thryomanes bewickii
93 Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus
94 Palm Warbler - Setophaga palmarum
95 Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca
96 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis
97 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
98 Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater
99 House Finch - Haemorhous mexicanus
100 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis
101 Lapland Longspur - Calcarius lapponicus

Woohoo! First to 100!:p
 
animal_expert01 said:
Birds:
9. Pale-headed rosella (Platycercus adscitus)

Reptiles:
3. Asian House gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)

Invertebrates:
1. Golden orb spider (Nephila sp.)

Total:
14
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Birds:
10. Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis moluccus)
11. Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)
12. Pee wee (Grallina cyanoleuca)
13. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
14. Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
15. Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)

Mammals:
1. Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Total: 20
 
Hix said:
I'm back home for just a couple of days and have lots to do, so trying to cram in a bit of birdwatching when I have some free time before I go back to Christmas Island. I'm picking locations where I can get some diversity, but was really surprised at some species I got today at Irrawong Reserve. Plus some of them were with chicks or in nests.

Birds
29. Pied Cormorant
30. Australasian Figbird
31. Chestnut Teal
32. Australian Brushturkey
33. Australasian Swamphen
34. Bell Miner
35. Brown Thornbill
36. Eastern Whipbird
37. Red-whiskered Bulbul
38. Red-browed Finch
39. Tawny Frogmouth
40. Laughing Kookaburra
41. Dollarbird
42. Lewin's Honeyeater
43. Brown Gerygone
44. Black-faced Cuckooshrike
45. Varied Sittella
46. Olive-backed Oriole
47. Grey Fantail
48. Eastern Yellow Robin
49. Pheasant Coucal
50. Eastern Spinebill
51. Fuscous Honeyeater
52. New Holland Honeyeater

Mammals
1. Swamp Wallaby

Reptiles
2. Eastern Water Dragon
3. Green Tree Snake

:p

Hix
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Birds
53. Brown Cuckoo-Dove
54. Crimson Rosella
55. Green Catbird
56. White-browed Scrubwren
57. Rufous Fantail
58. Black-faced Monarch

:p

Hix
 
animal_expert01 said:
Birds:
10. Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis moluccus)
11. Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)
12. Pee wee (Grallina cyanoleuca)
13. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
14. Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
15. Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)

Mammals:
1. Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Total: 20
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Invertebrates:
2. Daddy Long Legs (Pholcus phalangioides)

Amphibians:
1. Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)

Total:
22
 
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Ituri said:
I went chasing a vagrant Sabine's Gull yesterday, but did not have success. I did add a few birds to the year list however, including a vagrant Common Goldeneye, a bird I saw frequently in Idaho, but in central Florida is quite rare.

73 Muscovy Duck - Cairina moschata (established feral birds)
74 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
75 Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
76 House Finch - Haemorhous mexicanus
77 Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator
78 Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis
79 Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
80 Sanderling - Calidris alba
81 Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
82 Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger
83 Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus
84 Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus
85 Purple Gallinule - Porphyrio martinicus
86 Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo
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Picked up a couple more at work yesterday.

Birds:
87 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula

Reptiles
4 Brown Anole - Anolis sagrei
 
LaughingDove said:
Saw a fair few birds today on the drive from Brno to Warsaw:

23) Common Raven
24) Eurasian Jackdaw
25) Grey Heron
26) Eurasian Sparrowhawk
27) Grey Partridge
28) Bohemian Waxwing
29) Herring Gull
30) Black-headed Gull
31) Great Cormorant

3) European Hare
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More additions from one of Warsaw's city parks:

32) Hooded Crow
33) Mandarin Duck
34) Goldcrest
35) Eurasian Jay
36) Caspian Gull
37) Mute Swan
38) Eurasian Coot
39) Black Redstart
40) Eurasian Nuthatch
41) Middle Spotted Woodpecker
42) Greenfinch

4) Red Squirrel
5) Striped Field-mouse
 
One new year bird today on a lunchtime stroll near work:

62. Eurasian Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula

:)
 
animal_expert01 said:
They are a well established feral population, I just couldn't find a scientific name for a feral Duck so I put the domestic ducks scientific name.
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Still not countable. They must be on an official checklist. Domestics are not countable anywhere in the world.
 
Macaw16 said:
Just the two more from today (3/1/2017), which puts on the same amount of species as last year (despite the fact I had been out birding by this time last year*).

27. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
28. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos


*Much of the site where I went birding was closed, which explains last years low starting figure
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Just one more from today (all of the geese in York seem to be hiding from me):

29. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

jbnbsn99 said:
Still not countable. They must be on an official checklist. Domestics are not countable anywhere in the world.
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Is that with the exception of Feral Pigeons?
 
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Macaw16 said:
Just one more from today (all of the geese in York seem to be hiding from me):

29. Black-headed Gull



Is that with the exception of Feral Pigeons?
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Yes, Feral Pigeons seem to be the one exception to that on checklists. Their population is descended from domestic birds, but in all other aspects act as wild.
 
jbnbsn99 said:
Still not countable. They must be on an official checklist. Domestics are not countable anywhere in the world.
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False. The ABA has Domestic Muscovy Ducks in addition to Domestic Rock Pigeons on their official checklist.
 
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