ZooChat Big Year 2017

[ThylacineAlive]

I haven't been able to get out to see any new birds lately so the sparrow is simply one I realized was missing from previous entries. The mammal is from a few nights ago, however.

Mammals
9) Woodland Vole Microtus pinetorum

Birds
59) Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina

~Thylo

Managed to get out and do some birding yesterday, which is where most of these species are from. The first mammal is from a while back, though.

Mammals
10) Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus
11) American Beaver Castor canadensis

Birds
60) White-Throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
61) Great Egret Ardea alba
62) Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
63) Veery Catharus fuscescens
64) Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
65) Brown-Headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
66) American Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
67) Double-Crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
68) Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
69) Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
70) Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
71) Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
72) Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
73) Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
74) Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
75) Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus

Reptiles
1) Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon
2) Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta

Amphibians
1) American Toad Anaxyrus americanus
2) American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus
3) Northern Green Frog Lithobates clamitans
4) Northern Red-Backed Salamander Plethodon cinereus

Insects
1) Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma disstria

~Thylo

 

[vogelcommando]

Can add again some new birds for the 2017-list :

66) Chiffchaff ( see Chiffchaff | ZooChat )
67) European kingfisher
68) European sparrowhawk ( see European sparrowhawk | ZooChat )
69) European bullfinch
70) Willow warbler ( see Willow warbler | ZooChat )
71) Pied wagtail
72) Barnacle goose
73) Goldfinch ( see Goldfinch | ZooChat )
74) Little ringed plover
75) European lapwing ( see European lapwing | ZooChat )

Some new ones for the year :

76) Barn swallow
77) Sand martin ( see Sand martins | ZooChat )
78) House martin
79) Bar-headed goose ( see Bar-headed goose | ZooChat )
80) Mandarin duck
81) Sky lark ( see Sky lark | ZooChat )
82) Marsh herrier
83) Meadow pitpit ( see Meadow pitpit | ZooChat )
84) Pied avocet ( see Pied avocet | ZooChat )
85) European spoonbill ( see European spponbill | ZooChat )

 

[animalszoos]

In Britain (I didn't get to do any wildlife watching )
77) Egyptian goose
78) Canadian goose
79) Eurasian jay
80) Collared doves

 

[Hevden]

One more near home yesterday.

172. Swift

A couple of days in scotland has given me some of the specialities

173. Ptarmigan
174. Snow bunting
175. Spotted flycatcher
176. Crested tit
177. Golden eagle
178. Osprey

 

[LaughingDove]

15) Unidentified bat

You can't count something if you can't identify it, especially if you don't even have a vague idea of what it is.

 

[Hix]

Birds
162. Changeable Hawk-eagle

163. Raffles Malkoha
164. Greater Sand Plover
165. Sanderling
166. Wood Sandpiper
167. Common Redshank
168. Paddyfield Pipit



Hix

 

[Maguari]

A rather drizzly Frampton Marsh today - was frustrated by stints but the rest of the birds put on a great show. Other wildlife mostly sitting out the weather, though gastropods were loving it!

Birds:
161. European Turtle Dove - Streptopelia turtur
162. Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea
163. Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia
164. Yellow Wagtail - Motacilla flava
165. Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra

Invertebrates:
30. White-lipped Banded Snail - Cepaea hortensis
31. Brown-lipped Banded Snail - Cepaea nemoralis

 

[Hevden]

A couple of days in scotland has given me some of the specialities

173. Ptarmigan
174. Snow bunting
175. Spotted flycatcher
176. Crested tit
177. Golden eagle
178. Osprey

Three more after a failed attempt to see a black duck on the way home.

179. Hooded crow
180. Cuckoo
181. Black guillemot

 

[robmv]

A day out to Anglesey yesterday produced some reliable local specialities, and one potentially tricky customer:

214. Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
215. Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
216. Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
217. Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)

 

[ThylacineAlive]

Managed to get out and do some birding yesterday, which is where most of these species are from. The first mammal is from a while back, though.

Mammals
10) Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus
11) American Beaver Castor canadensis

Birds
60) White-Throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
61) Great Egret Ardea alba
62) Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
63) Veery Catharus fuscescens
64) Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
65) Brown-Headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
66) American Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
67) Double-Crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
68) Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
69) Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
70) Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
71) Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
72) Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
73) Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
74) Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
75) Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus

Reptiles
1) Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon
2) Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta

Amphibians
1) American Toad Anaxyrus americanus
2) American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus
3) Northern Green Frog Lithobates clamitans
4) Northern Red-Backed Salamander Plethodon cinereus

Insects
1) Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma disstria

~Thylo

Birds
76) Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus

~Thylo

 

[Vision]

BIRDS:
127) Common nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos

 

[Pleistohorse]

46) Black-bellied Plover

 

[Chlidonias]

Monthly round-up time.


BIRDS:

Chlidonias – 482
LaughingDove – 432
robmv – 217
boof – 182
Hevden – 181
Ituri – 180
Hix – 168
Maguari – 165
DesertRhino150 – 140
Zoo Tycooner FR – 136
GerbenElzinga – 134
Vision – 127
lintworm – 119
KevinVar – 117
TeaLovingDave – 115
Macaw16 – 111
jbnbsn99 – 111
Fireplume – 108
vogelcommando – 85
animalszoos – 80
savethelephant – 79
ThylacineAlive – 76
zooboy28 – 48
Pleistohorse – 46
BeardsleyZooFan – 40
animal_expert01 – 33


MAMMALS:

Chlidonias – 66
Giant Panda – 48
LaughingDove – 38
lintworm – 25
Maguari – 21
DesertRhino150 – 18
Zoo Tycooner FR – 17
savethelephant – 15
animalszoos – 14
Hix – 14
Fireplume – 12
Macaw16 – 11
Vision – 11
Pleistohorse – 11
ThylacineAlive – 11
Ituri – 9
animal_expert01 – 6
GerbenElzinga – 6
KevinVar – 6
BeardsleyZooFan – 6
vogelcommando – 1


HERPTILES:

LaughingDove – 32 Herptiles total (23 Reptiles, 9 Amphibians)
Ituri – 13 Herptiles total (11 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians)
Hix – 13 Herptiles total (13 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)
animal_expert01 – 8 Herptiles total (7 Reptiles, 1 Amphibians)
ThylacineAlive – 6 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 4 Amphibians)
Fireplume – 5 Herptiles total (3 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians)
DesertRhino150 – 4 Herptiles total (1 Reptiles, 3 Amphibians)
Maguari – 4 Herptiles total (0 Reptiles, 4 Amphibians)
Macaw16 – 3 Herptiles total (1 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians)
Vision – 3 Herptiles total (1 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians)
lintworm – 2 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)
KevinVar – 2 Herptiles total (0 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians)


FISH:

Hix – 259
Maguari – 6
animal_expert01 – 5
DesertRhino150 – 4
Fireplume – 1


INVERTEBRATES:

DesertRhino150 – 14 lepidopterans, 10 hymenopterans, 7 odonatans
Maguari – 31 assorted
Hix – 21 assorted
animal_expert01 – 2 assorted
Fireplume – 1 lepidopteran
ThylacineAlive – 1 lepidopteran

 

[Macaw16]

A few from Skipwith Common (13/5/2017):

108. Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
109. Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
110. Woodlark Lullula arborea
111. Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus

A trip to the Yorkshire Dales and Teesdale allowed me to add a few (28-30/5/2017):

112. Little Owl Athene noctua
113. European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
114. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
115. Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

 

[ThylacineAlive]

Managed to get out and do some birding yesterday, which is where most of these species are from. The first mammal is from a while back, though.

Mammals
10) Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus
11) American Beaver Castor canadensis

Birds
60) White-Throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
61) Great Egret Ardea alba
62) Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
63) Veery Catharus fuscescens
64) Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
65) Brown-Headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
66) American Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
67) Double-Crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
68) Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
69) Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
70) Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
71) Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
72) Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
73) Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
74) Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
75) Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus

Reptiles
1) Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon
2) Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta

Amphibians
1) American Toad Anaxyrus americanus
2) American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus
3) Northern Green Frog Lithobates clamitans
4) Northern Red-Backed Salamander Plethodon cinereus

Insects
1) Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma disstria

~Thylo

Went for a hike yesterday, didn't go birding and I didn't bring my binoculars but still managed to nab one lifer:

Birds
76) Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris

Insects
2) European Gypsy Moth Lymantria dispar dispar

~Thylo

 

[Hix]

Fish
250. Sixspot Glidergoby
251. Silky Shark
252. Giant Trevally
253. Ribbon Eel
254. Smallscale Scorpionfish
255. Fairy Basslet
256. Piano Fangblenny
257. Yellowfin Surgeonfish
258. Spotted Soapfish
259. Broadstripe Cardinalfish

Fish
260. Blacktip Rockcod
261. Blackbelly Triggerfish
262. Hexagon Grouper
263. Wolf Cardinalfish
264. Eibl's Angelfish



Hix

 

[DesertRhino150]

Since my last update I have added to my year list two birds, a mammal, a fish, two butterflies (plus one honorary butterfly) and five dragon and damselflies:

139. European turtle dove Streptopelia turtur (Vu)
140. Green sandpiper Tringa ochropus

18. Common noctule bat Nyctalus noctula

4. Common dace Leuciscus leuciscus

12. Large white butterfly Pieris brassicae
13. Holly blue butterfly Celastrina argiolus
14. Hummingbird hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum

3. Common blue damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
4. Red-eyed damselfly Erythromma najas
5. Blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans
6. Banded demoiselle damselfly Calopteryx splendens
7. Broad-bodied chaser dragonfly Libellula depressa

Went for a trip to Minsmere today - managed to add two new birds, a mammal, a fish, another hawkmoth and three dragonflies:

141. Yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis
142. Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

19. Eurasian water shrew Neomys fodiens

5. Three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus

15. Broad-bordered bee hawkmoth Hemaris fuciformis

8. Four-spotted chaser dragonfly Libellula quadrimaculata
9. Hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense
10. Norfolk hawker dragonfly Aeshna isosceles

Also, on my last survey at Severalls last night I detected what is almost certainly a new bat for my mammal list - waiting on an identification for the moment.

 

[Vision]

Found out I saw another in Plzen in february, that I had forgotten to list until now.

MAMMALS:
12) Field vole, Microtus agrestis

Also, I have a question. What is the general consensus on heard-only species? In the post with the rules there are none against listing them, but for some reason I personally haven't (but have kept track of them, so could add them easily).

 

[Maguari]

Found out I saw another in Plzen in february, that I had forgotten to list until now.

MAMMALS:
12) Field vole, Microtus agrestis

Also, I have a question. What is the general consensus on heard-only species? In the post with the rules there are none against listing them, but for some reason I personally haven't (but have kept track of them, so could add them easily).

In previous years the consensus has been only to list and number species seen - that's certainly my approach (though no reason not to mention any interesting 'heards' in passing!).

 

[LaughingDove]

A birding day trip today added a fairly small number of species but some very nice ones. There was certainly no shortage of mosquitos or stinging nettle either and loads of amphibians too.

433) Common Quail
434) Spotted Crake

33) Pool Frog
34) Common Toad