ZooChat Big Year 2018

Birds:
51. Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)

Fish:
6. Platy (Xiphophorus variatus)
7. Guppy (Poecilia reticulata)
8. Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major (Abudefduf vaigiensis)
9. Stripey (Microcanthus strigatus)
10. Estuary Cod (Epinephelus malabaricus)

Amphibians:
3. Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria fallax)
 
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The first signs of spring are finally coming through, so even though I didn't see that many new species today while birding I did have an absolutely great time!

BIRDS:
145) Black redstart, Phoenicurus ochruros
146) Water pipit, Anthus spinoletta
147) Bearded reedling, Panurus biarmicus
148) Ruff, Calidris pugnax
 
LaughingDove said:
Just got back to Warsaw after a three day/two night trip to Bialowieza Forest:

Birds:
81) Snow Bunting
82) Horned Lark
83) White-backed Woodpecker (and with that lifer, I have seen all 10 Polish woodpecker species)
84) Grey-headed Woodpecker
85) Common Crossbill
86) Northern Goshawk
87) Whooper Swan
88) Yellowhammer
89) Three-toed Woodpecker
90) Tawny Owl
91) Great Grey Shrike
Heard only: Eurasian Pygmy Owl
Also worth noting is that the most common/conspicuous bird around the Bialowieza town were Waxwings which was really nice.

Mammals:
6) Red Fox
7) Red Deer
8) Pine Marten
9) Wild Boar
10) European Hare
11) Bank Vole
12) European Beaver
13) European Bison (better view than my previous visit in 2014)
14) Raccoon Dog
15) Yellow-necked Mouse
16) Fallow Deer
Also quite a few mammal prints, which, given the thick layer of snow everywhere and a new layer falling during the night, were really interesting to look at. Prints less than a day old (based on recent snow fall) include wolf, badger, and mink.

Much more successful on the mammal front than I was expecting, quite a lot of hours spotlighting paid off. The bird list is comparatively lower, but given the time of year it's not bad at all (though I missed Hazel Grouse and Spotted Nutcracker which are two species that I tried to find).
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A couple of nice birds of prey from today:

92) Common Kestrel
93) Peregrine Falcon
 
birdsandbats said:
These birds just arrived back in my area from migration:

Birds
34. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscala
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Went birding today. Saw several thousand gulls, probably including several more species new to this year and lifers than I am aware of, but was able to ID only a few, sadly:

Birds
35. Ring-Billed Gull Larus delawarensis
36. Great Black-Backed Gull Larus marinus
37. Gadwall Mareca strepera
 
Chlidonias said:
You and your Bobcats! If I ever go to America I'm going to have to set aside some time to lurk around your backyard.
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I just happen to drive around at night a lot thanks mainly to work :p It's also why I've been seeing opossums fairly regularly these past couple years as well. Last night I was driving to pick up some pizza for my family and one was just crossing the road at the end of my street :p :)

~Thylo
 
Ituri said:
Things have slowed down considerably for me.

BIRDS:
75 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
76 Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca
77 Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii
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BIRDS:
78 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula
79 Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo
80 Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus
81 Short-eared Owl - Asio flammeus
82 Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna
83 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
84 Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus
85 Blue-winged Teal - Spatula discors
86 Northern Shrike - Lanius borealis
87 Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
88 Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
89 American Pipit - Anthus rubescens
90 Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Mammals
23) Bobcat Lynx rufus

Birds
98) Orange-Crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
99) Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata

~Thylo
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All from leafing through my photos from Brownsville, Texas:

Birds
100) American Coot Fulica americana
101) American Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
102) Black-Crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
103) Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
104) Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
105) Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
106) Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius

~Thylo
 
Travelled way too far for three owl species, of which I saw one (short-eared), heard the other (little), and failed to find the third (long-eared), though upon coming home, right in front of my house I heard that species as well.
Not much to add, but the one I can add is definitely one of my new favorite bird species!

BIRDS:
149) Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus
 
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