Just for interest's sake, the first bear of the year and the first micro-bat of the year.
ZooChat Big Year 2018
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I am indeed! Some real odd ones at that, too.
And yes I am, thanks for pointing that out.
~Thylo
Hmm... I must have missed something. Here is my full mammals list.
1. Virginia Opossum
2. Fox Squirrel
3. Yellow-bellied Marmot
4. White-tailed Prairie Dog
5. Piute Ground Squirrel
6. Eastern Cottontail
7. Mountain Cottontail
8. White-tailed Deer
9. Pronghorn
A few additions, mostly from the invertebrate department. I also found my first amphibians of the year today.
Birds
142. Little ringed plover [Charadrius dubius]
Herptiles
1. Common frog [Rana temporaria]
2. Common toad [Bufo bufo]
Invertebrates
6. Common brimstone [Gonepteryx rhamni]
7. Zebra back spider [Salticus scenicus]
8. Bug [Rhyparochromus vulgaris]*
9. Missing sector orb spider [Zygiella x-notata]
10. Water scorpion [Nepa cinerea]
11. Bug [Hydrometra stagnorum]*
* Does anyone know a common English name for these?
Birds
142. Little ringed plover [Charadrius dubius]
Herptiles
1. Common frog [Rana temporaria]
2. Common toad [Bufo bufo]
Invertebrates
6. Common brimstone [Gonepteryx rhamni]
7. Zebra back spider [Salticus scenicus]
8. Bug [Rhyparochromus vulgaris]*
9. Missing sector orb spider [Zygiella x-notata]
10. Water scorpion [Nepa cinerea]
11. Bug [Hydrometra stagnorum]*
* Does anyone know a common English name for these?
This must have been one of the weirdest places to see a new mammal species, in the middle of an European capital city on a playground:
51. European hamster
I don't have Yellow-bellied Marmot on the full mammal year-list, so it will be that one.
More white waterbirds:
Birds
45. Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
46. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Had quite a good dive on Good Friday, 122 species and 118 minutes underwater. And got a few rarities - in 105 dives over two years on Christmas Island I've only seen Slingjaw Wrasse and Stareye Parrotfish once before, Blackbanded Grubfish twice before, and Slender Lizardfish may be a lifer (I've misidentified other Lizardfish for this species in the past, and can't remember if I've actually seen it or not).Fish
282. Crimson Soldierfish
283. Bigeye Soldierfish
284. Fiveline Cardinalfish
285. Sixband Rockcod
286. Wolf Cardinalfish
287. Lunar Fusilier
288. Pennant Bannerfish
289. Yellow-tail Sergeant
Inverts
26. Flat Rock Crab
Hix
Fish
290. Slender Lizardfish
291. Slingjaw Wrasse
292. Stareye Parrotfish
293. Blackbanded Grubfish
Inverts
27. Blackspotted Sea Cucumber
28. Black Sea Cucumber
Hix
Two more birds from last Sunday and two new ones from yesterday.
BIRDS
101. Common Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
102. Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
103. Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
104. Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
HERPTILES
3. Common Toad (Bufo bufo)
INVERTS
5. Zebra Back Spider (Salticus scenicus)
One new bird from an excursion to north Lincolnshire - unfortunately the Ring-necked Duck that has been frequenting the same site didn't show for us. Very happy with the grebe though - not a lifer but actually a UK first for me.
Birds:
144. Red-necked Grebe - Podiceps grisegena
(UK:142)
Birds:
144. Red-necked Grebe - Podiceps grisegena
(UK:142)
Waterbird migration continues at full force:
Birds
47. Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
48. American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
49. Ring-Necked Duck Aythya collaris
Passerine migrants are beginning to arrive. Warblers and vireos should come soon!:
Birds
50. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
51. Brown-Headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Some from Scarborough (1/4/2018):
66. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
67. Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
68. European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
69. Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
I uploaded some pictures of a hamster in the Austria wildlife gallery: Austria - Wildlife | ZooChat
I also added 3 birds while in Vienna, Budapest, Ostrava & Zlin:
300. Common linnet
301. Hooded crow
302. Crested lark
Spring is on it's way!
Birds
143. Common linnet [Linaria cannabina]
144. Eurasian spoobill [Platalea leucorodia]
145. Willow warbler [Phylloscopus trochilus]
146. Sand martin [Riparia riparia]
*. Pied wagtail [Motacilla alba yarrelli]*
Invertebrates
12. Longbodied cellar spider [Pholcus phalangioides]
* New on the subspecies level. I'm not (yet) splitting all those wagtails!
Birds
143. Common linnet [Linaria cannabina]
144. Eurasian spoobill [Platalea leucorodia]
145. Willow warbler [Phylloscopus trochilus]
146. Sand martin [Riparia riparia]
*. Pied wagtail [Motacilla alba yarrelli]*
Invertebrates
12. Longbodied cellar spider [Pholcus phalangioides]
* New on the subspecies level. I'm not (yet) splitting all those wagtails!