ZooChat Big Year 2018

I don't like to post a seperate reply for every little invert I see, so I usually just wait till I have more additions. This time however, the first dragonfly in the list is such a rarity that I didn't want to wait!

Invertebrates
168. Small pincertail [Onychogomphus forcipatus]
169. Italian striped bug [Graphosoma italicum]
170. Banded demoiselle [Calopteryx spledens]
171. Field cricket [Gryllus campestris]
 
LaughingDove said:
(From yesterday)

866) Splendid Fairy-wren
867) Western Yellow Robin
868) Red-eared Firetail
869) Western Whistler
870) Western White-naped Honeyeater
871) White-breasted Robin
872) Spotted Pardalote
873) Red-winged Fairy-wren
874) Brown-headed Honeyeater
875) Grey Currawong
876) Elegant Parrot
877) Western Spinebill
878) Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
879) Western Wattlebird
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880) Fairy Tern
881) Pacific Gull

165) Southern Brown Bandicoot
 
birdsandbats said:
Mammals
13. North American River Otter Lontra canadensis

Birds
134. Clay-Colored Sparrow Spizella pallida

*Also several terns. I know the species that occur in the area, and the terns I saw were likely a mix of two species, both of which would be new to my year list. But, I forgot my binoculars, and wasn't able to confirm identification.
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birdsandbats said:
Inverts
16. Cecropia Moth Hyalophora cecropia
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Two birds from yesterday:

Birds
135. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
136. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto

And some random inverts from the past couple moths:

Inverts
17. Japanese Beetle Popillia japonica
18. Common House Spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum
19. Yellow Garden Argiope Argiope aurantia
 
Zoo Tycooner FR said:
So, I looked for these during the entirety of June and obviously found none so I concluded they were all in Spain/Southern Europe but while walking in a forest near a golf course (where they are known to occur readily), I found a single individual flying quite close. :p

80 - Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus

Definitely the highlight of this month and although this latter was very poor in additions, the two new species seen were both cool
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Went birding near Tifnit beach (i.e near Souss-Massa National Park) and I had one of the most wonderful birding session since the beginning of the year, namely because of two species (although one isn't countable).

MAMMALS:
-) Scimitar-horned oryx, Oryx dammah*

BIRDS:
81 - Cream-coloured courser, Cursorius cursor

The courser was one of the best sightings of this year because although I knew they lived in that area, it was totally unexpected (and they are just very cool birds, those black wings are very charismatic!). I've also seen tons of Acanthodactylus sp. but I didn't bring my camera with me so I don't have any photo and as such, cannot identify them. Will try to get back and get some pictures though (and if I could get some clear shots of the coursers as well, that would be nice! :P )

*Found right by the fence border of Souss Massa NP, after a quick search I found out that they were in rehabilitation pens awaiting for them to acclimate well so they can release them back to the Sahara. Since they can't roam the whole reserve and that they are basically in huge exhibits, they aren't countable but still a very nice found, in my opinion; and a semi-wild/semi-captive lifer (depends on whether you see the glass as half-full or hall-empty).
 
Najade said:
Just to have everything in one spot:

Mammals:
01. Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
02. European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
03. Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
04. Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
05. Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
06. Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
07. Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
08. Common Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
09. Australian Swamp Rat (Rattus lutreolus)
10. Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus)
11. House Mouse (Mus musculus)
12. Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)
13. Lesser Long-eared Bat (Nyctophilus geoffroyi)
14. Southern Bent-winged Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii)
15. Yellow-footed Antechinus (Antechinus flavipes)
16. Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis)
17. Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps)
18. Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
19. Spectacled Flying-fox (Pteropus conspicillatus)
20. Red-legged Pademelon (Thylogale stigmatica)
21. Herbert River Ringtail Possum (Pseudochirulus herbertensis)
22. Lemuroid Ringtail Possum (Hemibelideus lemuroides)
23. Coppery Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus johnstonii)
24. Little Red Flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus)
25. Northern Long-nosed Bandicoot (Perameles pallescens)
26. Musky Rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus)
27. Green Ringtail Possum (Pseudochirops archeri)
28. Large-footed Myotis (Myotis macropus)
29. Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi)
30. Giant White-tailed Rat (Uromys caudimaculatus)
31. Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
32. Mareeba Rock-wallaby (Petrogale mareeba)
33. Whiptail Wallaby (Macropus parryi)
34. Northern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus)
35. Agile Wallaby (Notamacropus agilis)
36. Dingo (Canis dingo)
37. Torresian Striped Possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata)
38. Daintree River Ringtail Possum (Pseudochirulus cinereus)
39. Fawn-footed Melomys (Melomys cervinipes)
40. Long-tailed Pygmy-possum (Cercartetus caudatus)
41. Sharman's Rock-wallaby (Petrogale sharmani)
42. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
43. Allied Rock-wallaby (Petrogale assimilis)
44. Unadorned Rock-wallaby (Petrogale inornata)
45. Herbert's Rock-wallaby (Petrogale herberti)
46. Australian Humpback Dolphin (Sousa sahulensis)
47. Red-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale calura)
48. Brush-tailed Bettong (Bettongia penicillata)
49. Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
50. Quenda (Isoodon fusciventer)
51. Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
52. Honey Possum (Tarsipes rostratus)
53. Western Pygmy-possum (Cercartetus concinnus)
54. Western Brush Wallaby (Notamacropus irma)
55. Brush-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa)
56. Tammar Wallaby (Notamacropus eugenii)
57. Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
58. Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
59. Western Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus occidentalis)
60. Black Rat (Rattus rattus)
61. Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)
62. Common Wallaroo (Macropus robustus)
63. Black Flying-fox (Pteropus alecto)
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64. Coypu (Myocastor coypus)
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65. Gilbert’s Dunnart (Sminthopsis gilberti)
66. Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
67. Feral Cat (Felis silvestris catus)
68. Black-footed Rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis lateralis)
69. Gilbert’s Potoroo (Potorous gilbertii)
70. Bush Rat (Rattus fuscipes)
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Finally:

Mammals

71. Rothschild's Rock-wallaby (Petrogale rothschildi)
 
LaughingDove said:
880) Fairy Tern
881) Pacific Gull

165) Southern Brown Bandicoot
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I've just finished adding my birds from Malaysia into the HBW sightings system and I can add:

All splits on HBW which is the checklist I use. Mostly quite new splits:
882) Grey-hooded Babbler (a Bornean endemic split from Chestnut-winged Babbler which was seen in Taman Negara as well as in lots of places in Borneo)
883) Chestnut-vented Bulbul (a Bornean montane endemic, split from Ochraceous Bulbul)
884) Green-winged/Sociable Bulbul (a Bornean montane/hill endemic, split from Cinereous Bulbul which is split from Ashy Bulbul)

Missed from Danum:
885) Large-billed Blue-flycatcher

I can confirm that bird-wise in Malaysia, I saw 401 species, of which 259 were lifers.

That includes 39 Bornean endemics and 168 species photographed.
 
Migration counting has begun! Although just another warbler to some people, this bird was a lifer for me and the very first of its species to appear on 'our' migration site.

Birds
220. Icterine warbler [Hippolais icterina]

Just 5 more to reach my goal of 225 species!
 
Coelacanth18 said:
275. Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
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Been looking through some eBird distribution maps and need to make a couple of changes:

259. Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) should be Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
267. Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) was probably a misidentified hawk, either red-shouldered (Buteo lineatus) or red-tailed (Buteo jamaicensis)

The new 267 is: Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus), which I was misidentifying as additional Downy Woodpeckers (Dryobates pubescens).

As for new additions...

276. Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

I've also been researching locations where I can easily see new mammals like bison, pronghorn, and prairie dogs on my way back to California later this month so that I can keep adding to my mammal total. Depending on what mini-trips I take over there before Christmas, I might be able to top 60 species.
 
All additions since late June...

MAMMALS
California, USA
25 - Black-Tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)
26 - Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani)
27 - California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi)
28 - Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
29 - Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)
30 - California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
31 - American Bison (Bison bison)*
32 - Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis)
33 - Canyon Bat (Parastrellus hesperus)
34 - Dusky-Footed Woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes)
35 - Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
36 - Long-Beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis)
37 - Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Utah, USA
38 - Rock Squirrel (Delphinus capensis)

Arizona, USA
39 - Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
40 - Uinta Chipmunk (Tamias umbrinus)
41 - Kaibab Squirrel (Sciurus aberti ssp. kaibabensis)

Kentucky, USA
42 - White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
43 - Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
44 - Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
45 - Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
46 - Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
47 - Raccoon (Procyon lotor)



BIRDS
California, USA
206 - American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
207 - Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
208 - Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
209 - Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
210 - House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
211 - California Towhee (Melozone crissalis)
212 - Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
213 - Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
214 - Black-Chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
215 - Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
216 - Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
217 - Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
218 - Ash-Throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)
219 - American Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
220 - Rufous-Crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps)
221 - Cassin’s Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)
222 - Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
223 - Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
224 - Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
225 - Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
226 - Band-Tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)
227 - Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
228 - Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
229 - American Coot (Fulica americana)
230 - Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
231 - Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
232 - Black-Crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
233 - Pied-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
234 - Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)*
235 - Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae)
236 - American Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
237 - Common Raven (Corvus corax)
238 - White-Faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
239 - Great-Tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
240 - Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
241 - Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
242 - Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
243 - Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)
244 - Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
245 - Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
246 - Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
247 - Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
248 - Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
249 - California Gull (Larus californicus)
250 - Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
251 - Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans)
252 - Heermann’s Gull (Larus heermanni)
253 - Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
254 - Pacific-Slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
255 - Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
256 - Brandt’s Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus)
257 - White-Throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)
258 - American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
259 - Orange-Crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
260 - Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
261 - Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
262 - Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
263 - Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
264 - Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii)
265 - Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
266 - American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
267 - Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
268 - Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
269 - Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

Utah, USA
270 - Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
271 - Violet-Green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)

Arizona, USA
272 - White-Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
273 - Yellow-Rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
274 - Black-Throated Grey Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens)
275 - Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
276 - Grace's Warbler (Setophaga graciae)
277 - House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
278 - Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

New Mexico, USA
279 - Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
280 - Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)
281 - Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
282 - Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

Oklahoma, USA
283 - Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
284 - Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
285 - Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)

Kentucky, USA
286 - American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
287 - Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
288 - Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
289 - Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
290 - Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
291 - American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
292 - Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
293 - Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
294 - Yellow-Throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)
295 - Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
296 - Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
297 - Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
298 - Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
299 - Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
300 - Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Victoria, Australia
301 - Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)*
302 - South Island Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi)
303 - Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)
304 - Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)
305 - Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor)



REPTILES
California, USA
16 - Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
17 - Common Side-Blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)
18 - Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)*

Utah, USA
19 - Plateau Striped Whiptail Lizard (Cnemidophorus septemvittatus)
20 - Desert Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus magister)
21 - Western Whiptail Lizard (Cnemidophorus tigris)

Arizona, USA
22 - Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus graciosus)
23 - Ornate Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)

Kentucky, USA
24 - Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta)



FISH
California, USA
9 - Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)
10 - Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
11 - Blacksmith Damselfish (Chromis punctipinnis)
12 - White Sea Bass (Atractoscion nobilis)
13 - Kelp Bass (Paralabrax clathratus)
14 - Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher)
15 - Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola)
16 - Flathead Grey Mullet (Mugil cephalus)
17 - Opaleye (Girella nigricans)
18 - Yellowfin Goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)*
19 - Bullet Tuna (Auxis rochei)
20 - Zebra Perch (Hermosilla azurea)

Utah, USA
21 - Virgin Spinedace (Lepidomeda mollispinis)
 
LaughingDove said:
I've just finished adding my birds from Malaysia into the HBW sightings system and I can add:

All splits on HBW which is the checklist I use. Mostly quite new splits:
882) Grey-hooded Babbler (a Bornean endemic split from Chestnut-winged Babbler which was seen in Taman Negara as well as in lots of places in Borneo)
883) Chestnut-vented Bulbul (a Bornean montane endemic, split from Ochraceous Bulbul)
884) Green-winged/Sociable Bulbul (a Bornean montane/hill endemic, split from Cinereous Bulbul which is split from Ashy Bulbul)

Missed from Danum:
885) Large-billed Blue-flycatcher

I can confirm that bird-wise in Malaysia, I saw 401 species, of which 259 were lifers.

That includes 39 Bornean endemics and 168 species photographed.
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HBW Split:

886) Plumed Egret (Australian Intermediate Egret)

Missed off species:

887) Brolga
888) Red-tailed Black-cockatoo
889) White-throated Honeyeater

New ones:

890) Fairy Martin
891) Little Crow
 
DesertRhino150 said:
I have realised I haven't updated my year list recently. The first three new invertebrates were just chance sightings either while out and about or attracted into the house. The new fish and the three latter new invertebrates were all the result of a training day today - no need to guess which species was my highlight for today.

7. North Sea bullhead Cottus perifretum *

62. Zebra spider Salticus scenicus
63. Fencepost jumping spider Marpissa muscosa
64. Drinker moth Euthrix potatoria
65. White-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes (En)
66. Twin-lobed deerfly Chrysops relictus
67. American signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus

* I made up the common name for this species, considering it is now part of a species complex so just 'bullhead' doesn't really suffice, and it is found on either side of the North Sea.
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Over the past few days, I have managed to add another mammal (my first identified bat of the year, somewhat surprisingly), another fish and four new invertebrates, including a pleasantly nerdish addition seen while observing the nightly-visiting hedgehogs.

11. Soprano pipistrelle bat Pipistrellus pygmaeus

8. Eurasian minnow Phoxinus phoxinus

68. Common darter dragonfly Sympetrum striolatum
69. Green shield bug Palomena prasina
70. Hedgehog tick Ixodes hexagonus
71. Sleepy carpenter bee Chelostoma florisomne
 
Coelacanth18 said:
276. Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerine)
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Updates from today's morning outing by the Potomac River:

277. Double-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
278. Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
279. Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
280. Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
281. Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)

The terrain was too muddy and mosquitoes too painful and relentless for me to stay for long... and the cormorant I didn't even see at the river, I saw it flying overhead as I was passing a shopping plaza on the way back!
 
birdsandbats said:
Two birds from yesterday:

Birds
135. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
136. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto

And some random inverts from the past couple moths:

Inverts
17. Japanese Beetle Popillia japonica
18. Common House Spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum
19. Yellow Garden Argiope Argiope aurantia
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Found a rare butterfly today:

Inverts
20. Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes

This species has been turning up in very unusual large numbers in Wisconsin, and the species is being seen farther north than normal.
 
Coelacanth18 said:
280. Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
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I realized upon review that I saw and recorded this species and Red-Tailed Hawk earlier in January, meaning that they have both been listed twice. Removing those entries brings my updated species count down to 279.
 
I spent this weekend birding in the Northern Netherlands again, mainly to find a very rare Spur-winged lapwing that has been hanging around for about two weeks now, and is believed to be a second calendar year individual from Eastern Europe (hasn't been confirmed yet, but is viewed by most people as countable; should evidence eventually point to this animal being an escapee I will of course remove it from the list). In the surrounding areas I also twitched a Marbled teal and Bufflehead, two very rare vagrant ducks, but the origin of those animals has not yet been looked into, so I'll refrain from counting them unless they get accepted by the local authorities.

BIRDS:
296) Spur-winged lapwing, Vanellus spinosus
297) Temminck's stint, Calidris temminckii
298) Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea
299) Ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea
300) Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia

Pictures of the lapwing will follow shortly!
 
Not many additions during the summer months, causing that my last post was posted in the Q2 thread. I've fallen behind on properly listing inverts but I may pick this up again when I have the time.
MAMMALS
9. Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)

BIRDS
166. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

And the following species officially depicting my return to the United Kingdom.
167. Little Owl (Athene noctua)
168. Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
169. Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
 
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