ZooChat Big Year 2021

just couse i havent uppdated in a moth dosent mean i havent bean birding. in fackt i have bean birding like mad thew whole may
107 Lesser white fronted goose Anser erythropus
108 common shelduck Tadorna tadorna
109 gargarey Spatula querquedula
110 common scoter Melanitta nigra
111 velvet scoter Melanitta fusca
112 Stejnegers scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
113 red brested merganser Mergus serrator
114 red-throted loon Gavia stellata
115 montagus harrier Circus pygargus
116 Red-footed falcon Falco vespertinus
117 eurasian hobby Falco subbuteo
118 eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
119 little ringed plover Charadrius dubius
120 eurasian golden plover Pluvialis apricaria
121 dunlin Calidris alpina
122 Broad-billed sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
123 ruff Philomachus pugnax
124 spotted redshank Tringa erythropus
125 Common greenshank Tringa nebularia
126 green sandpiper Tringa ochropus
127 common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
128 ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
129 Parasitic jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
130 little gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
131 common tern Sterna hirundo
132 arctic tern Sterna paradisaea
133 whiskered tern Chlidonias hybrida
134 common murre Uria aalge
135 razorbill Alca torda
136 black guillemot
137 Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto
138 common swift Apus apus
139 eurasian wryneck Jynx torquilla
140 sand martin Riparia riparia
141 barn swallow Hirundo rustica
142 house martin Delichon urbicum
143 tree pipit Anthus trivialis
144 rock pipit Anthus petrosus
145 yellow wagtail Motacilla flava
146 thrush nightingale Luscinia luscinia
147 blue throat Luscinia svecica
148 common redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
149 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
150 northern wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
151 ring ouzel Turdus torquatus
152 common grasshopper Locustella naevia(only heard before
153 sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenu
154 Eurasian reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
155 wilow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
156 Icterine warbler Hippolais icterina
157 Lesser whitethroat Sylvia curruca
158 greater whitethroat Sylvia communis
159 garden warbler Sylvia borin
160 blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
161Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
162 spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata
163 red breasted flycatcher Ficedula parva
164 European pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
165 Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
167 bearded reedling Panurus biarmicus
168 Red-backed shrike Lanius collurio
169 Red crossbill Loxia curvirostra
herd only
corncrake
common couckoo
spotted crake
long eared owl
Common nightingale

marsh warbler
Savi's warbler
 
I had a trip to a nice forest preserve. First ever live Racoon I've seen. I'm also quite happy with the Pileated and Red-headed woodpeckers, but the former wasn't cooperating with my camera. At least the pheasants on the way back did.

Mammals:
7. Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
8. Common Racoon (Procyon lotor)

Birds:
64. Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
65. Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
66. Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
67. Red-Headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
68. Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
69. Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Insect/Invertebrate:
70. Common white-cheeked jumping spider (Pelegrina proterva)

Herptiles
5. Common watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)
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Reptiles
3. Common watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)
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Birds:
70. Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
71. Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)

Insect/Invertebrate:
71. Black sided pygmy grasshopper (Tettigidea lateralis)
72. Stream bluet damselfly (Enallagma exsulans)
73. Four-lined plant bug (Poecilocapsus lineatus)
74. Brown-belted bumble bee (Bombus griseocollis)
75. North american tarnished plant bug (Lygus lineolaris)
76. Polished lady beetle (Cycloneda munda)
77. Ebony jewelwing damselfly (Calopteryx maculata)
78. Bumble bee mimic robber fly (Laphria thoracica)
79. Common blue mud-dauber wasp (Chalybion californicum)
80. Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis)
81. Blue-tipped dancer damselfly (Argia tibialis)
 
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Mammals (renumbered as Brown Hare listed twice)
9 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus

Invertebrates
83 Acorn Barnacle Semibalanus balanoides
84 Australian Acorn Barnacle Austrominius modestus
85 Flat Periwinkle Littorina obtusata
86 Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha Fulham
87 Soldier Fly Sargus bipuctatus
88 Yellow Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria
89 Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus
90 Running Crab Spider Philodromus dispar
 
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Mammals (renumbered as Brown Hare listed twice)
9 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus

Invertebrates
83 Acorn Barnacle Semibalanus balanoides
84 Australian Acorn Barnacle Austrominius modestus
85 Flat Periwinkle Littorina obtusata
86 Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha Fulham
87 Soldier Fly Sargus bipuctatus
88 Yellow Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria
89 Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus
90 Running Crab Spider Philodromus dispar

For #86

did you mean Rhagonycha Fulva?
 
May autocorrect rot in hell! It should have been Rhagonycha tranmere-rover-endoscopy! ( I rest my case, I just typed tranmere-rover-ensis!) Yes, R. fulva!
 
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I'm doing a quick restructuring of my invert list. As I've become more experienced my criteria has improved so I've been changing and removing some species that are not adequately identified.

17. Switch Globose dome snail (Ventridens ligera) with Quick gloss snail (Zonitoides arboreus)
20. Remove Cherry ant (Crematogaster cerasi)
50. Remove Symplecta limoniid crane fly (Symplecta cana)

My list should now look like:
  1. Wooly Bear Caterpillar (Pyrrharctia isabella)
  2. SIlverfish (Lepisma saccharina)
  3. Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
  4. Bean leaf beetle (Cerotoma trifurcata)
  5. Grey garden slug (Deroceras reticulatum)
  6. Varied carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)
  7. Brown marmorated stink bug (Euschistus servus)
  8. Silvanid flat bark beetle (Telephanus atricapillus)
  9. False milkweed bug (Lygaeus turcicus)
  10. Mourning cloak butterfly/ Spiny elm caterpillar (Nymphalis antiopa)
  11. Woodlouse spider (Dysdera crocata)
  12. Eastern comma butterfly (Polygonia comma)
  13. Black slug (Arion ater)
  14. Common pill woodlouse/ Roly-poly (Armadillidium vulgare)
  15. Riparian woodlouse (Hyloniscus riparius)
  16. Nosy pill woodlouse (Armadillidium nasatum)
  17. Quick gloss snail (Zonitoides arboreus)
  18. Western honey bee (Apis mellifera)
  19. Chestnut carpenter ant (Camponotus castaneus)
  20. Dusky raisin moth (Ephestiodes gilvescentella)
  21. Immigrant pavement ant (tetramorium immigrans)
  22. Unequal cellophane bee (Colletes inaequalis)
  23. Dunning’s miner bee (Andrena dunningi)
  24. Dark paper wasp/ Northern paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus)
  25. Snake millipede (Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus)
  26. Small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
  27. Eastern parson spider (Herpyllus ecclesiasticus)
  28. Two lined cantharid/Leatherwing beetle(Atalantycha bilineata)
  29. Two spotted bumble bee (Bombus bimaculatus)
  30. Bronzed cutworm moth (Nephelodes minians)
  31. Long-bodied cellar spider/daddy long legs spider (Pholcus phalangioides)
  32. Milky slug (Deroceras agreste)
  33. Wandering broadhead planarian (Bipalium adventitium)
  34. House centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata)
  35. Yellow sac spider (Cheiracanthium inclusum)
  36. Spotted lady beetle (Coleomegilla maculata)
  37. Narrow headed marsh fly (Helophilus fasciatus)
  38. Six-spotted green tiger beetle (Cicindela sexguttata)
  39. Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica)
  40. Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
  41. Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)
  42. Asiastic wall jumping spider (Attulus fasciger)
  43. American dog/wood tick (Dermacentor variabilis)
  44. Big headed/pedunculate ground beetle (Scarites subterraneus)
  45. Zebra jumping spider (Salticus scenicus)
  46. Four-spotted sap beetle (Glischrochilus quadrisignatus)
  47. Tan jumping spider (Platycryptus undatus)
  48. American green crab spider (Misumessus oblongus)
  49. Parenthesis lady beetle (Hippodamia parenthesis)
  50. Common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens)
  51. Common picture-winged fly (Delphinia picta)
  52. Sweet click beetle (Aeolus mellillus)
  53. Orchard orbweaver spider (Leucauge venusta)
  54. Margined calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus)
  55. White-margined burrower bug (Sehirus cinctus)
  56. Eastern black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)
  57. Orange wing moth (Mellilla xanthometata)
  58. Carolina saddlebags dragonfly (Tramea carolina)
  59. Tawny-edged skipper moth (Polites themistocles)
  60. Black firefly (Lucidota atra)
  61. Fraternal potter wasp (Eumenes fraternus)
  62. Common baskettail dragonfly (Epitheca cynosura)
  63. Peck’s skipper moth (Polites peckius)
  64. European pine shoot moth (Rhyacionia buoliana)
  65. Eastern forktail damselfly (Ischnura verticalis)
  66. Common asparagus beetle (Crioceris asparagi)
  67. Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella)
  68. Common white-cheeked jumping spider (Pelegrina proterva)
  69. Black sided pygmy grasshopper (Tettigidea lateralis)
  70. Stream bluet (Enallagma exsulans)
  71. Four-lined plant bug (Poecilocapsus lineatus)
  72. Brown-belted bumble bee (Bombus griseocollis)
  73. North american tarnished plant bug (Lygus lineolaris)
  74. Polished lady beetle (Cycloneda munda)
  75. Ebony jewelwing damselfly (Calopteryx maculata)
  76. Bumble bee mimic robber fly (Laphria thoracica)
  77. Common blue mud-dauber wasp (Chalybion californicum)
  78. Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis)
  79. Blue-tipped dancer damselfly (Argia tibialis) (Wild)
 
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Birds:
70. Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
71. Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)

Insect/Invertebrate:
71. Black sided pygmy grasshopper (Tettigidea lateralis)
72. Stream bluet damselfly (Enallagma exsulans)
73. Four-lined plant bug (Poecilocapsus lineatus)
74. Brown-belted bumble bee (Bombus griseocollis)
75. North american tarnished plant bug (Lygus lineolaris)
76. Polished lady beetle (Cycloneda munda)
77. Ebony jewelwing damselfly (Calopteryx maculata)
78. Bumble bee mimic robber fly (Laphria thoracica)
79. Common blue mud-dauber wasp (Chalybion californicum)
80. Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis)
81. Blue-tipped dancer damselfly (Argia tibialis)

Insect/Invertebrate:

80. Summer azure (Celastrina neglecta)
81. Four-spotted clover leafhopper (Agallia quadripunctata)
82. Sclerosomatid harvestmen (Leiobunum verrucosum)
 
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Birds
294. Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
Herps
13. Northern Map Turtle Graptemys geographica

Fish
5. Common Carp Cyprinus carpio
Long-awaited lifer. This species is roughly annual in my area, but whenever it shows up it's always in a flock of about 200+ Bonaparte's Gulls, making it super difficult to pick out (so much so I've failed on multiple occasions). But today I finally saw it!:

Birds
295. Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus

Also:

Herps
14. Pine Foxsnake Pantherophis vulpinus
 
Herptiles
2 Common Frog Rana temporaria

Invertebrates
91 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
92 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
93 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
94 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
95 Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas
96 Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
 
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I think I have gone as far as I can with Heron Island identifications. Tragically I had two batteries malfunction on snorkeling trips on the outer reef, so I am sure I have missed a number of species from those. The trip brought back my love of the water, I used to dive many years ago but am not allowed any more, but snorkeling is a great substitute. I'm sure I will be doing more. I can see why coral reefs are compared with rain forests. I added 74 species, 25 families, 14 orders, 4 classes and 1 phylum to my list. Not bad for a week-long beach holiday.

Fish
33. Threespot wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus
34. Black-eyed thicklip Hemigymnus melapterus
35. Six-banded parrotfish Scarus frenatus
36; White-tailed damsel Pomacentrus chrysurus
37. Lemon damsel Pomacentrus moluccensis
38. Longtail banner fish Heniochus acuminatus
39. Southern grubfish Parapercis australis (new Family)
40. Cylindrical sandperch Parapercis cylindrica
41. Yellow-tailed emperor Lethrinus atkinsoni (new Family)
42. Spangled emperor Lethrinus nebulosus
43. Longtail rockcod Epinephelus quoyanus (new Family)
44. Live sharksucker Echeneis naucrates (new Family)
45, Ocellated glidergoby Valenciennea longipinnis
46. Ocellated eagle ray Aetobatus ocellatus (new Family)

Invertebrates
83, sp. sea cucumber Holothuria difficilis
84. Varied eggfly Hypolimnas bolina
85. Blue wanderer Tirumala hamata
86. Tiger spider Trichonephila plumipes
87. sp.staghorn coral Acropora robusta (new Class, Order and Family)
88. Honeycomb coral Goniastrea edwardsi (new Family)
89. sp. coral Goniastrea pectinata
90. Lesser valley coral Platygyra daedale
 
Birds
194. Bourke's Parrot

195. Banded Lapwing

Mammals
11. Goat (feral)

:p

Hix
Birds
196. Great Egret
197. Rufous Songlark
198. Tree Martin
199. Hoary-headed Grebe

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Hix
 
Updating list

Mammals

3. Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus

Birds

3. Feral pigeon Columba livia domestica

Reptiles

1. Common snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina

Invertebrates


1. Pipevine swallowtail butterfly Battus philenor
 
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Insect/Invertebrate:
80. Summer azure (Celastrina neglecta)
81. Four-spotted clover leafhopper (Agallia quadripunctata)
82. Sclerosomatid harvestmen (Leiobunum verrucosum)
62. Replace Common baskettail dragonfly (Epitheca cynosura) with Common whitetail dragonfly (Plathemis lydia)

Insect/Invertebrate:
83. Brilliant jumping spider (Phidippus clarus)
84. Red goldenrod aphid (Uroleucon nigrotuberculatum)
85. Imported long-horned weevil (Calomycterus setarius)
86. Swamp milkweed leaf beetle (Labidomera clivicollis)
87. Broad-nosed weevil (Aphrastus griseus)
 
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Birds
228. Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum

Mammals
29. Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger

Long-awaited lifer. This species is roughly annual in my area, but whenever it shows up it's always in a flock of about 200+ Bonaparte's Gulls, making it super difficult to pick out (so much so I've failed on multiple occasions). But today I finally saw it!:

Birds
295. Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus

Also:

Herps
14. Pine Foxsnake Pantherophis vulpinus
Birds
296. Merlin Falco columbarius
297. Dickcissel Spiza americana
298. Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
299. Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla

Mammals
30. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
31. Fisher Pekania pennanti
 
Birds
196. Great Egret
197. Rufous Songlark
198. Tree Martin
199. Hoary-headed Grebe

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Hix
Birds
200. Barn Owl
201. Swamp Harrier
202. Freckled Duck
203. Purple-backed Fairywren
204. Great Crested Grebe

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Hix
 
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197 Tennessee Warbler - Leiothlypis peregrina
198 Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii
199 Gray-cheeked Thrush - Catharus minimus
200 Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina
201 Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Passer montanus
202 Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus
203 Snowy Plover - Charadrius nivosus
204 Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus
205 White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis
206 Snowy Egret - Egretta thula
207 Least Tern - Sternula antillarum
208 American Bittern - Botaurus lentiginosus
209 Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus

210 Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo
 
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birds
170 Eurasian siskin Spinus spinus
mammals
7 fallow deer Dama dama
8 european otter Lutra lutra swedish lifer
9 field vole Microtus agrestis
10 european water vole Arvicola amphibius
11 yellow necked woood mouse Apodemus flavicollis
 
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