ZooChat Big Year 2021

[CMP]

Insect/Invertebrate:
129. Two-spotted tree cricket (Neoxabea bipunctata)
130. Thick-legged hover fly (Syritta pipiens)
131. Citrus flatid planthopper (Metcalfa pruinosa)
132. Pyropyga firefly (Pyropyga decipiens)

Very surprised and happy to see this mammal on the side of a rural road. The squiggling movements, deep brown coloring, and size all indicate that it was a Mink. The binomial name is also very cool for this species
Mammals:
9. American Mink (Neovison vison)

Bird:
77. Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)

Insect/Invertebrate:
133. Double-striped bluet (Enallagma basidens)

 

[BerdNerd]

6/20/21

7. Widow Skinner

8. Common Whitetail

9. Housefly

10. Common Picture-Winged Fly

7/4/21

11. Green June Beetle

 

[BerdNerd]

39. Great Egret

7/5/21

40. Brown-Headed Cowbird

41. Laughing Gull

42. Brown Pelican

 

[BerdNerd]

7/4/21

11. Green June Beetle

7/8/21

12. Green Bottle Fly

 

[birdsandbats]

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

Inside the Milwaukee Zoo's aviary today:

Mammals
32. House Mouse Mus musculus

 

[Tetzoo Quizzer]

Invertebrates
Wonderful day with moth trappers!
112 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
113 Ghost Moth Hepialus humuli
114 Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae
115 Lunar Hornet Moth Sesia bembiciformis (Family tick, what a beast!)
116 Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcaria
117 Peach Blossom Thyatira batis
118 Buff Arches Habrosyne pyritoides
119 Large Emerald Geometra papilionaria
120 Blood Vein Timandra comae
121 Small Blood Vein Scopula imitaria
122 Blue-bordered Carpet Plemyria rubiginata
123 Latticed Heath Chiasmia clathrata
124 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata
125 Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria
126 Peppered Moth Boston betularia
127 Bordered White Bupalis pin aria
128 Common Wave Cabera exanthemaria
129 Eyed Hawkmoth Smerinthus ocellata
130 Poplar Hawkmoth Laothoe populi
131 Elephant Hawkmoth Deilephila elpenor
132 Sallow Kitten (caterpillar) Furcula furcula
133 Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius
134 Pebble Prominent Notodonta ziczac
135 Swallow Prominent Pheosia tremula
136 Coxcomb Prominent Ptilodon capuchina
137 Bufftip Phalera Bucephalus
138 Yellow-tail Euproctis similis
139 White Satin Leucoma salicis
140 Dingy Footman Cybosia mesomella
141 Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum
142 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronouns
143 Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes
144 Gothic Naenia typica
145 Dog’s Tooth Lacanobia suasa
146 Antler Moth Cerapteryx graminis
147 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura
148 Common Wainscot Mythimna pallans
149 Obscure Wainscot Mythimna obsoleta
150 Angle Shades Phlogaphora meticulosa
151 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha
152 Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea
153 Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis
154 Plain Golden Y Autographa jota
155 Spectacle Abrostola tripartita
156 Blackneck Lygephila pastinum
157 Beautiful Hook-tip Laspeyria flexula
158 Snout Hyperia proboscidalis
159 Silky Wainscot Chilodes maritimus
160 Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata
161 Short-cloaked Moth Nola cucullatella
162 Poplar Grey Acronicta megacephala
163 Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata
164 Double Lobed Apamea ophiogramma
165 Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata
166 Crescent Celaena leucostigma
167 Nutmeg Dicestra trifolii
168 Small Magpie Anania hortulata
169 Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis
170 Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata
171 Crambid Anania crocealis
172 Pyralid Eudonia pallida

Then a trip to Anglesey to add
Birds
123 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
124 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisea
125 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
126 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
127 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans (first post COVID bird lifer!)
128 Puffin Fratercula arctica
129 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix

 

[carl the birder]

Invertebrates
Wonderful day with moth trappers!
112 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
113 Ghost Moth Hepialus humuli
114 Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae
115 Lunar Hornet Moth Sesia bembiciformis (Family tick, what a beast!)
116 Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcaria
117 Peach Blossom Thyatira batis
118 Buff Arches Habrosyne pyritoides
119 Large Emerald Geometra papilionaria
120 Blood Vein Timandra comae
121 Small Blood Vein Scopula imitaria
122 Blue-bordered Carpet Plemyria rubiginata
123 Latticed Heath Chiasmia clathrata
124 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata
125 Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria
126 Peppered Moth Boston betularia
127 Bordered White Bupalis pin aria
128 Common Wave Cabera exanthemaria
129 Eyed Hawkmoth Smerinthus ocellata
130 Poplar Hawkmoth Laothoe populi
131 Elephant Hawkmoth Deilephila elpenor
132 Sallow Kitten (caterpillar) Furcula furcula
133 Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius
134 Pebble Prominent Notodonta ziczac
135 Swallow Prominent Pheosia tremula
136 Coxcomb Prominent Ptilodon capuchina
137 Bufftip Phalera Bucephalus
138 Yellow-tail Euproctis similis
139 White Satin Leucoma salicis
140 Dingy Footman Cybosia mesomella
141 Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum
142 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronouns
143 Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes
144 Gothic Naenia typica
145 Dog’s Tooth Lacanobia suasa
146 Antler Moth Cerapteryx graminis
147 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura
148 Common Wainscot Mythimna pallans
149 Obscure Wainscot Mythimna obsoleta
150 Angle Shades Phlogaphora meticulosa
151 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha
152 Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea
153 Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis
154 Plain Golden Y Autographa jota
155 Spectacle Abrostola tripartita
156 Blackneck Lygephila pastinum
157 Beautiful Hook-tip Laspeyria flexula
158 Snout Hyperia proboscidalis
159 Silky Wainscot Chilodes maritimus
160 Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata
161 Short-cloaked Moth Nola cucullatella
162 Poplar Grey Acronicta megacephala
163 Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata
164 Double Lobed Apamea ophiogramma
165 Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata
166 Crescent Celaena leucostigma
167 Nutmeg Dicestra trifolii
168 Small Magpie Anania hortulata
169 Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis
170 Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata
171 Crambid Anania crocealis
172 Pyralid Eudonia pallida

Then a trip to Anglesey to add
Birds
123 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
124 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisea
125 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
126 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
127 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans (first post COVID bird lifer!)
128 Puffin Fratercula arctica
129 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix

how rare is elegant tern in the uk. i now that is rare in europe aside from the par that bread in spain a few years ago

 

[Tetzoo Quizzer]

There have been about 7 records, all since 2002; it has been a controversial species only added to the list in 2017 or so, when genetic analysis allowed 3 of the European records to be identified as pure individuals, not hybrids. This individual is showing at a colony which has also hosted Sooty and Bridled Terns in the past; it has now been present for 9 days....

 

[BerdNerd]

7/8/21

12. Green Bottle Fly

7/9/21

13. Oblique Streaktail

14. American Cockroach

 

[BerdNerd]

6/22/21

3. Checkered Garter Snake

7/10/21

4. Black Racer

 

[Tetzoo Quizzer]

Birds
130 Little Tern Sternula albifrons
131 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

Mammals
Lifer! 10 Water Shrew Neomys fodiens - an individual scuttled across the road

 

[MRJ]

At Moonlit, an invertebrate from earlier in the year.

94. sp. longhorn beetle Ancita marginicollis (new Family)

 

[Junklekitteb]

After nearly three months of high COVID levels, lockdown has been finally lifted in my city, so I went to the botanical gardens for birding.
Birds
44. Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
45. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
46. Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
47. Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
48. Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis
49. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

 

[WalkingAgnatha]

Maybe a month back, went to my local creek at around 11 and managed to spot some banded kokopus. Also went on a 2 day hiking/camping thing at Mahurangi Regional Park, where I got a few birds which I wouldn't have been able to see normally. Didn't get that good of a view on the harrier or the heron, but it was enough for an id. And still quite nice as I haven't seen them since maybe when I was 7? Got a really nice view on a little shag preening itself on a dead stump, and got a good look of a spotted dove, which I've almost definitely seen earlier this year.

Birds
26. Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
27. Reef Heron (Egretta sacra)
28. Little Shag (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
29. Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)

Fish
1. Banded Kokopu (Galaxias fasciatus)

Saw a small flock of these in Botany Town Central, as they were flushed from the bushes next to a road.

Birds
30. European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

 

[CMP]

Very surprised and happy to see this mammal on the side of a rural road. The squiggling movements, deep brown coloring, and size all indicate that it was a Mink. The binomial name is also very cool for this species
Mammals:
9. American Mink (Neovison vison)

Bird:
77. Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)

Insect/Invertebrate:
133. Double-striped bluet (Enallagma basidens)

Insect/Invertebrate:
134. Red-spotted admiral (Limenitis arthemis) Ssp. Red-spotted purple (L.a. astyanax)
135. Least skipper (Ancyloxpha numitor)
136. Putnam’s jumping spider (Phidippus putnami)
137. Western lynx spider (Oxyopes scalaris)

 

[BerdNerd]

Mammals:

5. Groundhog

7/11/21

6. Muskrat

 

[Macaw16]

Mammals
4. Bank vole Myodes glareolus
5. Stoat Mustela erminea
6. Brown hare Lepus europaeus
7. Brown rat Rattus norvegicus

Birds
33. Red kite Milvus milvus
34. Goldcrest Regulus regulus
35. Song thrush Turdus philomelos
36. Eurasian bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
37. Stock dove Columba oenas
38. Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus
39. Tawny owl Strix aluco
40. Eurasian skylark Alauda arvensis
41. Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
42. Common reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
43. Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
44. Mandarin duck Aix galericulata
45. Eurasian coot Fulica atra
46. Eurasian jay Garrulus glandarius
47. Northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus
48. Mute swan Cygnus olor
49. Canada goose Branta canadensis
50. Greylag goose Anser anser
51. Gadwall Mareca strepera
52. Tufted duck Aythya fuligula
53. Eurasian wigeon Mareca penelope
54. Eurasian siskin Spinus spinus
55. Common chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
56. Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata
57. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
58. Eurasian nuthatch Sitta europaea
59. Eurasian treecreeper Certhia familiaris
60. Grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea

Amphibians
1. Common frog Rana temporaria
2. Smooth newt Lissotriton vulgaris

It has been a while since my last update. Most of the following were seen whilst in Suffolk earlier this month.

Mammals
8. Red fox Vulpes vulpes
9. Red deer Cervus elaphus
10. Reeves's muntjac Muntiacus reevesi

Birds
61. Common swift Apus apus
62. Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
63. House martin Delichon urbicum
64. European stonechat Saxicola rubicola
65. Sand martin Riparia riparia
66. Western marsh harrier Circus aeruginosus
67. Common shelduck Tadorna tadorna
68. Little egret Egretta garzetta
69. Pied avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
70. Barnacle goose Branta leucopsis
71. Spotted redshank Tringa erythropus
72. Eurasian reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
73. Common whitethroat Curruca communis
74. Linnet Linaria cannabina
75. Northern shoveller Spatula clypeata
76. Eurasian teal Anas crecca
77. Black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa
78. Common redshank Tringa totanus
79. Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
80. Common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula
81. Mediterranean gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
82. Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
83. Bearded reedling Panurus biarmicus
84. Eurasian bittern Botaurus stellaris
85. Sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
86. Dartford warbler Curruca undata
87. Eurasian hobby Falco subbuteo
88. Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
89. Common tern Sterna hirundo
90. Great black-backed gull Larus marinus
91. Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
92. Great-crested grebe Podiceps cristatus

Reptiles
1. Barred grass snake Natrix helvetica

 

[birdsandbats]

Birds
303. White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi

Birds
304. Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor

 

[Tetzoo Quizzer]

Birds
132 Ruff Philomachus pugnax

Invertebrates
173 Red Admiral Vanessa Atalanta
174 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
175 Four Banded Longhorn Beetle Leptura quadrifasciata

 

[red river hog]

Birds:

109. Purple Martin (Progne subis)
110. Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans)

Invertebrates:

32. Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab (Minuca pugnax)

Mammals: 11
Birds: 110
Herptiles: 13
Fish: 4
Invertebrates: 32
Total: 168

Herptiles:

14. American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)

Invertebrates:

33. Great Gray Slug (Limus maximus)

Mammals: 11
Birds: 110
Herptiles: 14
Fish: 4
Invertebrates: 33
Total: 170