ZooChat Big Year 2021

Birds
132 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis

Invertebrates
176 Gatekeeper Pyronia Tithonus
177 Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus
178 Brown Hawker Aeshna grand is
179 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
180 Common Pondskater Gerris lacustris

Looking forward to spending next week birding in Scotland; hoping for some life mammals as well...
 
Ituri said:
14 Rock Squirrel Otospermophilus variegatus
15 Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii
* Coues’s White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus couesi
16 White-nosed Coati Nasua narica molaris
17 Arizona Gray Squirrel Sciurus arizonensis
18 Harris’s Antelope Squirrel Ammospermophilus harrisii
19 Round-tailed Ground Squirrel Xerospermophilus tereticaudus
20 Cliff Chipmunk Neotamias dorsalis
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21 Gunnison's Prairie Dog Cynomys gunnisoni
22 Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
 
Ituri said:
BIRDS: (mostly from my recent Arizona trip)

211 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea
212 Chihuahuan Raven - Corvus cryptoleucus
213 Common Raven - Corvus corax
214 Anna's Hummingbird - Calypte anna
215 Verdin - Auriparus flaviceps
216 Abert's Towhee - Melozone aberti
217 Gambel's Quail - Callipepla gambelii
218 Black-chinned Hummingbird - Archilochus alexandri
219 Gila Woodpecker - Melanerpes uropygialis
220 Curve-billed Thrasher - Toxostoma curvirostre
221 Black Phoebe - Sayornis nigricans
222 Vermilion Flycatcher - Pyrocephalus rubinus
223 Ash-throated Flycatcher - Myiarchus cinerascens
224 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher - Polioptila melanura
225 Canyon Wren - Catherpes mexicanus
226 Gilded Flicker - Colaptes chrysoides
227 Burrowing Owl - Athene cunicularia
228 Inca Dove - Columbina inca
229 Roseate Spoonbill - Platalea ajaja
230 Yellow-breasted Chat - Icteria virens
231 Rivoli's Hummingbird - Eugenes fulgens
232 Rufous Hummingbird - Selasphorus rufus
233 Broad-billed Hummingbird - Cynanthus latirostris
234 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher - Myiodynastes luteiventris
235 Mexican Jay - Aphelocoma wollweberi
236 Bridled Titmouse - Baeolophus wollweberi
237 Varied Bunting - Passerina versicolor
238 Western Wood-Pewee - Contopus sordidulus
239 Black-headed Grosbeak - Pheucticus melanocephalus
240 Brown-crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus tyrannulus
241 Elf Owl - Micrathene whitneyi
242 Berylline Hummingbird - Amazilia beryllina
243 Acorn Woodpecker - Melanerpes formicivorus
244 Elegant Trogon - Trogon elegans
245 Dusky-capped Flycatcher - Myiarchus tuberculifer
246 Yellow-eyed Junco - Junco phaeonotus
247 Black-throated Gray Warbler - Setophaga nigrescens
248 Painted Redstart - Myioborus pictus
249 Hepatic Tanager - Piranga flava
250 Bewick's Wren - Thryomanes bewickii
251 Bronzed Cowbird - Molothrus aeneus
252 Cactus Wren - Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
253 Say's Phoebe - Sayornis saya
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254 Greater Roadrunner - Geococcyx californianus
 
ChunkyMunky pengopus said:
Happy to see this little mammal. It is one I've seen before but I still went actively looking for it for my year list. Down a little creek and back again I saw one of these poke its head out of the water nibbling on some grass.
Mammal:
10. Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)

Insect/Invertebrate:
141. Yellow-legged pleurolama (Pleuroloma flavipes)
142. Lucerne moth (Nomophila nearctica)
143. Transverse-banded flower fly (Eristalis transversa)
144. Versute sharpshooter (Graphocephala versuta)
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Insect/Invertebrate:
145. Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina)
146. Eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
147. Woolly alder aphid (Prociphilus tessellatus)
148. Question mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
149. Keeled treehopper (Entylia carinata)
 
amur leopard said:
Finally starting to learn the different bird calls as spring arrives - lots of passerines outside singing to practise on ;). Still quite a restricted pool of species one can see in London but a few more species I picked up here and there. Fingers crossed soon we'll be able to leave the city safely.

Birds:

41. European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis.

Inverts:

1. Fleecy jumper, Pseudeuophyrs lanigera.
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In the South of France now and got a few species just from being out and about a bit. Will try and get to some sort of reserve to see some wetland birds in the next week, and then off to the Alps!

Birds:

42. White wagtail, Motacilla alba.
43. Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius.
44. Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto
45. Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica.

Mammals:

4. Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris.
 
Lot of time without sighting new species, had a nice comeback today at my favorite wetland.

Birds
  • Black-chinned siskin, Spinus barbatus
  • Coscoroba swan, Coscoroba coscoroba
  • Andean goose, Chloephaga melanoptera
  • White-tufted grebe, Rollandia rolland
  • Silvery grebe, Podiceps occipitalis
  • Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia
  • Dark-faced ground tyrant, Muscisaxicola maclovianus
  • Austral negrito, Lessonia rufa
  • Patagonian tyrant, Colorhamphus parvirostris
  • Correndera pipit, Anthus correndera
  • Many-colored rush-tyrant, Tachuris rubrigastra
  • Yellow-winged blackbird, Agelasticus thilius
 
Spent a large part of yesterday on a boat out of Staithes, North Yorkshire, looking for sea birds and marine mammals - although my appalling recent track record with larger cetaceans in UK waters continued we did get porpoises, seals, and a lovely line up of birds including young puffins, more fulmars than you can shake a stick at, diving gannets, a smart juvenile Mediterranean Gull, and the below lovely lot. The jellyfish is a 'technical' lifer - the first sighting since I formalised my invert list.

Birds:
163. Black-legged Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla
164. Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea
165. Manx Shearwater - Puffinus puffinus
166. Arctic Skua - Stercorarius parasiticus
167. Red-throated Diver - Gavia stellata

Invertebrates:
61. Moon Jellyfish - Aurelia aurita

:)
 
Mehdi said:
Ever since I learnt that Tristram's warbler can be reliably seen in Imouzzer, a mountainous region 60 some km away from my hometown, I've had it locked as a target species. I went to Imouzzer in winter last year but that was mainly to find Red crossbills as Tristram's warbler go south to the desertic parts of Morocco during winter. As such, I thought I'd try for them whenever I had time this summer.

And that's exactly what I did today!

19/07/2021 (Vallée d'Imouzzer Ida-Outanane, Morocco)
BIRDS:
168 - Tristram's warbler, Curruca deserticola

INVERTS:
36 - Southern scarce swallowtail, Iphiclides feisthamelii
37 - Epaulet skimmer, Orthetrum chrysostigma

A great lifer and one of the more common species I was lacking for Morocco (although it's still hard to get). This brings me closer to completing the Moroccan Sylviidae set as I only need 3 species to do so now.
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24/07/2021 (Issen, Morocco)
MAMMALS:
3 - Barbary striped grass mouse, Lemniscomys barbarus

HERPS:
6 - Berber toad, Sclerophys mauretanica
 
In the last few weeks I have been on a few mostly butterfly or dragonfly-related trips. Frustratingly, I had to work on the days with the very best conditions for those animals, but nonetheless I was able to add a fair number of interesting species. I was particularly happy to finally see my nemesis butterfly, Ringlet. While is species is common in much of the eastern half of the Netherlands, there are no meaningful populations in my local area, so I'm very happy to have finally found one!

Dragonflies
25. Red-veined Darter, Sympetrum fonscolombii
26. Beautiful Demoiselle, Calyopteryx virgo
27. Banded Darter, Sypmetrum pedemontanum
28. Vagrant Darter, Sympetrum vulgatum

Butterflies
20. Large Skipper, Ochlodes sylvanus
21. Purple Hairstreak, Neozephyrus quercus
22. Brown Argus, Aricia agestis
23. Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus
24. Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus
25. White Admiral, Limenitis camilla

Other inverts
62. Hofmannophila pseudospretella
63. Plodia interpunctella
64. Noctua pronuba
65. Panorpa cognata
66. Cosmia trapezina
67. Archips xylosteana
68. Cydalima perspectalis
69. Synaphe punctalis
70. Idaea rusticata
71. Eilema complana
72. Leptinotarsa decemlineata
73. Palomena prasina
 
ChunkyMunky pengopus said:
Insect/Invertebrate:
145. Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina)
146. Eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
147. Woolly alder aphid (Prociphilus tessellatus)
148. Question mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
149. Keeled treehopper (Entylia carinata)
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Finally, after roughly three weeks, a trip to Chicago yielded a new bird
Bird:
78. Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Insect/Invertebrate:
150. Soldier beetle (Trypherus frisoni)
151. American bumble bee (Bombus pensylvanicus)
152. Chickweed geometer moth (Haematopis grataria)
153. Clemens grass tubeworm moth (Acrolophus popeanella)
154. Twice-stabbed stink bug (Cosmopepla lintneriana)
 
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Popped out tonight after work to catch up with the fairly-local vagrant sandpiper at Adwick Washlands - as it was very forthcoming and put up no fight at all I also had time to call in at Orgreave to pick up one of my missing grebes.

Birds:
168. Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos
169. Black-necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis

:)
 
amur leopard said:
In the South of France now and got a few species just from being out and about a bit. Will try and get to some sort of reserve to see some wetland birds in the next week, and then off to the Alps!

Birds:

42. White wagtail, Motacilla alba.
43. Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius.
44. Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto
45. Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica.

Mammals:

4. Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris.
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Massive haul down below :P. First day properly birding in a couple of years - a fair few lifers actually (though a lot of those in bold below are likely not lifers because I have probably seen them before I started my lifelist). It was in nice wildlife reserve just near the Camargue, so a few wetland birds here and there. Also encountered a group of birders looking out for a hoopoe in a bush so I took a few shots fairly randomly hoping for the bird in one of them ;) - either way wouldn't count but just for the fun of it.

A lot of the small lakes around the park were actually dried up completely, so lots of mammals were using the lakebed as a highway, saw some definite fox and boar prints in the soft substrate. Anyways here's the list.

46. Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus.
47. Alpine swift, Apus melba.
48. Western swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio.
49. Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus.
50. Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius.
51. Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos.
52. Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus.
53. Mediterranean gull, Ichthyaetus melanocephalus.
54. Yellow-legged gull, Larus michahellis.
55. Little tern, Sternula albifrons.
56. White stork, Ciconia ciconia.
57. Purple heron, Ardea purpurea.
58. Great white egret, Ardea alba.
59. Little egret, Egretta garzetta.
60. Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis.
61. Black kite, Milvus migrans.
62. Sand martin, Riparia riparia.
63. Common house martin, Delichon urbicum.
64. Eurasian nuthatch, Sitta europaea.
65. Common starling, Sturnus vulgaris.
66. European greenfinch, Chloris chloris.
67. Corn bunting, Emeriza calandra.

Only 3 away from my target now! :)
 
Macaw16 said:
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
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All of the following are from RSPB Bempton Cliffs, except the mammals and the pipit.

Mammals
11. Grey seal Halichoerus grypus
12. European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus

Birds
93. Meadow pipit Anthus pratensis
94. Northern gannet Morus bassanus
95. Common guillemot Uria aalge
96. Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica
97. Eurasian tree sparrow Passer montanus
98. Northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
99. Black-browed albatross Thalassarche melanophris
 
amur leopard said:
Massive haul down below :p. First day properly birding in a couple of years - a fair few lifers actually (though a lot of those in bold below are likely not lifers because I have probably seen them before I started my lifelist). It was in nice wildlife reserve just near the Camargue, so a few wetland birds here and there. Also encountered a group of birders looking out for a hoopoe in a bush so I took a few shots fairly randomly hoping for the bird in one of them ;) - either way wouldn't count but just for the fun of it.

A lot of the small lakes around the park were actually dried up completely, so lots of mammals were using the lakebed as a highway, saw some definite fox and boar prints in the soft substrate. Anyways here's the list.

46. Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus.
47. Alpine swift, Apus melba.
48. Western swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio.
49. Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus.
50. Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius.
51. Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos.
52. Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus.
53. Mediterranean gull, Ichthyaetus melanocephalus.
54. Yellow-legged gull, Larus michahellis.
55. Little tern, Sternula albifrons.
56. White stork, Ciconia ciconia.
57. Purple heron, Ardea purpurea.
58. Great white egret, Ardea alba.
59. Little egret, Egretta garzetta.
60. Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis.
61. Black kite, Milvus migrans.
62. Sand martin, Riparia riparia.
63. Common house martin, Delichon urbicum.
64. Eurasian nuthatch, Sitta europaea.
65. Common starling, Sturnus vulgaris.
66. European greenfinch, Chloris chloris.
67. Corn bunting, Emeriza calandra.

Only 3 away from my target now! :)
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Apologies for getting this wrong again, but I have an addition and a mistake to rectify. The 'Black kite' cited above was not in fact a Black kite but a, for me, much more pleasant Booted eagle, which is also a lifer incidentally. Also managed to ID a Common tern on one of my pics of the visit so:

67. Booted eagle, Hieraaetus pennatus.
68. Common tern, Sterna hirundo.

Only two away now! :)
 
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