Zoochat Big Year 2022

[HungarianBison]

Mammals
1. Mus musculus
2. Martes foina

 

[boof]

1/1/2022
1. house sparrow
2. apostlebird
3. Australasian darter
4. Australasian grebe
5. Australasian pipit
6. Australian magpie
7. Australian raven
8. Australian reed-warbler
9. Australian white ibis
10. Australian wood duck
11. Black kite
12. Black-faced cuckoo-shrike
13. Black-wing stilt
14. Blue-faced honeyeater
15. Brolga
16. brown falcon
17. brown songlark
18. common blackbird
19. common myna
20. common starling
21. crested pigeon
22. fairy martin
23. galah
24. grey teal
25. grey-crowned babbler
26. hardhead
27. jacky winter
28. little friarbird
29. little grassbird
30. magpie-lark
31. noisy miner
32. pacific black duck
33. peaceful dove
34. pied butcherbird
35. rainbow lorikeet
36. red-rumped parrot
37. rock dove
38. rufous songlark
39. sacred kingfisher
40. spiny-cheeked honeyeater
41. spotted bowerbird
42. straw-necked ibis
43. striated pardalote
44. welcome swallow
45. white-breasted woodswallow
46. white-plumed honeyeater
47. white-winged fairy-wren
48. willie wagtail
49. yellow-billed spoonbill
50. yellow-rumped thornbill
51. yellow-throated miner
2/1/2022
52. black-shouldered kite
53. black-tailed native-hen
54. blue bonnet
55. cockateil
56. emu
57. Eurasian coot
58. laughing kookaburra
59. masked lapwing
60. nankeen kestrel
61. whistling kite
62. white-faced heron
5/1/2022
63. sulphur-crested cockatoo
64. Eastern rosella
65. little corella
66. white-winged chough
67. Australian ringneck (mallee ringneck)
68. Australian hobby
69. Eastern great egret
70. superb parrot
8/1/2022
71. red-tailed black cockatoo
9/1/2022
72. wedge-tailed eagle
73. little crow
74. white-necked heron
10/1/2022
75. brown honeyeater
12/1/2022
76. blue-billed duck
77. dusky moorhen
78. pink-eared duck
79. purple swamphen
80. red-winged parrot
81. superb fairy-wren
82. varigated fairy-wren
83. weebill
84. western gerygone
85. yellow thornbill
13/1/2022
86. common bronzewing
87. black swan
16/1/2022
88. little pied cormorant
20/1/2022
89. buff-rumped thornbill
23/1/2022
90. grey-shrike thrush
91. bar-shouldered dove
26/1/2022
92. Australian king parrot
93. Lewin's honeyeater
94. little wattlebird
95. rufous fantail
96. spotted dove
97. white-browed scrubwren
98. yellow-throated scrubwren
27/1/2022
99. black-faced monarch
100. crimson rosella
101. pied currawong
102. red-whiskered bublbul
103. silver gull
104. sooty oystercatcher
105. dusky woodswallow
106. great cormorant
107. crested tern
28/1/2022
108. Eastern koel
109. chestnut teal
110. yellow-tailed black-cockatoo
29/1/2022
111. Eastern spinebill
6/2/2022
112. Brown treecreeper
9/2/2022
113. rainbow bee-eater
114. diamond dove
11/2/2022
115. zebra finch
116. plum-headed finch

 

[Mr. Zootycoon]

The year list is growing slowly but steadily still. A few local walks netted me a couple of birds, including my first ever Middle Spotted Woodpecker in my local patch. After the wryneck last year, I have now officially seen all six Dutch woodpecker species there. Another great bird was a Barn Owl, which I saw when driving home late at night. The last five years I saw exactly one Barn Owl each year, so was quite happy to be able to put in on the list already. The mouse was seen on my first zoo visit of the year.

Birds
117. Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla
118. European Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis
119. (Western) Barn Owl, Tyto alba
120. Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Dendrocoptes medius

Mammals
7. House Mouse, Mus musculus

 

[dinosauria]

Finally, new critters! All bugs, alas. No new birds, which is surprising. On the plus side, the first butterfly of not-quite-spring-yet!

Invertebrates

9. Cabbage White Butterfly Pieris rapae

10. Phanias albeolus Phanias albeolus

11. White-winged March Fly Bibio albipennis

12. Winter Ant Prenolepis imparis

 

[Great Argus]

Well another day another failed roadrunner attempt, my nemesis bird 7 years running (no pun intended ). Everyone else sees them, but they dislike me for some reason apparently (I swear I'm not a coyote!) Saving grace of the otherwise unworthwhile attempt was a Loggerhead Shrike posted up in a short tree, a species that has gotten harder to find in recent years.
A few other species from the last few days as well. Just missed a fish to some annoyance, and still missing several species I ought to have by now.

Mammals:

6. Brazilian Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)

Birds:

58. Great Egret (Ardea alba)
59. Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
60. Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
61.House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

6-58-2-0-0-5

Well slowly but surely the species are coming in. Nothing of particular note other than a Peregrine Falcon, which was a nice treat when I wasn't expecting it. Pesky Pacific Treefrogs have been noisy but haven't been able to spot one yet.

Birds:

62. American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
63. Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
64. Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
65. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
66. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
67. Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Reptiles:

3. Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis)
4. Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata)

Invertebrates:

6. Jerusalem Cricket (Ammopelmatus fuscus)
7. Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum)

6-61-4-0-0-7

 

[Hix]

I quick trip out to Dubbo the other weekend and visiting a new site here in Sydney has picked up a few more species.

Birds
37. European Goldfinch
38. House Sparrow
39. Double-barred Finch
40. Red-browed Finch
41. Common Blackbird
42. Silvereye
43. Red-whiskered Bulbul
44. Pied Currawong
45. Dusky Woodswallow
46. Eastern Whipbird
47. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
48. New Holland Honeyeater
49. Bell Miner
50. Dollarbird
51. Pacific Koel
52. Australasian Grebe
53. Eastern Yellow Robin
54. Grey Fantail
55. Brown Thornbill
56. Buff-rumped Thornbill
57. Noisy Friarbird
58. Yellow-faced Honeyeater
59. White-throated Treecreeper
60. Crimson Rosella
61. Galah
62. Apostlebird
63. Little Friarbird
64. Blue-faced Honeyeater
65. White-plumed Honeyeater
66. Yellow-throated Miner
67. Yellow-billed Spoonbill
68. Grey Teal
69. White-faced Heron
70. Black-fronted Dotterel
71. Masked Lapwing
72. Hardhead
73. Australasian Shoveller
74. Whistling Kite
75. Black Kite
76. Cockatiel
77. Australasian Darter
78. Magpie Goose
79. Pied Butcherbird
80. Striated Pardalote
81. White-winged Chough
82. Laughing Kookaburra
83. Brown Goshawk
84. Bar-shouldered Dove
85. Peaceful Dove
86. Beautiful Firetail
87. Rufous Whistler
88. Golden Whistler
89. Spotted Pardalote
90. White-eared Honeyeater
91. Little Wattlebird
92. Eastern Spinebill
93. Superb Lyrebird
94. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
95. Brown Cuckoo-dove
96. Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
97. Tree Martin
98. Golden -headed Cisticola
99. Olive-backed Oriole
100. White-browed Scrubwren
101. Rock Warbler
102. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
103. Brown Treecreeper
104. Sacred Kingfisher

Mammals
1. European Rabbit
2. Eastern Grey Kangaroo
3. Swamp Wallaby
4. Feral Goat

Reptiles
4. Short-necked Turtle



Hix

A quick trip up to Newcastle during the week netted a 20 new species for the year and an invert.

Birds
105. Great Cormorant
106. Silver Gull
107. Brown Honeyeater
108. White-bellied Sea-Eagle
109. Crested Tern
110. Gull-billed Tern
111. Bar-tailed Godwit
112. Eastern Curlew
113. Royal Spoonbill
114. Striated Heron
115. Little Egret
116. Great Egret
117. Pacific Golden Plover
118. Australian Pied Oystercatcher
119. Pied Cormorant
120. Little Eagle
121. Whimbrel
122. Spangled Drongo
123. Australasian Figbird
124. Cattle Egret

Inverts
1. Horn-eyed Ghost Crab (Ocypodes ceratophthalma)



Hix

 

[CMP]

A large snowstorm has meant that looking for waterfowl on the few lakes that remain free of ice has been especially productive (For me at least), yielding 3 lifers for this past week.

Birds:
26. Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
27. American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) (Lifer)
28. Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) (Lifer)
29. American Wigeon (Mareca americana) (Lifer)
30. Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

I'm quite happy about the group of Redpolls I saw up a sweet gum tree. It is an irruption year for them, and they are coming to central Illinois in large numbers following the food supplies.

Birds:
31. White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
32. American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
33. Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) (Lifer)

 

[boof]

15/2/2022
117. White-headed pigeon
118. Red wattlebird
119. White-throated treecreeper
120. Grey fantail
121. Grey butcherbird
122. Torresian crow

 

[Coelacanth18]

Picked up a few raptors and another mammal on my traveling between locations again. Unfortunately it remains to be seen how much birding I actually get up to in the next few weeks; the winter cold of the East Coast is not my friend.

Birds
34. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
35. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
36. Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Mammals
2. White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

As I sort of expected, bad winter weather combined with real-life obstacles prevented me from doing almost any birding the past month. I'll be en route to greener pastures yet again in the coming days, so before I do I'll add in the couple finds I've gotten - one in the rafters of a grocery store, the other flocking around a local lake where I was looking for waterfowl.

Birds
37. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
38. Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

 

[amur leopard]

A couple of additions from the last few weeks - haven't really made the necessary effort to go out birding unfortunately...

29 - European robin, Erithacus rubecula
30 - Redwing, Turdus iliacus
31 - Great tit, Parus major
32 - Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata

Mammals

4 - House mouse, Mus musculus.

Had a lovely day at the London Wetland Centre - some nice sightings, and more than a few lifers in there as well!

33 - Eurasian teal, Anas crecca
34 - Little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis
35 - Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus
36 - Common snipe, Gallinago gallinago
37 - Common gull, Larus canus
38 - Great black-backed gull, Larus marinus
39 - Eurasian green woodpecker, Picus viridis
40 - Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus
41 - Cetti's warbler, Cettia cetti
42 - Long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus
43 - Common starling, Sturnus vulgaris
44 - Water pipit, Anthus spinoleta
45 - Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs
46 - European greenfinch, Chloris chloris
47 - European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis
48 - Eurasian siskin, Spinus spinus
49 - Common reed bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus.

Almost halfway to my goal, and my first lifers of the year. Also just got a membership to the WWT facilities so with any luck I'll be able to make it Slimbridge or Arundel before long and add to my total once more. Missed out on Jack snipe, Oystercatchers and Stonechats reportedly hanging around the wetlands but overall fairly pleased with the turnout, and hopefully will return in the spring and summer to boost totals!

 

[birdsandbats]

Birds
76. Townsend's Solitare Myadestes townsendi

Birds
77. Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata

 

[Giant Eland]

Going to get started on here early this year.

Just got back from 6 nights in Mexico- 3 of which dedicated to mammal-watching!
I'm expecting a baby in April!! So obviously trips will trail off haha.

Lifers in Bold (including subspecies). Can anyone spot the Family Lifer!?


2022:
1. Eastern Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis (Jan 2)
2. Brown Rat, Rattus norvegicus (Jan 8)
3. Common Raccoon, Procyon lotor (Jan 21)
4. Central American Agouti, Dasyprocta punctata (Feb 5)
5. Cozumel Raccoon, Procyon pygmaeus (Feb 7)
6. Cozumel Coati, Nasua narica nelsoni
7. Big-eared Climbing Rat, Ototylomys phyllotis
8. Hairy-legged Myotis, Myotis keaysi (Feb 8)
9. Lesser Dog-like Bat, Peropteryx macrotis
10. Pallas's Long-tongued Bat, Glossophaga soricina
11. Jamaican Fruit Bat, Artibeus jamaicensis
12. Dobson's Lesser Mustached Bat, Pteronotus psilotis
13. Thomas's Naked-backed Bat, Pteronotus fulvus
14. Ghost-faced Bat, Mormoops megalophylla
15. Virginia Opossum, Didelphis virginiana yucatanensis
16. Cozumelan Golden Bat, Mimon cozumelae (Feb 9)
17. Common Big-eared Bat, Micronycteris microtis
18. Mexican Greater Funnel-eared Bat, Natalus mexicanus
19. Common Vampire Bat, Desmodus rotundus
20. Yucatan Yellow Bat, Rhogeessa aeneus
21. Mexican Harvest Mouse, Reithrodontomys mexicanus
22. Yucatan Cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus yucatanicus
23. Woolly False Vampire Bat, Chrotopterus auritus (Feb 10)

 

[German Zoo World]

Mammals

Squirrels

1. European Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

 

[Tetzoo Quizzer]

Going to get started on here early this year.

Just got back from 6 nights in Mexico- 3 of which dedicated to mammal-watching!
I'm expecting a baby in April!! So obviously trips will trail off haha.

Lifers in Bold (including subspecies). Can anyone spot the Family Lifer!?


2022:
1. Eastern Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis (Jan 2)
2. Brown Rat, Rattus norvegicus (Jan 8)
3. Common Raccoon, Procyon lotor (Jan 21)
4. Central American Agouti, Dasyprocta punctata (Feb 5)
5. Cozumel Raccoon, Procyon pygmaeus (Feb 7)
6. Cozumel Coati, Nasua narica nelsoni
7. Big-eared Climbing Rat, Ototylomys phyllotis
8. Hairy-legged Myotis, Myotis keaysi (Feb 8)
9. Lesser Dog-like Bat, Peropteryx macrotis
10. Pallas's Long-tongued Bat, Glossophaga soricina
11. Jamaican Fruit Bat, Artibeus jamaicensis
12. Dobson's Lesser Mustached Bat, Pteronotus psilotis
13. Thomas's Naked-backed Bat, Pteronotus fulvus
14. Ghost-faced Bat, Mormoops megalophylla
15. Virginia Opossum, Didelphis virginiana yucatanensis
16. Cozumelan Golden Bat, Mimon cozumelae (Feb 9)
17. Common Big-eared Bat, Micronycteris microtis
18. Mexican Greater Funnel-eared Bat, Natalus mexicanus
19. Common Vampire Bat, Desmodus rotundus
20. Yucatan Yellow Bat, Rhogeessa aeneus
21. Mexican Harvest Mouse, Reithrodontomys mexicanus
22. Yucatan Cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus yucatanicus
23. Woolly False Vampire Bat, Chrotopterus auritus (Feb 10)

Natalus as the family lifer?

 

[Giant Eland]

Natalus as the family lifer?

I should’ve known you’d get it haha!

 

[boof]

16/2/2022
123. Australian brush turkey
124. bassian thrush
125. brown cuckoo-dove
126. brown gerygone
127. brown thornbill
128. eastern whipbird
129. large-billed scrubwren
130. mistletoebird
131. PALE-YELLOW ROBIN *
132. red-browed finch
133. RUSSET-TAILED THRUSH *
134. superb lyrebird
135. COMMON CICADABIRD*
136. wonga pigeon
137. pacific emerald dove
138. olive-backed oriole
139. Australian pelican
140. cattle egret
141. forest raven
17/2/2022
142. Australian pied oystercatcher
143. bar-tailed godwit
144. beach stone-curlew
145. common tern
146. dollarbird
147. Eastern curlew
148. Eastern osprey
149. little tern
150. mangrove gerygone
151. pied cormorant
152. red-capped plover
153. white-cheeked honeyeater
154. silvereye
155. scaly-breasted lorikeet
156. comb-crested jacana

 

[Birdsage]

I’m quite late, but here is my species list so far:

1. Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
2. White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
3. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
4. Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
5. Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
6. Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
7. Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
   
8. White-winged Dove
9. Great Egret (Ardea alba)
10. White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
11. Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
12. (American) Herring Gull (Larus argentatus smithsonianus/Larus smithsonianus)
13. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
14. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
15. American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
16. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
17. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
18. American Coot (Fulica americana)
19. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
20. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
21. Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
22. Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
23. Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)
24. Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
25. American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
    
26. Eastern Gray Squirrel (Scirus carolinensis)
27. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
28. Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
29. Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
30. Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
31. Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)

 

[MRJ]

I’m quite late, but here is my species list so far:

1. Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
2. White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
3. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
4. Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
5. Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
6. Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
7. Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
   
8. White-winged Dove
9. Great Egret (Ardea alba)
10. White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
11. Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
12. (American) Herring Gull (Larus argentatus smithsonianus/Larus smithsonianus)
13. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
14. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
15. American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
16. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
17. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
18. American Coot (Fulica americana)
19. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
20. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
21. Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
22. Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
23. Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)
24. Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
25. American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
    
26. Eastern Gray Squirrel (Scirus carolinensis)
27. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
28. Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
29. Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
30. Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
31. Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)

Not late at all, we go all year. Mammals. birds and invertebrates should be listed separately. So you appear to be on 3 mammals, 27 birds and 1 invertebrate. Looking forward to what you add next.

 

[dinosauria]

Saw the first waxwings of this year! Also a single (probably migrating) merganser.

28. Red-Breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
29. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum

 

[Birdsage]

Birds:
28. European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

The White-winged Dove’s scientific name is Zenaida asiatica.