Zoochat Big Year 2022

Had to head down into Gippsland today to pick something up, so took the opportunity to visit Morwell National Park, a park I had never visited before. Was only there for a little over an hour, but managed to see 15 bird species, with some excellent and extended views (including two lyrebirds, the second of which I watched for about 10 minutes).

103. Gang-gang cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum
104. Crimson rosella Platycercus elegans
105. Superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae
106. White-throated treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea
107. Lewin's honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
108. White-browed scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
109. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis

At Moonlit Sanctuary recently:

Mammals
5. Eastern ringtail possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus

Birds
110, Collared sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus
111. Wedge-tailed eagle Aquila audax
112. Yellow-faced honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
113. White-eared honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis

Invertebrates
10. Swordgrass brown Tisiphone abeona

Two-year new species targets
Mammals 0/100
Birds 4/1000
Bonus ectotherms 5
 
Dhole dude said:
Forgot to add some species seen in Florida last week.

Birds
41. Boat-Tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)
42. Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
43. Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
44. Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
45. Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
46. Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
47. Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
48. Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
49. Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
50. Ring-Necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola)

Reptiles
4. Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus)
5. Florida Redbelly Cooter (Pseudemys nelsoni)
6. Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta)
7. Florida Softshell Turtle (Apalone ferox)

Fish
1. Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
2. Florida Gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus)
3. American Eel (Anguilla rostrata)

Mammals: 3
Birds: 50
Reptiles: 7
Fish: 3
Invertebrates: 1
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Just realized I listed Laughing Gull twice :oops:. My count for birds is actually 49.
 
Birds
87 Nuthatch Sitta europea; finally back on the garden feeder after a (temporary?) victory over the squirrels!
 
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Ituri said:
Birds:
61 Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
62 Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa
63 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata
64 Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
65 Sandhill Crane - Antigone canadensis
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BIRDS
66 Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum
67 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis
68 White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis
69 Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus
70 Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna
71 Rusty Blackbird - Euphagus carolinus
72 Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater
73 Common Merganser - Mergus merganser
74 Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus
75 Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
76 Redhead - Aythya americana
77 Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
78 Western Meadowlark - Sturnella neglecta
79 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor

MAMMALS
3 Coyote - Canis latrans
 
I finally found a new species of bird in my backyard that I've always wanted to see, but has evaded me for a very long time.


Birds:

38. Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)



Total:
Mammals: 2
Birds: 38
Reptiles: 1
Invertebrates: 1
 
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Birds

Passerines

18. European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

19. Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

Birds of Prey

20. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
 
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A bit late, and my score so far is rather poor compared to many others here, but as I have a foreign trip planned for later this year that should be pretty productive I thought I'd join anyway. I'm still a beginning birder so my goal is first reach 75 species in the Netherlands only, and over the year I would like to reach 150 species in total with the foreign trips included. Anyway, here's the list so far:

Birds
1. Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)
2. Western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
3. Great tit (Parus major)
4. Common blackbird (Turdus merula)
5. Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
6. Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
7. Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
8. House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
9. Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
10. Common buzzard ( Buteo buteo)
11. Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
12. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
13. Black crow (Corvus corone)
14. Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
15. Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
16. Tufted duck (Aythya fulligula)
17. Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
18. Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
19. Greylag goose (Anser anser)
20. White stork (Ciconia cicionia)
21. Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptica)
22. Eurasian cool (Fulica atra)
23. Great egret (Ardea alba)
24. Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
25. Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
26. Common raven (Corvus corax)
27. Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
28. European herring gull (Larus argentatus)
29. Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
30. Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
31. European crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus)
32. Feral pigeon (Columba livia domestica)

Mammals
1. European red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
2. European hare (Lepus europaeus)
3. Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
4. European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
 
ChunkyMunky pengopus said:
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)
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I haven't updated for a while so here are some of the new additions of early spring, including some nice lifers.

Mammals:
4. White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
5. Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis) (Lifer)
6. Virginia‌ ‌Opossum‌ ‌(‌Didelphis‌ ‌virginiana)‌

Birds:
34. Redhead (Aythya americana) (Lifer)
35. Red Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
36. Black-Capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
37. Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
38. Yellow Bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
39. Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)
40. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
41. Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

Insect/Invertebrate:
4. Yellow sac spider (Cheiracanthium inclusum)
5. Silvanid flat bark beetle (Telephanus atricapillus)
6. False milkweed bug (Lygaeus turcicus)
7. Seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)
8. Northern green-striped grasshopper (Chortophaga viridifasciata viridifasciata) (Lifer)
 
ChunkyMunky pengopus said:
I haven't updated for a while so here are some of the new additions of early spring, including some nice lifers.

Mammals:
4. White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
5. Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis) (Lifer)
6. Virginia‌ ‌Opossum‌ ‌(‌Didelphis‌ ‌virginiana)‌

Birds:
34. Redhead (Aythya americana) (Lifer)
35. Red Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
36. Black-Capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
37. Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
38. Yellow Bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
39. Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)
40. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
41. Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

Insect/Invertebrate:
4. Yellow sac spider (Cheiracanthium inclusum)
5. Silvanid flat bark beetle (Telephanus atricapillus)
6. False milkweed bug (Lygaeus turcicus)
7. Seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)
8. Northern green-striped grasshopper (Chortophaga viridifasciata viridifasciata) (Lifer)
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Congrats on managing to spot a weasel!
 
oflory said:
A trip to Reigate this morning for the enormous brambling flock had added bonus ring-necked duck (long staying wintering female at Priory Pond) as well as a flock of siskin.

102. Brambling
103. Ring-necked duck
104. Siskin
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A very grey and cold morning, starting on Orsett Fen for yellowhammer and partridges. No sign of either, so gave up and went to Rainham Marshes... No seals or water pipits (I am sure I will see both in course of the year) but quite pleased by birds seen.

105. Cetti's warbler
106. Eurasian spoonbill
107. Yellow-legged gull
108. Dunlin
109. Barnacle goose
 
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Two more birds I managed to forget I saw in Florida.

Birds
50. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
51. Red-Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Also, seeing as Feral Cats are now allowed, I have seen one or two so far this year.

Mammals
4. Domestic Cat (Felis Catus)

Mammals: 4
Birds: 51
Reptiles: 7
Fish: 3
Invertebrates: 1
 
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