Zoochat Big Year 2024

endogenylove said:
And finally, I'm ending with a question. A part of my time in Kenya involved live trapping and releasing small mammals as part of an ongoing research project. Am I allowed to count those species as a part of my list? As far as I can tell, it's unclear in the rules - the animals were wild, but I would not have seen them had they not been trapped. Anyway, Kenya update will be posted whenever that matter is clarified!
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Agree with @Chlidonias. Mammal watchers usually count trapped small mammals, as it is often the only way they can see or identify them. Some even take traps with them on trips to use when legal. For myself I don't believe my hobby of watching animals in the wild justifies the risk or trauma that me trapping can involve. However I am more than happy to count animals trapped as part of a research project. As had been said, it is your list. If interested in mamma watching more generally I suggest you check out www.mammalwatching.com.
 
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CMP said:
Mammal
May 5, Curtis rd. fluddles
19. Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus)


Birds
May 2 Legacy ave. ponds
212. Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)
213. Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

May 3 Boulware trail
214. Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina)

May 5 Champaign Co. fields
215. Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) (Lifer)
Moorman Swine Ponds
216. American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

May 9 Busey Woods
217. White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
218. Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
Crystal Lake Park
219. Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
220. Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
221. Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)
222. Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
223. Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
224. Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Back at Busey that evening
225. American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
226. Wilson’s Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)

May 10 Homer Lake
227. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
228. Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
229. Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
230. Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
231. Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)
232. Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)

May 11 Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, Dupage Co. IL
233. Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor)


Inverts
21. Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum) (Lifer)
22. Question mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
23. Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
24. Black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
25. Eastern forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
26. Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
27. Ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
28. Eastern giant swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes) (Lifer)
29. Ailanthus webworm moth (Atteva aurea)
30. American giant millipede (Narceus americanus) (Lifer)
31. Eastern boxelder bug (Boisea trivittata)
32. Immigrant pavement ant (tetramorium immigrans)
33. American winter ant (Prenolepis imparis)
34. Clover weevil (Sitona hispidulus) (Wild)
35. Hairy spider weevil (Barypeithes pellucidus)
36. White-jawed jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata)
37. Larder beetle (Dermestes lardarius) (Wild)
38. Northern leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus oppositus) (Lifer)
39. Northern paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus)
40. Spring fishfly (Chauliodes rastricornis)
41. Bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax)
42. Common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
43. Gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
44. Zabulon skipper (Lon zabulon)
45. Narrow headed marsh fly (Helophilus fasciatus)
46. Isabella tiger moth (Pyrrharctia isabella)
47. Pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
48. Silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
49. Eastern yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons)
50. Grayish jumping spider (Phidippus princeps) (Lifer)


Really nice additions all around from the first part of May
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Had a nice time visiting family and parks in the Chicago area last month, including an excellent morning at Montrose point. Probably my favorite day of birding with many nice shorebirds on the beach and a long-awaited warbler lifer. Best of all, I finally saw a Piping plover, Imani, who landed on the beach and walked within feet around me, redemption for when I missed his parents by a week in 2022. The Ruddy Turnstones and Dunlins were beautiful too, as was the male Cerulean Warbler I spent almost three hours waiting for at a forest preserve in Lake County. The lazy guy decided to wait till 11 am to wake up and start buzzing away, which I heard from the parking lot as I was stepping into the car to drive away. Afterwards I also narrowly avoided dipping on the pair of European Goldfinches in northern Cook Co, an established species that has just now gained recognition in IL. It all made up for missing the Swainson's Hawk and other targets earlier in the week.

Birds
12 May, Elsen's Hill, DuPage Co.​
234. Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
13 May, outside Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago​
235. Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
14 May, Montrose Point, Chicago​
236. Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) (Lifer)
237. Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
238. Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
239. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
240. Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) (Lifer)
241. Sanderling (Calidris alba)
242. Dunlin (Calidris alpina) (Lifer)
243. Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (Lifer)
244. Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
245. Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
15 May, Dan Wright Woods, Lake Co.​
246. Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) (Lifer)
Euro goldfinch spot, Cook Co. ​
247. European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) (Lifer)

Reptiles
May 12, Pioneer Park, DuPage Co.​
4. Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica) (Lifer)

Insects
51. Pharaoh cicada (Magicicada septendecim) (Lifer)
52. Cassin’s 17-year cicada (Magicicada cassinii) (Lifer)
53. Bluegrass billbug weevil (Sphenophorus parvulus)
54. Luna Moth (Actias luna) (Lister)
55. Fragile forktail (Ischnura posita)
56. Bronzed cutworm moth (Nephelodes minians)
57. Margined calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus)
58. Oblique-banded leafroller moth (Choristoneura rosaceana)
59. Dark-spotted palthis moth (Palthis angulalis) (Lifer)
60. Eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
61. Azure bluet (Enallagma aspersum)
62. Widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
63. Asiastic wall jumping spider (Attulus fasciger)

Also on this update (Perhaps not exactly sequentially) are the Cicadas that have emerged in Chicagoland. They've been everywhere.
 
Pleistohorse said:
Birds:

68. Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
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A few more Arctic summer migrants and another south-central breeder:

69. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
70. Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
71. Brant (Branta bernicla)
72. King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
73. Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
74. Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
 
CMP said:
Sheboygan beach?
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Yes. Not even the first time I've had Little Gull there, and both the Little Gull and the Laughing Gull are far from the weirdest gull I've ever see on that beach (that would be Black-headed).

Didn't mention them in my prior post but I also had Franklin's Gull and 40 Lesser Black-backed Gulls there today. Had a couple of Great Black-backed Gulls there too a week or so ago.
 
Big messy catch-up post incoming...

Firstly, some incidental additions from a six-day German zoo tour in the Frankfurt/Stuttgart/Heidelberg region - mostly classic European zoo-going species. Still lacking a UK kingfisher for the year...

Birds:
163. Ring-necked Parakeet - Psittacula krameri
164. European White Stork - Ciconia ciconia
165. Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros
166. Common Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis

Reptiles:
2. Common Wall Lizard - Podarcis muralis

Amphibians:
4. Edible Frog - Pelophylax kl. esculentus

Invertebrates:
29. European Hornet - Vespa crabro
30. Roman Snail - Helix pomatia
31. Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui


And then some additions from the UK since I returned - the rat, flycatchers, and redstart locally in Derbyshire, everything else from a day out in East Anglia visiting Strumpshaw, Weeting Heath, and Lakenheath.

Mammals:
18. Brown Rat - Rattus norvegicus

Birds:
167. Spotted Flycatcher - Muscicapa striata
168. Eurasian Stone Curlew - Burhinus oedicnemus
169. Common Cuckoo - Cuculus canorus
170. Great Bittern - Botaurus stellaris
171. European Pied Flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca
172. Common Redstart - Phoenicurus phoenicurus

(UK: 168)

Reptiles:
3. Common/Viviparous Lizard - Zootoca vivipara

Invertebrates:
32. Common Blue Damselfly - Enallagma cyathigerum
33. Red-headed Cardinal Beetle - Pyrochroa serraticornis
34. Dark Bush-cricket - Pholidoptera griseoaptera
35. Large Red Damselfly - Pyrrhosoma nymphula
36. Blue-tailed Damselfly - Ischnura elegans
37. White-lipped Banded Snail - Cepaea hortensis
38. Wasp Beetle - Clytus arietus
39. Broad-bodied Chaser - Libellula depressa
40. Amber Snail - Succinea putris
41. Thick-legged Flower Beetle - Oedemera nobilis
42. Yellow-banded Longhorn - Nemophora degeerella
43. Harlequin Ladybird - Harmonia axyridis
44. Hairy Dragonfly - Brachytron pratense
45. Common Swallowtail - Papilio machaon
46. Cinnabar Moth - Tyria jacobaea
47. Four-spotted Chaser - Libellula quadrimaculata

And we're all caught up. :)
 
birdsandbats said:
Birds
468. Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus

Also got my state first Laughing Gull, which has been a glaring gap on my Wisconsin list for some time now.
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Birds
469. Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
470. Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
471. Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
472. Dickcissel Spiza americana
473. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
 
Mr. Zootycoon said:
If the weather permits next list might be quite long, but likely only for one species group.
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And so it happened! A few nights of moth watching got me quite a neat list of species, including several lifers, though there were few particularly rare species among them. The hundreds of tortrix moths were quite spectacular though, and there were plenty of lovely species present. Other additions were seen during a butterfly monitoring session, when I could not resist to check out some meres close to my butterfly patch. While it was quite sunny, it wasn't particularly warm, so most dragonflies were still hidden away in the vegetation. Nonetheless one of the most hoped-for species did show quite well: two males yellow-spotted whitefaces. Whitefaces are only small dragonflies, but their character and striking colouration more than make up for what they lack in size.

Butterflies
15. Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina

Moths
35. Barred fruit-tree Tortrix, Pandemis cerasana
36. Mountain-ash Tortricid, Choristoneura hebenstreitella
37. Pied Grey, Eudonia delunella
38. Marbled White Spot, Protodeltote pygarga
39. Heart and Dart, Agrotis exclamationis
40. Dark Spectacle, Abrostola triplasia
41. Rose-flounced Tabby, Endotricha flammealis
42. Plum Tortrix, Hedya pruniana
43. Little Conch, Cochylis dubitana
44. Straw Dot, Rivula sericealis
45. Marbled Yellow Pearl, Evergestis extimalis
46. Bird's Wing, Dypterygia scabriuscula
47. Blotched Tortrix, Epinotia demarniana
48. Snout, Hypena proboscidalis
49. Common Bagworm Moth, Psyche casta
50. Crescent Tortrix, Epinotia bilunana
51. Tawny Grey, Eudonia lacustrata
52. Marbled Minor, Oligia strigilis
53. Common Marbled Carpet, Dysstroma truncata
54. Dorset Cream Wave, Stegania trimaculata
55. Bright-line Brown-eye, Lacanobia oleracea
56. Setaceous Hebrew Character, Xestia c-nigrum
57. Flame Shoulder, Ochropleura plecta
58. Satin Wave, Idaea subsericeata
59. Leche's Twist Moth, Ptycholoma lecheana
60. Arched Marble, Olethreutes arcuella
61. Silver Barred, Deltote bankiana
62. Yellow Shell, Camptogramma bilineata
63. Variegated Golden Tortrix, Archips xylosteana
64. Common Emerald, Hemithea aestivaria
65. Willow Beauty, Peribatodes rhomboidaria
66. Riband Wave, Idaea aversata
67. Brown China Mark, Elophila nymphaeata
68. Beautiful Oak Knot-horn, Acrobasis repandana
69. Bud Moth, Spilonota ocellana
70. White Ermine, Spilosoma lubricipeda
71. Pale Mottled Willow, Caradrina clavipalpis
72. Dark Strawberry Tortrix, Syricoris lacunana
73. Oak Nycteoline, Nycteola revayana
74. Clouded Border, Lomaspilis marginata
75. Dark Arches, Apamea monoglypha
76. Barred Marble, Celypha striana
77. Suspected, Parastichis suspecta
78. Little Oak Tortrix, Strophedra nitidana
79. Shoulder-striped Wainscot, Leucania comma
80. Crescent Groundling, Teleiodes luculella

Dragonflies
12. Migrant Spreadwing, Lestes barbarus
13. Black-tailed Skimmer, Orthetrum cancellatum
14. Yellow-spotted Whiteface, Leucorrhinia pectoralis

Bees
15. Pantaloon Bee, Dasypoda hirtipes
16. Garden Bumblebee, Bombus hortorum
 
Okay, sorry for the delay but typing this all out took much longer than I was anticipating! I'm posting mammals, reptiles, and amphibians first, as birds are long enough I feel they justify their own post.
Everything sighted here comes from Laikipia (mostly the Mpala and Ol Pejeta Conservencies), Aberdare National Park, Nairobi, or from traveling between these places.
I put everything into an iNat list so I could easily get scientific names, so the sorting of the lists originates from there.

Mammals:
20. Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
21. White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
22. Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi)
23. Plains Zebra (Equus quagga)
24. Bat-Eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis)
25. African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus)
26. Black-Backed Jackal (Lupulella mesomelas)
27. Lion (Panthera leo)
28. Leopard (Panthera pardus)
29. Serval (Leptailurus serval)
30. Common Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula)
31. White-Tailed Mongoose (Ichneumia albicauda)
32. Slender Mongoose (Herpestes sanguineus)
33. Eastern Aardwolf (Proteles septentrionalis)
34. Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena)
35. Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
36. Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis)
37. Rusty-Spotted Genet (Genetta maculata)
38. African Sheath-Tailed Bat (Coleura afra)
39. Yellow-Winged Bat (Lavia frons)
40. Common Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
41. Giant Forest Hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni)
42. Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
43. Suni (Nesotragus moschatus)
44. Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)
45. Bush Duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)
46. Harvey's Duiker (Cephalophorus harveyi)
47. Lelwel Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
48. Grant's Gazelle (Nanger granti)
49. Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)
50. Gunther's Dik-Dik (Madoqua guentheri)
51. Impala (Aepyceros melampus)
52. Beisa Oryx (Oryx beisa)
53. Southern Bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus)
54. Common Eland (Tragelaphus oryx)
55. Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strpsiceros)
56. Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa reticulata)
57. Mearns's Pouched Mouse (Saccostomus mearnsi)
58. Hinde's Rock Rat (Aethomys hindei)
59. Woodland Thicket Rat (Grammomys dolichurus)
60. Robust Gerbil (Gerbilliscus robustus)
61. Percival's Spiny Mouse (Acomys percivali)
62. Kellen's Dormouse (Graphiurus kelleni)
63. Striped Ground Squirrel (Euxerus erythopus)
64. Unstriped Ground Squirrel (Xerus rutilus)
65. Ochre Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus ochraceus)
66. Senegal Galago (Galago senegalensis)
67. Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)
68. Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)
69. Sykes' Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)
70. Eastern Colobus (Colobus guereza)
71. Cape Hare (Lepus capensis)
72. Scrub Hare (Lepus saxatilis)
73. African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
74. Rufous Elephant Shrew (Galegeeska rufescens)
75. Southern Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus)
76. Bush Hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei)
77. Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis)

Reptiles:
2. Helmeted Terrapin (Pelomedusa subrufa)
3. Leopard Tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis)
4. Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)
5. Ashe's Spitting Cobra (Naja ashei)
6. Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)
7. Kenya Dwarf Gecko (Lygodactylus keniensis)
8. Painted Dwarf Gecko (Lygodactylus picturatus)
9. African Five-Lined Skink (Trachylepis quinquetaeniata)
10. African Striped Skink (Trachylepis striata)
11. Sundevall's Writhing Skink (Mochlus sundevallii)
12. Jackson's Forest Lizard (Adolfus jacksoni)
13. Aberdare Mountains Dwarf Chameleon (Trioceros kinangopensis)
14. Flap-Necked Chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis)
15. Kenyan Rock Agama (Agama lionotus)

Amphibians:
1. Senegal Running Frog (Kassina senegalensis)
2. Guttural Toad (Scleophrys gutteralis)
 
And here is birds! I can't believe I hit exactly 299 - obviously I need to go sit in my yard until I find one more!

Everything sighted here comes from Laikipia (mostly the Mpala and Ol Pejeta Conservencies), Aberdare National Park, Nairobi, or from traveling between these places.
I put everything into an iNat list so I could easily get scientific names, so the sorting of the lists originates from there.

Birds:
119. White-Bellied Go-Away Bird (Crinifer leucogaster)
120. Brown Babbler (Turdoides plebejus)
121. Rufous Chatterer (Argya rubiginosa)
122. Streaky Seedeater (Crithagra striolata)
123. Brimstone Canary (Crithagra sulphurata)
124. White-Bellied Canary (Crithagra dorstriata)
125. African Citril (Crithagra citrinelloides)
126. Fan-Tailed Raven (Corvus rhipidurus)
127. Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
128. Cape Crow (Corvus capensis)
129. Black-Throated Apalis (Apalis jacksoni)
130. Green-Backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)
131. Rattling Cisticola (Cisticola chiniana)
132. Aberdare Cisticola (Cisticola aberdare)
133. Red-Capped Lark (Calandrella cinerea)
134. Fischer's Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix leucopareia)
135. Red-Headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps)
136. White-Browed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser mahali)
137. Grosbeak Weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons)
138. Red-Billed Quelea (Quelea quelea)
139. Red-Collared Widowbird (Euplectes ardens)
140. Long-Tailed Widowbird (Euplectes progne)
141. White-Winged Widowbird (Euplectes albonatatus)
142. Yellow Bishop (Euplectes capensis)
143. Speckle-Fronted Weaver (Sporopipes frontalis)
144. Black-Capped Social-Weaver (Pseudonigrita cabanisi)
145. Grey-Capped Social-Weaver (Pseudonigrita arnaudi)
146. Lesser Masked Weaver (Ploceus intermedius)
147. Baglafecht Weaver (Ploceus baglafecht)
148. Speke's Weaver (Ploceus spekei)
149. Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus)
150. Vitelline Masked-Weaver (Ploceus vitellinus)
151. Chestnut Weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus)
152. Black-Headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus)
153. Long-Billed Pipit (Anthus similus)
154. Plain-Backed Pipit (Anthus leucophrys)
155. Mountain Wagtail (Motacilla clara)
156. African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)
157. African Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)
158. Rosy-Patched Bushshrike (Rhodophoneus cruentus)
159. Brubru (Nilaus afer)
160. Black-Crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus)
161. Grey-Headed Bushshrike (Malaconotus blanchoti)
162. Slate-Colored Boubou (Laniarius funebris)
163. Tropical Boubou (Laniarius major)
164. Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster)
165. Red-Billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
166. Red-Cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraginthus bengalus)
167. Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
168. Crimson-Rumped Waxbill (Estrilda rhodopyga)
169. Fork-Tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
170. Black Cuckooshrike (Campephaga flava)
171. Straw-Tailed Whydah (Vidua fischeri)
172. Pin-Tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)
173. Red-Billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorynchus)
174. Yellow-Billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)
175. Olive Thrush (Turdus olivaceus)
176. Banded Parisoma (Curruca boehmi)
177. Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea)
178. Red-Winged Starling (Onychognathus morio)
179. Ruppell's Long-Tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera)
180. Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus)
181. Hildebrandt's Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti)
182. Greater Blue-Eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
183. Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
184. Eastern Mountain Greenbul (Arizelocichla nigriceps)
185. Yellow-Spotted Bush Sparrow (Gymnoris pyrgita)
186. Kenya Rufous Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus)
187. Chestnut Sparrow (Passer eminibey)
188. Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus)
189. Marico Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis)
190. Scarlet-Chested Sunbird (Cinnyris senegalensis)
191. Northern Anteater-Chat (Myrmecocichla aethiops)
192. Moorland Chat (Pinarochroa sordida)
193. Mocking Cliff-Chat (Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris)
194. White-Eyed Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri)
195. Southern Black Flycatcher (Melaenornis pammelaina)
196. Spotted Morning-Thrush (Cichladusa guttata)
197. African Dusky Flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta)
198. White-Browed Robin-Chat (Cossypha heuglini)
199. Cape Robin-Chat (Cossypha caffra)
200. Northern White-Crowned Shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli)
201. Northern Fiscal (Lanius humeralis)
202. Taita Fiscal (Lanius dorsalis)
203. Mosque Swallow (Cecropis senegalensis)
204. Lesser Striped Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica)
205. Wire-Tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii)
206. House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
207. Long-Tailed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus)
208. White-Bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis)
209. Buff-Crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana)
210. Black-Bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster
211. Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)
212. Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur)
213. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
214. African Fish Eagle (Icthyophaga voeifer)
215. African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus)
216. Dark Chanting-Goshawk (Melierax metabates)
217. Eastern Chanting-Goshawk (Melierax poliopterus)
218. Shikra (Accipter badius)
219. Black Goshawk (Accipter melanoleucus)
220. African Goshawk (Accipter tachiro)
221. Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
222. Long-Crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis)
223. Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
224. African Hawk-Eagle (Aquila spilogaster)
225. Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus)
226. Ruppell's Griffon (Gyps ruppelli)
227. Black-Winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
228. Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptica)
229. Red-Billed Teal (Anas erythrorhyncha)
230. Yellow-Billed Duck (Anas undulata)
231. Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba)
232. African Palm Swift (Cypsiurus parvus)
233. Nyanza Swift (Apus niansae)
234. Little Swift (Apus affinis)
235. Slender-Tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus clarus)
236. Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar (Caprimulgus donaldsoni)
237. Western Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
238. Black-Headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
238. Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath)
239. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
240. Yellow-Billed Egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha)
241. Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
242. Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
243. Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
244. Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)
245. African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
246. African Spoonbill (Platalea alba)
247. Spotted Thick-Knee (Burthinus capensis)
248. Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
249. Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
250. Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
251. Three-Banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris)
252. Harlequin Quail (Coturnix delegorguei)
253. Yellow-Necked Spurfowl (Pternistis leucoscepus)
254. Jackson's Francolin (Pternistis jacksoni)
255. Scaly Francolin (Pternistis squamatus)
256. Crested Francolin (Ortygornis sephaena)
257. Vulturine Guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum)
258. Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
259. Eastern Yellow-Billed Hornbill (Tockus flavirostris)
260. Von Der Decken's Hornbill (Tockus deckeni)
261. Northern Red-Billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
262. Crowned Hornbill (Lophoceros alboterminatus)
263. African Hoopoe (Upupa africana)
264. Violet Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus damarensis)
265. Green Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus)
266. Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii)
267. Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum)
268. Yellow-Billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
270. Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus)
271. Blue-Naped Mousebird (Urocolius macrourus)
272. Emerald-Spotted Wood-Dove (Turtur chalcospilos)
273. Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea)
274. Dusky Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia lugens)
275. Red-Eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata)
276. Ring-Necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola)
277. Mourning Collared Dove (Streptopelia decipiens)
278. Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
279. Grey-Headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)
280. Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
281. Lilac-Breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus)
282. Cinnamon-Chested Bee-Eater (Merops oreobates)
283. Narina Trogon (Apaloderma narina)
284. Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
285. Somali Ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes)
286. Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Ketupa lactea)
287. African Scops-Owl (Otus senegalensis)
288. Spotted Eagle-Owl (Bubo africanus)
289. Greyish Eagle-Owl (Bubo cinerascens)
290. African Wood-Owl (Strix woodfordii)
291. Pearl-Spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum)
292. Meyer's Parrot (Poicephalus meyeri)
293. D'Arnaud's Barbet (Trachyphonus darnaudii)
294. Nubian Woodpecker (Campthera nubica)
295. African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis)
296. Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus)
297. Red-Chested Cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius)
298. Pied Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)
299. White-Browed Coucal (Centropus supercilosus)
 
Mammals
1) Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
2) Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
3) Brown rat/Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
4) Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
5) Greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula)
6) House mouse (Mus musculus)
7) Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)

Birds
1) Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
2) Carrion crow (Corvus corone)
3) Common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
4) Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
5) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
6) Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
7) House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
8) Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
9) Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
10) European robin (Erithacus rubecula)
11) Great tit (Parus major)
12) Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
13) European herring gull (Larus argentatus)
14) Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)
15) Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
16) Western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
17) Eurasian kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
18) Feral pigeon (Columba livia)
19) Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)
20) Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
21) Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
22) Common starling/European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
23) European white stork (Ciconia ciconia)
24) Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
25) Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)
26) Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
27) Great egret (Ardea alba)
28) Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
29) Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
30) Greylag goose (Anser anser)
31) Common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
32) Grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
33) Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
34) Eurasian chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
35) Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
36) Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
37) Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
38) Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
39) Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
40) Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
41) Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
42) Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
43) Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica)
44) Western house martin (Delichon urbicum)
45) Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
46) Black kite (Milvus migrans)
47) European greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
48) Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)

Amphibians
1) Edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus)

Invertebrates
1) Seven-spot ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
2) Common brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni)
3) Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
4) Common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris)
5) Small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
6) Common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)
7) Common house mosquito (Culex pipiens)
8) Housefly (Musca domestica)
9) Great grey slug/Leopard slug (Limax maximus)
10) Red slug (Arion rufus)
11) Common garden snail (Cornu aspersum)
12) Black garden ant (Lasius niger)
13) Honey bee (Apis mellifera)
14) Lemon snail (Cepaea nemoralis)
15) Black field slug (Arion hortensis)
16) Box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis)
17) Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae)
18) Black-headed cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa coccinea)
19) Northern damselfly or Spearhead blue (Coenagrion hastulatum)
20) Black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)
21) Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
22) Common rough woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)
23) Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
 
birdsandbats said:
Birds
469. Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
470. Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
471. Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
472. Dickcissel Spiza americana
473. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
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Sorry to keep questioning, but were these all in WI? If so, very nice!
 
endogenylove said:
Okay, sorry for the delay but typing this all out took much longer than I was anticipating! I'm posting mammals, reptiles, and amphibians first, as birds are long enough I feel they justify their own post.
Everything sighted here comes from Laikipia (mostly the Mpala and Ol Pejeta Conservencies), Aberdare National Park, Nairobi, or from traveling between these places.
I put everything into an iNat list so I could easily get scientific names, so the sorting of the lists originates from there.

Mammals:
20. Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
21. White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
22. Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi)
23. Plains Zebra (Equus quagga)
24. Bat-Eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis)
25. African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus)
26. Black-Backed Jackal (Lupulella mesomelas)
27. Lion (Panthera leo)
28. Leopard (Panthera pardus)
29. Serval (Leptailurus serval)
30. Common Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula)
31. White-Tailed Mongoose (Ichneumia albicauda)
32. Slender Mongoose (Herpestes sanguineus)
33. Eastern Aardwolf (Proteles septentrionalis)
34. Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena)
35. Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
36. Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis)
37. Rusty-Spotted Genet (Genetta maculata)
38. African Sheath-Tailed Bat (Coleura afra)
39. Yellow-Winged Bat (Lavia frons)
40. Common Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
41. Giant Forest Hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni)
42. Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
43. Suni (Nesotragus moschatus)
44. Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)
45. Bush Duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)
46. Harvey's Duiker (Cephalophorus harveyi)
47. Lelwel Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
48. Grant's Gazelle (Nanger granti)
49. Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)
50. Gunther's Dik-Dik (Madoqua guentheri)
51. Impala (Aepyceros melampus)
52. Beisa Oryx (Oryx beisa)
53. Southern Bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus)
54. Common Eland (Tragelaphus oryx)
55. Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strpsiceros)
56. Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa reticulata)
57. Mearns's Pouched Mouse (Saccostomus mearnsi)
58. Hinde's Rock Rat (Aethomys hindei)
59. Woodland Thicket Rat (Grammomys dolichurus)
60. Robust Gerbil (Gerbilliscus robustus)
61. Percival's Spiny Mouse (Acomys percivali)
62. Kellen's Dormouse (Graphiurus kelleni)
63. Striped Ground Squirrel (Euxerus erythopus)
64. Unstriped Ground Squirrel (Xerus rutilus)
65. Ochre Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus ochraceus)
66. Senegal Galago (Galago senegalensis)
67. Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)
68. Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)
69. Sykes' Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)
70. Eastern Colobus (Colobus guereza)
71. Cape Hare (Lepus capensis)
72. Scrub Hare (Lepus saxatilis)
73. African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
74. Rufous Elephant Shrew (Galegeeska rufescens)
75. Southern Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus)
76. Bush Hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei)
77. Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis)

Reptiles:
2. Helmeted Terrapin (Pelomedusa subrufa)
3. Leopard Tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis)
4. Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)
5. Ashe's Spitting Cobra (Naja ashei)
6. Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)
7. Kenya Dwarf Gecko (Lygodactylus keniensis)
8. Painted Dwarf Gecko (Lygodactylus picturatus)
9. African Five-Lined Skink (Trachylepis quinquetaeniata)
10. African Striped Skink (Trachylepis striata)
11. Sundevall's Writhing Skink (Mochlus sundevallii)
12. Jackson's Forest Lizard (Adolfus jacksoni)
13. Aberdare Mountains Dwarf Chameleon (Trioceros kinangopensis)
14. Flap-Necked Chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis)
15. Kenyan Rock Agama (Agama lionotus)

Amphibians:
1. Senegal Running Frog (Kassina senegalensis)
2. Guttural Toad (Scleophrys gutteralis)
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Sounds like a fantastic trip. There are several mammals in there I am very envious of.
 
KiwiBirb said:
Just got back from the Atlantic and Ocean City area, and boy was it spectacular! I got as many new species in just 2.5 days there as I did in the entirety of last month’s migration season in North Jersey. The Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge was easily the best place I’ve ever gone birding and the Ocean City Welcome Center felt (and smelled) like the Aquatic Bird House at the Bronx Zoo with Hundred of Herons, Ibises, and Egrets. I set a personal record of 20 new species in one day (18 Birds, 2 Herptiles, and an additional heard species,) something that will likely only be broken after I travel to an entirely new continent later this year. Definitely not a Holiday Weekend to forget!

Birds
139) Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
140) Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
141) Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)
142) Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
143) Sanderling (Calidris alba)
144) American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
145) Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nyciticorax)
146) Yellow-Crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
147) Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
148) Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
149) Purple Martin (Progne subis)
150) Gull-Billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
151) Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
152) Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
153) Dunlin (Calidris alpina) (It has autocorrect to “Dublin” several times now)
154) Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
155) Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
156) Short-Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
157) Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
158) Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans)
159) Black-Bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
160) Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus)
161) Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)

Herptiles
10) Eastern Rat Snake (Pantherophis quadrivittatus)
11) Fowler’s Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)

Heard Only Species
14) Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
15) Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrae)
16) Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima)

Progress:
Mammals- 17
Birds- 161
Herptiles- 11
Total- 189
Heard-only Species- 16
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Stopped in Ridgefield Park while I was in the area to get an overdue species

Birds
162) Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)

Progress:
Mammals- 17
Birds- 161
Herptiles- 11
Total- 189
Heard-only Species- 16
 
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