Zoochat Big Year 2025

So the catching up thing with school happened, slightly. Not much birding last week for that reason, but I went birding one afternoon in the Groesbeek forests again and got a very nice up close bullfinch sighting and some more forest stuff, most of which I had already seen before this year. Some pretty generic additions to the list seen throughout last week, of which the most notable is probably a blackcap in my parents' backyard during the Nationale Tuinvogeltelling. The Nationale Tuinvogeltelling is a Dutch citizen science event in which people can count and submit the birds they see in their backyard during 30 minutes. The data that is gathered in this way is used for calculating trends of common Dutch backyard species. A blackcap would not be notable at all, if not for the timing. The vast majority of blackcaps doesn't return to the Netherlands until Mid-March. The number of wintering birds is increasing every year (most likely due to climate change) but blackcaps are still not common at all during winter. I also heard a black woodpecker in the forest near my grandma's house, but it didn't show itself, so that one will have to wait.

108. Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
109. Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
110. Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
111. Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
112. Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
113. White stork (Ciconia ciconia)
 
MOG2012 said:
I was in Stoneham today to go to Stone Zoo and there was a crow that flew over the pond near it.

January 26, 2025
BIRDS:
16. American Raven (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

Mammals: 2 species
Birds: 16 species
Invertebrates: 1 species
Total: 19 species
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I meant for #16 to be a American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) not an American Raven (more commonly known as a Common Raven)

Mammals: 2 species
Birds: 16 species
Invertebrates: 1 species
Total: 19 species
 
KiwiBirb said:
This update begins last weekend at Liberty State Park where I had gone looking for a Clay-Colored Sparrow. Sadly I missed the rarity as the latest eBird report at the time had the rare sparrow by the nature center, however by the time I was searching that area it had moved to the southern end of the park. That search wasn’t all in vain though as I was quite surprised to find a lone unseasonable Savannah Sparrow. Additionally I saw Gadwall and a Scaup species, however the Scaup was much too far to identify and I couldn’t find the bird again when I got closer. Liberty would be my last opportunity to bird for a while as frigid temperatures and wicked winds kept my sheltered in my house for a week, only new bird being a common Carolina Wren in my yard. Yesterday with the high near 40 and the winds I decided to head back to Overpeck to look for the rare goose I missed: the Greater White-Fronted Goose. After trying the “Great Lawn” area where I saw nothing besides a pair of Herons and some FOY Hooded Mergansers, I headed to the Henry Hoebel area where I’d seen a flock of geese when heading into the park, however every Goose besides a Lone Canada on the ice was gone by the time I arrived. Feeling defeated I turned to the skies where I saw a pair of geese flying, expect they weren’t Canadas. The strange calls immediately pointed to Greater White-Fronted Goose. After getting no ID photos due to their quick flyby, I carefully reviewed my Merlin recording when I got home and the calls matched up. Before heading home however, I stopped in nearby Leonia to pick up a pair of Monk Parakeets on my year list early.

Birds
49) Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
50) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
51) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
52) Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
53) Greater White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
54) Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)

Progress:
Mammals- 2
Birds- 54
Herptiles- 0
Total- 56
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Bit of a long update here. It begins as I went to look for a rare Iceland Gull on the Passaic River. While after looking through hundreds of gulls in the freezing cold. Despite never locating the gull, I did pick up an overdue American Crow along with a Belted Kingfisher and got a surprise on the way home in a Peregrine Falcon! The next day I went to the Eagle festival in Richard W. DeKorte Park where I quickly picked up the namesake bird. Additionally I collected several species of duck (Ruddy, Canvasback, Pintail, and Shovler) along with Red-Winged Blackbird. While the cold week kept me inside, only new bird being a Red-Tailed Hawk in my neighborhood, I was absolutely flabbergasted to see a Groundhog in my neighbor’s backyard. Every result on Google showed that these fat rodent wake up at the earliest in February and it only comes out before then if it was unseasonably warm (this day was near freezing.) If anyone who knows more about rodents than me knows why this guy was up and scurrying around please tell me! After it got a tad warmer (although I wouldn’t call the upper 30s warm) I was able to make 2 quick trips on MLK weekend before a big snowstorm came in. The first trip was to the Celery Farm where I hoped to find continuing Virginia Rail or Eastern Screech-Owl which would both be Lifers. Despite neither showing, it was a very active morning for birds, especially sparrows including American Tree and Swamp which are new for the year along with a pair of Wild Turkeys, a bird I saw only one of in Bergen County last year. I also made a quick stop a Van Saun Park which had been a reliable location for Green-Winged Teal which I missed in DeKorte. I spotted the Teal along with a pair of Rusty Blackbirds, a pleasant surprise as I thought I would have to go to the Teaneck Creek Conservancy for them. After the snow it was even colder, although while birding in my yard I was able to catch a glimpse of a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker which I had heard around my house several times this year but hadn’t seen since December. Finally this past weekend I travelled back to DeKorte. While all the waters were covered with ice, I had come in search of 2 sparrow species- Field and an unseasonable Chipping Sparrow. While trekking the ice and snow in the more woodsy part of DeKorte I was able to catch a puffed up Flicker near a group of White-Throated Sparrows along with a pretty unseasonable Brown-Headed Cowbird. While the sparrows seemed like a bust, I was able to spot a large flock that matched the description of the flock that the Chipping and Field Sparrows. I looked through the flock, picking out Swamp, American Tree, White-Throated, Song, and Juncos. Unfortunately as I kept scanning the sparrows I realized something highly unfortunate- I forgot my gloves :rolleyes: Thus as my hands felt like they were being eaten alive I had to call it quits, it wasn’t worth sacrificing my body for a pair of birds I would almost surely end up picking up later this year. Additionally at some point I saw a House Mouse, although I never wrote down the date.

Mammals
3) House Mouse (Mus musculus)
4) Groundhog (Marmota monax)

Birds
55) American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
56) Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
57) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
58) Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
59) Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
60) Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
61) Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
62) Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
63) Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
64) Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
65) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
66) American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)
67) Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
68) Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
69) Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
70) Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
71) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
72) Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)

Progress:
Mammals- 4
Birds- 72
Herptiles- 0
Total- 76
 
DesertRhino150 said:
A few birds that I have added since my last update. The first four were seen either at or on the way home from RHS Hyde Hall, number 43 was seen in the Dinosaur Garden while queuing to enter the Natural History Museum in London, and the last three were seen either in Regent's Park or the grounds of London Zoo:

39. Canada goose, Branta canadensis
40. Common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
41. Eurasian coot, Fulica atra
42. Red-legged partridge, Alectoris rufa
43. Common chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita
44. Ring-necked parakeet, Psittacula krameri
45. Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca
46. Grey heron, Ardea cinerea

I also added two new mammals in this time - the second seen while driving back from Hyde Hall. My third mammal was at London Zoo, first seen in the indoor Sumatran laughingthrush aviary in the Blackburn Pavilion. I then saw another in the Rainforest Life walkthrough:

2. Eastern grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
3. House mouse, Mus musculus
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A couple of days ago, I had a rather unusual sighting from my bedroom window. A kingfisher, probably displaced from the local river by rain-induced turbidity, found a shallow floodwater pool in the field behind the garden and was checking it out, hovering over it at times. Unfortunately, two local magpies took an instant dislike to it and attacked it. Unfortunately, I did not see whether the kingfisher escaped or not:

47. Common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis

Today, I went on my first visit to Abberton Reservoir of the year. I managed to get quite a fair number of new wildfowl - unfortunately, the really scarce and vagrant species there at the moment all eluded me, so no smew, white-fronted goose, lesser scaup, ring-necked duck or canvasback were added to the list. Still, even though the species are all pretty common, the numbers were quite something - probably over a hundred swans in a fairly small part of the lake, and the mixed flock of tufted duck and pochard probably numbered in the thousands. Also got a good view of a scarce wintering grebe, and saw a new mammal on the drive over to the reservoir - one that I missed entirely last year. The first and last birds on this part of the list were also seen on the journey:

48. Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa
49. Mute swan, Cygnus olor
50. Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
51. Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus
52. Gadwall, Mareca strepera
53. Common pochard, Aythya ferina
54. Eurasian teal, Anas crecca
55. Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata
56. Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
57. Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula
58. Goosander, Mergus merganser
59. Great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus
60. Slavonian grebe, Podiceps auritus
61. Common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus

4. European brown hare, Lepus europaeus
 
Bisonblake said:
1/26/25
Birds:
38. Hooded merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
39. Pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps
40. Sharp-shinned hawk Accipiter striatus
41. Yellow-bellied sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
42. Brown creeper Certhia americana

Mammals:
5. White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus

Total species: 47
Birds: 42
Mammals: 5
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Had my first rarity of the year. While it's only a seasonal rarity, I spotted a marsh wren alongside a ditch. I'm surprised by how early I spotted it this year because they won't be here until mid/late April at the earliest. I could not snag a photo through my bins, but someone walking by got one. However, I did get a photo of a mallard/American wigeon hybrid, which I believe is the first hybrid bird I've seen that's not crossed with a domestic mallard or goose.

1/30/25
Birds:
43. Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata
44. Green-winged teal Anas crecca
45. Red-shouldered hawk Buteo lineatus
46. Marsh wren Cistothorus palustris

Mammals:
6. Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana

Total species: 52
Birds: 46
Mammals: 6
 
Just about enough light after work (thanks to early start/finish this week) to let me get out to a nearby pond to spot a duck that's been hanging around and clinch my January 100. A fairly regular species these days regionally but this is the closest I've had to home. Also a couple of urban mammals added this week just around town.

Mammals:
7. Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes
8. Brown Rat - Rattus norvegicus

Birds:
100. Red-crested Pochard - Netta rufina

:)
 
After finishing my last test of the week today, I finally had enough time to get out for a bit and pick up some interesting birds from around Helsinki. First stop was Meilahti Arboterum, where I spotted a very popular White-winged crossbill and a seemingly even more popular Eurasian pygmy owl (plus two other species). I then headed up the fields of Haltiala where I spent 15 minutes hopelessly scanning a ditch for a wintering Jack snipe, until another birder came along and helped out with a thermal camera. Once that was sorted, I spent about another hour walking around before spotting my last new bird for January, a very handsome Black woodpecker.

Birds

51. European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis
52. Eurasian pygmy owl, Glaucidium passerinum
53. White-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera
54. European robin, Erithacus rubecula
55. Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus
56. Black woodpecker, Dryocopus martinus
 
DesertTortoise said:
Birds
January 2, 2025 - Kansas
44. Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)
45. Surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
46. American robin (Turdus migratorius)
January 2 to 4, 2025 - Missouri
47. Tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
48. American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
49. House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
50. Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
51. Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
52. Green-winged teal (Anas crecca)
53. Cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii)
54. Double-crested cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
55. Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
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Birds
January 11 to 30, 2025 - Missouri
56. Song sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
57. Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
58. Rock pigeon (Columba livia)
59. Ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris)
60. Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)
61. Redhead (Aythya americana)
62. White-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
63. Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
64. Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
65. Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
66. Horned lark (Eremophila alpestris)
67. Rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus)
68. American goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
69. Harris’s sparrow (Zonotrichia querula)
70. Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
71. Yellow-rumped warbler (Setophaga coronata)
72. Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
73. Hairy woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)
74. Carolina wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
75. Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

Mammals
January 24 to 29, 2025 - Missouri
4. Common raccoon (Procyon lotor)
5. Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
6. Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
 
MOG2012 said:
I meant for #16 to be a American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) not an American Raven (more commonly known as a Common Raven)

Mammals: 2 species
Birds: 16 species
Invertebrates: 1 species
Total: 19 species
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February 1, 2025
I had a mostly boring week species-wise with a highlight only being a Merlin swooping over my feet, likely hunting yesterday.

BIRDS:
17) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotricihia albicollis)
18) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

Mammals: 2 species
Birds: 18 species
Invertebrates: 1 species
Total: 21 species
 
One bird from my previous trip to Frampton I had neglected to list. Then this weekend some excellent results, with two birds I didn't get any shots of in 2024 (indeed I didn't see a Glossy Ibis the whole time) Glossy Ibis and Redwing.

I was delighted to find the Ibis close to the entrance to Slimbridge. One of those 'if I see nothing else that's a good day' moments and promptly found there were Redwing feeding in the hedgerow on the edge of the same field. A great way to start the day.

A lone Spoonbill offered some nice flight shots and there were good views of Siskin on the small bird feeders. Gadwall were showy in front of the Robbie Garnet hide. White fronted geese in flight completed a fantastic day out.

Hamerton then offered a large number of wild Red Kites as usual, plenty to enjoy soaring about above the zoo grounds.

Birds

49. Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis, 24/01/2025, RSPB Frampton Marsh
50. Redwing, Turdus iliacus, 31/01/2025, WWT Slimbridge
51. Rook, Corvus frugilegus, 31/01/2025, WWT Slimbridge
52. Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus, 31/01/2025, WWT Slimbridge
53. Eurasian Spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia, 31/01/2025, WWT Slimbridge
54. Siskin, Carduelis spinus, 31/01/2025, WWT Slimbridge
55. Ruff, Philomachus pugnax, 31/01/2025, WWT Slimbridge
56. White fronted geese, Anser albifrons, 31/01/2025, WWT Slimbridge
57. Gadwall, Anas strepera, 31/01/2025 WWT, Slimbridge
58. Red Kite, Milvus milvus, 01/02/2025, Hamerton
 
Have done little in the way of birding this last month as it's been oppressively hot, humid, and more often than not, raining. Still managed to snag a lifer, an extremely flighty vagrant Chinese Pond Heron reported from a small roadside wetland in Mareeba - the first report of this species in my state, Queensland. (Some debate as to the ID - some local birders are suggesting it may in fact be a Javan Pond Heron, but even if it is, it's still a lifer for me and a first state record)

MAMMALS
1 - Spectacled Flying-fox Pteropus conspicillatus
2 - Eastern Tube-nosed Bat Nyctimene robinsoni
3 - Striped Possum Dactylopsila trivirgata
4 - Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus
5 - Southern Myotis Myotis macropus

BIRDS
1 - Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres viellioti
2 - House Sparrow Passer domesticus
3 - Torresian Imperial-Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa
4 - Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
5 - Rock Dove Columba livia
6 - Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
7 - White-breasted Cuckooshrike Corecina papuensis
8 - Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
9 - Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
10 - White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorhynchus
11 - Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
12 - Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
13 - Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
14 - Little Egret Egretta garzetta
15 - Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
16 - Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
17 - Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
18 - Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
19 - Eastern Great Egret Ardea (alba) modesta
20 - Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
21 - Willie-wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
22 - Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
23 - Eastern Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
24 - Varied Honeyeater Gavicalis versicolor
25 - Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
26 - Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
27 - Black Noddy Anous minutus
28 - Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
29 - Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
30 - Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
31 - Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
32 - Ashy-bellied White-eye Zosterops citrinellus
33 - Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus regina
34 - Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
35 - Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
36 - Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
37 - Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
38 - Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
39 - Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
40 - Sahul Sunbird Cinnyris frenatus
41 - Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi
42 - Hornbill Friarbird Philaemon (buceroides) yorki
43 - Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
44 - Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
45 - Australian Brush Turkey Alectura lathami
46 - Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
47 - Pacific Heron Ardea pacifica
48 - Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
49 - Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
50 - Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus
51 - Black Kite Milvus migrans
52 - Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
53 - Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
0 - Australian Reed-warbler (heard) Acrocephalus australis

HERPS
1 - Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas
2 - White-lipped Tree Frog Nyctimystes infrafrenatus
3 - Cane Toad Rhinella marina
0 - Marbled Frog (heard) Lymnodynastes convexiusculus
4 - Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus

FISHES
1 - Crescent Grunter Terapon jarbua
2 - Silverlined Mudskipper Periophthalmus argentilineatus
3 - Lemon Tongue Sole Paraplagusia bilineata
4 - Brassy Trevally Caranx papuensis
5 - Thumbprint Emperor Lethrinus harak
6 - Blacktail Snapper Lutjanus fulvus
7 - Yellowfin Surgeonfish Acanthurus xanthopterus
8 - Ocellate Glidergoby Valenciennea longipinnis
9 - White Damsel Dischistodus perspicillatus
10 - Snubnose Dart Trachinotus blochii
11 - Pastel-green Wrasse Halichoeres chrysopterus
12 - Cutribbon Wrasse Stethojulis interrupta
13 - Cook's Cardinalfish Ostorhinchus cookii
14 - Lined Butterflyfish Chaetodon lineolatus
15 - Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga
16 - Whitetail Damsel Pomacentrus chrysurus
17 - Whitebarred Goby Amblygobius phalaena
18 - Live Sharksucker Echineis naucrates
19 - Whitebarred Triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus
20 - Yellowtail Emperor Lethrinus atkinsoni
21 - Moon Wrasse Thalassoma lunare
22 - Floral Maori Wrasse Cheilinus chlorourus
23 - Titan Triggerfish Balistoides viridescens
24 - Lemon Damsel Pomacentrus moluccanus
25 - Scissortail Sergeant Abudefduf sexfasciatus
26 - Queensland Combtooth Blenny Ecsenius mandibularis
27 - Fine-spotted Blenny Salarias guttatus
28 - Marbled Parrotfish Leptoscarus vaigiensis
29 - Flowery Rockcod Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
30 - Yellowspot Goatfish Parupeneus indicus
31 - Vagabond Butterflyfish Chaetodon vagabundus
32 - Regal Demoiselle Neopomacentrus cyanomos
33 - Chinese Demoiselle Neopomacentrus bankieri
34 - Bluespotted Rockcod Cephalopholis cyanostigma
35 - Bengal Sergeant Abudefduf bengalensis
36 - Bluespine Unicornfish Naso unicornis
37 - Steephead Parrotfish Chlorurus microrhinos
38 - Bluebarred Parrotfish Scarus ghobban
39 - Blue-green Chromis Chromis viridis
40 - Yellowtail Demoiselle Neopomacentrus azysron
41 - Two-lined Monocle-bream Scolopsis bilineatus
42 - Dot-and-dash Goatfish Parupeneus barberinus
43 - Palenose Parrotfish Scarus psittacus
44 - Surf Parrotfish Scarus rivulatus
45 - Diamondscale Goatfish Parupeneus ciliatus
46 - Schroeder's Rainbow Wrasse Coris schroederi
47 - Dusky Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus
48 - Lined Bristletooth Ctenochaetus striatus
49 - Goldstripe Butterflyfish Chaetodon aureofasciatus
50 - Piano Fangblenny Plagiotremus tapeinosoma
51 - Convict Tang Acanthurus triostegus
52 - Bluebarred Rabbitfish Siganus doliatus
53 - Manybar Goatfish Parupeneus multifasciatus
54 - Sixbar Angelfish Pomacanthus sextriatus
55 - Spotted Rabbitfish Siganus punctatus
56 - Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidiatus
57 - Black Rabbitfish Siganus fuscescens
0 - hybrid Bluebarred Rabbitfish X Goldlined Rabbitfish Siganus doliatus X lineatus
58 - Copperband Butterflyfish Chelmon rostratus
59 - Collared Razorfish Cymolutes torquatus
60 - Blackbarred Garfish Hemirhamphus far
61 - Silverstreak Wrasse Stethojulis strigiventer
62 - Blackspot Snapper Lutjanus fulviflamma
63 - Cheek-ring Wrasse Halichoeres miniatus
64 - Lined Monocle-bream Scolopsis lineatus
65 - Cigar Wrasse Cheilio inermis
66 - Eyeline Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigricauda
67 - Forktail Rabbitfish Siganus argenteus
68 - Stripey Snapper Lutjanus carponotatus
69 - Pearly Monocle-bream Scolopsis margaritaceus
70 - Hoeven's Wrasse Halichoeres melanurus
71 - Pacific Sailfin Tang Zebrasoma velifer
72 - Paddletail Snapper Lutjanus gibbus
73 - Southern Grubfish Parapercis australis
74 - Striped Barracuda Sphyraena obtusata
75 - Slaty Sweetlips Diagramma (pictum) labiosum
76 - Leopard Coralgrouper Plectropomus leopardus
77 - Yellowtail Fusilier Caesio cuning
78 - Rainbow Monocle-bream Scolopsis regina
79 - Whitetail Dascyllus Dascyllus aruanus
80 - Staghorn Damsel Amblyglyphidodon curacao
81 - Southern Tubelip Wrasse Labropsis australis
82 - Eastern Triangle Butterflyfish Chaetodon baronessa
83 - Blackaxil Chromis Chromis atripectoralis
84 - Sabre Squirrelfish Sargocentron spiniferum
85 - Oneline Wrasse Labrichthys unilineata
86 - Pacific Bird Wrasse Gomphosus varius
87 - Lattice Butterflyfish Chaetodon rafflesii
88 - Blackback Wrasse Anampses novaeguineae
89 - Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish Chlorurus (sordidus) spilurus
90 - Redbreast Maori Wrasse Cheilinus fasciatus
91 - Orangelined Triggerfish Balistapus undulatus
92 - Flagtail Triggerfish Sufflamen chrysopterum
93 - Sixbar Wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke
94 - Sixband Parrotfish Scarus frenatus
95 - Scopas Tang Zebrasoma scopas
96 - Bicolour Angelfish Centropyge bicolor
97 - Reticulated Dascyllus Dascyllus reticulatus
98 - Swarthy Parrotfish Scarus niger
99 - Bluebridle Parrotfish Scarus dimidiatus
100 - Longfin Rockcod Epinephelus quoyanus
101 - Spangled Emperor Lethrinus nebulosus
102 - Giant Trevally Caranx ignobilis
103 - Orbicular Batfish Platax orbicularis
104 - Twospot Red Snapper Lutjanus bohar
105 - Blackback Butterflyfish Chaetodon melannotus
106 - Goldline Rabbitfish Siganus lineatus
107 - Indo-Pacific Sergeant Abudefduf vaigiensis
108 - Threadfin Emperor Lethrinus genivittatus
109 - Eastern Rainbowfish Melanotaenia splendida
110 - Pacific Shortfin Eel Anguilla obscura
111 - Australian Snakehead Gudgeon Giuris aporocephalus
112 - Pikey Bream Acanthopagrus pacificus
113 - Northern River Garfish Zenarchopterus buffonis
114 - Sevenspot Archerfish Toxotes chatareus
115 - Banded Archerfish Toxotes jaculatrix
116 - Mangrove Jack Lutjanus argentimaculatus
117 - Silver Moony Monodactylus argenteus
118 - Java Rabbitfish Siganus javus
119 - Narrow-lined Puffer Arothron manilensis
120 - Ward's Damsel Pomacentrus wardi

INVERTS
1 - Mud Crab Scylla serrata
2 - Crenate Swimming Crab Thalamita crenata
3 - Australian Lurcher Yoma sabina
4 - Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus
5 - Dilochrosis brownii
6 - Australian Blue Swimmer Crab Portunus armatus
7 - Asian Honeybee Apis cerana
8 - Boring Giant Clam Tridacna crocea
9 - Burnt Sausage Sea Cucumber Holothuria edulis
10 - Cardiodactylus novaeguineae
11 - Bathroom Drain Fly Clogmia albipunctata
12 - Northern Jewelled Spider Gasteracantha fornicata
13 - Lollyfish Sea Cucumber Holothuria atra
14 - Bear Paw Clam Hippopus hippopus
15 - Pineapple Sea Cucumber Thelenota ananas
16 - Greenfish Sea Cucumber Stichopus chloronotus
17 - Gigas Giant Clam Tridacna gigas
18 - Sea Mat Palythoa tuberculata
19 - Capaneus Swallowtail Papilio capaneus
20 - Ulysses Swallowtail Papilio ulysses
21 - Destructive Katydid Austrosalomonia destructor
22 - Cyclone Larry Stick Insect Sipyloidea larryi
23 - Northern Lined Hygropoda Hygropoda lineata
24 - Northern Saint Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope aetheria
25 - Green Tree Ant Oecophylla smaragdina
26 - Opalescent Pendant-Snail Leptopoma perlucidum
27 - Lesser Wanderer Danaus petilia
28 - Purple Climber Crab Metopograpsus frontalis
 
Chlidonias said:
My first birds (and mammal) from Japan, from Izumi in Kyushu, with one visit to Arasaki and two visits to Kogawa Dam. I was just fitting in Izumi at the start of the Japanese trip to see the wintering cranes there, and so have now left Kyushu on my way north. There is only one crane on the list below because I had already seen the others in China this month.


BIRDS:
136) Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
137) Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchus
138) Feral Pigeon Columba livia
139) Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
140) Rook Corvus frugilegus
141) Black Kite Milvus migrans
142) Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
143) Daurian Jackdaw Corvus dauuricus
144) Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonicus
145) Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
146) Common (Eurasian) Wigeon Anas penelope
147) Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
148) Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
149) Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
150) Dunlin Calidris alpina
151) Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
152) Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
153) Osprey Pandion haliaetus
154) Common (Eurasian) Teal Anas crecca
155) Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
156) Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
157) Carrion Crow Corvus corone
158) Falcated Duck Anas falcata
159) Common Pochard Aythya ferina
160) Baikal Teal Anas formosa
161) Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia
162) Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
163) Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
164) Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
165) Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
166) Masked Bunting Emberiza personata
167) Varied Tit Sittiparus varius
168) Japanese Pigmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki


MAMMALS:
Japanese Badger Meles anakuma
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I left Kyushu, and spent one day in Tokyo on my way northwards, where I looked for birds in the morning at Inokashira Park.

169) Gadwall Anas strepera
170) Indian Ringneck Psittacula krameri
171) Northern Shoveller Anas clypeata
172) Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
173) Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
174) Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis


The ferry between Honshu and Hokkaido is supposed to be seabird paradise but I saw almost nothing on the route, and only one species even came close enough to identify.

175) Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis
 
My pair of binoculars is finally repaired. After four weeks I had almost forgotten how great a decent pair can be for your birding experience.

I also got a couple of new species, mostly city birds. Most interesting is the glaucous gull I saw during fieldwork. I had a small project right at the known location of a wintering individual so during my coffee break I went to see it. It just sat there on a lamppost. Great bird, boring sighting.

Birds
103. Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus
104. Lesser Black-backed Gull, Larus fuscus
105. European Green Woodpecker, Picus viridis
106. Rose-ringed Parakeet, Psittacula krameri
107. Feral Rock Dove, Columba livia

Mammals
5. European Rabbit, Oryctolagus cunniculus
 
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