I m on 31 now and like most people here no birding trips yet. No lifers yet, but I did enjoy a lot some long-tailed tits and some laughing doves, which actually should have no breeding populations as North as I have seen them , but still I have seen them in for several years in a row now in Georgia.
ZooChat Big Year 2013
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I'm on 37 now, no lifers yet, best sightings were a black woodpecker, green woodbecker and a northern shrike. Mammals on 2 (european rabbit, red squirrel), this weekend I will add some lifers hopefully with humpback whale, porpoise and possibly some sea birds.
With trips to Bulgaria and Berlin planned and possible visits of the Pyrenees and Madagascar, it could become quite a nice year
With trips to Bulgaria and Berlin planned and possible visits of the Pyrenees and Madagascar, it could become quite a nice year
jbnbsn99
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I'm on 83 birds right now, hopefully will pick up a lot more tomorrow. I also picked up my 5th mammal today.
1 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
2 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa
3 Gadwall - Anas strepera
4 American Wigeon - Anas americana
5 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
6 Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata
7 Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
8 Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
9 Canvasback - Aythya valisineria
10 Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
11 Greater Scaup - Aythya marila
12 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
13 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
14 Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus
15 Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis
16 Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
17 Eared Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis
18 Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus
19 Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus
20 American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
21 Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
22 Great Egret - Ardea alba
23 Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus
24 Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
25 Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
26 Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus
27 Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus
28 Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
30 Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus
31 Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
32 Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes
33 Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
34 Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
35 Bonaparte's Gull - Chroicocephalus philadelphia
36 Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
37 Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri
38 Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
39 White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica
40 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
41 Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus
42 Barred Owl - Strix varia
43 Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon
44 Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus
45 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius
46 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens
47 Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus
48 American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
49 Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe
50 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata
51 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
52 Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis
53 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor
54 Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus
55 Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa
56 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula
57 Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis
58 American Robin - Turdus migratorius
59 Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos
60 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
61 American Pipit - Anthus rubescens
62 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata
63 Spotted Towhee - Pipilo maculatus
64 Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus
65 Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla
66 Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis
67 Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca
68 Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
69 Lincoln's Sparrow - Melospiza lincolnii
70 Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana
71 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis
72 Harris's Sparrow - Zonotrichia querula
73 White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys
74 Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis
75 Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
76 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
77 Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna
78 Western Meadowlark - Sturnella neglecta
79 Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus
80 House Finch - Haemorhous mexicanus
81 Pine Siskin - Spinus pinus
82 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis
83 House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
Mammals
1. White-Tailed Deer
2. Bobcat
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel
4. Striped Skunk
5. Nine-Banded Armadillo
(Can I count roadkill Virginia Opossum as my 6th?)
1 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
2 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa
3 Gadwall - Anas strepera
4 American Wigeon - Anas americana
5 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
6 Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata
7 Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
8 Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
9 Canvasback - Aythya valisineria
10 Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
11 Greater Scaup - Aythya marila
12 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
13 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
14 Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus
15 Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis
16 Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
17 Eared Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis
18 Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus
19 Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus
20 American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
21 Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
22 Great Egret - Ardea alba
23 Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus
24 Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
25 Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
26 Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus
27 Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus
28 Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
30 Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus
31 Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
32 Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes
33 Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
34 Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
35 Bonaparte's Gull - Chroicocephalus philadelphia
36 Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
37 Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri
38 Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
39 White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica
40 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
41 Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus
42 Barred Owl - Strix varia
43 Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon
44 Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus
45 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius
46 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens
47 Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus
48 American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
49 Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe
50 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata
51 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
52 Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis
53 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor
54 Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus
55 Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa
56 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula
57 Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis
58 American Robin - Turdus migratorius
59 Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos
60 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
61 American Pipit - Anthus rubescens
62 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata
63 Spotted Towhee - Pipilo maculatus
64 Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus
65 Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla
66 Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis
67 Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca
68 Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
69 Lincoln's Sparrow - Melospiza lincolnii
70 Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana
71 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis
72 Harris's Sparrow - Zonotrichia querula
73 White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys
74 Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis
75 Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
76 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
77 Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna
78 Western Meadowlark - Sturnella neglecta
79 Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus
80 House Finch - Haemorhous mexicanus
81 Pine Siskin - Spinus pinus
82 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis
83 House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
Mammals
1. White-Tailed Deer
2. Bobcat
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel
4. Striped Skunk
5. Nine-Banded Armadillo
(Can I count roadkill Virginia Opossum as my 6th?)
funnily enough some mammal watchers do count dead animals! I even know of one lister who has platypus on his list because he saw the marks of its passage on a riverbank!!!jbnbsn99 said:
For me, it has to be alive to count!!
jbnbsn99
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I know the only reliable way to get a lot of the smaller mammals is through trapping.
Agreed, otherwise I could add Red Fox, Brushtail Possum, Swamp Wallaby and Wombat to my mammals list.
And I only count birds if I see them - hearing them just isn't good enough (although it might help you to see them).
Hix
jbnbsn99
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Agreed, otherwise I could add Red Fox, Brushtail Possum, Swamp Wallaby and Wombat to my mammals list.
And I only count birds if I see them - hearing them just isn't good enough (although it might help you to see them).
Hix
Ah, the eternal seen vs. heard debate. I have one "heard only" bird on my list, but I've seen it in the past (just not this year - so far).
Yes, I heard Bell Miners this morning while I was still in bed. Haven't seen any yet this year. I actually went to the local botanic gardens yesterday as I've seen them there before, but as I was driving in a lady came and said "there's a bushfire not too far away so we're closing the gardens just in case".
Hix
Hix
Egyptian Geese do count as they are in category C - sorry if I didn't make that clear! The full British List can be found here.
Alternatively, you can completely ignore the BOU and make up your own rules - it doesn't really matter (though some people may argue otherwise). The important thing is to get out in the fresh air and enjoy the birds.
I added some species to my list today, bewicks swan (+1), european goshawk and pintail. Maybe it is a nice idea to use this site for our little competition:
Observado.org
On this website everyone can upload his sightings of every animal or plant he has seen and you can compile all kind of nice lists of what you have seen per year etc. So it totally fits the purpose of the game and it could make this competition nicer, because everyone with an account can view the lifelists, year lists of other users etc.. In the Netherlands this is used a lot and there is a special website for the Netherlands Waarneming.nl, but this is linked to Observado. Many people use it as a kind of notebook.
So if everyone would create an account (which is very simple and only requires your name and e-mailadress) we could bring the big year competition to a higher level, if everyone is in...
Observado.org
On this website everyone can upload his sightings of every animal or plant he has seen and you can compile all kind of nice lists of what you have seen per year etc. So it totally fits the purpose of the game and it could make this competition nicer, because everyone with an account can view the lifelists, year lists of other users etc.. In the Netherlands this is used a lot and there is a special website for the Netherlands Waarneming.nl, but this is linked to Observado. Many people use it as a kind of notebook.
So if everyone would create an account (which is very simple and only requires your name and e-mailadress) we could bring the big year competition to a higher level, if everyone is in...
jbnbsn99
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Observado is bringing up warning from my virus scan software, so I won't be using it.
I had some really good sightings yesterday including three species of nuthatch and three species of chickadee, along with both downy and hairy woodpeckers.
My mammal list is up to eight, with yesterday's editions being white-tailed deer, pine squirrel, and coyote. (and if we count roadkill, which I don't, North American porcupine)
My mammal list is up to eight, with yesterday's editions being white-tailed deer, pine squirrel, and coyote. (and if we count roadkill, which I don't, North American porcupine)
so, I had my first day off all year, and hence I went off for a wander to find some birds and got my year list up to 30. Remember I said earlier how there are only about 40 species around Hokitika, so I've almost got them all now.....
15) Redpoll Carduelis flammea
16) Grey warbler Gerygone igata
17) Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
18) Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
19) New Zealand bellbird Anthornis melanura
20) Australian magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
21) Black swan Cygnus atratus
22) Paradise duck Tadorna variegata
23) New Zealand shoveller Anas rhynchotis
24) New Zealand scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
25) Variable oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
26) White-fronted tern Sterna striata
27) White heron (Great white egret) Egretta alba
28) Spotted shag Stictocarbo punctatus
29) Black-billed gull Larus bulleri
30) Little pied shag Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
15) Redpoll Carduelis flammea
16) Grey warbler Gerygone igata
17) Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
18) Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
19) New Zealand bellbird Anthornis melanura
20) Australian magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
21) Black swan Cygnus atratus
22) Paradise duck Tadorna variegata
23) New Zealand shoveller Anas rhynchotis
24) New Zealand scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
25) Variable oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
26) White-fronted tern Sterna striata
27) White heron (Great white egret) Egretta alba
28) Spotted shag Stictocarbo punctatus
29) Black-billed gull Larus bulleri
30) Little pied shag Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
jbnbsn99
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Good list! Most of us would love to have those birds.
it was quite a good day birding for Hokitika, but it was really hot so I ended up all sunburnt. The redpolls, yellowhammers and black-billed gulls were the first ones I'd seen round Hokitika so that was something as well.
and where is your list then?nanoboy said:
Thanks to being pretty much snowed in, I have only been able to add 2 new birds to the list and no new mammals. I thought I'd list all my species as well.
Bird list:
1) Great cormorant Phalacocorax carbo
2) Little egret Egretta garzetta
3) Grey heron Ardea cinerea
4) Mute swan Cygnus olor
5) Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
6) Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
7) Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus
8) Common pheasant Phasianus colchicus
9) Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
10) Black-headed gull Larus ridibundus
11) Herring gull Larus argentatus
12) Feral pigeon Columba livia domest.
13) Common woodpigeon Columba palumbus
14) Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto
15) Green woodpecker Picus viridis
16) Great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major
17) Winter wren Troglodytes troglodytes
18) Dunnock Prunella modularis
19) European robin Erithacus rubecula
20) Song thrush Turdus philomelos
21) Redwing Turdus iliacus
22) Mistle thrush Turdus viscivorus
23) Fieldfare Turdus piliaris
24) Common blackbird Turdus merula
25) Great tit Parus major
26) Coal tit Parus ater
27) Blue tit Parus caeruleus
28) Long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus
29) Eurasian treecreeper Certhia familiaris
30) Common magpie Pica pica
31) Eurasian jay Garrulus glandarius
32) Western jackdaw Corvus monedula
33) Rook Corvus frugilegus
34) Carrion crow Corvus corone corone
35) Common starling Sturnus vulgaris
36) House sparrow Passer domesticus
37) Common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
38) Common goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Mammal list:
1) Grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
2) European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
3) Brown hare Lepus europaeus
4) Reeve's muntjac deer Muntiacus reevesi
Attached is a photo of one of the fieldfares and the mistle thrush that graced my garden this morning.
Bird list:
1) Great cormorant Phalacocorax carbo
2) Little egret Egretta garzetta
3) Grey heron Ardea cinerea
4) Mute swan Cygnus olor
5) Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
6) Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
7) Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus
8) Common pheasant Phasianus colchicus
9) Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
10) Black-headed gull Larus ridibundus
11) Herring gull Larus argentatus
12) Feral pigeon Columba livia domest.
13) Common woodpigeon Columba palumbus
14) Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto
15) Green woodpecker Picus viridis
16) Great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major
17) Winter wren Troglodytes troglodytes
18) Dunnock Prunella modularis
19) European robin Erithacus rubecula
20) Song thrush Turdus philomelos
21) Redwing Turdus iliacus
22) Mistle thrush Turdus viscivorus
23) Fieldfare Turdus piliaris
24) Common blackbird Turdus merula
25) Great tit Parus major
26) Coal tit Parus ater
27) Blue tit Parus caeruleus
28) Long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus
29) Eurasian treecreeper Certhia familiaris
30) Common magpie Pica pica
31) Eurasian jay Garrulus glandarius
32) Western jackdaw Corvus monedula
33) Rook Corvus frugilegus
34) Carrion crow Corvus corone corone
35) Common starling Sturnus vulgaris
36) House sparrow Passer domesticus
37) Common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
38) Common goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Mammal list:
1) Grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
2) European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
3) Brown hare Lepus europaeus
4) Reeve's muntjac deer Muntiacus reevesi
Attached is a photo of one of the fieldfares and the mistle thrush that graced my garden this morning.
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nanoboy
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My list so far:
1 Cape Barren Goose
2 Australian Wood Duck
3 Pacific Black Duck
4 Chestnut Teal
5 Darter
6 Pied Cormorant
7 Australian Pelican
8 White-faced Heron
9 Cattle Egret
10 Australian White Ibis
11 Straw-necked Ibis
12 Black-shouldered Kite
13 Whistling Kite
14 Wedge-tailed Eagle
15 Brown Falcon
16 Buff-banded Rail
17 Purple Swamphen
18 Dusky Moorhen
19 Eurasian Coot
20 Silver Gull
21 Rock Dove
22 Spotted Turtle-Dove
23 Galah
24 Long-billed Corella
25 Little Corella
26 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
27 Rainbow Lorikeet
28 Crimson Rosella
29 Eastern Rosella
30 Red-rumped Parrot
31 Laughing Kookaburra
32 Superb Fairy-wren
33 Brown Thornbill
34 Red Wattlebird
35 Noisy Miner
36 Magpie-lark
37 Willie Wagtail
38 Grey Butcherbird
39 Australian Magpie
40 Pied Currawong
41 Australian Raven
42 House Sparrow
43 Welcome Swallow
44 Common Blackbird
45 Song Thrush
46 Common Starling
47 Common Myna
1 Cape Barren Goose
2 Australian Wood Duck
3 Pacific Black Duck
4 Chestnut Teal
5 Darter
6 Pied Cormorant
7 Australian Pelican
8 White-faced Heron
9 Cattle Egret
10 Australian White Ibis
11 Straw-necked Ibis
12 Black-shouldered Kite
13 Whistling Kite
14 Wedge-tailed Eagle
15 Brown Falcon
16 Buff-banded Rail
17 Purple Swamphen
18 Dusky Moorhen
19 Eurasian Coot
20 Silver Gull
21 Rock Dove
22 Spotted Turtle-Dove
23 Galah
24 Long-billed Corella
25 Little Corella
26 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
27 Rainbow Lorikeet
28 Crimson Rosella
29 Eastern Rosella
30 Red-rumped Parrot
31 Laughing Kookaburra
32 Superb Fairy-wren
33 Brown Thornbill
34 Red Wattlebird
35 Noisy Miner
36 Magpie-lark
37 Willie Wagtail
38 Grey Butcherbird
39 Australian Magpie
40 Pied Currawong
41 Australian Raven
42 House Sparrow
43 Welcome Swallow
44 Common Blackbird
45 Song Thrush
46 Common Starling
47 Common Myna
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