ZooChat Big Year 2013

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Hix said:
Birds:
86. Whitenecked Heron


Reptiles:
4. http://www.zoochat.com/674/lace-monitor-312070/
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Birds:
87. Blackshouldered Kite
88. Gang-gang Cockatoo (http://www.zoochat.com/674/gang-gang-cockatoo-female-callocephalon-fimbriatum-317100/ and http://www.zoochat.com/674/gang-gang-cockatoo-young-male-callocephalon-317101/)
89. http://www.zoochat.com/674/brown-headed-honeyeater-melithreptus-brevisrostris-317097/
90. Fuscous Honeyeater
91. http://www.zoochat.com/674/spotted-pardalote-pardalotus-punctatus-317111/
92. http://www.zoochat.com/674/buff-rumped-thornbill-acanthiza-reguloides-317098/
93. http://www.zoochat.com/674/scarlet-robin-male-petroica-boodang-317103/
94. http://www.zoochat.com/674/yellowtailed-black-cockatoos-pair-calyptorhynchus-funereus-317108/
95. Whitebrowed Scrubwren
96. Grey Currawong
97. Wedgetail Eagle
98. Strawnecked Ibis


Reptiles:
5. Longnecked Turtle

:p

Hix
 
lintworm said:
109. Barn swallow
110. Yellowhammer
111. Black redstart
112. Common firecrest

mammals:
11. red fox
12. common pipistrelle

fish:
8. Three spined stickleback
9. Ninespine stickleback
10. Silver bream
11. Common bleak
12. European bitterling
13. Common roach

Herpetofauna:
2. Common toad
3. Viviparous lizard
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birds:
113. Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
114. Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
115. Woodlark (Lullula arborea)
116. Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

mammals:
13. Daubenton's Bat (Myotis daubentonii)
14. Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)

Herpetofauna:
4. European tree frog (Hyla arborea)
5. Common frog (Rana temporaria)
6. Edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus)
7. Great crested newt (Triturus cristatus)

Great crested newt being a lifer and with this species I have seen all 23 dutch reptile- and amphibian species in the Netherlands :)
 
Pleistohorse said:
20) Ruby Crowned Kinglet
21) American Kestrel
22) Carolina Chickadee
23) House Finch
24) Common Grackle
25) Great-Tailed Grackle
26) Dark-eyed Junco
27) Downy Woodpecker
28) Red-Shouldered Hawk

Working on a few different sparrows.
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29) Myrtle Warbler
30) House Sparrow
31) Song Sparrow
32) Field Sparrow
33) White-throated Sparrow
34) Savannah Sparrow
35) Herring Gull

Mammals:

1) Arctic Fox
2) Red Fox
3) Red Squirrel
4) Moose
5) Dall Sheep
6) Eastern Cottontail
7) Virginia Oppossum
8) Musk Ox
 
Now finally starting to see the first of the spring migrants:

67) Barn swallow

Not sure how allowable it is, but I also saw a number of birds in the Netherlands:

68) Gadwall
69) Egyptian goose
70) White-fronted goose (Lifer)
71) Rose-ringed parakeet
72) European white stork

Only one new mammal, also in the Netherlands:

14) House mouse

As well as these, I have also seen my first bumblebees and butterflies (brimstone).
 
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Birds abroad also count if you want.

I think you can also count the white storks, I do not think they all originate from Blijdorp animals.
 
No update for a while, but here ya go:

144) Purple Martin
145) Great-tailed Grackle
146) Barn Swallow
147) Northern Rough-winged Swallow
148) Baird's Swallow
149) Vesper Swallow
150) Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
151) Louisiana Waterthrush
152) Ruby-crowned Kinglet
153) Osprey
154) Hudsonian Godwit
155) Semipalmated Sandpiper
156) Long-billed Dowitcher
157) Swainson's Hawk
158) Fish Crow
159) Chipping Sparrow
160) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
161) Black-and-White Warbler
162) Baltimore Oriole
163) Red-throated Loon
164) Cinnamon Teal
165) Great Egret
166) Brown Thrasher
167) Lark Sparrow
168) Grasshopper Sparrow
169) White-faced Ibis
170) Northern Parula
171) Yellow-throated Warbler
172) Solitary Sandpiper
173) Peregrine Falcon
174) Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
175) Chimney Swift
176) Cliff Swallow
177) Bank Swallow
178) Green Heron
179) American Avocet
180) Marbled Godwit
181) Wilson's Phalarope
182) Upland Sandpiper
183) Garganey
184) Orange-crowned Warbler
185) Eastern Kingbird
 
KCZooFan said:
No update for a while, but here ya go:

144) Purple Martin
145) Great-tailed Grackle
146) Barn Swallow
147) Northern Rough-winged Swallow
148) Baird's Swallow
149) Vesper Swallow
150) Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
151) Louisiana Waterthrush
152) Ruby-crowned Kinglet
153) Osprey
154) Hudsonian Godwit
155) Semipalmated Sandpiper
156) Long-billed Dowitcher
157) Swainson's Hawk
158) Fish Crow
159) Chipping Sparrow
160) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
161) Black-and-White Warbler
162) Baltimore Oriole
163) Red-throated Loon
164) Cinnamon Teal
165) Great Egret
166) Brown Thrasher
167) Lark Sparrow
168) Grasshopper Sparrow
169) White-faced Ibis
170) Northern Parula
171) Yellow-throated Warbler
172) Solitary Sandpiper
173) Peregrine Falcon
174) Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
175) Chimney Swift
176) Cliff Swallow
177) Bank Swallow
178) Green Heron
179) American Avocet
180) Marbled Godwit
181) Wilson's Phalarope
182) Upland Sandpiper
183) Garganey
184) Orange-crowned Warbler
185) Eastern Kingbird
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To quote Shakespeare "you're a jerk."
 
Ituri said:
132. Pileated Woodpecker
133. Pacific Wren
134. California Gull
135. Ferruginous Hawk
136. Spotted Towhee
137. Snow Goose
138. Sandhill Crane
139. Western Scrub-jay
140. Western Gull
141. Trumpeter Swan
142. Barn Owl

Mammals:
1. Desert Cottontail
2. Mule Deer (ssp. eremicus)
2. Mule Deer (ssp. hemionus)
3. Rock Squirrel
4. Harris's Antelope Squirrel
5. Eastern Fox Squirrel
6. White-tailed Deer
7. Coyote
8. Pine Squirrel
9. House Mouse
10. Eastern Gray Squirrel
11. California Ground Squirrel
12. Pronghorn
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Birds:
143 Prairie Falcon
144 Greater White-fronted Goose
145 Ross's Goose
146 Tundra Swan
147 Canvasback
148 Gray Partridge
149 Violet-green Swallow
150 American Dipper
151 Western Bluebird
152 Townsend's Solitaire
153 Tree Swallow
154 Caspian Tern
155 Iceland Gull
156 White-throated Swift
157 Canyon Wren
158 Brewer's Blackbird
159 Golden Eagle
160 Swainson's Hawk
161 Baird's Sandpiper
162 American Pipit
163 Turkey Vulture
164 Yellow-headed Blackbird
165 Calliope Hummingbird

Mammals:
13. Piute Ground Squirrel
14. Southern Idaho Ground Squirrel
15. Columbian Ground Squirrel
16. Mountain Cottontail

Reptiles:
1. Western Painted Turtle
2. Red-eared Slider

Amphibians:
1. Columbia Spotted Frog
 
Hix said:
Birds:
87. Blackshouldered Kite
88. Gang-gang Cockatoo (http://www.zoochat.com/674/gang-gang-cockatoo-female-callocephalon-fimbriatum-317100/ and http://www.zoochat.com/674/gang-gang-cockatoo-young-male-callocephalon-317101/)
89. http://www.zoochat.com/674/brown-headed-honeyeater-melithreptus-brevisrostris-317097/
90. Fuscous Honeyeater
91. http://www.zoochat.com/674/spotted-pardalote-pardalotus-punctatus-317111/
92. http://www.zoochat.com/674/buff-rumped-thornbill-acanthiza-reguloides-317098/
93. http://www.zoochat.com/674/scarlet-robin-male-petroica-boodang-317103/
94. http://www.zoochat.com/674/yellowtailed-black-cockatoos-pair-calyptorhynchus-funereus-317108/
95. Whitebrowed Scrubwren
96. Grey Currawong
97. Wedgetail Eagle
98. Strawnecked Ibis


Reptiles:
5. Longnecked Turtle

:p

Hix
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That is a very cool list. That reminds me to download some of the pics off my camera for identification. I saw two black shouldered kites over the weekend having a dogfight, which was cool.

Jerangle, according to Google maps, is just south east of Canberra. Did you go to a national park or something there? What took you to that neck of the woods? It looks far from civilisation.
 
nanoboy said:
Jerangle, according to Google maps, is just south east of Canberra. Did you go to a national park or something there? What took you to that neck of the woods? It looks far from civilisation.
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Canberra being widely considered the place most removed from civilisation on the entire Australian continent.
 
nanoboy said:
Jerangle, according to Google maps, is just south east of Canberra. Did you go to a national park or something there? What took you to that neck of the woods? It looks far from civilisation.
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My brother has a 200 acre farm/bushblock just outside of Jerangle and I visit a few times each year. It's great for getting things I don't see in Sydney. I saw three wedgetails, two of which were dogfighting. And all those pesky little thornbills.

On my return through Canberra I visited Jerrabombera Wetlands, Botanic Gardens and Mulligan's Flat - all well-known birding spots. But I got there around midday and not too much was stirring. Must go back in Summer.

Caught a couple this morning near my home:

Birds:
99. Little Corella
100. White-plumed Honeyeater

:p

Hix
 
Hix said:
My brother has a 200 acre farm/bushblock just outside of Jerangle and I visit a few times each year. It's great for getting things I don't see in Sydney. I saw three wedgetails, two of which were dogfighting. And all those pesky little thornbills.

On my return through Canberra I visited Jerrabombera Wetlands, Botanic Gardens and Mulligan's Flat - all well-known birding spots. But I got there around midday and not too much was stirring. Must go back in Summer.

Caught a couple this morning near my home:

Birds:
99. Little Corella
100. White-plumed Honeyeater

:p

Hix
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Ah ok very very cool. I looked at the map and couldn't see a town or national park anywhere, so I thought that it was a strange place to visit, but it makes sense now.

You have recorded 100 species now with seven months to go. Well done.
 
nanoboy said:
You have recorded 100 species now with seven months to go. Well done.
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Actually, I have eight months to go.

Last year I recorded 102 species in Australia (although I only started looking from August onwards) and I expect to break this in a couple of weeks when I head west for the weekend.

:p

Hix
 
Hix said:
Last year I recorded 102 species in Australia (although I only started looking from August onwards) and I expect to break this in a couple of weeks when I head west for the weekend.
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that's the most fun thing with year listing: trying to see by how much you can beat previous years.
 
DesertRhino150 said:
Now finally starting to see the first of the spring migrants:

67) Barn swallow

Not sure how allowable it is, but I also saw a number of birds in the Netherlands:

68) Gadwall
69) Egyptian goose
70) White-fronted goose (Lifer)
71) Rose-ringed parakeet
72) European white stork

Only one new mammal, also in the Netherlands:

14) House mouse

As well as these, I have also seen my first bumblebees and butterflies (brimstone).
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Seen the first reptiles of this year, narrowly missing on a second species.

1) Viviparous lizard
 
Pleistohorse said:
29) Myrtle Warbler
30) House Sparrow
31) Song Sparrow
32) Field Sparrow
33) White-throated Sparrow
34) Savannah Sparrow
35) Herring Gull

Mammals:

1) Arctic Fox
2) Red Fox
3) Red Squirrel
4) Moose
5) Dall Sheep
6) Eastern Cottontail
7) Virginia Oppossum
8) Musk Ox
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36) Sandhill Crane
37) Mew Gull
 
146 Western Kingbird - Tyrannus verticalis
147 Vesper Sparrow - Pooecetes gramineus
148 Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica
149 Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus
150 Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
151 Fulvous Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna bicolor
152 Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus
153 Grasshopper Sparrow - Ammodramus savannarum
154 Dickcissel - Spiza americana
155 Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga
156 Green Heron - Butorides virescens
157 Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus
158 Blue Grosbeak - Passerina caerulea
 
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