ZooChat Big Year 2013
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I dont keep numbers, but saw a few birds I have not seen before or for a long time this week near Ivanhoe.
Grey Goshawk sitting on a dead branch beside the road as I drove past. I am definite what I saw although the bird book says I was north of their range.
Crimson Chats. Saw a flock of at least 5 after at first seeing the red and thinking they were red capped robins before getting a better look.
Australian Ringnecks and Blue Bonnets which I have not seen for several years.
Grey Goshawk sitting on a dead branch beside the road as I drove past. I am definite what I saw although the bird book says I was north of their range.
Crimson Chats. Saw a flock of at least 5 after at first seeing the red and thinking they were red capped robins before getting a better look.
Australian Ringnecks and Blue Bonnets which I have not seen for several years.
nanoboy
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I have never seen most of those birds. When you said Ivanhoe, I got excited, because I drive past Ivanhoe in Victoria quite often.
I don't think that's the Ivanhoe he's talking about.
Birds
142. Little Raven
Reptiles
7. Eastern Bearded Dragon
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Great Blue Heron
~Thylo
~Thylo
I only started making the list of birds I've seen this year, and since I only started the list yesterday with a vague memory of what I've seen, and the fact that I haven't gone intentionally birding this year, my list is puny compared to what most of what you guys have seen.
However, I saw my first Coyote (I think) of the year on Friday, and while it wasn't my first, I saw a Common Garter Snake (which I accidentally stepped on) and some frogs, and Blue Jays.
I'll probably release the finished list once the end of the year approaches.
However, I saw my first Coyote (I think) of the year on Friday, and while it wasn't my first, I saw a Common Garter Snake (which I accidentally stepped on) and some frogs, and Blue Jays.
I'll probably release the finished list once the end of the year approaches.
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nanoboy
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Still not numbering your birds eh?
I don't know what number I'm on!
I'm just listing what I see at this point, I'm not anywhere near the numbers most of you guys have.~Thylo
nanoboy
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I don't know what number I'm on!
~Thylo
I am in competition with myself and have set a new target of 200. I would be happy with 150 though, given that I am on about 125 at the moment and probably will not venture too far out of Victoria this year.
I'm hoping to add another 200 in the next fortnight.
(Just thought I'd rub it in a bit!)
Hix
Lake Baikal. No seal 
BIRDS:
171) Mongolian gull Larus mongolicus
172) Common gull Larus canus
173) Sanderling Calidris alba
174) Greater scaup Aythya marila
175) Willow tit Poecile [Parus] montanus
176) Black kite Milvus migrans (black-eared kite Milvus lineatus if split)
177) Northern wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
178) Yellow-browed warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
179) Spotted nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
180) Hen harrier Circus cyaneus
181) Merlin Falco columbarius
182) Northern raven Corvus corax
183) White-crowned penduline tit Remiz coronatus
184) Temminck's stint Calidris temminckii
185) Northern shoveller Anas clypeata
186) Arctic warbler Phylloscopus borealis
187) Siberian jay Perisoreus infaustus
188) Osprey Pandion haliaetus
189) White-tailed sea eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
190) Eurasian teal Anas crecca
191) Taiga flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
192) Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
MAMMALS:
8) Red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris
9) Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
BIRDS:
171) Mongolian gull Larus mongolicus
172) Common gull Larus canus
173) Sanderling Calidris alba
174) Greater scaup Aythya marila
175) Willow tit Poecile [Parus] montanus
176) Black kite Milvus migrans (black-eared kite Milvus lineatus if split)
177) Northern wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
178) Yellow-browed warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
179) Spotted nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
180) Hen harrier Circus cyaneus
181) Merlin Falco columbarius
182) Northern raven Corvus corax
183) White-crowned penduline tit Remiz coronatus
184) Temminck's stint Calidris temminckii
185) Northern shoveller Anas clypeata
186) Arctic warbler Phylloscopus borealis
187) Siberian jay Perisoreus infaustus
188) Osprey Pandion haliaetus
189) White-tailed sea eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
190) Eurasian teal Anas crecca
191) Taiga flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
192) Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
MAMMALS:
8) Red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris
9) Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
for me also, many-fold. It basically came down to money.
with the price I'm also at a bit of a disadvantage being a solo traveller, because things like that are always based on groups. And for animal stuff it's difficult to find other people to tag along with to bring the individual costs down.
Really really disappointing.
Really really disappointing.
I'm so sorry! I'm shocked! Is there a zoo nearby or on the way you can visit and see the species at?
~Thylo
I'm shocked! Is there a zoo nearby or on the way you can visit and see the species at?~Thylo
there are some at the Irkutsk Aquarium on the other side of the lake (where I'm not going), at Leipzig Zoo (where I'm not going), and I *think* in an Aquarium in Japan where I *may* be going.I'm so sorry!
But seeing them in the wild is what I was interested in; seeing them in a zoo is not the same thing at all.
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