ZooChat Big Year 2013
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I'm relegating Mute Swan and Nanday Parakeet to a sublist of non-countable sightings.
So that puts Black Vulture at 297
298) Glaucous Gull
jbnbsn99
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In other Big Year news, it looks like the North American record is about to be broken. In case you didn't know, the NA record is 745+3 (745 previously recorded species plus 3 species recorded for the first time in NA and later accepted by birding committees). As of today, there is a contender with 742+3. He is only 3 away from the record with a little more than two weeks to go.
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nanoboy
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Sounds like this is from the pelagic trip?
nanoboy
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Nice article about your cousins across the pond: In Britain, bird-watching gone wild - The Washington Post
yep. a great day with plenty of birds about.
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia):
BIRDS:
379) House crow Corvus splendens
380) Javan mynah Acridotheres javanicus
381) White-vented mynah Acridotheres grandis
382) Brahminy kite Haliastur indus
383) Asian koel Eudynamys scolopacea
384) Common tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
385) Rufous-tailed tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
386) Blue-tailed bee-eater Merops philippinus
387) Asian glossy starling Aplonis panayensis
388) Stripe-throated bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni
389) Yellow-vented bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
390) Zebra dove Geopelia striata
MAMMALS:
44) Crab-eating macaque Macaca fascicularis
45) Long-tongued fruit bat Eonycteris spelaea
BIRDS:
379) House crow Corvus splendens
380) Javan mynah Acridotheres javanicus
381) White-vented mynah Acridotheres grandis
382) Brahminy kite Haliastur indus
383) Asian koel Eudynamys scolopacea
384) Common tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
385) Rufous-tailed tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
386) Blue-tailed bee-eater Merops philippinus
387) Asian glossy starling Aplonis panayensis
388) Stripe-throated bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni
389) Yellow-vented bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
390) Zebra dove Geopelia striata
MAMMALS:
44) Crab-eating macaque Macaca fascicularis
45) Long-tongued fruit bat Eonycteris spelaea
nanoboy
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Taman Alam, Kuala Selangor, Malaysia:
BIRDS:
391) White-throated kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
392)Germain's swiftlet Collocalia germani
393) Pink-necked green pigeon Treron vernans
394) Milky stork Mycteria cinerea
395) Ashy tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
396) Lesser adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
397) Oriental white-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
398) Pied triller Lalage nigra
399) Asian pied fantail Rhipidura javanica
400) Collared kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
401) Mangrove whistler Pachycephala cinerea
402) White-breasted waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
403) Crested serpent-eagle Spilornis cheela
404) White-rumped munia Lonchura striata
405) Olive-winged bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
406) Black-naped oriole Oriolus chinensis
407) Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
408) Ruby-cheeked sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
409) Coppersmith barbet Megalaima haemacephala
MAMMALS:
46) Plantain squirrel Callosciurus notatus
47) Smooth-coated otter Lutrogale perspicillata
48) Silvered leaf monkey Trachypithecus cristatus
BIRDS:
391) White-throated kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
392)Germain's swiftlet Collocalia germani
393) Pink-necked green pigeon Treron vernans
394) Milky stork Mycteria cinerea
395) Ashy tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
396) Lesser adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
397) Oriental white-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
398) Pied triller Lalage nigra
399) Asian pied fantail Rhipidura javanica
400) Collared kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
401) Mangrove whistler Pachycephala cinerea
402) White-breasted waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
403) Crested serpent-eagle Spilornis cheela
404) White-rumped munia Lonchura striata
405) Olive-winged bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
406) Black-naped oriole Oriolus chinensis
407) Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
408) Ruby-cheeked sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
409) Coppersmith barbet Megalaima haemacephala
MAMMALS:
46) Plantain squirrel Callosciurus notatus
47) Smooth-coated otter Lutrogale perspicillata
48) Silvered leaf monkey Trachypithecus cristatus
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oh also, I go to Burma on the 26 Dec and won't be out until 16 Jan (or possibly much much longer if I run afoul of the authorities somehow), so don't total up the results until everyone (possibly including lintworm for instance) has submitted final tallies. I don't know if I will be able to post from within Burma or not.
nanoboy
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Is this your longest year list ever?
Yeah, I still have some from Uganda I'm trying to ID, or waiting for people to get back to me. Possibly as many as a dozen. I thought I might catch up to Chlidonias, but his last post has pushed him too far ahead!
Still, there's always next year!
Hix
I thought you might catch up as well, it was staying pretty close for a bit. Now I'm in Malaysia (and now I've actually got out to find some birds!) I've got a bit of a bird spurt although unfortunately there will be very few lifers from here. I'll be in Burma for the last six days of the year, so hopefully I'll get a lot more there.Yeah, I still have some from Uganda I'm trying to ID, or waiting for people to get back to me. Possibly as many as a dozen. I thought I might catch up to Chlidonias, but his last post has pushed him too far ahead!
Still, there's always next year!
Hix
2009 with 534 species was my best year (that was the year I was in Indonesia and Borneo for almost six months). This year theoretically should have surpassed that easily but the birding was too terrible in mid-summer in South Korea and Russia which held me back a lot.
Best year before that one was 2006 with 401 species (three months in mainland southeast Asia), so this year has now become my second-best year.
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