ZooChat Big Year 2014

[LaughingDove]

Looks like Chlidonias may not win!

 

[LaughingDove]

Hix, #436 was an Orange-bellied Parrot?

Senegal parrots are sometimes called orange bellied parrots. I'm not sure if they are found where hix is though.

 

[mstickmanp]

So I went back to the Salton Sea again, but this time with the local Audubon chapter and I got 10 new species.

238. White-tailed Kite
239. Black-bellied Plover
240. Snowy Plover
241. Red-necked Phalarope
242. Laughing Gull
243. Black Tern
244. Lesser Nighthawk
245. Gila Woodpecker
246. Peregrine Falcon
247. Bank Swallow

I got two new birds this past weekend. It was a weird day since I was birding at a place that had active hunting (dove season) and the people were getting the blinds prepared for duck season. All I could hear were the gun shots echo through the reserve.

248. Sora
249. Virginia Rail

 

[Maguari]

55. Yellow-spotted Bush Hyrax
56. Grant's Gazelle
57. Lesser Galago
58. Gambian Sun Squirrel
59. Mountain Nyala

And I have a new favourite mammal of the year! Guess which...

Writing this from Goba. Wish me luck - tomorrow the plateau beckons...

Other group lists will follow when I'm home.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Ah.... but *which* species of Lesser Galago?

 

[Chlidonias]

Hix, #436 was an Orange-bellied Parrot?

Poicephalus rufiventris: orange-bellied or red-bellied parrot (the name is variable).

 

[Chlidonias]

Writing this from Goba. Wish me luck - tomorrow the plateau beckons...

Good luck! Looks like the mammal race for a win will be between Hix and Maguari.

 

[jbnbsn99]

59. Mountain Nyala

I hate you.

 

[BeardsleyZooFan]

From 2 weeks ago from the Coastal Center at Milford Point:

BIRDS:
59. Snowy Egret
60. Yellow-Crowned Night Heron
61. Mute Swan
62. Purple Martin
63. Double-Crested Cormorant
64. White-Winged Scoter
65. American Oystercatcher
66. Laughing Gull

BIRDS:
67. House Finch

REPTILES:
7. Diamondback Terrapin

 

[Maguari]

Ah.... but *which* species of Lesser Galago?

Galago senegalensis, subspecies dunni according to Kingdon.

 

[Hix]

Mammals
62. Red Duiker
63. Bush Duiker
64. Gerenuk
65. Lesser Kudu
66. Angolan Colobus



Hix

 

[Hix]

Birds
471 Greater Honeyguide
472 Bronze Sunbird
473 Black-&-White Mannikin
474 Taveta Golden Weaver
475 Cape Robin-Chat
476 White-bellied Bustard
477 Cardinal Woodpecker
478 Crimson-rumped Waxbill
479 African Firefinch
480 Palmnut Vulture
481 Buff-necked Bustard
482 Fischer's Starling
483 Black-crowned Tchagra
484 Yellow-billed Hornbill
485 Waller's Starling
486 Dark-backed Weaver
487 Olive Sunbird
488 Collared Sunbird
489 Amani Sunbird
490 Purple-banded Sunbird
491 Banded Green Sunbird
492 African Citril
493 Southern Banded Snake-Eagle
494 Green Barbet
495 Moustached Green Tinkerbird
496 White-eared Barbet
497 Yellow-bellied Waxbill
498 Little Greenbul
499 Black-throated Wattle-eye
500 Dusky Flycatcher



Hix

 

[Chlidonias]

BIRDS:
67. House Finch

REPTILES:
7. Diamondback Terrapin

should the terrapin be number 9? I have you down as 8 already for reptiles.

 

[Hix]

Birds
501 Trumpeter Hornbill
502 Cabani's Bunting
503 Beautiful Sunbird
504 Square-tailed Drongo
505 Pale (East Coast) Batis
506 Lesser Striped Swallow
507 African Green Pigeon

Reptiles
20. Usambara Three-horned Chameleon



Hix

 

[Hix]

Again, couple of misidentifications from my guide, but corrected by an expert. So I'm reposting with the corrections at 493 and 503.

Birds
490 Purple-banded Sunbird
491 Banded Green Sunbird
492 African Citril
493 African Crowned Eagle
494 Green Barbet
495 Moustached Green Tinkerbird
496 White-eared Barbet
497 Yellow-bellied Waxbill
498 Little Greenbul
499 Black-throated Wattle-eye
500 Dusky Flycatcher
501 Trumpeter Hornbill
502 Cabani's Bunting
503 Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird
504 Square-tailed Drongo
505 Pale (East Coast) Batis
506 Lesser Striped Swallow
507 African Green Pigeon
508 Little Swift
509 Kurrichane Thrush
510 Tailorbird
511 Half-collared Kingfisher
512 Mountain Wagtail
513 Black-headed Batis
514 Scarlet-chested Sunbird
515 House Crow

Mammals
67 Red-footed Sun Squirrel
68 Tanganyika Mountain Squirrel



Hix

 

[nanoboy]

146 Olive-backed Oriole

I got a tip-off from a birder that this bird was seen in the Gresswell forest Reserve (Macleod, Victoria). Naturally, I couldn't find it, but the birder was kind enough to meet me, and like an oriole-whisperer, he found it by listening for the call (which, given its mimicry of lorikeets, I couldn't identify). We had prolonged views at eye-level for a good 5 minutes.

147 Little Eagle (forgot to add to list from Western Treatment Plant visit in August)
148 Yellow-tailed Honeyeater (Bunyip National Park)
149 Pallid Cuckoo (Bunyip National Park)
150 Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Bunyip National Park)
151 Collared Sparrowhawk - (Banyule Flats)

 

[nanoboy]

Poicephalus rufiventris: orange-bellied or red-bellied parrot (the name is variable).

Ah ok ok I get you. Nice bird.

 

[Hix]

Ah ok ok I get you. Nice bird.

Yes, but a very shy bird. I had a bugger of a time getting anything like a decent photo, and I'm still not happy with what I got.



Hix

 

[LaughingDove]

Mammals

19) Eurasian harvest mouse

Amphibians
1) European common frog
2) European common toad

 

[LaughingDove]

Birds

158) now that it has been identified- Indian silverbill