ZooChat Big Year 2015

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LaughingDove said:
Seen inside Dvur Kralove Zoo (Czech Rep.) today:

220) Bullfinch- Never seen one before and always wanted to, I think they might be the most beautiful birds in Europe (the males, I saw a pair)
221) Marsh Tit
222) Grey Wagtail
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I went down to an area of lakes, woodlands and mud-flats south of Warsaw which is one of my favourite places around Warsaw to bird and was quite successful overall with quite a few lifers:

223) Hawfinch
224) Goldeneye
225) Greylag Goose
226) Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
227) Mediterranean Gull
228) Common Sandpiper
229) Little Ringed Plover
 
Couple of local bonuses today:

121. Common House Martin - Delichon urbicum
122. Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita

:)
 
lintworm said:
Although no time for real birding now, if new bird species are flying past your office, the list will continue to grow ;)

109. Barn swallow

It is my first swallow this year and a sign spring has really started ;).
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I have now finally finished my M.Sc. so I had some time to go outside ;), which even resulted in a lifer in a small nature area close to my home.

110. Bluethroat
111. Common linnet
112. Garganey
113. Green sandpiper
114. Yellow wagtail
115. Field lark
116. Eurasian tree sparrow
117. Greater black-backed gull

heard only: great bittern

Mammals
10. Bank vole

Herpetofauna
4. Grass snake
5. Common toad

(6. edible frog) a natural hybrid so not really countable.

Butterflies
5. Small white

Fish
2. Bream
3. threespine stickleback

Although Garganey is not a rare species, I have managed to miss them all the time, until last week.
 
Pleistohorse said:
Birds:
1. Common Raven
2. Black-billed Magpie
3. Rock Dove
4. Bohemian Waxwing
5. Black-capped Chickadee
6. Bald Eagle
7. Mallard
8. Steller Jay
9. European Starling

Mammals:
1. Red-backed Vole
2. Red Fox
3. Moose
4. Arctic Fox
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Birds:
10. Red-breasted Nuthatch
11. White-winged Crossbill
12. Pine Siskin
13. Cackling Goose
12. Canada Goose
13. Common Goldeneye
14. Red-necked Grebe
15. Northern Harrier
16. Red-tailed Hawk
17. Mew Gull
18. Glaucous-winged Gull
19. Boreal Chickadee

Mammals:
5. Dall Sheep
6. Mountain Goat
 
Spring Migration

Storms have been threatening every weekend in April, so a lot of my plans are getting shot down at the last minute. I had a back-up this weekend though. I've been seeing ungodly reports of migrants coming from the southeast corner of Texas (a place called Sabine Pass). Weather conditions were right with a stalled front over the area. Which makes for...

FALLOUT!

23 new year birds
18 species of warbler in 1 day
12 lifers
And more mosquito bites than I can count.

282 Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula
283 Common Nighthawk - Chordeiles minor
284 Acadian Flycatcher - Empidonax virescens
285 Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus
286 Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus
  • I'm calling this a lifer even though I've included it before as my previous sightings have all been suspect.
287 Philadelphia Vireo - Vireo philadelphicus
288 Gray-cheeked Thrush - Catharus minimus
289 Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus
290 Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina
291 Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia noveboracensis
292 Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera
293 Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera
294 Tennessee Warbler - Oreothlypis peregrina
295 Kentucky Warbler - Geothlypis formosa
296 Cerulean Warbler - Setophaga cerulea
297 Blackburnian Warbler - Setophaga fusca
298 Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia
299 Chestnut-sided Warbler - Setophaga pensylvanica
300 Blackpoll Warbler - Setophaga striata
301 Black-throated Green Warbler - Setophaga virens
302 Canada Warbler - Cardellina canadensis
303 Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra
304 Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris
 
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Ituri said:
165 Long-billed Curlew
166 Wilson's Snipe
167 Tree Swallow
168 Swainson's Hawk



20 Yellow-bellied Marmot
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Birds:
169 Cinnamon Teal
170 Black-necked Stilt
171 American Avocet
172 Sagebrush Sparrow
173 House Wren
174 Great-tailed Grackle
175 Clark's Grebe
176 Marbled Godwit
177 Barn Swallow
178 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
179 Brown-headed Cowbird
180 Juniper Titmouse
181 Fox Sparrow
182 Bonaparte's Gull
183 Cliff Swallow
184 Blue-winged Teal
185 Greater Yellowlegs

Amphibians:
1 Pacific Tree Frog
 
LaughingDove said:
I went down to an area of lakes, woodlands and mud-flats south of Warsaw which is one of my favourite places around Warsaw to bird and was quite successful overall with quite a few lifers:

223) Hawfinch
224) Goldeneye
225) Greylag Goose
226) Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
227) Mediterranean Gull
228) Common Sandpiper
229) Little Ringed Plover
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Visited Kampinos National Park today, didn't see as much as I hoped but got a few year birds.

230) Crested Tit
231) Linnet
232) Wood Lark
233) Willow Tit
 
Steady flow of migrants to keep the list ticking over ...

160. Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
161. Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
162. Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
163. Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
164. Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
165. Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
166. Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
167. House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
 
Hevden said:
Last one from Kent

171. Tundra bean goose
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A day around north wales kept my list ticking over on saturday.

172. Black grouse (20+ males lekking)
173. Peregrine
174. Kittiwake
175. Guillemot
176. Chough
177. Sand martin
178. House martin
179. Blackcap
180. Reed warbler

Finally managed to find a rarity in cheshire this morning with two Black-winged stilts. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time, they only stayed an hour after I found them.

181. Whitethroat
182. Short-eared owl
183. Black-winged stilt
 
A couple of additions on my weekend travels:

123. Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla
124. Sand Martin - Riparia riparia

:)
 
lintworm said:
I have now finally finished my M.Sc. so I had some time to go outside ;), which even resulted in a lifer in a small nature area close to my home.

110. Bluethroat
111. Common linnet
112. Garganey
113. Green sandpiper
114. Yellow wagtail
115. Field lark
116. Eurasian tree sparrow
117. Greater black-backed gull

heard only: great bittern

Mammals
10. Bank vole

Herpetofauna
4. Grass snake
5. Common toad

(6. edible frog) a natural hybrid so not really countable.

Butterflies
5. Small white

Fish
2. Bream
3. threespine stickleback

Although Garganey is not a rare species, I have managed to miss them all the time, until last week.
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118. Mandarin duck
119. Willow warbler
120. Common whitethroat.

Cetti warbler and grasshopper warbler remained heard only. Extra frustrating, as Cetti warbler would be a lifer....

Butterfly
6. European peacock

Fish.
4. European perch,
5. Western tubenose goby
6. European bitterling
 
DesertRhino150 said:
A good visit to Abberton Reservoir today turned up three new species for the year list and got a fourth species later in the day back at home:

105. Little ringed plover Charadrius dubius
106. Yellow wagtail Motacilla flava
107. Common linnet Carduelis cannabina
108. Barn swallow Hirundo rustica

Abberton also gave me my first amphibian of the year:

1. Smooth newt Lissotriton vulgaris
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Forgot to note that I got another new bird for the year list locally a few days ago.

109. Common blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
 
One more today on a trip to the Fort Worth Zoo

305 Green Heron - Butorides virescens
 
zooboy28 said:
Few more birds from around Melbourne city and the Mornington Peninsula over the last couple of weeks, including one lifer in a wetland a short walk from my house. Also saw a wild female ringtail possum yesterday morning in my backyard, with two large offspring on her back, very cool to see up close - photo attached.

Birds:
72 Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
73 Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
74 White-browed Scrub Wren Sericornis frontalis
75 Musk Duck Biziura lobata
76 Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
77 Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
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A few more birds; a couple from around the house, some from out by Werribee, and the rest from my recent trip back to New Zealand. Unfortunately I didn't keep a list in NZ (or do any real birding), so I might have missed a couple of species.

Birds:
Australia (around Melbourne)
78 Letter-winged Kite Elanus scriptus
79 Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla
80 Buff-Banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
81 Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
82 White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
83 Black Kite Milvus migrans
84 Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

New Zealand (around Auckland and Hamilton)
85 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
86 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
87 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
88 Ringneck Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
89 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
90 Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
91 New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
92 Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
93 Australasian Harrier Circus approximans
94 Red-billed Gull Chroicocephalus scopulinus
95 Black-backed Gull Larus dominicanus
96 New Zealand Scaup Aythya australis
97 New Zealand Shoveller Anas rhynchotis
98 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
 
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