ZooChat Big Year 2015

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I haven't had a chance to do full write-ups on the last few days of the trip, but here's the full list.

408 California Thrasher - Toxostoma redivivum
409 Allen's Hummingbird - Selasphorus sasin S
410 Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata
411 Nuttall's Woodpecker - Picoides nuttallii
412 Pacific-slope Flycatcher - Empidonax difficilis
413 Oak Titmouse - Baeolophus inornatus
414 Sooty Shearwater - Puffinus griseus
415 Elegant Tern - Thalasseus elegans
416 Pink-footed Shearwater - Puffinus creatopus
417 Scripps's Murrelet - Synthliboramphus scrippsi
418 Pelagic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax pelagicus
419 Pigeon Guillemot - Cepphus columba
420 Island Scrub-Jay - Aphelocoma insularis
421 Northern Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis
 
Ituri said:
243 Cassin's Vireo - Vireo cassinii
244 Mountain Bluebird - Sialia currucoides



24 Meadow Vole - Microtus pennsylvanicus
25 House Mouse - Mus musculus
26 Columbian Ground Squirrel - Spermophilus columbianus
27 Yellow Pine Chipmunk - Tamias amoenas
28 White-tailed Antelope Squirrel - Ammospermophilus leucurus
29 Merriam's Ground Squirrel - Spermophilus canus
30 Least Chipmunk - Tamias minimus
31 Pygmy Rabbit - Brachylagus idahoensis
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245 Black Tern - Chlidonias niger
246 Clay-colored Sparrow - Spizella pallida
247 Red-naped Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus nuchalis
248 American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla

32 Richardson's Ground Squirrel - Spermophilus richardsonii
33 White-tailed Jackrabbit - Lepus townsendii
34 Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel - Callospermophilus lateralis
 
Hix said:
141. Brown Falcon
142. Eurasian Skylark
143. Jacky Winter
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Went up to Dubbo and did some birdwatching in Beni State Forest and at Western Plains Zoo.

144. Intermediate Egret
145. Grey-crowned Babbler
146. White-browed Babbler
147. Yellow-throated Miner
148. Red-capped Robin
149. Little Raven
150. Apostlebird
151. Whistling Kite

Mammals
12. Red Kangaroo

:p

Hix
 
Blacktoft Sands and Old Moor today - one new addition from each; the harriers were my first of this species in the UK.

177. Montagu's Harrier - Circus pygargus
178. Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola


UK-only list is now 159 - only one off last year's total.
 
Macaw16 said:
Which did you see where, as Bkacktoft is a reserve I visit regularly(ish)?
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Blacktoft was the harriers (though, coincidentally, it was where I got my Wood Sandpiper last year!) - I saw the female in the morning and had two short views of the male in the early afternoon, both from Singleton Hide. Didn't see the newly-fledged young. There's more info on the reserve website: https://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverand...eserves/guide/b/blacktoftsands/sightings.aspx

There were stacks of Marsh Harriers, Ruffs, Spotted Redshanks, Sedge Warblers and Brown Hares as well, among others.
 
DesertRhino150 said:
Forgot to add another species of new bird I saw late last week:

143. Black tern Chlidonias niger
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Since my last update, I have seen one new bird species and three new mammal species:

144. Common greenshank Tringa nebularia

18. Western barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus
19. Common noctule bat Nyctalus noctula
20. Leisler's bat Nyctalus leisleri
 
Coincidentally after DesertRhino150's post, I can now also add:

31. Leisler's Bat - Nyctalus leisleri

Been out counting a roost with the bat group - also had a few noctules and pipistrelles. Increased my life total of Leisler's Bat individuals by over 5000%. :D
 
Hevden said:
Two more today after a slight detour on the way home.

221. Little bittern
222. Hobby
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Car problems have caused me to fall behind a bit with birding and probably ruined my chances of getting to 300 this year however I have managed a few more

223. Tree pipit
224. Wood lark
225. Nightjar
226. Montagues harrier
227. Red-footed falcon
 
Ituri said:
245 Black Tern - Chlidonias niger
246 Clay-colored Sparrow - Spizella pallida
247 Red-naped Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus nuchalis
248 American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla

32 Richardson's Ground Squirrel - Spermophilus richardsonii
33 White-tailed Jackrabbit - Lepus townsendii
34 Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel - Callospermophilus lateralis
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American Redstart was a misidentification.

248 Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia noveboracensis
249 Rufous Hummingbird - Selasphorus rufus
250 Olive-sided Flycatcher - Contopus cooperi
251 Townsend's Warbler - Setophaga townsendi
252 Black-backed Woodpecker - Picoides arcticus

35 American Black Bear - Ursus americanus
36 Mountain Goat - Oreamnos americanus
37 Hoary Marmot - Marmota caligata
38 North American River Otter - Lontra canadensis
 
Pleistohorse said:
Here is a consolidation of the 32 mammal species I've seen this year. I'm leaving out a bat in Texas and a vole or lemming in Alaska...couldn't identify either one. Texas was great but
I missed out on Pronghorn, Javelina, Nutria, and Feral Hogs in areas I've seen them before. A side trip for Elk and Bison was a no-go due to a family medical delay. Hoped to see Armidillos, Striped Skunk, Ringtail, and Grey Fox near the San Felipe Springs in Del Rio...but again...time prevented a proper stay. Fairly confident that Black Bears will be spotted and a trip to Seward in July and Denali in August might yet secure several Sea Mammals, along with Wolves, Marmonts, and Pikas. If I'm lucky. Appears Musk Ox are a no show for me this year. I trip to Connecticut and Maine this fall may provide Grey Squirrels, Woodchucks, Opossums, and Chipmunks. Fisher, Lynx, and River Otters...you never know. I might still get to 40 species this year...I was hoping for more. Here is what I've got so far:

1. Canadian Beaver
2. North American Porcupine
3. Muskrat
4. Northern Red-backed Vole
5. Fox Squirrel
6. American Red Squirrel
7. Texas Antelope Squirrel
8. Black-tailed Praire Dog
9. Arctic Ground Squirrel
10. California Ground Squirrel
11. Rock Squirrel
12. Mexican Ground Squirrel
13. Spotted Ground Squirrel
14. Snowshoe Hare
15. Desert Cottontail
16. Black-tailed Jackrabbit
17. Common Shrew
18. Striped Skunk
19. Northern Raccoon
20. Brown Bear
21. Arctic Fox
22. Red Fox
23. Coyote
24. Rocky Mountain Goat
25. Blackbuck
26. Dall Sheep
27. Aoudad
28. Mule Deer
29. Whitetail Deer
30. Axis Deer
31. Caribou
32. Moose

Working on birds next.
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Through process of elimination based on color, geography, and visible tale:

33. Tundra Vole
 
lintworm said:
244. European dipper

and a fish I have forgotten to add for 2 months now:

7. Roach

This was my first dipper I have seen in Switzerland and I have now seen dippers in 10 different countries throughout Europe...
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Some more birds and one mammal from a weekend full of cheese in the Berner Oberland (Swiss Alps)

255. Lesser redpoll
256. Golden eagle
257. Water pipit
258. Yellow-billed chough
259. Nutcracker

Mammals

25. Alpine chamois

Maybe I will get some more mountain species within a few weeks, but in 4 weeks I will be in the land of 13 months of sunshine :)
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Just an update from my end with some lifeticks and a few species that definitely should have been counted a lot earlier.

Birds
26) Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
27) American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
28) Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
29) Pileated Woodpecker Hylatomus pileatus
30) Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
31) Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
32) White-Breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
33) Brown-Headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
34) American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
35) Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus

Mammals
5) Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus

Reptiles
2) Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon

Amphibians
1) Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus

And of course I am left with the oh so frustrating problem of having seen a cottontail, but not knowing definitively which species it is...

~Thylo:cool:
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Mammals
6) Groundhog Marmota monax

Reptiles
3) Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta

Amphibians
2) American Toad Anaxyrus americanus

~Thylo:cool:
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Mammals
6) Groundhog Marmota monax

Reptiles
3) Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta

Amphibians
2) American Toad Anaxyrus americanus

~Thylo:cool:
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Birds
36) Double-Crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
37) Greater Black-Backed Gull Larus marinus
38) American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus

~Thylo:cool:
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Birds
36) Double-Crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
37) Greater Black-Backed Gull Larus marinus
38) American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus

~Thylo:cool:
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Birds
39) Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
40) Willet Tringa semipalmata
41) Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
42) Common Eider Somateria mollissima
43) Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
44) Osprey Pandion haliaetus

~Thylo:cool:
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Birds
39) Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
40) Willet Tringa semipalmata
41) Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
42) Common Eider Somateria mollissima
43) Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
44) Osprey Pandion haliaetus

~Thylo:cool:
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Birds
45) Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
46) Great Egret Ardea alba

~Thylo:cool:
 
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