ZooChat Big Year 2013

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I added 8 more yesterday, putting me up to 101 for the Kansas Year.
Greater White-fronted Goose, Ross's Goose, Wood Duck, Northern Pintail, Barrow's Goldeneye, Double-crested Cormorant, Lesser Black-backed Gull, and Loggerhead Shrike
 
added 8 this weekend

49. Pied avocet
50. Little egret
51. white stork
52. Red breasted merganser
53. European goldfinch
54. Ruddy turnstone
55. Jack Snipe
56. Eurasian wren

There are still quite some very common species to see in the Netherlands, even in winter time. But I am really looking forward to the start of spring in march, when many birds will come back to the Netherlands.
 
1. White-faced Heron, Egretta novaehollandiae
2. Common Myna, Acridotheres tristis
3. Australian Magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen
4. Magpie-lark, Grallina cyanoleuca
5. Spotted Dove, Streptopelia chinensis
6. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua galerita
7. Silver Gull, Larus novaehollandiae
8. Australian Pelican, Pelecanus conspicillatus
9. Nankeen Kestrel, Falco cenchroides
10. Red-capped Plover, Charadrius ruficapillus
11. Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
12. Pied Cormorant, Phalacrocorax varius
13. Little Black Cormorant, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
14. Little Pied Cormorant, Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
15. Crested Tern, Sterna bergii
16. Superb Fairy-wren, Malurus cyaneus
17. House Sparrow, Passer domesticus
18. Eastern Great Egret, Ardea modesta
19. Black Swan, Cygnus atratus
20. Grey Teal, Anas gibberifrons
21. Caspian Tern, Sterna caspia
22. Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus himantopus
23. Striated Heron, Butorides striatus
24. Chestnut Teal, Anas castanea
25. Common Greenshank, Tringa nebularia
26. Darter, Anhinga melanogaster
27. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Coracina novaehollandiae
28. Red Wattlebird, Anthochaera carunculata
29. Australian Raven, Corvus coronoides
30. Australian White Ibis, Threskiornis molucca
31. Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles
32. Crested Pigeon, Ocyphaps lophotes
33. Yellow Thornbill, Acanthiza nana
34. Willie Wagtail, Rhipidura leucophrys
35. Silvereye, Zosterops lateralis
36. Little Egret, Egretta garzetta
37. White-bellied Sea-eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster
38. Red-whiskered Bulbul, Pycnonotus jocosus
39. Laughing Kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae
40. Australian Wood Duck, Chenonetta jubata
41. Noisy Miner, Manorina melanocephala
42. Common Starling, Sturnus vulgaris
43. Grey Butcherbird, Cracticus torquatus
44. Red-rumped Parrot, Psephotus haematonotus
45. Eastern Rosella, Platycercus eximius
46. Purple Swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio
47. Pacific Black Duck, Anas superciliosa
48. Hardhead, Aythya australis
49. Dusky Moorhen, Gallinula tenebrosa
50. Eurasian Coot, Fulica atra
51. Rainbow Lorikeet, Trichoglossus haematodus
52. Rock Dove, Columba livia
53. Pied Currawong, Strepera graculina
54. Galah, Eolophus roseicapilla

:p

Hix
 
1. Greater White Fronted Goose
2. Snow Goose (incl Blue Phase)
3. Brant
4. Cackling Goose
5. Canada Goose
6. Trumpeter Swan
7. Tundra Swan
8. Gadwall
9. American Wigeon
10. Mallard
11. Blue-Winged Teal
12. Northern Shovelar
13. Northern Pintail
14. Grenn Winged Teal
15. Canvasback
16. Ring-necked Duck
17. Greater Scaup
18. Lesser Scaup
19. King Eider
20. Haelequin Duck
21. Long Tailed Duck
22. Common Merganser
23. Spruce Grouse
24. Pacific Loon
25. Commom Loon
26. Red Necked Grebe
27. Pelagic Cormorant
28. Bald Eagle
29. Northern Harrier
30. Peregrine Falcon
31. Sandhill Crane
32. American Golden-Plover
33. Pacific Golden-Plover
34. Lesser Yellowlegs
35. Bar Tailed Godwit
36. Baird's Sandpiper
37. Red Necked Phalarope
38. Bonaparte's Gull
39. Mew Gull
40. Herring Gull
41. Glaucous Gull
42. Sabine's Gull
43. Arctic Tern
44. Parasitic Jaeger
45. Black Guillemot
46. Pigeon Guillemot
47. Rock Pigeon
48. Snowy Owl
49. Short-Eared Owl
50. Belted Kingfisher
51. Steller's Jay
52. Black-billed Magpie
52. Northwestern Crow
53. Common Raven
54. Tree Swallow
55. Violet Green Swallow
56. Black-capped Chickadee
57. American Robin
58. Yellow Warbler
59. Yellow-rumpled Warbler
60. Wilson's Warbler
61. Savannah Sparrow
62. Lincoln's Sparrow
63. Golden Crowned Sparrow
64. Dark-eyed Junco
65. Lapland Longspur
66. Snow Bunting
67. Common Redpoll
68. Bohemian Waxwing
 
Pleistohorse said:
1. Greater White Fronted Goose
2. Snow Goose (incl Blue Phase)
3. Brant
4. Cackling Goose
5. Canada Goose
6. Trumpeter Swan
7. Tundra Swan
8. Gadwall
9. American Wigeon
10. Mallard
11. Blue-Winged Teal
12. Northern Shovelar
13. Northern Pintail
14. Grenn Winged Teal
15. Canvasback
16. Ring-necked Duck
17. Greater Scaup
18. Lesser Scaup
19. King Eider
20. Haelequin Duck
21. Long Tailed Duck
22. Common Merganser
23. Spruce Grouse
24. Pacific Loon
25. Commom Loon
26. Red Necked Grebe
27. Pelagic Cormorant
28. Bald Eagle
29. Northern Harrier
30. Peregrine Falcon
31. Sandhill Crane
32. American Golden-Plover
33. Pacific Golden-Plover
34. Lesser Yellowlegs
35. Bar Tailed Godwit
36. Baird's Sandpiper
37. Red Necked Phalarope
38. Bonaparte's Gull
39. Mew Gull
40. Herring Gull
41. Glaucous Gull
42. Sabine's Gull
43. Arctic Tern
44. Parasitic Jaeger
45. Black Guillemot
46. Pigeon Guillemot
47. Rock Pigeon
48. Snowy Owl
49. Short-Eared Owl
50. Belted Kingfisher
51. Steller's Jay
52. Black-billed Magpie
52. Northwestern Crow
53. Common Raven
54. Tree Swallow
55. Violet Green Swallow
56. Black-capped Chickadee
57. American Robin
58. Yellow Warbler
59. Yellow-rumpled Warbler
60. Wilson's Warbler
61. Savannah Sparrow
62. Lincoln's Sparrow
63. Golden Crowned Sparrow
64. Dark-eyed Junco
65. Lapland Longspur
66. Snow Bunting
67. Common Redpoll
68. Bohemian Waxwing
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Nice list. Were these all in 2013?
 
Ituri said:
Nice list. Were these all in 2013?
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Ituri,

That is my list for 2012, minus a few songbirds, raptors, and shorebirds I wasn't able to identify here in Alaska and a dozen or so seen on a trip to Hawaii.

For 2013: Common Raven, Mallard, Black-Billed Magpie, Bohemian Waxwing, and Rock Pigeon.
 
Pleistohorse said:
Ituri,

That is my list for 2012, minus a few songbirds, raptors, and shorebirds I wasn't able to identify here in Alaska and a dozen or so seen on a trip to Hawaii.

For 2013: Common Raven, Mallard, Black-Billed Magpie, Bohemian Waxwing, and Rock Pigeon.
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That makes sense. Things are probably pretty slow bird wise up there right now.
 
Birds
55. Eastern Spinebill
56. Eurasian Blackbird
57. Little Wattlebird
58. Grey Fantail
59. Australasian Grebe
60. Bell Miner


Reptiles
1. Eastern Water Skink
2. Red-bellied Black Snake
3. Eastern Water Dragon
 
Ituri said:
That makes sense. Things are probably pretty slow bird wise up there right now.
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Yes. Ravens are everywhere and over the last seven years the spread of Rock Pigeons has been striking. Songbirds, Owls, and Grouse are still in the woods (I think the local birders say dedicated birders can still spot 100 species in the area through the winter). Along the ice-free Prince William Sound and Gulf of Alaska you'll spot Seabirds and Sea Ducks. It will really pickup in April and May though. I started counting last year on a whim (thank a couple marquee species, Jack Black, and the fact that I closed out my life list of free roaming North American Mammals {over 20 lbs, non-Aquatic}, with the exception of the Cats (tracks of a Bobcat in Texas though) and Bighorn Sheep, of all things). This year I hope to do better with the smaller harder to identify birds of song and shore. More forest species as well.
 
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Alright, one month into the year. Time for a check to see where we all are.

I'm sitting at 91 for the year.
 
4 birds for me:( (plus one or two small species I couldn't identify- maybe chickadees?)

1 mammal species, too.

~Thylo:cool:
 
101 for me (Kansas only). I will hopefully pick up a few new ones tomorrow. Carolina Chickadee fo sho.
 
120) Varied Thrush
121) Merlin
122) Bewick's Wren
123) Barred Owl
124) White-throated Sparrow
125) Western Meadowlark
126) Cackling Goose
 
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