ZooChat Big Year 2013

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Chlidonias said:
a few new year-birds in the last two mornings after the gym:

31) Weka Gallirallus australis
32) Waxeye (Silvereye) Zosterops lateralis
33) Australasian harrier Circus approximans
34) Welcome swallow Hirundo neoxena
35) Pukeko (Purple gallinule) Porphyrio porphyrio
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I'm still trailing you! I have had a succesful few days in the lower North Island, seeing 11 new species for the year, taking my total to 33.

23 Pukeko Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
24 Mute Swan Cygnus olor
25 Australasian Coot Fulica atra australis
26 North Island Kaka Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis
27 Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
28 Feral Pigeon Columba livia
29 NZ Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
30 NZ Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
31 Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
32 Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
33 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles

The NZ Falcon is my first wild 'lifer' of the year, it flew overhead and landed in a nearby tree in Wilton's Bush in Wellington City.

There was also a rook at Staglands, which was feeding in a paddock, but I don't think I can count this as it was presumably a park escapee rather than one from the Wairarapa population.
 
zooboy28 said:
There was also a rook at Staglands, which was feeding in a paddock, but I don't think I can count this as it was presumably a park escapee rather than one from the Wairarapa population.
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there used to be a colony of wild rooks at Staglands. I don't know if that is still the case though.
 
Chlidonias said:
there used to be a colony of wild rooks at Staglands. I don't know if that is still the case though.
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They used to have caged rooks, but apparently they were good escapers. There were no cages or signs for rooks anywhere in the park yesterday.
 
I added a few more incidentals over the past few days to bring my total to 95.
 
lintworm said:
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
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57. Sparrowhawk
58. Common raven
59. Hooded crow
60. Common merganser
61. Eurasian siskin
62. Short-toed treecreeper
63. Fieldfare

and if I would also count non natives
64. Rock pigeon
65. Egyptian goose
66. Mandarin duck
67. Rose ringed parakeet
68. Canada goose
69. Common pheasant

And in Berlin I also saw my 4th. mammal, the striped field mouse.
 
127 Common Redpoll - Acanthis flammea
128 Redhead - Aythya americana
129 Barrow's Goldeneye - Bucephala islandica
130 Harris's Sparrow - Zonotrichia querula

The Harris's Sparrow is an uncommon vagrant where I found it.
 
64. Brent goose
65. Velvet scooter
66. Tundra bean goose
67. Common gull
68. Stock dove
69. Sparrowhawk
70. Eurasian woodcock

and now 6 mammals, added European hare and harvest mouse this week.

Especially the velvet scooter is very nice, as I saw this bird just a few km away from here, about 150 km inland, where this species is normally only seen at sea....
 
7) Cackling Goose
8) Mallard
9) Wood Duck
10) Redhead

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2) Eastern Grey Squirrel
3) House Mouse

~Thylo:cool:
 
116) Barred Owl
117) Hermit Thrush
118) Short-eared Owl
119) Prairie Falcon
120) Marsh Wren
121) Field Sparrow

Also picked up Northern Shrike and Tundra Swan in Missouri, so it doesn't count for my Kansas Big Year.

As for mammals:

1) Eastern Gray Squirrel
2) Fox Squirrel
3) Eastern Cottontail
4) Coyote
5) White-tailed Deer

Several more species could be added from roadkill
 
Alright guys, ID this species for me, please. I saw them nesting on an outcrop of Bronx's Madagascar! building.

~Thylo:cool:
 

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