ZooChat Big Year 2013
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I was there on the weekend - rather disappointing as far as birds went. I wasn't aware most of the park is closed as a result of the fires.
Hix
Wait till you've been to Kangaroo Island or Otway National Park - koalas will then be on par with echidna!
Hix
Red-Tailed Hawk
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Eastern Chipmunk.
This is exciting because it's the first Eastern Chipmunk I've seen in years! The population in my area dropped because of Domestic Cats. Until recently, even Eastern Grey Squirrels could be a rare sight.
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This is exciting because it's the first Eastern Chipmunk I've seen in years! The population in my area dropped because of Domestic Cats. Until recently, even Eastern Grey Squirrels could be a rare sight.
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KCZooFan
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Birds have become increasingly few and far between this summer, so here are my mammals for the year.
1) Virginia Opossum
2) American Beaver
3) Eastern Gray Squirrel
4) Fox Squirrel
5) Black-tailed Prairie-Dog
6) Woodchuck
7) Eastern Chipmunk
8) Muskrat
9) Eastern Cottontail
10) Black-tailed Jackrabbit
11) Coyote
12) Raccoon
13) American Badger
14) Striped Skunk
15) White-tailed Deer
16) Mule Deer
17) Pronghorn
1) Virginia Opossum
2) American Beaver
3) Eastern Gray Squirrel
4) Fox Squirrel
5) Black-tailed Prairie-Dog
6) Woodchuck
7) Eastern Chipmunk
8) Muskrat
9) Eastern Cottontail
10) Black-tailed Jackrabbit
11) Coyote
12) Raccoon
13) American Badger
14) Striped Skunk
15) White-tailed Deer
16) Mule Deer
17) Pronghorn
nanoboy
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100. Common Bronzewing [Wilson's Reserve, Eastern Melbourne suburb]
101. Bell Miner [Wilson's Reserve, Eastern Melbourne suburb]
102. Black Kite [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
103. Swamp Harrier [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
104. Peregrine Falcon [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
105. Nankeen Kestrel [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
106. Painted Button-quail [You Yangs National Park (in the carpark!), west of Melbourne]
107. Pied Oystercatcher [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
108. Sooty Oystercatcher [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
109. Red-necked Avocet [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
110. Crested Tern [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
111. Yellow-faced Honeyeater [You Yangs National Park (in the carpark!), west of Melbourne]
112. White-naped Honeyeater [You Yangs National Park (on the Great Circle Drive), west of Melbourne]
113. Eurasian Tree Sparrow [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
114. Zebra Finch [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
115. Little Grassbird [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
116. Golden-headed Cisticola [Western Treatment Plant, west of Melbourne]
Note: the Western Treatment Plant is absolutely massive, and you need a vehicle because you can easily drive 100km around the tracks. There was no rain for the previous week, yet there were muddy patches where I had to engage 4WD to be safe. If using a 2WD be very careful. Bird-wise, it was a twitcher's paradise. I didn't read the map properly
and so couldn't find the area where the Orange Bellied Parrots are sometimes found. Needless to say, I will be visiting again before winter is out now that I have the lay of the land (and will print a colour map!).
that's a nice surge there nanoboy. I'm guessing most of those were new species for you?
71) Boreal Chickadee
zooboy28
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Note: the Western Treatment Plant is absolutely massive, and you need a vehicle because you can easily drive 100km around the tracks. There was no rain for the previous week, yet there were muddy patches where I had to engage 4WD to be safe. If using a 2WD be very careful. Bird-wise, it was a twitcher's paradise. I didn't read the map properly
Very nice list nanoboy, sounds like a great place to visit, I'll definitely have to get out there sometime, maybe by hitching a ride with you!
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