ZooChat Big Year 2014

[Hevden]

68. Little egret
69. Shelduck
70. Shoveler
71. Wigeon
72. Hen harrier
73. Sparrowhawk
74. Merlin
75. Golden plover
76. Curlew
77. Stock Dove
78. Kingfisher
79. Buff-bellied pipit
80. Meadow pipit
81. Stonechat
82. Song thrush
83. Reed bunting
84. Lesser scaup
85. Brambling
86. Great spotted woodpecker
87. Mandarin

88. Whooper swan
89. Pink-footed goose
90. Goldeye
91. Ruff
92. Black-tailed Godwit
93. Greenshank
94. Great black-backed gull
95. Short-eared Owl
96. Skylark
97. Tree sparrow
98. Grey Wagtail
99. Yellowhammer

 

[lintworm]

a malagasy update:

birds:
39. Rufous vanga
40. Forest fody
41. Red-breasted coua
42. Cuckoo roller
43. Madagascar nightjar

Herpetofauna:
20. Pseudoxyrophis tritaeniatus
21. Stenophis betsileanus
22. Stenophis gaimardi
23. Paroedura masobe
24. Boophis madagascariensis
25. Furcifer pardalis

With Furcifer also seen, I have now seen all three chameleon genera here. Both Stenophis species are worth googling as they are very cool nocturnal snakes.

No new mammals for the list, although I saw a tuft-tailed rat, my first native rodent, but exact species will remain unknown...

 

[Hix]

I spent last night at Redbank Homestead, which is about 50kms outside of Bourke oon the Louth/Wilcannia road. It's on the banks of the Darling River, with some rather steep slopes. Yesterday evening I sent a couple of hours birdwatching along the river, and again this morning from 7:00 - 10:00.

Birds
110. Black-fronted Dotterel
111. Mallee Ringneck
112. Mulga Parrots
113. Little Woodswallow
114. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
115. White-necked Heron
116. Bluebonnet
117. Sacred Kingfisher
118. White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike

Reptiles
7. Gould's Monitor (seen crossing the road between Bourke and Byrock)


Mammals
7. Wallaroo
8. Red Kangaroo
9. Red Fox
10. Echidna (found 20 metres frm the front door!)

I'm currently on the road and can't check my records, so the bird list might need a bit of tweaking once i get home in a day or two. But if it's not right, it's pretty close.



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[Chlidonias]

Birds
110. Darter

I'm currently on the road and can't check my records, so the bird list might need a bit of tweaking once i get home in a day or two. But if it's not right, it's pretty close.

I was about to say you had already put darter on the last post (#107) but you saved yourself with your last sentence.

 

[boof]

124. little raven

 

[Chlidonias]

a very few additionals, all from within Bangkok (mostly in Chatuchak and Rot Fai Parks):

BIRDS:
165) Asian pied fantail Rhipidura javanica
166) Asian pied starling Sturnus contra
167) Black-capped kingfisher Halcyon pileata
168) Asian koel Eudynamys scolopacea
169) Scarlet-backed flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
170) Olive-backed sunbird Nectarinia jugluaris

MAMMALS:
13) Red-bellied (Pallas') squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus -- Dusit Zoo
14) Northern tree-shrew Tupaia belangeri -- Chatuchak and Rot Fai Parks
15) Black rat Rattus rattus -- Dusit Zoo
16) Greater short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx -- Dusit Zoo

 

[Hix]

I was about to say you had already put darter on the last post (#107) but you saved yourself with your last sentence.

Thanks for pointing that out. I'm home again and just realised I had one extra, and I've amended that post. Actually, I thought there might have been other double listings, but there's not.

Seen at Hexham Swamp:

119. Cattle Egret
120. Intermediate Egret
121. Little Egret
122. Great Egret
123. Caspian Tern

and at Stockton Sandspit

124. Red-necked Avocet


Plus a bunch of waders I have yet to identify.

Reptiles
8. Gehyra dubia

 

[boof]

I just got home from a little drive to Tallawarra Ash Ponds near Lake Illawarra. On the western side near Dapto.
125. Australasian Grebe
126. Hoary-headed Grebe
127. Yellow-billed Spoonbill
128. Pink-eared Duck
129. Grey Teal
130. Australasian Shoveler
131. Blue-billed Duck*
132. Freckled Duck
133. Black-fronted Dotterel

 

[boof]

Plus a bunch of waders I have yet to identify.
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hopefully the buff breasted sandpiper is amongst them.

 

[Hix]

hopefully the buff breasted sandpiper is amongst them.

I wish!!!
Unfortunately there was a very strong wind blowing, so everything was taking cover and very hard to see. I think I got 3 or 4 different waders (excluding the avocets, which were in the hundreds). Didn't see the wagtails either.



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[ThylacineAlive]

5) White-Throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
6) Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
7) Dark-Eyed Junco Junco hyemalis

~Thylo

With all the snow snow and more snow I haven't been birding too much but here's a couple more.

Birds
8) Canada Goose Branta canadensis
9) Common Raven Corvus corax

Mammals
1) Eastern Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis

~Thylo

 

[BeardsleyZooFan]

I haven't gotten a chance to really go out looking for wildlife (plus we've been getting consistent snow up in the Northeast), so my list isn't nearly as impressive as many others, but here goes nothing;
BIRDS:
1. Herring Gull
2. Mourning Dove
3. American Crow
4. House Sparrow
5. Mallard
6. Canada Goose
7. Wild Turkey

MAMMALS:
1. White-Tailed Deer
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel

 

[Hix]

Birds
125. Weebill
126. Brown Honeyeater
127. Yellow-rumped Thornbill



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[Maguari]

Sneaky hour at Avenue Washlands before shopping trip today - nothing too dramatic but put a nice dent in the list of 'common things I've annoyingly not seen yet'...

61. Yellowhammer - Emberiza citrinella
62. Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea
63. Eurasian Jay - Garrulus glandarius
64. European Greenfinch - Chloris chloris
65. Eurasian Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes

 

[JBZvolunteer]

Birds
1. american crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
2. american robin Turdus migratorius
3. brown creeper Certhia americana
4. black capped chickadee Poecile atricapillus
5. blue jay Cyanocitta cristata
6. northern cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
7. mallard Anas platyrhynchos
8. dark-eyed junco junco hyemalis
9. cooper's hawk Accipiter cooperii
10. boreal chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
11. common starling Sturnus vulgaris
12. common raven Corvus corax

Mammals
1. eastern cottontail rabbit Sylvilagus floridanus
2. eastern fox squirrel Sciurus niger[/QUOTE]

 

[jbnbsn99]

121 Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus
122 Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus

I went on a bird walk with a group from the local Audobon Society this morning. I was able to pick up loads of good birds including my best ever looks at Common Merganser, Horned Grebe, Swamp Sparrow, and the lifer Lesser Black-Backed Gull.

 

[jbnbsn99]

I was able to add one more bird today. A good one for the region. in fact a really good one. This bird had not been seen in the region in approximately 15 years and had never been spotted in Tarrant Country (Fort Worth region), so the local birding community was up and active today. A once ever 15 year bird is a big deal. Especially when it's an Arctic sea duck in North Texas.

123 Black Scoter - Melanitta americana

 

[Hix]

Birds
128. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
129. Eastern Curlew
130. Black-tailed Godwit



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[Maguari]

Potteric Carr today. Trying to get around as many local places as possible now as after next week I've got a very busy couple of months and with the occasional exception I won't get much time for birding before April.

66. Eurasian Treecreeper - Certhia familiaris
67. Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
68. Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata
69. Gadwall - Anas strepera
70. Common Shelduck - Tadorna tadorna
71. Common Gull - Larus canus

 

[Hix]

Birds:
131. Red-capped Plover
132. Sanderling
133. Bar-tailed Godwit
134. Common Sandpiper



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