ZooChat Big Year 2014

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I headed out to Hagerman Wildlife Refuge today to see what was out there. The lake (Lake Texoma) had receded nearly a mile from the shoreline due to the drought. Still managed to pick up a few birds though.

273 Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens
274 Blue Grosbeak - Passerina caerulea
275 Bobolink - Dolichonyx oryzivorus
 
Rankings

How about the current standings

1. Chlidonias - 435
2. jbnbsn99 - 275
3. Boof - 269
4. Magauri - 246
5. mstickmanp - 199
6. ituri - 188
7. Hix - 184
8. Hevden - 178
9. robmv - 156

Let me know if I missed anyone.
 
How about the current standings

1. Chlidonias - 435
2. jbnbsn99 - 275
3. Boof - 269
4. Magauri - 246
5. mstickmanp - 199
6. ituri - 188
7. Hix - 184
8. Hevden - 178
9. robmv - 156

Let me know if I missed anyone.
does that mean I'm winning? :D

Next year I'll have a year list of about 60 though.....

Also, can you do a rank for mammal listings? (I want to see how far ahead of everyone else I am :p)
 
RAINFOREST DISCOVERY CENTRE (SEPILOK, BORNEO):

BIRDS:

436) Silver-rumped spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
437) Diard's trogon Harpactes diardii
438) Wallace's hawk-eagle Nisaetus nanus
439) Brown barbet Calorhamphus fuliginosus
440) Whiskered tree-swift Hemiprocne comata
441) White-crowned shama Copsychus stricklandii
442) Crimson-breasted flowerpecker Prionochilus percussus
443) Slender-billed crow Corvus enca
444) Malayan black hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
445) Dusky munia Lonchura fuscans
446) Streaked bulbul Ixos malaccensis
447) Red-eyed bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
448) Puff-backed bulbul Pycnonotus eutilotus
449) Chestnut-winged babbler Stachyris erythroptera
450) White-chested babbler Trichastoma rostratum
451) Fluffy-backed tit-babbler Macronus ptilosus


MAMMALS:

60) Ear-spot squirrel Callosciurus adamsi
61) Prevost's squirrel Callosciurus prevostii
62) Red giant flying squirrel Petaurista petaurista
63) Plain pigmy squirrel Exilisciurus exilis
64) Bornean slow loris Nycticebus menagensis
65) Horsfield's tarsier Tarsius bancanus
 
Birds
24) Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
25) Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
26) Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
27) Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
28) Black-and-White Warbler Mniotilta varia
29) Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
30) Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
31) Chestnut-Sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica

Birds
32) Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina

~Thylo:cool:
 
Also, can you do a rank for mammal listings? (I want to see how far ahead of everyone else I am :p)

You can be in charge of the mammals. :)

Got bored of waiting! :D

I think this is all correct but, mammal-ers, if I've left you off or got your total wrong then shout up. Went back quite a few pages to try to catch everyone!


Mammal rankings:


1. Chlidonias - 65
2. lintworm - 33
3. Maguari - 23
4. jbnbsn99 - 18
5. Ituri - 15
6. DesertRhino150 - 13
7. Hix - 12
8=zooboy28 - 8
8=dean - 8
10. JBZvolunteer - 6
11. ThylacineAlive - 5
12. BeardsleyZooFan - 3
 
Also, I left another thing I photo'd off my Costa Rica list.

15. Green Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus malachiticus
 
Got bored of waiting! :D

I think this is all correct but, mammal-ers, if I've left you off or got your total wrong then shout up. Went back quite a few pages to try to catch everyone!


Mammal rankings:


1. Chlidonias - 65
2. lintworm - 33
3. Maguari - 23
4. jbnbsn99 - 18
5. Ituri - 15
6. DesertRhino150 - 13
7. Hix - 12
8=zooboy28 - 8
8=dean - 8
10. JBZvolunteer - 6
11. ThylacineAlive - 5
12. BeardsleyZooFan - 3

I haven't been keeping up with my list, but I have seen 9.

1. California Ground Squirrel
2. Western Gray Squirrel
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel
4. Coyote
5. Raccoon
6. Desert Cottontail
7. Brush Rabbit
8. Mule Deer
9. Woodrat spp. (most likely Dusky-footed)
 
Tanjung Aru beach (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah):


452) Blue-naped parrot Tanygnathus lucionensis
453) Pied triller Lalage nigra
454) Long-tailed parakeet Psittacula longicauda
 
WEnt for a couple hour walk in the woods with my mom on mothers day and picked up a couple birds, with two species being lifers.

Birds
  1. american crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
  2. american robin Turdus migratorius
    [*]brown creeper Certhia americana
  3. Black Capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
  4. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
  5. northern cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
  6. mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  7. cooper's hawk Accipiter cooperii
  8. Dark-eyed junco Junco hyemalis
  9. Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
  10. Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
  11. Common Raven Corvus corax
  12. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
  13. Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
  14. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
  15. Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
  16. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
  17. Great Egret Ardea alba
  18. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
  19. Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
    [*]Wood Stork Mycteria americana
  20. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
  21. Mourning Dove Zenaida morcura
  22. American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
  23. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
  24. Ring Billed Gull Larus delawarensis
  25. Pigeon Columba livia
  26. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
  27. Double Crested Comorant Phalacrocorax auritus
  28. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
  29. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    [*]Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
    [*]Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
    [*]White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
  30. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
  31. Red Shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
    [*]Broad-Winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
  32. American Coot Fulica Americana
    [*]Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
  33. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
    [*]Great Comorant Phalacrocorax carbo
  34. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
  35. Cackling Goose Branta huchinsii
  36. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
  37. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
  38. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus (The first sign of spring!)
  39. Wild Turkey Baeolophus bicolor
  40. Tufted Titmouse Meleagris gallopavo
  41. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
  42. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
  43. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
  44. Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

Mammals
  1. eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
  2. eastern fox squirrel Sciurus niger
  3. virginia opossum Didelphis virgiana
    [*]north american river otter Lontra canadensis
  4. eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
  5. white tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus

Reptiles
  1. American Alligator Alligator mississippienis
  2. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei
  3. Six-lined Race Runner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
  4. Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon
 
Birds
32) Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina

All from the Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center at Milford Point:

Birds
33) Brant Goose Branta bernicla
34) Purple Martin Progne subis
35) Great Egret Ardea alba
36) Osprey Pandion haliaetus
37) Greater Black-Backed Gull Larus marinus
38) Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
39) Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
*40) Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
41) Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
42) Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
43) Least Tern Sternula antillarum
44) Blue-Winged Teal Anas discors

*The guy told us he last caught this bird in 2011. We found two males, one of which was a first year.

And this is a species I should have added months ago:
45) House Sparrow Passer domesticus

The plover is a bird I've been trying to see since 2012 so finally seeing a few breeding pairs was very wonderful.

~Thylo:cool:
 
BIRDS:
21. Eurasian Collared Dove
22. Great Egret
23. Green Heron
24. Little Blue Heron
25. American White Ibis
26. Brown Thrasher
27. Rock Dove
28. Cattle Egret
29. Boat-Tailed Grackle
30. Black Vulture
31. Wood Stork
32. Brown Pelican
33. Roseate Spoonbill
34. Osprey
35. Fish Crow
36. Red-Shouldered Hawk
37. Song Sparrow

REPTILES:
3. Cuban Brown Anole
4. Southern Black Racer
5. Large-Headed Anole
6. American Alligator
7. Southeastern Five-Lined Skink

Darn, Thylo's gotten the lead on me just as I was about to add a few birds. :p

BIRDS:
38. Common Grackle
39. Chipping Sparrow
40. Tufted Titmouse

MAMMALS:
4. Eastern Chipmunk
 
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