ZooChat Big Year 2014

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Maguari said:
Green Woodpecker still frustratingly only seen in Germany!
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I suppose I have to get my triumphs over you where I can; seen that taxon in both Germany and the UK thus far this year.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
I suppose I have to get my triumphs over you where I can; seen that taxon in both Germany and the UK thus far this year.
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S'alright - I'll be going to Whipsnade at some point and can usually find one there if I get stuck. :D
 
Hevden said:
Managed an early trip to Anglesey today before the rain set in.

192. Razorbill
193. Manx Shearwater
194. Chough
195. Rock Pipit
196. Black Guillemot

Off to chesterfield now, hopefully Nottinghamshire will give me a few more.
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Didn't get anything in Nottinghamshire other that good views of Turtle Doves.
Managed to get a few on the way home though including my fourth life tick this year.

197. White Wagtail
198. Little Bittern
199. Black-necked Grebe
 
mstickmanp said:
So today I went to the San Bernardino mountains by my house to look for Black Swifts, American Dippers, and other mountain species. I had the possibility of getting around 20 species, but I only got 7...

201. Hairy Woodpecker
202. Mountain Chickadee
203. Red-breasted Nuthatch
204. White-breasted Nuthatch
205. American Dipper
206. Purple Finch
207. Cassin's Finch

I will give this place another try next week to get the species I missed.
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Yesterday I went searching for a Gray Catbird that had been found about 20 mins from my house. I had no luck, but I did get five new birds.

208. Green Heron
209. Willow Flycatcher
210. Swainson's Thrush
211. Great Horned Owl
212. Barn Owl
 
BeardsleyZooFan said:
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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BIRDS:
41. Yellow Warbler
42. Downy Woodpecker

@mstickmanp- I saw a couple of Gray Catbirds outside my house yesterday, I think a trade is in order. :p
 
I could definitely trade! Gray Catbirds are very rare over here so I was hoping to at least get a glimpse of the bird. There was no Catbird but I had very productive day overall, 72 species seen and five of those were new for me!
 
Ituri said:
189 Lark Sparrow
190 Grasshopper Sparrow
191 Black-chinned Hummingbird
192 Black-headed Grosbeak

And the other classes have gotten lost a bit so here's a full accounting.
Mammals
1 Eastern Fox Squirrel
2 Western Red Fox
3 Rocky Mountain Mule Deer
4 Coyote
5 American Pronghorn
6 White-tailed Antelope Squirrel
7 Piute Ground Squirrel
8 Black-tailed Jackrabbit
9 Yellow-bellied Marmot
10 Yellow Pine Chipmunk
11 Northwestern White-tailed Deer
12 Wapiti
13 American Bison
14 American Red Squirrel
15 Common Muskrat
16 Mountain Cottontail
17 Idaho Ground Squirrel

Reptiles
1 Painted Turtle
2 Red-eared Slider
3 Side-blotched Lizard
4 Western Fence Lizard
5 Western Yellow-bellied Racer

Amphibians
1 American Bullfrog
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Birds
193 Baltimore Oriole
194 Snowy Egret
195 White-faced Ibis
196 Short-eared Owl
197 Gray Flycatcher
198 Wilson's Warbler
199 Western Tanager
200 Spotted Sandpiper
201 Red-necked Phalarope
202 Olive-sided Flycatcher
203 Hammond's Flycatcher
204 Gray Catbird
205 Bobolink
206 Western Wood-Pewee
207 Warbling Vireo

Mammals
18 Uinta Ground Squirrel
 
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
  45. Purple Martin Progne subis
  46. American Woodcock Scolopax minor
  47. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

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
  6. common raccoon Procyon lotor
  7. north american porcupine Erethizon dorsatum
  8. american red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
  9. pine vole Microtus pinetorum

Reptiles
  1. American Alligator Alligator mississippienis
  2. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei
  3. Six-lined Race Runner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
  4. Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon
 
I appear to have missed some off my list. Correct list in full below.

1. Mute Swan
2. Whooper Swan
3. Pink-footed Goose
4. Graylag Goose
5. Canada Goose
6. Barnacle Goose
7. Brent Goose
8. Egyptian Goose
9. Shelduck
10. Mandarin
11. Wigeon
12. Gadwall
13. Teal
14. Green-winged Teal
15. Mallard
16. Pintail
17. Gargany
18. Shoveler
19. Red-crested Pochard
20. Pochard
21. Tufted Duck
22. Scaup
23. Lesser Scaup
24. Eider
25. Long-tailed Duck
26. Common Scoter
27. Surf Scoter
28. Velvet Scoter
29. Goldeneye
30. Red-breasted Merganser
31. Goosander
32. Red Grouse
33. Ptarmigan
34. Black Grouse
35. Cappercaille
36. Red-legged Partridge
37. Grey Partridge
38. Pheasant
39. Red-throated Diver
40. Black-throated Diver
41. Great Northern Diver
42. Fulmar
43. Manx Shearwater
44. Gannet
45. Cormorant
46. Shag
47. Bittern
48. Little Bittern
49. Little Egret
50. Great White Egret
51. Grey Heron
52. Glossy Ibis
53. Little Grebe
54. Great Crested Grebe
55. Slavonian Grebe
56. Black-necked Grebe
57. Red Kite
58. Marsh Harrier
59. Hen Harrier
60. Sparrowhawk
61. Buzzard
62. Golden Eagle
63. Osprey
64. Kestrel
65. Merlin
66. Hobby
67. Peregrin
68. Moorhen
69. Coot
70. American Coot
71. Oystercatcher
72. Avocet
73. Stone Curlew
74. Little Ringed Plover
75. Ringed Plover
76. Kentish Plover
77. Golden Plover
78. Grey Plover
79. Lapwing
80. Knot
81. Sanderling
82. Iittle Stint
83. Purple Sandpiper
84. Dunlin
85. Ruff
86. Snipe
87. Black-tailed Godwit
88. Bar-tailed Godwit
89. Whimbrel
90. Curlew
91. Common Sandpiper
92. Green Sandpiper
93. Greenshank
94. Redshank
95. Turnstone
96. Kittiwake
97. Black-headed Gull
98. Little Gull
99. Mediterranean Gull
100. Common Gull
101. Lesser Black-backed Gull
102. Herring Gull
103. Glaucous Gull
104. Greater Black-backed Gull
105. Little Tern
106. Sandwich Tern
107. Common Tern
108. Arctic Tern
109. Guillemot
110. Razorbill
111. Black Guillemot
112. Feral Pigeon
113. Stock Dove
114. Woodpigeon
115. Collard Dove
116. Turtle Dove
117. Cuckoo
118. Barn Owl
119. Tawny Owl
120. Short-eared Owl
121. Nightjar
122. Swift
123. Kingfisher
124. Hoopoe
125. Green Woodpecker
126. Great Spotted Woodpecker
127. Chough
128. Magpie
129. Jay
130. Jackdaw
131. Rook
132. Carrion Crow
133. Hooded Crow
134. Raven
135. Goldcrest
136. Blue Tit
137. Great Tit
138. Crested Tit
139. Coal Tit
140. Marsh Tit
141. Bearded Tit
142. Woodlark
143. Skylark
144. Sand Martin
145. Swallow
146. House Martin
147. Cetti’s Warbler
148. Long-tailed Tit
149. Chiffchaff
150. Willow Warbler
151. Blackcap
152. Garden Warbler
153. Lesser Whitethroat
154. Whitethroat
155. Dartford Warbler
156. Sedge Warbler
157. Reed Warbler
158. Nuthatch
159. Treecreeper
160. Wren
161. Starling
162. Dipper
163. Ring Ouzel
164. Blackbird
165. Fieldfare
166. Song Thrush
167. Redwing
168. Mistle Thrush
169. Spotted Flycatcher
170. Robin
171. Red-flanked Bluetail
172. Stonechat
173. Wheatear
174. Dunnock
175. House Sparrow
176. Tree Sparrow
177. Grey Wagtail
178. Pied Wagtail
179. White Wagtail
180. Tree Pipit
181. Meadow Pipit
182. Rock Pipit
183. Buff-bellied Pipit
184. Chaffinch
185. Brambling
186. Greenfinch
187. Goldfinch
188. Siskin
189. Linnet
190. Twite
191. Lesser Redpoll
192. Mealy Redpoll
193. Two-barred Crossbill
194. Common Crossbill
195. Scottish Crossbill
196. Bullfinch
197. Hawfinch
198. Yellowhammer
199. Cirl Bunting
200. Little Bunting
201. Reed Bunting
202. Corn Bunting
203. Yellow-rumped Warbler
 
the yellow-rumped warbler is American -- is that a fairly common vagrant or a real rarity?
 
It's a real rarity especially on mainland, they usually turn up on the Scilly Isles or Shetland. Having said that it's probably the third commonest american warbler after Red-eyed Vireo and Blackpoll Warbler.
 
BIRDS

at the local river
509) Musk lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
510) Common starling Sturnus vulgaris
511) Royal spoonbill Platalea regia
512) Black-shouldered kite Elanus axillaris
513) Musk duck Biziura lobata
514) Golden-headed cisticola Cisticola exilis
515) Pied shag Phalacrocorax varius
516) Australian pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
517) Whistling kite Haliastur sphenurus
518) Australasian shoveller Anas rhynchotis
519) Australasian harrier Circus approximans
520) Pink-eared duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
521) European goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
522) Great crested tern Sterna bergii

Moonlit Sanctuary:
523) Cape Barren goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
524) Common bronzewing pigeon Phaps chalcoptera
525) Tawny frogmouth Podargus strigoides

Seaford Wetlands:
526) Yellow-billed spoonbill Platalea flavipes
527) White-plumed honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
528) Red-browed finch Neochmia temporalis
529) Pied (White-headed) stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
530) Red-kneed dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
531) Blue-billed duck Oxyura australis
532) Striated pardalote Pardalotus striatus


MAMMALS

by the local river:
69) European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus

Moonlit Sanctuary:
70) Common ringtail possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus
 
Additions from a day trip to Norfolk (Strumpshaw Fen and Cley Marshes) today:

(NB: bird numbering has dropped back one as after reviewing the photo I've deducted White-necked Jacobin - think this was a mis-ID)

254. Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti
255. Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa
256. Eurasian Spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia
257. Common Ringed Plover - Charadrius hiaticula
258. Little Tern - Sternula albifrons

24. Bank Vole - Myodes glareolus
25. Chinese Water Deer - Hydropotes inermis


I've also added two extras this weekend to my UK list that are already on the main list - Green Woodpecker (at Whipsnade as predicted!) and Sandwich Tern, so the UK-only total is now 120. Other nice things in Norfolk included Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon britannicus), sunbathing Smooth Newts, baby pike, another really good view of a Sedge Warbler, and lots of avocets. We also heard Reed Warblers and Common Cuckoos but saw neither.
 
Birds:

76. Eurasian oystercatcher
77. Common pochard
78. Common cuckoo
79. Bar-tailed godwit

Mammals:

15. Wood mouse
 
Birds
190. Spangled Drongo
191. Fuscous Honeyeater

:p

Hix
 
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Seaford Wetlands
533) Pacific gull Larus pacificus
534) Scaly-breasted lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
535) Eastern rosella Platycercus eximius
536) Flame robin Petroica phoenicea
537) New Holland honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
538) Hoary-headed grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus


My previous highest year list was in 2009 with 534 birds and I have now passed that. My short-term aim is 550 which is only 12 birds away, so that's easy. I'm wondering if I can get to 600 for the year which is perfectly possible (only 62 birds in the next 7 months).

My highest mammal year list is 76 and I am currently on 70, so that may be beaten this year as well.
 
mstickmanp said:
Yesterday I went searching for a Gray Catbird that had been found about 20 mins from my house. I had no luck, but I did get five new birds.

208. Green Heron
209. Willow Flycatcher
210. Swainson's Thrush
211. Great Horned Owl
212. Barn Owl
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First of all, I'm removing one from my list, the Red-breasted Sapsucker. I had a quick view of the bird as it flew away and now I'm starting to doubt what I actually saw. So I'm down to 211.

Today I decided to go look for an Eastern Kingbird that was found yesterday about 40 miles from my house. This is another unusual bird for Southern California so I had to go look for it and I succeeded!

212. Eastern Kingbird
213. Blue Grosbeak
 
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