bristlebird and lyrebird are both very good birds for you to see, well done.
ZooChat Big Year 2014
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zooboy28
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Thanks! I was very stoked to see both species. I saw the bristlebird at Airey's Inlet, right on the coast below a lighthouse. It hopped across the path in front of me, and then I watched it through the dense scrub for a while before it disappeared. The lyrebird was at the National Rhododendron garden in the Dandenong Ranges, scratching around under a large rhododendron. When I got close it moved in under the bush, but I followed it in, and managed to get some photos. It was only a female unfortunately, would have been great to see a male.
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nanoboy
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That is most excellent. Well done. The Rhododendron Gardens were devoid of bird life the two times I visited in the last couple years. To see a Superb Lyrebird there is amazing! I am yet to see a Rufous Bristlebird.
zooboy28
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Thanks. I think there are some resident lyrebirds at the Gardens, there is a "Lyrebird Gully", which is mostly native plantings and I saw lots of evidence of Lyrebirds there last time I visited, but no actual birds. The one I did see was quite close to the entrance, just on the edge of a lawn. There were a few other birds around, most abundant were crimson rosellas.
I just had a google and the lyrebirds are indeed resident there. This site Parks Victoria - Environment says "The Superb Lyrebird can be heard in the garden's gullies during winter and early morning visitors often spot this shy bird foraging in the garden, along with King Parrots and Crimson Rosellas all year round."
Looks like a good reliable spot to look for them!
Looks like a good reliable spot to look for them!
the place in the Dandenongs where all the buses and cars of tourists stop -- I can't remember where it is exactly -- but there are usually loads of rosellas and king parrots and galahs and others there because the tourists feed them.
zooboy28
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Well I want to go there then! The most likely place for that I think would be Mount Dandenong, where I imagine most tourists stop, but I've been there a few times and never seen any sign of people feeding birds at all.
Grants Picnic Grounds at the start of the Sherbrooke Loop in the Sherbrooke Forest. It's about a forty minute walk from the Belgrave train station (or there is also a bus from the station). I saw a swamp wallaby and her baby in the forest on the loop as well.
zooboy28
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Another malagasy update:
mammals
9. Black & white ruffed lemur
10. Brown tailed vontsira
11. Diademed sifaka
Birds
35. Crested coua
36. Madagascar mannakin
37. Spectacled tetraka
38. Greater vasa parrot
39. Rufous vanga
Herpetofauna:
19. Blaesodactylus antongilensis
+ a frog and a skink that await identification...
I do not have that many species yet, but apart from 5, they are all seen in an area of less than 10 square km
and I am seeing some new bird right now, probably a Madagascar warbler, but it is already gone... and at the moment a jery species is here, but they are impossible to tell apart. Next time I should bring my binoculars when surfing on the web...
mammals
9. Black & white ruffed lemur
10. Brown tailed vontsira
11. Diademed sifaka
Birds
35. Crested coua
36. Madagascar mannakin
37. Spectacled tetraka
38. Greater vasa parrot
39. Rufous vanga
Herpetofauna:
19. Blaesodactylus antongilensis
+ a frog and a skink that await identification...
I do not have that many species yet, but apart from 5, they are all seen in an area of less than 10 square km
and I am seeing some new bird right now, probably a Madagascar warbler, but it is already gone... and at the moment a jery species is here, but they are impossible to tell apart. Next time I should bring my binoculars when surfing on the web...
mstickmanp
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Got four new birds today:
64. Great Blue Heron
65. Cedar Waxwing
66. California Thrasher
67. Rufous-crowned Sparrow
One or two stragglers which I kept forgetting to mention here, but the majority of the following were seen today on the Northumberland coastline; I got a Metro to Tynemouth and walked up the coast to Seaton Sluice (about 6 miles in total) whilst the tide was out, looking out to sea and keeping an eye on the exposed rock platforms as I did so. This nabbed me a lot of nice seabirds and waders, including one lifetick (Grey Phalarope)
Current Bird Total - 72
54) Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus)
55) Eurasian Buzzard (Buteo buteo buteo)
56) Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata arquata)
57) Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
58) Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritime)
59) Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica lapponica)
60) Dunlin (Calidris alpine alpina)
61) Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
62) Common Redshank (Tringa tetanus robusta)
63) Sanderling (Calidris alba)
64) Turnstone (Arenaria interpres interpres)
65) Eurasian Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria apricaria)
66) Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
67) Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
68) Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus)
69) Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis)
70) European Eider (Somateria mollissima mollissima)
71) Greater Scaup (Aythya marila marila)
72) Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus leuceretes)
Current Mammal Total - 7
6) Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
7) Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Current Bird Total - 72
54) Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus)
55) Eurasian Buzzard (Buteo buteo buteo)
56) Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata arquata)
57) Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
58) Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritime)
59) Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica lapponica)
60) Dunlin (Calidris alpine alpina)
61) Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
62) Common Redshank (Tringa tetanus robusta)
63) Sanderling (Calidris alba)
64) Turnstone (Arenaria interpres interpres)
65) Eurasian Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria apricaria)
66) Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
67) Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
68) Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus)
69) Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis)
70) European Eider (Somateria mollissima mollissima)
71) Greater Scaup (Aythya marila marila)
72) Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus leuceretes)
Current Mammal Total - 7
6) Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
7) Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Haven´t been able to go birding lately (due to school
) But hopefully will in the near future.
85. Eared Dove
86. Red crowned woodpecker
87. Squirrel Cuckoo
88. Colombian chachalaca (Vulnerable and Endemic)
89. Streaked Saltator
90. Black Phoebe
91. Palm Tanager
) But hopefully will in the near future.85. Eared Dove
86. Red crowned woodpecker
87. Squirrel Cuckoo
88. Colombian chachalaca (Vulnerable and Endemic)
89. Streaked Saltator
90. Black Phoebe
91. Palm Tanager
78 Great Horned Owl
not now that I've finally joined the race!!
As with the 2013 Zoochat Big Year, if anyone wants "background" to my lists they can check out my thread here (starting at post #685 in Shwesettaw): http://www.zoochat.com/19/chlidonias-goes-asia-part-3-2013-a-328982/index46.html
I have finally got my year list in order (although truly I was just holding off posting here so as not to give away seeing Irrawaddy dolphin!), and here it is as of today. I haven't really done anything since getting to Thailand so there's not much there for that country yet.
BIRDS:
(ALL FROM BURMA)
SHWESETTAW WILDLIFE SANCTUARY:
1) Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus
2) Pied harrier Circus melanoleucos
3) Pied bushchat Saxicola caprata
4) Long-billed pipit Anthus similis
5) Zitting cisticola Cisticola juncidis
6) White-tailed stonechat Saxicola leucurus
7) Black drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
8) White-throated babbler Turdoides gularis
9) Ashy woodswallow Artamus fuscus
10) Hoopoe Upupa epops
11) Red-wattled lapwing Vanellus indicus
12) Burmese shrike Lanius collurioides
13) Spot-necked dove Streptopelia chinensis
14) Burmese bushlark Mirafra microptera
15) Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto
16) Daurian redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
17) Indian roller Coracias benghalensis
18) Short-toed snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus
19) Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
20) White-browed fantail Rhipidura aureola
21) Ashy drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
22) Black-naped oriole Oriolus chinensis
23) White wagtail Motacilla alba
24) Taiga flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
25) Red-vented bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
26) Common woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
27) Common iora Aegithina tiphia
28) Rufous treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
29) Small minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
30) Dusky warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
31) Golden-fronted leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
32) Purple sunbird Nectarinia asiatica
33) Blossom-headed parakeet Psittacula roseata
BETWEEN SHWESETTAW AND BAGAN:
34) Common mynah Acridotheres tristis
35) House crow Corvus splendens
36) Tree sparrow Passer montanus
BAGAN:
37) Streak-eared bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi
38) Feral pigeon Columba livia
39) Rain quail Coturnix coromandelica
40) Olive-backed pipit Anthus hodgsoni
41) Green bee-eater Merops orientalis
42) Vinous-breasted starling Sturnus burmannicus
43) Jungle mynah Acridotheres fuscus
44) House sparrow Passer domesticus
45) Common tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
46) Rufescent prinia Prinia rufescens
47) Plain-backed sparrow Passer flaveolus
48) Brown shrike Lanius cristatus
49) Grey-breasted prinia Prinia hodgsonii
50) White-throated kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
51) Tickell's leaf warbler Phylloscopus affinis
52) Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis
53) Black-naped monarch Hypothymis azureus
54) Coppersmith barbet Megalaima haemacephala
55) Yellow-eyed babbler Chrysomma sinense
56) Grey-backed shrike Lanius tephronotus
57) Thick-billed warbler Acrocephalus aedon
ON THE IRRAWADDY RIVER (between Bagan and Mandalay):
58) Ruddy shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
59) Spot-billed duck Anas poecilorhyncha
60) Small pratincole Glareola lactea
61) Grey-throated sand martin Riparia chinensis
62) Red-rumped swallow Hirundo daurica
63) Asian palm swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
64) Black kite Milvus migrans
65) Little egret Egretta garzetta
66) Great white egret Egretta alba
67) Common shelduck Tadorna tadorna
68) Asian openbill stork Anastomus oscitans
69) Asian little cormorant Phalacrocorax niger
70) Pintail Anas acuta
71) Osprey Pandion haliaetus
72) Grey heron Ardea cinerea
73) Intermediate egret Egretta intermedia
MANDALAY:
74) Oriental magpie-robin Copsychus saularis
BACK ON THE IRRAWADDY RIVER (near Mandalay):
75) Little ringed plover Charadrius dubius
76) Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
KALAW:
77) Red-whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
78) Long-tailed shrike Lanius schach
79) Black-collared starling Sturnus nigricollis
80) Sooty-headed bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
81) Great tit Parus major
82) Common kingfisher Alcedo atthis
83) Mountain bulbul Hypsipetes macclellandii
84) Bronzed drongo Dicrurus aeneus
85) Dark-backed sibia Heterophasia melanoleuca
86) Black-crested bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus
87) White-throated fantail Rhipidura albicollis
88) Grey-headed canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
89) Black-throated sunbird Aethopyga saturata
90) White-browed scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
91) Hill blue flycatcher Cyornis banyumas
92) Oriental honey buzzard pernis ptilorhynchus
93) Puff-throated babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
94) White-browed shrike-babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis
95) Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
96) Scarlet minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
97) Grey-hooded fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia
98) Lesser racket-tailed dongo Dicrurus remifer
99) Greater yellownape woodpecker Picus flavinucha
100) Flavescent bulbul Pycnonotus flavescens
101) Common buzzard Buteo buteo
102) Velvet-fronted nuthatch Sitta frontalis
103) Grey treepie Dendrocitta formosae
104) White-crowned forktail Enicurus leschenaultii
105) Yellow-cheeked tit Parus spilonotus
106) Ashy bulbul Hemixos flavala
107) Blue-winged minla Siva cyanouroptera
108) Large cuckoo-shrike Coracina macei
109) White-capped water redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
110) Long-tailed minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
111) Grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea
112) Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
LAKE INLE:
113) Purple swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
114) Black-winged kite Elanus caeruleus
115) Pheasant-tailed jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
116) White-vented mynah Acridotheres grandis
117) Siberian stonechat Saxicola maura
118) Brown-headed gull Larus brunnicephalus
119) Common sand martin Riparia riparia
120) Common coot Fulica atra
121) Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
122) Striated grassbird Megalurus palustris
123) Black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus
124) Rufous-winged buzzard Butastur liventer
LAKE MOEYUNGGYI:
125) Blue-tailed bee-eater Merops philippinus
126) Purple heron Ardea purpurea
127) Plaintive cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
128) Lesser whistling duck Dendrocygna javanica
MORE BIRDS:
(ALL FROM THAILAND)
129) Zebra dove Geopelia striata
130) Large-billed crow Corvus macrorhynchos
131) Swinhoe's minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis
132) Asian fairy bluebird Irena puella
133) Green imperial pigeon Ducula aenea
134) Greater racquet-tailed drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
135) Red junglefowl Gallus gallus
136) White-rumped shama Copsychus malabaricus
137) Blue rock thrush Monticola solitarius
138) Richard's pipit Anthus richardi
139) Puff-throated bulbul Alophoixus pallidus
140) Abbott's babbler Malacocincla abbotti
141) Green-billed malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
142) Hair-crested drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
143) Blue pitta Pitta cyanea
144) White-crested laughing thrush Garrulax leucolophus
145) Black-winged cuckoo-shrike Coracina melaschistos
146) Asian emerald cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
147) Orange-breasted trogon Harpactes oreskios
148) Sultan tit Melanochlora sultanea
149) Oriental pied hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris
150) Greater coucal Centropus sinensis
151) Lineated barbet Megalaima lineata
152) Blue-winged leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis
153) White-throated rock thrush Monticola gularis
154) Grey bushchat Saxicola ferrea
155) Thick-billed green pigeon Treron curvirostra
156) Green-eared barbet Megalaima faiostricta
157) Siamese fireback pheasant Lophura diardi
158) Red-flanked bluetail Luscinia cyanura
159) Hill mynah Gracula religiosa
160) Great eared nightjar Eurostopodus macrotis
161) Stripe-throated bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni
162) Scaly-breasted partridge Arborophila chloropus
163) Orange-headed thrush Zoothera citrina
164) Verditer flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
MAMMALS:
(ALL FROM BURMA)
SHWESETTAW WILDLIFE SANCTUARY:
1) Eld's deer Cervus eldii
2) Irrawaddy squirrel Callosciurus pygerythrus
IRRAWADDY RIVER, NEAR MANDALAY:
3) Irrawaddy dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
KALAW:
4) Himalayan striped squirrel Tamiops macclellandii
5) Phayre's squirrel Callosciurus phayrei
MORE MAMMALS:
(ALL FROM THAILAND)
KHAO YAI:
6) Northern pig-tailed macaque Macaca leonina
7) Sambar Cervus unicolor
8) Common muntjac Muntiacus muntjak
9) Malayan crested porcupine Hystrix brachyura
10) Variable squirrel Callosciurus finlaysonii
11) Asian elephant Elephas maximus
12) Large Indian civet Viverra zibetha
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