ZooChat Big Year 2014
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Hevden
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I managed another six today although it's getting more difficult to get new birds now, and white winged gulls are doing an exceptional job of evading me. Luckily the migrants should start moving sometime next month.
120. Sanderling
121. Purple sandpiper
122. Knot
123. Brent goose
124. Little grebe
125. Fieldfare
Just back from Berlin - as would probably be expected a very busy zoo weekend (2 days at Tierpark and 1.5 at Zoo) but I do have a small number of wild additions:
Birds:
74. Hooded Crow - Corvus cornix
75. European Green Woodpecker - Picus viridis
Mammals:
5. European Red Squirrel - Sciurus vulgaris
6. Brown Hare - Lepus europaeus
Still not sure I believe Hooded Crows are a valid species but for all my lists I take bird taxonomy from IOC World Bird List - and on there it is a species, so on my list it is a species!
EDIT: just remembered I have a photo to check an ID on, so may have another bird to add from Berlin yet. Or not. We will see...
Birds:
74. Hooded Crow - Corvus cornix
75. European Green Woodpecker - Picus viridis
Mammals:
5. European Red Squirrel - Sciurus vulgaris
6. Brown Hare - Lepus europaeus
Still not sure I believe Hooded Crows are a valid species but for all my lists I take bird taxonomy from IOC World Bird List - and on there it is a species, so on my list it is a species!
EDIT: just remembered I have a photo to check an ID on, so may have another bird to add from Berlin yet. Or not. We will see...
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arcticwolf
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And once I see the photo on a proper screen, indeed I do have another species to add. And, to the best of my knowledge/memory, a lifer (first of the year).
76. Middle Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos medius
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2) White-Tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
Twice last night small groups of deer passed my window.
~Thylo
Been insanely busy since the last birdwatching session- only seen four species of bird and one mammal in the intervening period.
54. Fieldfare
55. Grey heron
56. Canada goose
57. Greylag goose
4. European fallow deer
jusko88
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So this is my first year birding and im having a blast!!! thks to a couple of other zoochatters!!!
Yesterday i got my 72nd bird. Wood Duck. Alot of top birders in my area (including the top birder of the state of pennsylvania and founder of Allegheny Trust Wingfield Pines) told me for a first time birder 72 birds within 2 months is not bad. BTW FYI Cool Fact. Theres a area ive been going to called Wingfield Pines. I am now a member of the 3 rivers bird club because im the first person ever to record a sighting of a red breasted merganser in those ponds.
Yesterday i got my 72nd bird. Wood Duck. Alot of top birders in my area (including the top birder of the state of pennsylvania and founder of Allegheny Trust Wingfield Pines) told me for a first time birder 72 birds within 2 months is not bad. BTW FYI Cool Fact. Theres a area ive been going to called Wingfield Pines. I am now a member of the 3 rivers bird club because im the first person ever to record a sighting of a red breasted merganser in those ponds.
Shouldn't be too hard, 90% of the birds up there should be different to what we get down here!
Pitt Town Lagoon now has a hide, which is better than standing in the sun. It's not much good for the non-waterbirds (like the Mannikins) but it's great for everything on the lagoon.
Hix
Further to my list so far - posted here to ensure no duplicates - I have done a fair bit of birding in the past month, but have been delaying any updates due to the desire to check one or two photograph identifications. Having done so, and having got a decent haul at the weekend when I visited WWT Slimbridge with zoogiraffe, here is the list so far, followed by the updated additions.
Current Bird Total:
73) Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula clangula)
74) Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
75) Gadwall (Anas strepera)
76) Great Skua (Catharacta skua)
77) Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
78) Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides glaucoides)
79) Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis audoboni)
80) Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea cinerea)
81) European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis aristotelis)
82) Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula pileata)
83) Tundra Bean Goose (Anser fabalis rossicus)
84) Northern Pintail (Anas acuta acuta)
85) Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons albifrons)
86) Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla bernicla)
87) Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus bewickii)
88) Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
89) Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans michahellis)
90) European Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis)
91) Eurasian Crane (Grus grus)
All lifeticks above are wild lifeticks, with the exception of the Iceland Gull which was a lifetick full stop. Another wild lifetick which I picked up at Slimbridge, and was a lifetick full stop - but which I do not think will count for the purposes of this thread - was a hybrid gull which the regular birders there had identified as Larus fuscus x argentatus.
TeaLovingDave said:
Current Bird Total:
73) Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula clangula)
74) Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
75) Gadwall (Anas strepera)
76) Great Skua (Catharacta skua)
77) Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
78) Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides glaucoides)
79) Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis audoboni)
80) Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea cinerea)
81) European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis aristotelis)
82) Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula pileata)
83) Tundra Bean Goose (Anser fabalis rossicus)
84) Northern Pintail (Anas acuta acuta)
85) Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons albifrons)
86) Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla bernicla)
87) Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus bewickii)
88) Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
89) Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans michahellis)
90) European Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis)
91) Eurasian Crane (Grus grus)
All lifeticks above are wild lifeticks, with the exception of the Iceland Gull which was a lifetick full stop. Another wild lifetick which I picked up at Slimbridge, and was a lifetick full stop - but which I do not think will count for the purposes of this thread - was a hybrid gull which the regular birders there had identified as Larus fuscus x argentatus.
Just remembered I should also have added:
Birds:
77. Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus
Mammals:
7. House Mouse - Mus musculus
I also saw an Apodemus mouse in Berlin but far too briefly to even attempt a more specific ID.
Birds:
77. Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus
Mammals:
7. House Mouse - Mus musculus
I also saw an Apodemus mouse in Berlin but far too briefly to even attempt a more specific ID.
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Mammals
2) White-Tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
Twice last night small groups of deer passed my window.
~Thylo
Mammals
3) Bobcat Lynx rufus
A highlight for the year so far and my first wild Bobcat. Some animal near my house was making a noise and when I grabbed a flashlight to try and spot it I found a Bobcat coming down to investigate. Wasn't positive at first but about 45 minutes or so later the animal came back.
~Thylo
nanoboy
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Mammals
3) Bobcat Lynx rufus
A highlight for the year so far and my first wild Bobcat. Some animal near my house was making a noise and when I grabbed a flashlight to try and spot it I found a Bobcat coming down to investigate. Wasn't positive at first but about 45 minutes or so later the animal came back.
~Thylo
Is there snow on the ground? Did you get any pics?
Yes there's a lot of snow but it hasn't snowed in a few weeks so it's been melting quite a bit. Where I saw the Bobcat had been worn down by all the deer. As for pics, it was too dark and the cat was too far away and was up on a hill and kinda covered. I more or less just got the face just long enough for me to realize what it was.
~Thylo
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