ZooChat Big Year 2014
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Congratulations!
You finally have your wild Shoebill, what will you do now?
~Thylo
Climb Kilimanjaro.
Hix
114. Rusty Blackbird.
For anyone else who's interested, it's at
http://www.zoochat.com/1679/hix-does-uganda-pt-2-unfinished-384568/
Hix
nanoboy
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For anyone else who's interested, it's at
http://www.zoochat.com/1679/hix-does-uganda-pt-2-unfinished-384568/
Hix
Congrats on the shoebill!
Birds
217. Shoebill
218. Ring-necked Dove
219. Blackheaded Weaver
220. Yellowbilled Kite
221. Yellowbilled Duck
222. Blue-headed Coucal
223. Bluebreasted Kingfisher
224. Winding Cisticola
225. Black&White Casqued Hornbill
226. Great Blue Turaco
227. African Jacana
228. Lesser Jacana
229. Long-toed Lapwing
230. Long-tailed Cormorant
231. Veillot's Black Weaver
232. Wood Sandpiper
233. Common Moorhen
234. Whitewinged Tern
235. Little Grebe
236. Fantailed Widowbird
237. Hamerkop
238. Swamp Flycatcher
239. Pied Kingfisher
240. Malachite Kingfisher
241. Common Squacco Heron
242. Northern Brown-throated Weaver
243. Yellowthroated Longclaw
244. Bronze Mannikin
245. Chestnut Wattleye
246. Marabou
247. Pied Crow
248. African Grey Parrot
249. Grey-capped Warbler
250. Spectacled Weaver
Mammals
17. Striped Ground Squirrel
18. Red-tailed Monkey
19. Guereza Colobus
20. Vervet
Hix
217. Shoebill
218. Ring-necked Dove
219. Blackheaded Weaver
220. Yellowbilled Kite
221. Yellowbilled Duck
222. Blue-headed Coucal
223. Bluebreasted Kingfisher
224. Winding Cisticola
225. Black&White Casqued Hornbill
226. Great Blue Turaco
227. African Jacana
228. Lesser Jacana
229. Long-toed Lapwing
230. Long-tailed Cormorant
231. Veillot's Black Weaver
232. Wood Sandpiper
233. Common Moorhen
234. Whitewinged Tern
235. Little Grebe
236. Fantailed Widowbird
237. Hamerkop
238. Swamp Flycatcher
239. Pied Kingfisher
240. Malachite Kingfisher
241. Common Squacco Heron
242. Northern Brown-throated Weaver
243. Yellowthroated Longclaw
244. Bronze Mannikin
245. Chestnut Wattleye
246. Marabou
247. Pied Crow
248. African Grey Parrot
249. Grey-capped Warbler
250. Spectacled Weaver
Mammals
17. Striped Ground Squirrel
18. Red-tailed Monkey
19. Guereza Colobus
20. Vervet
Hix
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I was in Christchurch for a couple of days and managed to get to a couple of wetlands and the Botanic Gardens to find some more year birds. Of the birds I looked for, only three evaded me, namely Brown Bittern (always iffy), Little Owl (same) and Glossy Ibis (there's only one so it's a matter of luck).
560) Canada Goose Branta canadensis
561) Banded Dotterel Charadius bicinctus
562) Redpoll Carduelis flammea
563) South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
564) Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
565) Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
566) Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
567) Black-billed Gull Larus bulleri
560) Canada Goose Branta canadensis
561) Banded Dotterel Charadius bicinctus
562) Redpoll Carduelis flammea
563) South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
564) Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
565) Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
566) Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
567) Black-billed Gull Larus bulleri
Would I be allowed to list species that I have seen without starting from the start of the year based on species I photographed and crossed off in my bird books (I date spots and write them in my books? I may be able to rival Chlidonias (probably not but I would be pretty high up) based on the fact that this year I have been to Saudi Arabia, England, Poland, UAE and Western Australia so far this year.
you can list anything you have seen in the wild this year. Go to it.
Birds from the Entebbe Botanic Gardens and UWEC, and then from the Puffback onwards the birds and squirrel are from Tanzania. Lifers in bold.
Birds
251 Little Egret
252 Hooded Vulture
253 Speckled Mousebird
254 Slender-billed Weaver
255 White-browed Coucal
256 Egyptian Geese
257 Woodland Kingfisher
258 Spurwing Plover
259 Common Sandpiper
260 Longtailed Starling
261 White-throated Bee-eater
262 Pink-back Pelican
263 Openbill Stork
264 Saddlebill Stork
265 Woolly-neck Stork
266 African Fish Eagle
267 Variable Sunbird
268 Madagascan Bee-eater
268 Blackbacked Puffback
268 Yellowbreasted Apalis
268 Klaas' Cuckoo
268 Brown-breasted Barbet
268 Grey-headed Kingfisher
268 Brown-hooded Kingfisher
268 Red-headed Weaver
268 Peter's Twinspot
268 Brown-crowned Tchagra
268 Chinspot Batis
Mammals
21. Ochre Bush Squirrel
Hix
Birds
251 Little Egret
252 Hooded Vulture
253 Speckled Mousebird
254 Slender-billed Weaver
255 White-browed Coucal
256 Egyptian Geese
257 Woodland Kingfisher
258 Spurwing Plover
259 Common Sandpiper
260 Longtailed Starling
261 White-throated Bee-eater
262 Pink-back Pelican
263 Openbill Stork
264 Saddlebill Stork
265 Woolly-neck Stork
266 African Fish Eagle
267 Variable Sunbird
268 Madagascan Bee-eater
268 Blackbacked Puffback
268 Yellowbreasted Apalis
268 Klaas' Cuckoo
268 Brown-breasted Barbet
268 Grey-headed Kingfisher
268 Brown-hooded Kingfisher
268 Red-headed Weaver
268 Peter's Twinspot
268 Brown-crowned Tchagra
268 Chinspot Batis
Mammals
21. Ochre Bush Squirrel
Hix
Okay so a few ones from Florida where photos either confirmed or rejected my identifications.
Gray Kingbird turned out to be an Eastern Kingbird bringing the total down to 337. But I added by confirmation two from photos and additional research.
338 Common Tern
339 Lesser Black-backed Gull
340 Fish Crow
Gray Kingbird turned out to be an Eastern Kingbird bringing the total down to 337. But I added by confirmation two from photos and additional research.
338 Common Tern
339 Lesser Black-backed Gull
340 Fish Crow
Its a shame I can't add birds from my trip to Ethiopia in october 2013. It would increase my list by about 120 species!
I will add mammals later.
I will add mammals later.
you've got a few double-ups in the list....
Laughingove said:
I'm guessing number 80 is supposed to say Grey Fantail?LaughingDove said:
not sure what's going on here!!LaughingDove said:
maybe a double-up.LaughingDove said:
honeyeater?LaughingDove said:
My complete bird list for so far this year:
Saudi Arabia:
1) Rüpells weaver bird
2) Laughing Dove
3) Greater flamingo
4) Western reef heron
5) European honey buzzard
6) Black winged stilt
7) Kentish plover
8) Greater sand plover
9) Bar tailed godwit
10) (removed double up)
11) Alexandrine parakeet (feral population in established in Jeddah)
12) Little swift
13) Indian roller
14) Eurasian hoopoe
15) Green bee eater
16)Fan tailed raven
17) Brown necked raven
18) white spectacled bulbul
19) Red whiskered bulbul (feral population established in jeddah)
17) Common mynah (well established feral poulation)
18) Nile Valley sunbird
19) white wagtail
20) grey wagtail
21) black scrub robin
22) collared dove
23) Common redstart
24) black redstart
25) glossy ibis
26) eurasian spoonbill
UAE
27) purple sunbird
28) blue cheeked bee eater
29) eurasian bee eater
30)red vented bulbul (very well established population)
31) cream coloured courser
32) red masked lapwing
South Western Australia
33) malleefowl
34) black swan
35) blue billed duck
36) musk duck
37) Australian wood duck
38) pacific black duck
39) Australian shelduck
40) australasian grebe
41) white faced heron
42) cattle egret
43) nankeen night heron
44) australian white ibis
45) straw necked ibis
46) royal spoonbill
47) yellow billed spoonbill
48) wedge tailed eagle
49) australian hobby
50) brown falcon
51) osprey
52) purple swamphen
53) dusky morehen
54) Eurasian coot
55) crested tern
56) silver gull
57) common bronzewing
58) red tailed black cockatoo
59) short billed/carnaby's black cockatoo
60) galah
61) little corella
62) rainbow lorikeet (feral population in Perth as I am sure you know)
63) purple crowned lorikeet
64) regent parrot
65) Australian ringneck (twenty eight parrot- B. z semitorquarius)
66) Australian ringneck (port lincoln parrot- B. z zonarius)
67) red capped parrot
68) Australian magpie
69) laughing kookaburra (feral population in WA)
70) rufous treecreeper
71) splended fairy wren
72) variegated fairy wren
73) red wattlebird
74) new holland honeyeater
75) white cheeked honeyeater
76) golden whistler
77) rufous whistler
78) magpie lark
79) willie wagtail
80) grey fantail
81) black faced cuckoo shrike
82) grey butcherbird
83) grey currawong
84) australian raven
85) little crow
86) welcome swallow
87) pied cormorant
88) great cormorant
UK
89) mute swan
90) house sparrow
91) greylag goose
92) canada goose
93) egyptian goose
94) common shelduck
95) mallard
96) common pochard
97) tufted duck
98) common pheasant
99) common quail
100) great crested grebe
101) fulmar
102) (removed double up)
103) (removed double up)
104) european shag
105) little egret
106) great bittern
107) grey heron
108) red kite
109) sparrowhawk
110) kestrel
111) peregrine falcon
112) common morehen
113) eurasian oystercatcher
114) northern lapwing
115) dunlin
116) eurasian curlew
117) redshank
118) black headed gull
119) herring gull
120) lesser black backed gull
121) great black backed gull
122) kittiwake
123) common tern
124) rock dove
125) stock dove
126) woodpigeon
127) ring necked parakeet
128) green woodpecker
129) great spotted woodpecker
130) pied wagtail
131) yellow wagtail
132) blackbird
133) fieldfare
134) song thrush
135) reed warbler
136) blackcap
137) long tailed tit
138) great tit
139) coal tit
140) blue tit
141) eurasian jay
142) european magpie (black billed magpie)
143) jackdaw
144) carrion crow
145) starling
146) tree sparrow
147) goldfinch
148) green finch
149) treecreeper
Poland
150) hooded crow
151) nuthatch
152) mandarin duck (not sure how wild this is. I think its feral)
153) california wood duck ''
Forgot to add to WA
151) scarlet robin
(Had a few double ups but rather that change every number I have just changed the last one from 154 to 151)
Saudi Arabia:
1) Rüpells weaver bird
2) Laughing Dove
3) Greater flamingo
4) Western reef heron
5) European honey buzzard
6) Black winged stilt
7) Kentish plover
8) Greater sand plover
9) Bar tailed godwit
10) (removed double up)
11) Alexandrine parakeet (feral population in established in Jeddah)
12) Little swift
13) Indian roller
14) Eurasian hoopoe
15) Green bee eater
16)Fan tailed raven
17) Brown necked raven
18) white spectacled bulbul
19) Red whiskered bulbul (feral population established in jeddah)
17) Common mynah (well established feral poulation)
18) Nile Valley sunbird
19) white wagtail
20) grey wagtail
21) black scrub robin
22) collared dove
23) Common redstart
24) black redstart
25) glossy ibis
26) eurasian spoonbill
UAE
27) purple sunbird
28) blue cheeked bee eater
29) eurasian bee eater
30)red vented bulbul (very well established population)
31) cream coloured courser
32) red masked lapwing
South Western Australia
33) malleefowl
34) black swan
35) blue billed duck
36) musk duck
37) Australian wood duck
38) pacific black duck
39) Australian shelduck
40) australasian grebe
41) white faced heron
42) cattle egret
43) nankeen night heron
44) australian white ibis
45) straw necked ibis
46) royal spoonbill
47) yellow billed spoonbill
48) wedge tailed eagle
49) australian hobby
50) brown falcon
51) osprey
52) purple swamphen
53) dusky morehen
54) Eurasian coot
55) crested tern
56) silver gull
57) common bronzewing
58) red tailed black cockatoo
59) short billed/carnaby's black cockatoo
60) galah
61) little corella
62) rainbow lorikeet (feral population in Perth as I am sure you know)
63) purple crowned lorikeet
64) regent parrot
65) Australian ringneck (twenty eight parrot- B. z semitorquarius)
66) Australian ringneck (port lincoln parrot- B. z zonarius)
67) red capped parrot
68) Australian magpie
69) laughing kookaburra (feral population in WA)
70) rufous treecreeper
71) splended fairy wren
72) variegated fairy wren
73) red wattlebird
74) new holland honeyeater
75) white cheeked honeyeater
76) golden whistler
77) rufous whistler
78) magpie lark
79) willie wagtail
80) grey fantail
81) black faced cuckoo shrike
82) grey butcherbird
83) grey currawong
84) australian raven
85) little crow
86) welcome swallow
87) pied cormorant
88) great cormorant
UK
89) mute swan
90) house sparrow
91) greylag goose
92) canada goose
93) egyptian goose
94) common shelduck
95) mallard
96) common pochard
97) tufted duck
98) common pheasant
99) common quail
100) great crested grebe
101) fulmar
102) (removed double up)
103) (removed double up)
104) european shag
105) little egret
106) great bittern
107) grey heron
108) red kite
109) sparrowhawk
110) kestrel
111) peregrine falcon
112) common morehen
113) eurasian oystercatcher
114) northern lapwing
115) dunlin
116) eurasian curlew
117) redshank
118) black headed gull
119) herring gull
120) lesser black backed gull
121) great black backed gull
122) kittiwake
123) common tern
124) rock dove
125) stock dove
126) woodpigeon
127) ring necked parakeet
128) green woodpecker
129) great spotted woodpecker
130) pied wagtail
131) yellow wagtail
132) blackbird
133) fieldfare
134) song thrush
135) reed warbler
136) blackcap
137) long tailed tit
138) great tit
139) coal tit
140) blue tit
141) eurasian jay
142) european magpie (black billed magpie)
143) jackdaw
144) carrion crow
145) starling
146) tree sparrow
147) goldfinch
148) green finch
149) treecreeper
Poland
150) hooded crow
151) nuthatch
152) mandarin duck (not sure how wild this is. I think its feral)
153) california wood duck ''
Forgot to add to WA
151) scarlet robin
(Had a few double ups but rather that change every number I have just changed the last one from 154 to 151)
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you've got a few double-ups in the list....
I'm guessing number 80 is supposed to say Grey Fantail?
not sure what's going on here!!
maybe a double-up.
honeyeater?
Thanks, I have fixed all of the things you pointed out. Shows my amazing proofreading skills
115. Black Guillemot
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