ZooChat Big Year 2014

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The mouse from number 14 has been identified, it's a Bank vole.
As already thought I had forgot some ( some very common ones.... )
15 Rabbit
16 European hare
17 Hedgehog
18 Red fox
 
Maguari said:
Now to try to ignore the inevitable post to come from robmv, who has also seen all of the above and has, along with our other companions, another day of Yorkshire birding to go, while I'm back to work tomorrow... ;)
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Happy to oblige!

RSPB Blacktoft Sands
197. Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Boat trip from Bridlington
198. Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
199. Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
200. Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) LIFER

RSPB Bempton Cliffs
201. Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) LIFER

Kilnsea/Spurn
202. Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus) LIFER
203. Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
204. Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
205. Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) LIFER

All-in-all, a very productive weekend with three zoos on top of the birding.
 
I misidentified a bird in my previous post, so I'm reposting it with the correction and additions:

Birds
290 Ringed Plover
291 Spotted Morning-Thrush
292 Pied Wagtail
293 Black-winged Stilt
294 Grey-headed Gull
295 Whiskered Tern
296 Grey-backed Fiscal
297 Superb Starling
298 Watter Dikkop
299 African Mourning Dove
300 Blue-capped Cordon-blue
301 African Paradise Flycatcher
302 Grey-breasted Spurfowl
303 Sulfurbreasted Bush-shrike
304 Red-chested Sunbird
305 Marsh Sandpiper
306 Pale Flycatcher
307 Spotted Flycatcher
308 Buff-bellied Warbler
309 Angolan Swallow
310 Ruff
311 Spotted Dikkop
312 Sacred Ibis
313 Purple Grenadier
314 Blacksmith Plover
315 Red-faced Crombec
316 Willow Warbler
317 Wattled Starling
318 Grey-capped Social Weaver
319 Usambiro (D'arnoud's) Barbet
320 Heuglin's Courser
321 Fischer's Sparrowlark
322 Little Bee-eater
323 Silverbird
324 Banded Martin
325 Nubian Woodpecker
326 Squaretailed Nightjar
327 Greenwinged Pytilia
328 Three-banded Plover
329 Helmeted Guineafowl
330 Northern White-crowned Shrike
331 Rufous-tailed Weaver
332 Secretarybird
333 Forktailed Drongo
334 Kori Bustard
335 Senegal Plover
336 Black-bellied Bustard
337 Ostrich
338 Lilac-breasted Roller
339 Bare-faced Go-away Bird
340 Grey Heron
341 African Grey Hornbill
342 Von der Decken's Hornbill
343 Magpie Shrike
344 Crested Francolin


Mammals
29 Topi
30 Blue Wildebeest
31 Thomson Gazelle
32 Plains Zebra
33 Cape Buffalo
34 Olive Baboon
35 Grants Gazelle
36 Warthog
37 Giraffe
38 Elephant
39 Hippo
40 Waterbuck
41 Black-backed Jackal
42 Impala
43 Bohor Reedbuck
44 Coke's Hartebeest
45 Lion
46 Cheetah
47 Kirk's Dikdik
48 Bush Hyrax
49 Steenbok
50 Eland
51 Spotted Hyena
52 Leopard
53 Golden Jackal
54 Common Genet
55 Rock Hyrax

Reptiles
17 Leopard Tortoise
18 Mwanza Flat-headed Agama

:p

Hix
 
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robmv said:
Kilnsea/Spurn
202. Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus) LIFER
203. Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
204. Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
205. Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) LIFER

All-in-all, a very productive weekend with three zoos on top of the birding.
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See, I knew I shouldn't have looked! :D
 
Mammals
56. Serval

:p

Hix
 
Last night I got very cold indeed. I also saw some bats.

These two are linked.


I went along to fetch-and-carry-and-try-not-to-get-in-the-way ( :D ) on a harp-trapping project run under licence by professional bat ecologists within the county bat conservation group, checking potential swarming sites and taking species, morphometric and reproductive data from trapped bats before sending them wheeling safely off into the night sky.

Which is all well and good (if rather chilly last night!) but in terms of this thread - it also meant an opportunity to see some Myotis up close and get their ID confirmed in hand, with much examination of traguses, nostrils and genitalia. So I can now add:


41. Whiskered Bat - Myotis mystacinus
42. Natterer's Bat - Myotis nattereri


We also had Daubenton's, which are already on the list. There were rather fewer bats than the previous surveys here, but the sudden drop in temperature yesterday may well have something to do with that.

It was a fascinating evening though - if anyone has an interest in bats, find your lcoal group - I've really been enjoying it this year.
 
A couple of nice additions from a day on the North Wales coast:

206. Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
207. Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)

Lots of other interested birds about too: thousands of Common Scoters (though I couldn't pick out the reported Surf Scoter among them), lots of Red-throated Divers and really good views of a Cetti's Warbler at RSPB Conwy.
 
568) Black-fronted tern Sterna albostriata
569) Californian quail Callipepla californica
570) Little owl Athene noctua
 
...and the current totals:

BIRDS:
Chlidonias – 570
jbnbsn99 – 391
Hix – 344
Ituri – 342
boof – 306
Maguari – 293
lintworm – 258
mstickmanp – 247
Hevden – 238
robmv – 207
LaughingDove – 157
nanoboy – 146
DesertRhino150 – 116
Pleistohorse – 116
zooboy28 – 72
ThylacineAlive – 71
BeardsleyZooFan – 66
JBZvolunteer – 55



MAMMALS:
Chlidonias – 71
Hix – 56
lintworm – 54
Ituri – 45
Maguari – 42
jbnbsn99 – 32
DesertRhino150 – 23
Pleistohorse – 25
LaughingDove – 18
vogelcommando – 18
mstickmanp – 10
JBZvolunteer – 10
zooboy28 – 8
dean – 8
ThylacineAlive – 7
BeardsleyZooFan – 6


HERPTILES and FISH:
lintworm – 62 Herptiles total
Hix – 18 Reptiles
Maguari – 16 Herptiles total
Ituri – 4 Amphibians, 16 Reptiles
BeardsleyZooFan – 3 Amphibians, 8 Reptiles
ThylacineAlive – 3 Amphibians, 4 Reptiles
LaughingDove – 6 Reptiles
DesertRhino150 – 2 Amphibians, 3 Reptiles, 4 Fish
JBZvolunteer – 4 Reptiles

COOL NATURE FEATURES:
lintworm – 1 (Aurora borealis)
 
Birds
345 Whitebacked Vulture
346 Lappet-faced Vulture
347 Black-breasted Snake Eagle
348 Emerald-spotted Wood Pigeon
349 White-headed Buffalo Weaver
350 Crowned Plover
351 White-bellied Canary
352 Yellow-billed Oxpecker
353 Coqui Francolin
354 Black Crake
355 Striped Kingfisher
356 Temmink's Courser
357 Red-billed Teal
358 Speckle-fronted Weaver
359 Slate-coloured Boubou
360 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
361 Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
362 Ruppell's Griffon Vulture
363 African (Grassland) Pipit
364 Yellowbill Stork
365 Bateleur
366 Black-wing Kite
367 Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
368 Fischer's Lovebirds
369 Swahili Sparrow
370 Laughing Dove
371 Grey Woodpecker
372 Tawny Eagle
373 Steppe Eagle
374 Grey-backed Camaroptera
375 Hildebrandt's Starling
376 Capped Wheatear
377 Pallid Harrier
378 Greater Kestrel
379 Eastern Chanting Goshawk
380 Abyssininan Black Wheatear
381 Pintail Whydah
382 African Hoopoe
383 Longtail Shrike
384 Grey Crowned Crane
385 Rufous-naped Lark
386 Glossy Ibis
387 Long-crested Eagle
388 Hildebrandt's Francolin
389 European Bee-eater
390 Lesser Flamingo
391 African White Pelican
392 Pied Avocet
393 Northern Shoveller
394 Hottentot Teal
395 African Black Duck
396 Northern Wheatear
397 Yellow Wagtail
398 Longtailed Widowbird
399 Yellow Bishop
400 Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
401 Redwing Starling
402 Greater Flamingo
403 Namaqua Dove
404 Black-throated Barbet
405 Blue-naped Mousebird
406 White-browed Sparrow Weaver
407 Yellow-collared Lovebird
408 Two-banded Courser
409 Eastern Black-headed Oriole
410 Yellow-necked Spurfowl
411 Kittlitz's Plover
412 Chestnut-banded Plover
413 Singing Bushlark
414 Taita Fiscal
415 Hartlaub's Bustard
416 African Pygmy Falcon
417 Red-billed Quelea
418 Greenshank
419 Little Stint
420 Black-crowned Night Heron
421 Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
422 Martial Eagle
423 Crowned Hornbill
424 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
425 Redbilled Oxpecker
426 African Spoonbill
427 Red-and-Yellow Barbet
428 African Grey Flycatcher
429 Brubru
430 Steel-blue Whydah
431 Lesser Masked Weaver
432 Yellow-bellied Greenbul
433 White-throated Lark
434 Red-billed Hornbill
435 Ashy Starling
436 Orange-bellied Parrot


Mammals
57. Savanna Hare

Reptiles
19. Savanna Monitor

:p

Hix
 
Hix said:
Birds
345 Whitebacked Vulture
346 Lappet-faced Vulture
347 Black-breasted Snake Eagle
348 Emerald-spotted Wood Pigeon
349 White-headed Buffalo Weaver
350 Crowned Plover
351 White-bellied Canary
352 Yellow-billed Oxpecker
353 Coqui Francolin
354 Black Crake
355 Striped Kingfisher
356 Temmink's Courser
357 Red-billed Teal
358 Speckle-fronted Weaver
359 Slate-coloured Boubou
360 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
361 Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
362 Ruppell's Griffon Vulture
363 African (Grassland) Pipit
364 Yellowbill Stork
365 Bateleur
366 Black-wing Kite
367 Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
368 Fischer's Lovebirds
369 Swahili Sparrow
370 Laughing Dove
371 Grey Woodpecker
372 Tawny Eagle
373 Steppe Eagle
374 Grey-backed Camaroptera
375 Hildebrandt's Starling
376 Capped Wheatear
377 Pallid Harrier
378 Greater Kestrel
379 Eastern Chanting Goshawk
380 Abyssininan Black Wheatear
381 Pintail Whydah
382 African Hoopoe
383 Longtail Shrike
384 Grey Crowned Crane
385 Rufous-naped Lark
386 Glossy Ibis
387 Long-crested Eagle
388 Hildebrandt's Francolin
389 European Bee-eater
390 Lesser Flamingo
391 African White Pelican
392 Pied Avocet
393 Northern Shoveller
394 Hottentot Teal
395 African Black Duck
396 Northern Wheatear
397 Yellow Wagtail
398 Longtailed Widowbird
399 Yellow Bishop
400 Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
401 Redwing Starling
402 Greater Flamingo
403 Namaqua Dove
404 Black-throated Barbet
405 Blue-naped Mousebird
406 White-browed Sparrow Weaver
407 Yellow-collared Lovebird
408 Two-banded Courser
409 Eastern Black-headed Oriole
410 Yellow-necked Spurfowl
411 Kittlitz's Plover
412 Chestnut-banded Plover
413 Singing Bushlark
414 Taita Fiscal
415 Hartlaub's Bustard
416 African Pygmy Falcon
417 Red-billed Quelea
418 Greenshank
419 Little Stint
420 Black-crowned Night Heron
421 Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
422 Martial Eagle
423 Crowned Hornbill
424 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
425 Redbilled Oxpecker
426 African Spoonbill
427 Red-and-Yellow Barbet
428 African Grey Flycatcher
429 Brubru
430 Steel-blue Whydah
431 Lesser Masked Weaver
432 Yellow-bellied Greenbul
433 White-throated Lark
434 Red-billed Hornbill
435 Ashy Starling
436 Orange-bellied Parrot


Mammals
57. Savanna Hare

Reptiles
19. Savanna Monitor

:p

Hix
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Well, there goes my second place...
 
jbnbsn99 said:
Well, there goes my second place...
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Sorry mate. And I still have a week to go over here.

Birds
437 Grey-headed Sparrow
438 Yellow-rumped Seedeater
439 White-bellied Go-away Bird
440 Abyssininan Scimitar-bill
441 Diderik Cuckoo
442 Green Woodhoopoe
443 Cutthroat Finch
444 Pearl-spotted Owlet
445 Chestnut Sparrow
446 Hooded Vulture
447 Red-necked Spurfowl
448 African Harrier Hawk
449 Northern Pied Babbler
450 Collared Pratincole
451 Brown Snake Eagle
452 Comb (Knob-billed) Duck
453 Spurwing Goose
454 Whiteface Whistleduck
455 Black-faced Sandgrouse
456 African Cuckoo
457 Southern Ground Hornbill
458 White-headed Barbet
459 Greater Blue-eared Starling
460 Stonechat
461 White-fronted Bee-eater
462 Hartlaub's Turaco
463 Maccoa Duck
464 Redeye Dove
465 Barn Swallow
466 African Moustached Warbler
467 Cape Teal
468 Rock Martin
469 Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
470 Black Cuckoo-shrike

Mammals
58 Senegal Bushbaby
59 Banded Mongoose
60 Southern Tree Hyrax
61 Klipspringer

:p

Hix
 
Update from near the shores of Lake Ziway. On WiFi while stopped for lunch - can't type a bird list on this but can manage a mammaly update from Awash NP:

43. Common Warthog
44. Olive Baboon
45. Grivet Monkey
46. Eastern Guereza
47. Harar Dik-dik
48. Lesser Kudu
49. Beisa Oryx
50. Abyssinian Hare
51. Soemmerring's Gazelle
52. Golden Jackal
53. White-tailed Mongoose
54. Hamadryas Baboon

More to follow! :-)
 
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