ZooChat Big Year 2014
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Finally finished updating my bird life list from Ethiopia and noticed two more that had slipped the Big Year net somehow:
548. Wattled Starling - Creatophora cinerea
549. Scarlet-chested Sunbird - Chalcomitra senegalensis
That should be the last time I have to do that!
548. Wattled Starling - Creatophora cinerea
549. Scarlet-chested Sunbird - Chalcomitra senegalensis
That should be the last time I have to do that!
my first year mammal since June (!):
72) European hare Lepus europeaus
72) European hare Lepus europeaus
zooboy28
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Are there a few NZ mammals you have still to get? I don't think I've seen hedgehog on your list, and have you got the common rodents/mustelids, and any deer?
I was actually following hedgehog tracks yesterday on the beach while birding, to see if I could find where it was sleeping, but they vanished in the marram grass. I was thinking about going out tonight maybe and looking for one.
I've already seen all four of the rodents this year overseas, so no good there. I hardly ever see mustelids in NZ; in fact I've never seen a weasel or ferret in NZ, only stoats. Never seen a wild deer of any kind in NZ either, which is kind of surprising.
Although family commitments occupied the afternoon and early evening today, some canny scheduling from my Dad allowed a couple of hours at the coast in the morning, to visit the always-impressive Grey Seal colony at Donna Nook and do a little beach birding. Was rather whistle-stop, but very pleasant, and filled two gaps in my wader collection this year:
550. Sanderling - Calidris alba
551. Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica
550. Sanderling - Calidris alba
551. Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica
Yes. Which is why I posted it all by it's lonesome.
Mammals
70. Long-nosed Bandicoot
71. Agile Wallaby
72. Red-legged Pademelon
73. Northern Broad-nosed Bat
74. Spectacled Fruit Bat
Reptiles
23. Frill-neck Lizard
24. Sawshell Turtle
Hix
Wonga Beach (Daintree area)
538. Whimbrel
539. Helmeted Friarbird
540. Mistletoebird
541. Yellow Oriole
542. Little Tern
543. Reef Heron
Kingfisher Park Bird Lodge
544. Pale Yellow Robin
545. Macleay's Honeyeater ***
546. Noisy Pitta
547. Metallic Starling
548. Papuan Frogmouth
549. Pale-vented Bush Hen
Julatten
550. Brown-backed Honeyeater
551. Grey Whistler
552. Fairy Gerygone
553. Comb-crested Jacana
Mareeba Wetlands
554. Pheasant Coucal
555. Bush Stone Curlew
556. Australian Bustard
Cairns
557. Yellow Honeyeater
Kingfisher Park
558. Olive-backed Sunbird
559. Little Shrike Thrush
560. Australasian Figbird
561. Forest Kingfisher
Mt Lewis
562. Blue-faced Parrot Finch #
563. Barred Cuckoo-shrike
564. Chowchilla ***
565. Fernwren ***
566. Atherton Scrubwren ***
567. Bower's Shrike Thrush ***
568. Brown Cuckoo-dove (Pigeon)
569. Grey-headed Robin ***
570. Tooth-billed Bowerbird ***
571. Shining Bronze Cuckoo
572. Wompoo Pigeon
573. Spotted Catbird
574. Little Bronze Cuckoo
575. Mountain Thornbill ***
576. Bridled Honeyeater ***
Jullaten
577. Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
578. Leaden Flycatcher
579. Magpie Geese
Cairns Botanic Gardens and Centenary Lakes
580. Rajah Shelduck (Burdekin Duck)
581. Pied Heron
582. Double-eyed Fig Parrots
583. Black Butcherbird
Cattana Wetlands
584. Green Pygmy Goose
585. Nutmeg Mannikin
586. Crimson Finch
587. Wandering Whistle-duck
588. White-browed Crake
Hix
# - Blue-faced Parrot Finch is rarely seen, I was lucky to see this one.
*** - Wet Tropic Endemics (there's only 12 in total, I saw 9 of them).
538. Whimbrel
539. Helmeted Friarbird
540. Mistletoebird
541. Yellow Oriole
542. Little Tern
543. Reef Heron
Kingfisher Park Bird Lodge
544. Pale Yellow Robin
545. Macleay's Honeyeater ***
546. Noisy Pitta
547. Metallic Starling
548. Papuan Frogmouth
549. Pale-vented Bush Hen
Julatten
550. Brown-backed Honeyeater
551. Grey Whistler
552. Fairy Gerygone
553. Comb-crested Jacana
Mareeba Wetlands
554. Pheasant Coucal
555. Bush Stone Curlew
556. Australian Bustard
Cairns
557. Yellow Honeyeater
Kingfisher Park
558. Olive-backed Sunbird
559. Little Shrike Thrush
560. Australasian Figbird
561. Forest Kingfisher
Mt Lewis
562. Blue-faced Parrot Finch #
563. Barred Cuckoo-shrike
564. Chowchilla ***
565. Fernwren ***
566. Atherton Scrubwren ***
567. Bower's Shrike Thrush ***
568. Brown Cuckoo-dove (Pigeon)
569. Grey-headed Robin ***
570. Tooth-billed Bowerbird ***
571. Shining Bronze Cuckoo
572. Wompoo Pigeon
573. Spotted Catbird
574. Little Bronze Cuckoo
575. Mountain Thornbill ***
576. Bridled Honeyeater ***
Jullaten
577. Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
578. Leaden Flycatcher
579. Magpie Geese
Cairns Botanic Gardens and Centenary Lakes
580. Rajah Shelduck (Burdekin Duck)
581. Pied Heron
582. Double-eyed Fig Parrots
583. Black Butcherbird
Cattana Wetlands
584. Green Pygmy Goose
585. Nutmeg Mannikin
586. Crimson Finch
587. Wandering Whistle-duck
588. White-browed Crake
Hix
# - Blue-faced Parrot Finch is rarely seen, I was lucky to see this one.
*** - Wet Tropic Endemics (there's only 12 in total, I saw 9 of them).
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hmm, I wonder who is going to win this Big Year then!
hmm, I wonder who is going to win this Big Year then!
Certainly not me!
346 Thayer's Gull
hmm, I wonder who is going to win this Big Year then!
Yes, I fear the killer blow has been struck now!
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