ZooChat Big Year 2015

[jbnbsn99]

Let's do it again!

I know I'm a day early in this post, but it'll soon be 2015 in parts of the world.

Get your binoculars, spotting scopes, birding guides, and cameras ready.

Let's bird!



Here are the links for the previous two years:
ZooChat 2013 Big Year
2014 ZooChat Big Year

 

[LaughingDove]

Looking forward to getting a start tomorrow .
My 2015 goals are 200+ birds, 30+ mammals and to do my list correctly with no double ups or adding things that I'm not supposed to .

Good luck everyone!

 

[Hix]

I might as well start things off:

1. Masked Lapwing
2. Eastern Rosella
3. Crested Pigeon
4. Indian Mynah
5. Noisy Miner
6. Grey Butcherbird
7. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
8. Red-rump Parrot
9. Black Swan
10. Eurasian Coot
11. Purple Swamphen
12. Dusky Moorhen
13. Australian Grebe
14. Pacific Black Duck
15. Australian Wood Duck
16. Hardhead
17. White-faced Heron
18. Little Black Cormorant
19. Little Pied Cormorant
20. Magpie Lark
21. Australasian Raven
22. Willie Wagtail
23. Rainbow Lorikeet



Hix

 

[Hevden]

I'll post a full list later but started the year as I finished the last.

1.little bustard

 

[Mikezoo12]

Birds
1.Cardinal
2.Blue Jay
3.Turkey Vulture
4.Raven
5.Robin

Mammals
1.Grey Squirrel

 

[DesertRhino150]

May well add more birds later today, but for now:

1. Great tit Parus major
2. Blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus
3. Woodpigeon Columba palumbus
4. Blackbird Turdus merula
5. European robin Erithacus rubecula
6. Common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
7. Common buzzard Buteo buteo
8. Green woodpecker Picus viridis
9. Carrion crow Corvus corone
10. Greenfinch Chloris chloris
11. European magpie Pica pica
12. Redwing Turdus iliacus
13. Dunnock Prunella modularis
14. Coal tit Periparus ater
15. Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
16. Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
17. Long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus
18. Great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major
19. Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
20. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
21. Grey heron Ardea cinerea
22. Collared dove Streptopelia decaocto
23. Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus
24. European starling Sturnus vulgaris
25. Common rook Corvus frugilegus
26. Eurasian jackdaw Corvus monedula
27. Common coot Fulica atra
28. Tufted duck Aythya fuligula
29. Common pochard Aythya ferina
30. Song thrush Turdus philomelos
31. Eurasian jay Garrulus glandarius
32. Eurasian wren Troglodytes troglodytes
33. Red-legged partridge Alectoris rufa
34. Ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus
35. Mute swan Cygnus olor
36. Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Mammals:
1. Eastern grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis

 

[LaughingDove]

Made a trip today to two of my favourite UK birding places to get a few species before going back to Poland
First a few species in my garden:
1) Wood Pigeon
2)Common Starling
3) Rose ringed parakeet
4) Great tit
5)Long tailed tit
6) Blue tit
7) Blackbird
8) Robin
9) Carrion crow
10) Eurasian magpie

Boldermere Lake, Surrey:
11) Common Kestrel
12) Eurasian Wigeon
13) Northern Pintail
14) Mallard
15) Common coot
16) Moorhen
17) Mute swan
18) Great cested grebe
19) Common Pochard
20) Tufted duck
21) Gadwall
22) Black-headed gull
23) Common shelduck
24) Shoveler

Winkworth Arboretum:
25) Goldcrest
26) Winter Wren
27) Little grebe
28) Eurasian Jay
29) Ring-necked pheasant
30) Mandarin duck

Mammals:
1)Eastern grey squirrel
2) European rabbit

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Despite being stuck inside due to some atrocious weather up here in Northumberland, I still managed to get a few year-birds in.....

1) Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
2) Great tit (Parus major)
3) Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
4) European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
5) Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

 

[Maguari]

An odd first day, as I was at a friends for a NYE party last night and as everyone stayed over I didn't leave the house to get the train home until it was already just beginning to get dark (and raining). So there is just a short selection of 'noticeable' species to start the year:

1. Carrion Crow - Corvus corone
2. European Blackbird - Turdus merula
3. Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus
4. European Buzzard - Buteo buteo

1. Eastern Grey Squirrel - Sciurus carolinensis

 

[DesertRhino150]

Unfortunately, didn't manage to add any other new birds today. I did however get a rather nice new mammal in the garden:

2. Reeve's muntjac Muntiacus reevesi

 

[BeardsleyZooFan]

1. Dark-Eyed Junco
2. White-Throated Sparrow
3. American Crow
4. Red-Tailed Hawk

 

[cloudedleopard]

Birds-
Dark-eyed junco
White-throated sparrow
Northern cardinal
Tufted titmouse
Black-capped chickadee
White-breasted nuthatch
Downy woodpecker
Mammals-
Eastern gray squirrel

 

[Ituri]

I got off to a quick start this year!

BIRDS:
1 Common Raven
2 Western Meadowlark
3 Canada Goose
4 Trumpeter Swan
5 Gadwall
6 American Wigeon
7 Northern Shoveler
8 Canvasback
9 Redhead
10 Ring-necked Duck
11 Lesser Scaup
12 Black Scoter
13 Bufflehead
14 Common Goldeneye
15 Pied-billed Grebe
16 Eared Grebe
17 Double-crested Cormorant
18 Northern Harrier
19 Red-tailed Hawk
20 American Coot
21 California Gull
22 Rock Pigeon
23 Eurasian Collared-Dove
24 Belted Kingfisher
25 Downy Woodpecker
26 Northern Flicker
27 American Kestrel
28 Black-billed Magpie
29 Song Sparrow
30 White-crowned Sparrow
31 Killdeer
32 Mallard
33 American White Pelican
34 Snow Goose
35 Cackling Goose
36 Tundra Swan
37 Green-winged Teal
38 Ruddy Duck
39 Great Blue Heron
40 Black-crowned Night-Heron
41 Ring-billed Gull
42 Brown Creeper
43 Golden-crowned Kinglet
44 American Robin
45 European Starling
46 Cedar Waxwing
47 Yellow-rumped Warbler
48 Red Crossbill
49 House Sparrow
50 Northern Pintail
51 Ring-necked Pheasant
52 Virginia Rail
53 American Crow
54 Marsh Wren
55 Swamp Sparrow
56 Golden Eagle
57 Rock Wren
58 Mourning Dove
59 Horned Lark
60 Rough-legged Hawk
61 Northern Hawk Owl
62 Snow Bunting
63 Dark-eyed Junco

MAMMALS:
1 Coyote
2 Mule Deer
3 Wapiti
4 Pronghorn

 

[ThylacineAlive]

I went out today but it was very cold and windy so didn't stay out too long. Only got one easy year bird but I suppose that's better than nothing. At least I'm in the running, though!

Birds
1) Common Raven Corvus corax

~Thylo

 

[Ituri]

I got off to a quick start this year!

BIRDS:
1 Common Raven
2 Western Meadowlark
3 Canada Goose
4 Trumpeter Swan
5 Gadwall
6 American Wigeon
7 Northern Shoveler
8 Canvasback
9 Redhead
10 Ring-necked Duck
11 Lesser Scaup
12 Black Scoter
13 Bufflehead
14 Common Goldeneye
15 Pied-billed Grebe
16 Eared Grebe
17 Double-crested Cormorant
18 Northern Harrier
19 Red-tailed Hawk
20 American Coot
21 California Gull
22 Rock Pigeon
23 Eurasian Collared-Dove
24 Belted Kingfisher
25 Downy Woodpecker
26 Northern Flicker
27 American Kestrel
28 Black-billed Magpie
29 Song Sparrow
30 White-crowned Sparrow
31 Killdeer
32 Mallard
33 American White Pelican
34 Snow Goose
35 Cackling Goose
36 Tundra Swan
37 Green-winged Teal
38 Ruddy Duck
39 Great Blue Heron
40 Black-crowned Night-Heron
41 Ring-billed Gull
42 Brown Creeper
43 Golden-crowned Kinglet
44 American Robin
45 European Starling
46 Cedar Waxwing
47 Yellow-rumped Warbler
48 Red Crossbill
49 House Sparrow
50 Northern Pintail
51 Ring-necked Pheasant
52 Virginia Rail
53 American Crow
54 Marsh Wren
55 Swamp Sparrow
56 Golden Eagle
57 Rock Wren
58 Mourning Dove
59 Horned Lark
60 Rough-legged Hawk
61 Northern Hawk Owl
62 Snow Bunting
63 Dark-eyed Junco

MAMMALS:
1 Coyote
2 Mule Deer
3 Wapiti
4 Pronghorn

Missed a couple

64 Bald Eagle
65 Sora

 

[Maguari]

Stuck indoors working from home today but managed to get into double figures just from what was outside the window.

5. European Magpie - Pica pica
6. Common Wood Pigeon - Columba palumbus
7. Western Jackdaw - Coloeus monedula
8. House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
9. Dunnock - Prunella modularis
10. Rook - Corvus frugilegus
11. European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris

 

[LaughingDove]

Just a couple of species today:
31) House Sparrow
32) White wagtail

 

[Chlidonias]

BIRDS:
1) Waxeye Zosterops lateralis
2) Common starling Sturnus vulgaris
3) Southern black-backed (Kelp) gull Larus dominicanus
4) Feral pigeon Columba livia
5) House sparrow Passer domesticus
6) European blackbird Turdus merula
7) Common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
8) Paradise duck Tadorna variegata
9) Song thrush Turdus philomelos
10) Hedge sparrow (Dunnock) Prunella modularis
11) Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
12) European goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
13) NZ pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
14) European greenfinch Carduelis chloris
15) Black-billed gull Larus bulleri
16) NZ pied fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
17) NZ bellbird Anthornis melanura
18) NZ scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
19) Red-billed gull Larus novaehollandiae
20) Welcome swallow Hirundo neoxena
21) Spur-winged (Masked) plover Vanellus miles
22) Australian magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
23) Black shag Phalacrocorax carbo
24) Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
25) Pukeko (Purple gallinule) Porphyrio porphyrio
26) Caspian tern Sterna caspia
27) White-faced heron Egretta novaehollandiae
28) Black swan Cygnus atratus
29) Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica
30) Pied shag Phalacrocorax varius
31) Little pied shag Phalacrocorax melanoleucus
32) Little black shag Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
33) South Island pied oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
34) Grey teal Anas gracilis
35) Pied (White-headed) stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
36) Banded dotterel Charadrius bicinctus
37) Australasian harrier Circus approximans
38) Royal spoonbill Platalea regia
39) Australasian shoveller Anas rhynchotis
40) Skylark Alauda arvensis
41) Canada goose Branta canadensis



I've been keeping year lists since 2006, and I just had a look to see what the first bird was each year. It isn't very interesting as it turns out (2014 was the only year I started out overseas), but here they are:

2006 - House sparrow Passer domesticus
2007 - Southern black-backed (Kelp) gull Larus dominicanus
2008 - Southern black-backed (Kelp) gull Larus dominicanus
2009 - Common starling Sturnus vulgaris
2010 - Little pied shag Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
2011 - Red-billed gull Larus novaehollandiae
2012 - European blackbird Turdus merula
2013 - Red-billed gull Larus novaehollandiae
2014 - Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus
2015 - Waxeye Zosterops lateralis

 

[Ituri]

Missed a couple

64 Bald Eagle
65 Sora

BIRDS

66 American Goldfinch
67 Black-capped Chickadee
68 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
69 Spotted Towhee
70 House Finch
71 Cooper's Hawk

MAMMALS
5 Eastern Fox Squirrel

 

[Maguari]

Bonus addition as the route home from a post-New Year parental pint takes me into the territory of a particularly showy individual (same one, I believe, as my first sighting of the species last year).

2. Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes