ZooChat Big Year 2015

[cloudedleopard]

Birds (9)-
Dark-eyed junco
White-throated sparrow
Northern cardinal
Canada goose
Cooper's hawk
Tufted titmouse
Black-capped chickadee
White-breasted nuthatch
Downy woodpecker
Mammals (3)-
Eastern gray squirrel
Whitetail deer
Thylacine

 

[AverageWalrus]

Also, I forgot that earlier today, I saw a flock of

9) Dark Eyed Junco

 

[Hix]

37. Long-billed Corella
38. Australian King Parrot

39. Australian Koel
40. Little Lorikeet
41. Musk Lorikeet



Hix

 

[DesertRhino150]

This morning, saw a large flock of another new bird species passing overhead:

41. Canada goose Branta canadensis

 

[jbnbsn99]

45 Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus
46 Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa
47 Orange-crowned Warbler - Oreothlypis celata
48 Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus
49 Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus
50 Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos
51 Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca
52 Harris's Sparrow - Zonotrichia querula
53 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis
54 Bonaparte's Gull - Chroicocephalus philadelphia

 

[Hix]

39. Australian Koel
40. Little Lorikeet
41. Musk Lorikeet

42. Royal Spoonbill
43. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
44. Superb Blue Wren
45. Nankeen Kestrel
46. Satin Bowerbird
47. Silvereye
48. Red-whiskered Bulbul
49. Eastern Spinebill
50. Eastern Yellow Robin
51. Eurasian Blackbird
52. Yellow Thornbill
53. Fantail Cuckoo
54. Spotted Turtledove
55. Kookaburra
56. Bell Miner
57. Little Wattlebird
58. Australasian Figbird



Hix

 

[LaughingDove]

Just got a few more species to add that I don't usually see in the UK since I'm back in Poland:

Mammals:
4) Eurasian red squirrel
5) Striped field mouse

Birds:
34) Jackdaw
35) Rook
36) Hooded Crow
37) Coal tit
38) Mistle Thrush
39) Caspian gull

Fish: seen in the small area of water in my local park that wasn't frozen
1) Common carp

Since it was Sunday and I had nothing better to do, I took a bus to a nature reserve all the way on the edge of Warsaw and managed to see a few year birds and my first lifers of the year :

40) Rough-legged Buzzard
41) Greenfinch
42) Nuthatch
43) Siskin
44) Waxwing
45) Grey Heron
46) Redpoll
47) Treecreeper

I still haven't seen a chaffinch this year!

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[Ituri]

87 Barred Owl
88 Wild Turkey
89 Lesser Black-backed Gull
90 Herring Gull
91 Great Horned Owl

BIRDS
92 Western Screech-Owl
93 Evening Grosbeak
94 Northern Shrike

MAMMALS
8 Common Muskrat

 

[Pleistohorse]

Mammals:
1) Northern Red-backed Vole
2) Red Fox

 

[robmv]

Three from yesterday at Venus Pool:
82. Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
83. Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
84. Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

This morning I woke up early and set off for an impromptu Slimbridge outing:
85. White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
86. Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
87. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
88. Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
89. Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
90. Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
91. Crane (Grus grus)
92. Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
93. Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
94. Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

I'm not entirely comfortable with counting the Great Crane Project birds, but they'll do until I get to Norfolk.

Still no pheasant!

 

[ThylacineAlive]

A couple more from the past few days:

Birds
2) White-Throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
3) Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
4) Rock Pigeon Columba livia
5) Canada Goose Branta canadensis
6) Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
7) Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata

Mammals
1) White-Tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus

~Thylo

Birds
8) Red-Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

Mammals
2) Eastern Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis

~Thylo

 

[Hevden]

After a couple of days birding.

1. Little Bustard
2. Mute Swan
3. Graylag Goose
4. Canada Goose
5. Wigeon
6. Gadwall
7. Teal
8. Mallard
9. Shoveler
10. Pochard
11. Tufted Duck
12. Common Scoter
13. Surf Scoter
14. Velvet Scoter
15. Goldeneye
16. Red-breasted Merganser
17. Goosander
18. Grey Partridge
19. Pheasant
20. Red-throated Diver
21. Cormorant
22. Grey Heron
23. Little Grebe
24. Great Crested Grebe
25. Goshawk
26. Sparrowhawk
27. Buzzard
28. Kestrel
29. Moorhen
30. Coot
31. Oystercatcher
32. Lapwing
33. Sanderling
34. Redshank
35. Turnstone
36. Black-headed Gull
37. Common Gull
38. Lesser Black-backed Gull
39. Herring Gull
40. Great Black-backed Gull
41. Feral Pigeon
42. Woodpigeon
43. Collard Dove
44. Great Spotted Woodpecker
45. Magpie
46. Jackdaw
47. Rook
48. Carrion Crow
49. Raven
50. Goldcrest
51. Blue Tit
52. Great Tit
53. Coal Tit
54. Nuthatch
55. Wren
56. Starling
57. Blackbird
58. Fieldfare
59. Song Thrush
60. Redwing
61. Mistle Thrush
62. Robin
63. Dunnock
64. House Sparrow
65. Pied Wagtail
66. Blyth's Pipit
67. Chaffinch
68. Greenfinch
69. Goldfinch
70. Bullfinch

A few hours birding this weekend gave me another life tick.

71. Shelduck
72. Smew
73. Caspian Gull
74. Glaucous Gull
75. Jay
76. Long-tailed Tit
77. Treecreeper
78. Grey Wagtail
79. Meadow Pipit
80. Siskin
81. Hawfinch

 

[mstickmanp]

Today I got one more lifer and five year birds.

103. American Redstart
104. Orange-crowned Warbler
105. Varied Thrush
106. Fox Sparrow
107. Dark-eyed Junco
108. Ring-necked Duck

Made a trip to the Salton Sea yesterday with my local Audubon group. Before yesterday I had only been to the Salton Sea on two occasions, and both during the Summer. The first time with jbnbsn99 was an "okay" day as it wasn't terribly hot or smelly, but the second time it was around 115 degrees and the smell was worst than the first time. On the other hand, the high yesterday was around 75 degrees and no smell, making it a very pleasant day for birdwatching.

The highlights were hundreds of Sandhill Cranes, thousands of Ross' and Snow Geese, a Yellow-footed Gull, and a Roseate Spoonbill.

109. Ross' Goose
110. Lesser Scaup
111. Bufflehead
112. Gambel's Quail
113. Horned Grebe
114. Eared Grebe
115. Brown Pelican
116. American Bittern
117. Cattle Egret
118. Roseate Spoonbill
119. Ridgway's Rail
120. Sandhill Crane
121. American Avocet
122. Greater Yellowlegs
123. Willet
124. Lesser Yellowlegs
125. Marbled Godwit
126. Western Sandpiper
127. Yellow-footed Gull
128. Caspian Tern
129. Forster's Tern
130. Common Groud-dove
131. Greater Roadrunner
132. Burrowing Owl
133. Ladder-backed Woodpecker
134. Verdin
135. Loggerhead Shrike
136. Tree Swallow
137. Marsh Wren
138. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
139. Abert's Towhee

There have been at least 4-5 Lesser Flamingos living at the sea for the last 5-10 years and yesterday we saw one in the same place as the Roseate Spoonbill. For the purpose of this list I will count exotics as it gets me confused since Ebird includes them.

140. Lesser Flamingo

I also forgot to include two more from earlier in the week.

141. Mute Swan
142. Indian Peafowl

 

[jbnbsn99]

55 Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus
56 Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
57 American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
58 Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe
59 Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis
60 Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia A
61 Lincoln's Sparrow - Melospiza lincolnii
62 Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana
63 Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna
64 Rusty Blackbird - Euphagus carolinus

 

[zooboy28]

I'm on the board now, with a few species from around Melbourne, including some seen around the Yarra Valley yesterday:

Birds:
1 Spotted Turtle Dove Spilopelia chinensis
2 Indian Myna Acridotheres tristis
3 Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
4 Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
5 Common Blackbird Turdus merula
6 Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novehollandiae
7 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
8 Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
9 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
10 Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
11 Australasian Coot Fulica atra australis
12 Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
13 Magpie Lark Grallina cyanoleuca
14 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
15 Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
16 Little Raven Corvus mellori
17 Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
18 Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
19 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
20 Great Egret Ardea modesta
21 White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
22 Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
23 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
24 Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
25 Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
26 Suberb Fairy Wren Malurus cyaneus
27 Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
28 Bronzewing Pigeon Phaps chalcoptera
29 Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
30 Galah Elophus roseicapillus
31 Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
32 Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
33 Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
34 Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
35 Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
36 Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis

Mammals:
1 Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
2 European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
3 Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus

 

[mstickmanp]

Made a trip to the Salton Sea yesterday with my local Audubon group. Before yesterday I had only been to the Salton Sea on two occasions, and both during the Summer. The first time with jbnbsn99 was an "okay" day as it wasn't terribly hot or smelly, but the second time it was around 115 degrees and the smell was worst than the first time. On the other hand, the high yesterday was around 75 degrees and no smell, making it a very pleasant day for birdwatching.

The highlights were hundreds of Sandhill Cranes, thousands of Ross' and Snow Geese, a Yellow-footed Gull, and a Roseate Spoonbill.

109. Ross' Goose
110. Lesser Scaup
111. Bufflehead
112. Gambel's Quail
113. Horned Grebe
114. Eared Grebe
115. Brown Pelican
116. American Bittern
117. Cattle Egret
118. Roseate Spoonbill
119. Ridgway's Rail
120. Sandhill Crane
121. American Avocet
122. Greater Yellowlegs
123. Willet
124. Lesser Yellowlegs
125. Marbled Godwit
126. Western Sandpiper
127. Yellow-footed Gull
128. Caspian Tern
129. Forster's Tern
130. Common Groud-dove
131. Greater Roadrunner
132. Burrowing Owl
133. Ladder-backed Woodpecker
134. Verdin
135. Loggerhead Shrike
136. Tree Swallow
137. Marsh Wren
138. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
139. Abert's Towhee

There have been at least 4-5 Lesser Flamingos living at the sea for the last 5-10 years and yesterday we saw one in the same place as the Roseate Spoonbill. For the purpose of this list I will count exotics as it gets me confused since Ebird includes them.

140. Lesser Flamingo

I also forgot to include two more from earlier in the week.

141. Mute Swan
142. Indian Peafowl

Added 4 more birds today.

143. Common Merganser
144. Hooded Merganser
145. Common Goldeneye
146. Canvasback

 

[DesertRhino150]

Saw three new bird species yesterday:

42. Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
43. Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
44. Greylag goose Anser anser

And today, managed to go on my first trip to Abberton Reservoir this year. Unfortunately, I just happened to pick a day with high winds so the smew, Bewick's swans, scaup, black-necked grebe and bittern that have all been hanging around on the reservoir over the past week or so were absent (all apart from the bittern would have been lifers). Fortunately however, did manage to get a lot of new birds for the year list:

45. Common gull Larus canus
46. Northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus
47. Common goldeneye Bucephala clangula
48. Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
49. Stock dove Columba oenas
50. Red-crested pochard Netta rufina
51. Eurasian wigeon Anas penelope
52. Goldcrest Regulus regulus
53. Common teal Anas crecca
54. Western marsh harrier Circus aeruginosus
55. Common skylark Alauda arvensis
56. Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata
57. European stonechat Saxicola rubicola
58. Goosander Mergus merganser
59. European golden plover Pluvialis apricaria
60. Gadwall Anas strepera
61. Meadow pipit Anthus pratensis

 

[TeaLovingDave]

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)

6) European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
7) Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
8) Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
9) European Blackbird (Turdus merula)
10) Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
11) European Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
12) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
13) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
14) Greater Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
15) Coal Tit (Periparus ater)

Another week or so, another batch of bird sightings, from Redcar, Darlington, Northumberland National Park and the Northumberland coastline......

16) Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
17) Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
18) Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
19) Common Gull (Larus canus)
20) Coot (Fulica atra)
21) Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
22) Eurasian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
23) Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
24) Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
25) Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
26) Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
27) Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
28) Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
29) Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
30) Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
31) Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
32) Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
33) Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
34) Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
35) Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
36) Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret)
37) Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
38) Magpie (Pica pica)
39) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
40) Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
41) Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
42) Mealy Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
43) Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
44) Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
45) Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
46) Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
47) Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
48) Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
49) Redshank (Tringa totanus)
50) Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
51) Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
52) Sanderling (Calidris alba)
53) Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
54) Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
55) Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
56) Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
57) Twite (Carduelis flavirostris)
58) Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)

And an honorary one which I don't think counts for the total, and which I only realised I had spotted having checked my photographs....

a) "Viking" Gull (Larus hyperboreus x L. argentatus)

 

[mstickmanp]

Added 4 more birds today.

143. Common Merganser
144. Hooded Merganser
145. Common Goldeneye
146. Canvasback

Missed two from the Salton Sea.

147. Semipalmated Plover
148. Long-billed Curlew

 

[boof]

68. purple swamphen