ZooChat Big Year 2015

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Birds
103. Rufous Fantail
104. Lyrebird
105. Beautiful Firetail
106. Eastern Bristlebird
107. Golden Whistler
108. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
109. Satin Flycatcher
110. Black-fronted Dotterel
111. Blue-billed Duck
112. Goldfinch


Mammals
6. Eastern Grey Kangaroo

:p

Hix
 
Pleistohorse said:
Birds:
1. Common Raven
2. Black-billed Magpie
3. Rock Dove
4. Bohemian Waxwing
5. Black-capped Chickadee
6. Bald Eagle
7. Mallard
8. Steller Jay
9. European Starling

Mammals:
1. Red-backed Vole
2. Red Fox
3. Moose
4. Arctic Fox
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10. Red-breasted Nuthatch
 
jbnbsn99's Road Trip

I didn't provide any details on my last update. Probably should.

It's spring break here, which is looked forward to by teachers more so than by students. I needed to get out of town big time. I decided on a 5 day road trip through west Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. I had several target birds - California Condor, Elegant Trogon, and all 3 species of Rosy-Finch.

Surprising, I missed all of them.

Le sigh...

I did get to see the Grand Canyon though.

234 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus
235 Mountain Chickadee - Poecile gambeli
236 Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis
237 Western Scrub-Jay - Aphelocoma californica
238 Pygmy Nuthatch - Sitta pygmaea
239 Juniper Titmouse - Baeolophus ridgwayi
240 Steller's Jay - Cyanocitta stelleri
 
No Big Day of Birding this weekend but managed an Early Morning Mission to Cromford and Carsington.

106. Hawfinch - Coccothraustes coccothraustes
107. Great Northern Diver - Gavia immer


Next week is zoo trip time but eyes will be peeled for any wild bonuses. :)
 
lintworm said:
The first spring day today :)

90. Common raven

Mammals
7. Common pipistrelle
8. Common field mouse

Butterflies:
1. Common brimstone
2. Small tortoiseshell
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a 2 day visit to Switzerland (Zoo Basel & Jura) yielded a few new species for this year, including some that are quite nice for somebody who lives in the Netherlands ;)

91. Red kite
92. Grey wagtail

Butterflies
3. Large tortoiseshell

Herps
1. Common frog
2. Common wall lizard

Fish
1. Ninespine stickleback

Also nice was seeing a European kingfisher in Basel zoo and a lot of white storks (the first in Europe for me this year).
 
zooboy28 said:
Have seen a few more local species, plus a reasonable number from a trip to Wilson's Promontory National Park and surrounds:

Birds:
37 Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
38 Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
39 Feral Pigeon Columba livia domestica
40 Black Swan Cygnus atratus
41 White-headed Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
42 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
43 Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
44 Grey Teal Anas gracilis
45 Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
46 Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
47 Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
48 Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
49 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
50 Hooded Dotteral Thinornis cucullatus
51 Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
52 White-bellied Cuckoo Shrike Coracina papuensis
53 Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
54 Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
55 Australian Shoveller Anas rhynchotis
56 Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
57 Grey Shrike Thrush Colluricincla harmonica
58 Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
59 Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
60 White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
61 Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma
62 Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus
63 Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
64 New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
65 Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
66 Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
67 Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
68 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
69 Red Knot Calidris canutus
70 Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
71 Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae

Mammals:
4 Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus
5 Short-beacked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
6 Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
7 Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus
8 Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor
9 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
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Few more birds from around Melbourne city and the Mornington Peninsula over the last couple of weeks, including one lifer in a wetland a short walk from my house. Also saw a wild female ringtail possum yesterday morning in my backyard, with two large offspring on her back, very cool to see up close - photo attached.

Birds:
72 Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
73 Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
74 White-browed Scrub Wren Sericornis frontalis
75 Musk Duck Biziura lobata
76 Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
77 Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
 

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zooboy28 said:
Few more birds from around Melbourne city and the Mornington Peninsula over the last couple of weeks, including one lifer in a wetland a short walk from my house. Also saw a wild female ringtail possum yesterday morning in my backyard, with two large offspring on her back, very cool to see up close - photo attached.

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75 Musk Duck Biziura lobata
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so that possum was just wandering around in the daylight? Lucky. I saw a ringtail possum in the day once, at Melbourne Zoo (a wild one).

Musk ducks are great, and weird, ducks.
 
Chlidonias said:
so that possum was just wandering around in the daylight? Lucky. I saw a ringtail possum in the day once, at Melbourne Zoo (a wild one).

Musk ducks are great, and weird, ducks.
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Yup, the possum was just out the back at around 7.40am, which did seem rather late for it to still be up. It was very cool to see. :cool:

I was very happy to see the Musk Duck, it was fairly shy, but I got great views of it cruising around. Did you see one when you were in Melbourne?
 
zooboy28 said:
I was very happy to see the Musk Duck, it was fairly shy, but I got great views of it cruising around. Did you see one when you were in Melbourne?
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yeah, there were two or three down by the bridge every time I passed (a male and one or two females). I was a bit surprised your current one was a lifer because of that.
 
Hevden said:
Some more in the Nottingham area this weekend

140. Great Grey Shrike
141. Ringed Plover
142. Glossy Ibis
143. American Wigeon
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A few more from the derby/Nottingham area today

144. Chiffchaff
145. Green Woodpecker
146. Willow Tit
147. Mandarin
148. Red Grouse
 
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lintworm said:
a 2 day visit to Switzerland (Zoo Basel & Jura) yielded a few new species for this year, including some that are quite nice for somebody who lives in the Netherlands ;)

91. Red kite
92. Grey wagtail

Butterflies
3. Large tortoiseshell

Herps
1. Common frog
2. Common wall lizard

Fish
1. Ninespine stickleback

Also nice was seeing a European kingfisher in Basel zoo and a lot of white storks (the first in Europe for me this year).
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A most probably last visit to Dierenpark Emmen yesterday yielded a mammal species that took quite some time to see this year....

9. House mouse
 
A quick week end away with a mate to watch cricket in Hobart. Not a birding trip but I got 9 year birds and 5 were lifers so I was pretty happy. I also got a personal milestone of passing 400 birds for my life list.
119. Tasmanian Native Hen*
120. northern mallard
121. Forest Raven*
122. great crested grebe
123. grey currawong
124. Pacific Gull*
125. scarlet robin
126. Tasmanian Thornbill*
127. Black Faced Cormorant*
 
Pleistohorse said:
Birds:
1. Common Raven
2. Black-billed Magpie
3. Rock Dove
4. Bohemian Waxwing
5. Black-capped Chickadee
6. Bald Eagle
7. Mallard
8. Steller Jay
9. European Starling
10. Red-breasted Nuthatch
11. White-winged Crossbill

Mammals:
1. Red-backed Vole
2. Red Fox
3. Moose
4. Arctic Fox
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5. Dall Sheep
6. Rocky Mountain Goat
 
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