ZooChat Big Year 2015
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12. Pine Siskin
mstickmanp
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Did some birding yesterday and took my non-birding girlfriend with me on her first real birding trip. I had taken her out to look for a rare vagrant before and that didn't count since it only took 15 minutes.
182. Brant
183. Surf Scoter
184. Reddish Egret
185. Black-bellied Plover
186. Whimbrel
187. Ruddy Turnstone
188. Sanderling
189. Royal Tern
190. Great Horned Owl
191. Rufous Hummingbird
Was able to do some birding today before work. I decided to go look for a nice vagrant that was found earlier in the week and thanks to other birders I was able to find it within five minutes of arriving.
192. Dusky-capped Flycatcher
193. Bullock's Oriole
158 Greater Sage-Grouse
159 Western Scrub-Jay
160 Osprey
161 White-headed Woodpecker
162 Western Bluebird
163 Savannah Sparrow
jbnbsn99
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I officially am deleting 2 birds form my year list, the Mexican Chickadee and the Juniper Titmouse. While I have a high level of confidence that there were the birds that I identified, my ID is not 100%. I officially retract them.
However, I add a few more birds to the list.
239 Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
240 Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
241 Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
242 Baird's Sandpiper - Calidris bairdii
243 Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus
244 Brewer's Blackbird - Euphagus cyanocephalus
245 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa
However, I add a few more birds to the list.
239 Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
240 Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
241 Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
242 Baird's Sandpiper - Calidris bairdii
243 Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus
244 Brewer's Blackbird - Euphagus cyanocephalus
245 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa
Birds
11) House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
~Thylo
I've had a busy and bit of a stressful past couple months so I've sort of fallen out of keeping up a list but here's a few that I know I've seen:
Birds
12) Dark-Eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
13) American Robin Turdus migratorius
14) Ring-Billed Gull Larus delawarensis
15) Common Merganser Mergus merganser
And one mammal lifetick (yes, full lifetick) that may surprise some of you:
Mammals
4) Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor
~Thylo
Hevden
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93. Rose-ringed parakeet
94. Greater canadian goose
95. European stonechat
Butterflies
4. Holly blue
Only 5,5 weeks left in the Netherlands and then I will move to another country for the coming years, which would give me quite an advantage in seeing nice species
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ooh, this sounds like the beginning of a make-TLD-jealous bonanza!! Will you be beating jbnbsn99 this year?Only 5,5 weeks left in the Netherlands and then I will move to another country for the coming years, which would give me quite an advantage in seeing nice species
That will depend on how much time I have, next to working, to do some birding / some short holidays when in the field. But even without much time for holiday it should be possible to earn some lucky bastard awards
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mstickmanp
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Additions while zooing in eastern Germany last week:
108. Hooded Crow - Corvus cornix
109. Red Kite - Milvus milvus
110. Short-toed Treecreeper - Certhia brachydactyla
111. Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea
112. Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros
7. European Roe Deer - Capreolus capreolus
8. House Mouse - Mus musculus
9. Brown Hare - Lepus europaeus
10. Common Vole - Microtus arvalis
11. European Red Squirrel - Sciurus vulgaris
1. Common Frog - Rana temporaria
All within zoo grounds except for the treecreeper (very showy and confiding just next to our hotel!), deer and hare.
108. Hooded Crow - Corvus cornix
109. Red Kite - Milvus milvus
110. Short-toed Treecreeper - Certhia brachydactyla
111. Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea
112. Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros
7. European Roe Deer - Capreolus capreolus
8. House Mouse - Mus musculus
9. Brown Hare - Lepus europaeus
10. Common Vole - Microtus arvalis
11. European Red Squirrel - Sciurus vulgaris
1. Common Frog - Rana temporaria
All within zoo grounds except for the treecreeper (very showy and confiding just next to our hotel!), deer and hare.
Not according to my book! M. agrestis should have a distinctly bicoloured tail and this individual definitely did not.
@Maguari, according to the literature I have that is not a good identification feature. Only the length of the hairs over the ears, length of hindfeet and the presence/absence of a lobe in the ear are characteristics that give a 100% identification in the field (apart from differences in the teeth).
Well, that wasn't the only thing I checked (and it wouldn't be the first time the literature disagreed with itself!) but I'll double-check later.
adrian1963
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Bird watching thread
I do visit zoo's pretty regular and also do a lot of bird watching in the UK, I would like to start a thread on bird watching around the UK and Europe with your sightings from zoos, in the wild & in your gardens.
I will be adding my sightings list on here later, I have a New blog up and running hope you enjoy feel free to leave comments on here or on the link provided-
https://adriansdaysout.wordpress.com...=6&action=edit
I do visit zoo's pretty regular and also do a lot of bird watching in the UK, I would like to start a thread on bird watching around the UK and Europe with your sightings from zoos, in the wild & in your gardens.
I will be adding my sightings list on here later, I have a New blog up and running hope you enjoy feel free to leave comments on here or on the link provided-
https://adriansdaysout.wordpress.com...=6&action=edit
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