ZooChat Big Year 2015

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349 Bronzed Cowbird - Molothrus aeneus
350 Groove-billed Ani - Crotophaga sulcirostris
351 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium brasilianum
352 Blue Grosbeak - Passerina caerulea
353 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet - Camptostoma imberbe
354 Brown-crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus tyrannulus

A full write-up
https://bretsbirdingblog.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/day-2/
 
51. Northern Shoveler
52. King Eider
53. Pectoral Sandpiper
54. Savannah Sparrow
55. Long-tailed Jaeger
 
I forgot one Kenyan bird:

243. Blue-naped mousebird

and another reptile

13. Kenyan rock agama (Agama lionotus)

The coming 2 months I do not expect to much new species, but that should change from August onwards, there are 2 new African countries in the pipeline now....
 
lintworm said:
The coming 2 months I do not expect to much new species, but that should change from August onwards, there are 2 new African countries in the pipeline now....
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I do not like these developments at all! Show some pity for those of us stuck in New Zealand with no BigYearabilities at hand!
 
For those in the UK who are yet to get Bittern on the year list then I must inform you of the following -

I enquired about possible Bittern & chick sightings @ Attenborough Nature Reserve just outside of Derby and received the following e-mail reply so off to the reserve next Tuesday to try and get a lifer (Bittern chicks)

We currently have two chicks in the Clifton Pond reedbed - best viewed from the Tower Hide. The female is making regular feeding trips from the Dragonfly Pond (next to the Wheatear Field) back to the reedbed..

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Additions from a short break in northern Spain with a Biscay ferry crossing, a couple of zoos and a day in the mountains - with some very nice lifers, and - praise be - a REPTILE!


25. Short-beaked Common Dolphin - Delphinus delphis
26. Long-finned Pilot Whale - Globicephala melas
27. Striped Dolphin - Stenella coeruleoalba
28. Cuvier's Beaked Whale - Ziphius cavirostris
29. Cantabrian Chamois - Rupicapra (pyrenaica) parva


158. Manx Shearwater - Puffinus puffinus
159. Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahelis
160. Black Kite - Milvus migrans
161. Melodious Warbler - Hippolais polyglotta
162. Western Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
163. European Serin - Serinus serinus
164. Alpine Chough - Pyrrhocorax graculus
165. Eurasian Crag Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris
166. Eurasian Griffon Vulture - Gyps fulvus
167. Alpine Accentor - Prunella collaris
168. Water Pipit - Anthus spinoletta
169. Egyptian Vulture - Neophron percnopterus
170. White-winged Snowfinch - Montifringilla nivalis
171. European White Stork - Ciconia ciconia
172. Spotless Starling - Sturnus unicolor
173. Common Quail - Coturnix coturnix

1. Common Wall Lizard - Podarcis muralis


A few comments:

There is a very, very slight chance that the pilot whales are actually Short-finned, as we didn't see the pectorals - but as we were in the north bay, far from the nearest confirmed occurrence of Short-finned, and even more so from their main range, I think I'm pretty safe in calling this.

Beaked whale appeared very close to the boat, but disappeared after three or four rolls - the ID was by the very friendly on-board wildlife guide on the ferry.

Love a chamois! Fantastic animals, and no ID problems there!

Choughs are fun.

The award for most unexpected sighting goes to the Common Quail, sighted in the middle of the Bay of Biscay, well out of sight of land. It flew alongisde the boat for a couple of minutes, before overtaking us northwards.

And, yay, a reptile!

:)
 
I'm amazed that I somehow managed to get lifetick Crag Martin and Alpine Accentor before you through casual birding :p

You got some bloody nice taxa I doubt I have much chance of seeing too, mind you :)
 
TeaLovingDave said:
I'm amazed that I somehow managed to get lifetick Crag Martin and Alpine Accentor before you through casual birding :p

You got some bloody nice taxa I doubt I have much chance of seeing too, mind you :)
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Calm down, it's not a competi... oh.

Never mind.


Should have mentioned above that we also saw no fewer than four Ocean Sunfish - lovely things.
 
I have given up on contributing to this thread. My app that I use to tick sightings on my phone doesn't give me the ability to keep trip lists and year lists that report to a life list. So in other words, I'll have to download it at the end of the year (in alphabetical order, of course ;)) and post then. Or maybe I'll give it a crack if I get some time today.

I did get a few lifers recently, including:

Australian Owlet Nightjar
Southern Boobook
Mistletoebird (poor sighting of just its back so it was not satisfying)
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
Blue-winged Parrot
Brown Goshawk
Peregrine Falcon

I also Swift Parrots a few times recently, and they are always a treat to see.
 
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Ok, wow - I thought that I had seen more species this year, but perhaps I have, since I had to manually add a couple that I clearly forgot to tick on my app.

1 Australasian Grebe
2 Australasian Pipit
3 Australasian Shoveler
4 Australian Magpie
5 Australian Owlet-nightjar
6 Australian Pelican
7 Australian Pied Oystercatcher
8 Australian Reed-Warbler
9 Australian Shelduck
10 Australian Spotted Crake
11 Australian White Ibis
12 Australian Wood Duck
13 Banded Stilt
14 Black Kite
15 Black Swan
16 Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
17 Black-fronted Dotterel
18 Black-shouldered Kite
19 Black-winged Stilt
20 Blue-billed Duck
21 Blue-winged Parrot
22 Brolga
23 Brown Falcon
24 Brown Goshawk
25 Brown Thornbill
26 Brown Treecreeper
27 Cape Barren Goose
28 Chestnut Teal
29 Cicadabird
30 Common Blackbird
31 Common Bronzewing
32 Common Greenfinch
33 Common Myna
34 Common Starling
35 Crested Pigeon
36 Crested Shrike-tit
37 Crested Tern
38 Crimson Rosella
39 Curlew Sandpiper
40 Dusky Moorhen
41 Dusky Woodswallow
42 Eastern Great Egret
43 Eastern Rosella
44 Eastern Spinebill
45 Eastern Yellow Robin
46 Eurasian Coot
47 Eurasian Skylark
48 Eurasian Tree Sparrow
49 European Goldfinch
50 Fairy Martin
51 Flame Robin
52 Freckled Duck
53 Galah
54 Gang-gang Cockatoo
55 Glossy Ibis
56 Golden Whistler
57 Golden-headed Cisticola
58 Great Cormorant
59 Great Crested Grebe
60 Grey Butcherbird
61 Grey Fantail
62 Grey Shrike-thrush
63 Grey Teal
64 Hardhead
65 Hoary-headed Grebe
66 Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
67 House Sparrow
68 Latham's Snipe
69 Little Black Cormorant
70 Little Grassbird
71 Little Pied Cormorant
72 Little Raven
73 Magpie Goose
74 Magpie-lark
75 Marsh Sandpiper
76 Masked Lapwing
77 Mistletoebird
78 Musk Duck
79 Nankeen Kestrel
80 New Holland Honeyeater
81 Northern Mallard
82 Olive-backed Oriole
83 Pacific Black Duck
84 Peregrine Falcon
85 Pink-eared Duck
86 Powerful Owl
87 Purple Swamphen
88 Purple-crowned Lorikeet
89 Rainbow Lorikeet
90 Red Wattlebird
91 Red-browed Finch
92 Red-capped Plover
93 Red-capped Robin
94 Red-kneed Dotterel
95 Red-necked Avocet
96 Red-necked Stint
97 Red-rumped Parrot
98 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon)
99 Rufous Fantail
100 Sacred Kingfisher
101 Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
102 Scarlet Robin
103 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
104 Silver Gull
105 Silvereye
106 Southern Boobook
107 Spotless Crake
108 Spotted Dove
109 Spotted Harrier
110 Spotted Pardalote
111 Straw-necked Ibis
112 Striated Fieldwren
113 Striated Pardalote
114 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
115 Superb Fairy-wren
116 Superb Lyrebird
117 Swamp Harrier
118 Swift Parrot
119 Tree Martin
120 Wedge-tailed Eagle
121 Welcome Swallow
122 Whiskered Tern
123 Whistling Kite
124 White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
125 White-eared Honeyeater
126 White-faced Heron
127 White-fronted Chat
128 White-naped Honeyeater
129 White-plumed Honeyeater
130 White-throated Needletail
131 White-throated Treecreeper
132 White-winged Black Tern
133 Willie Wagtail
134 Yellow Thornbill
135 Yellow-billed Spoonbill
136 Yellow-faced Honeyeater
137 Yellow-rumped Thornbill
138 Zebra Finch
 
nanoboy said:
I have given up on contributing to this thread. My app that I use to tick sightings on my phone doesn't give me the ability to keep trip lists and year lists that report to a life list. So in other words, I'll have to download it at the end of the year (in alphabetical order, of course ;)) and post then. Or maybe I'll give it a crack if I get some time today.
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apps are so awesome....
 
Day 5 of my trip

362 Elf Owl - Micrathene whitneyi
363 Black-headed Grosbeak - Pheucticus melanocephalus
364 Band-tailed Pigeon - Patagioenas fasciata
365 Broad-tailed Hummingbird - Selasphorus platycercus
366 Gray Vireo - Vireo vicinior
367 Hutton's Vireo - Vireo huttoni
368 Colima Warbler - Oreothlypis crissalis
369 White-throated Swift - Aeronautes saxatalis
370 Blue-throated Hummingbird - Lampornis clemenciae
371 Cassin's Kingbird - Tyrannus vociferans

https://bretsbirdingblog.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/day-5/

My longer than normal write-up. Pretty pictures of the Texan cloud forest.
 
In Texas for the week...I imagine my mammal count will bump up pretty well. I expected great things for my bird list as well...until a spotted a dozen or so seperate species just in Dallas and realized the 50 or so Alaskan birds I can instantly identify have benefitted from my really becoming familiar with them over the last couple years. I believe I'll see much more in Texas than I will be able to confidently list.
 
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