ZooChat Big Year 2016

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2016 should be a very good year for wildlife if all my planned trips do happen. I don't think 450 birds would be too unreasonable if I get to all the places that are currently planned... :)
 
shall I say that I will not get any high totals because I am stuck in New Zealand?

For today:

BIRDS:
1) European blackbird Turdus merula
2) House sparrow Passer domesticus
3) Feral pigeon Columba livia
4) Red-billed gull Larus novaehollandiae
5) Black-backed (kelp) gull Larus dominicanus
6) Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
7) Hedge sparrow (Dunnock) Prunella modularis
8) Common starling Sturnus vulgaris
9) Australian magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
10) Pukeko (Purple gallinule) Porphyrio porphyrio
11) Welcome swallow Hirundo neoxena
12) Canada goose Branta canadensis
13) South Island pied oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
14) Black swan Cygnus atratus
15) Australasian harrier Circus approximans
16) Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica
17) Caspian tern Sterna caspia
18) White-faced heron Egretta novaehollandiae
19) Spur-winged (Masked) plover Vanellus miles
20) Paradise duck Tadorna variegata
21) Grey teal Anas gracilis
22) Australasian shoveller Anas rhynchotis
23) Black-billed gull Larus bulleri
24) NZ scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
25) European greenfinch Carduelis chloris
26) Pied stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
27) Little pied shag Phalacrocorax melanoleucus
28) Skylark Alauda arvensis
29) Pied shag Phalacrocorax varius
30) Australian shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
31) Arctic skua Stercorarius parasiticus
32) Song thrush Turdus philomelos


MAMMALS:
1) European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
 
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It is now :)

A relatively slow start to the year, as I have not yet left the house:

Birds: 8 Taxa

1) Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
2) Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
3) Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
4) Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
5) Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
6) Great Tit (Parus major)
7) European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
8) European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
 
I went on a trip out into the wilds of Surrey to start the year with:

1) Eurasian Jackdaw
2) Woodpigeon
3) Feral Pigeon
4) Black-headed Gull
5) Common Starling
6) House Sparrow
7) Great Tit
8) Blue Tit
9) Eurasian Robin
10) Rose-ringed Parakeet
11) European Blackbird
12) Winter Wren
13) Common Magpie
14) Carrion Crow
15) Common Coot
16) Common Moorhen
17) Eurasian Wigeon
18) Tufted Duck
19) Herring Gull
20) Common Teal
21) Great Cormorant
22) Mute Swan
23) Grey Heron
24) Common Pochard
25) Mallard
26) Gadwall (first wild photo)
27) Northern Shoveler (first wild photo)
28) Dunnock
29) Rook
30) Common Chaffinch

1) Grey Squirrel
2) Red Fox (seen from my bedroom window by the bins out in broad daylight!)
3) European Rabbit
 
As you may be able to tell, I tried to get off to the best start possible and have spent most of the day out bird-watching:

Birds:
1) Woodpigeon Columba palumbus
2) Blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus
3) European blackbird Turdus merula
4) Great tit Parus major
5) Dunnock Prunella modularis
6) Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
7) Greenfinch Chloris chloris
8) Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
9) Mistle thrush Turdus viscivorus
10) European magpie Pica pica
11) Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
12) European robin Erithacus rubecula
13) Carrion crow Corvus corone
14) Coal tit Periparus ater
15) Long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus
16) Great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major
17) Collared dove Streptopelia decaocto
18) Eurasian wren Troglodytes troglodytes
19) Redwing Turdus iliacus
20) Herring gull Larus argentatus
21) Feral pigeon Columba livia domestica
22) House sparrow Passer domesticus
23) Northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus
24) Mute swan Cygnus olor
25) Black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa
26) Common redshank Tringa totanus
27) European teal Anas crecca
28) Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
29) Common shelduck Tadorna tadorna
30) Common starling Sturnus vulgaris
31) Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
32) Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
33) Coot Fulica atra
34) Tufted duck Aythya fuligula
35) Common gull Larus canus
36) Little egret Egretta garzetta
37) Dark-bellied brent goose Branta bernicla bernicla
38) Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
39) Dunlin Calidris alpina
40) Eurasian wigeon Anas penelope
41) Greater white-fronted goose Anser albifrons
42) Pied wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii
43) Goldcrest Regulus regulus
44) Song thrush Turdus philomelos
45) Grey heron Ardea cinerea
46) Green woodpecker Picus viridis
47) Common pheasant Phasianus colchicus
48) Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
49) Grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea
50) Common kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Mammals:

1) European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
 
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No birds yet but one reptile. I'm starting the year off in Florida, though I doubt I'll get the chance to go out and do any proper bird watching as I'm only here for a few days.

Reptiles
1) Brown Anole Anolis sagrei

~Thylo:cool:
 
And so it begins again!

Just the view from the window and a wander around the local parks today, but got a decent little list out of it:

1. Common Wood Pigeon - Columba palumbus
2. European Magpie - Pica pica
3. Rook - Corvus frugilegus
4. Western Jackdaw - Coloeus monedulus
5. Carrion Crow - Corvus corone
6. European Blackbird - Turdus merula
7. European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
8. Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus
9. House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
10. Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus
11. European Robin - Erithacus rubecula
12. European Nuthatch - Sitta europaea
13. Great Tit - Parus major
14. Goldcrest - Regulus regulus
15. Eurasian Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
16. Common Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs
17. Mute Swan - Cygnus olor
18. Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
19. Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus
20. Greater Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
21. European Coot - Fulica atra
22. Dunnock - Prunella modularis
23. Feral Pigeon - Columba livia
24. European Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes
25. Redwing - Turdus iliacus
26. Pied Wagtail - Motacilla alba
27. Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus
28. Mistle Thrush - Turdus viscivorus

:)
 
I had a visit to RSPB Fairburn Ings to start the year, but when I got there I found most of the site inaccessible due to flooding :p, but I still had an enjoyable time watching passerines from the warmth of the visitor centre.

Birds
1. Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
2. Common Blackbird Turdus merula
3. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
4. European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
5. Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula
6. Red Kite Milvus milvus
7. Carrion Crow Corvus corone
8. Eurasian Magpie Paca paca
9. European Robin Erithacus rubecula
10. Great Tit Parus major
11. Coal Tit Periparus ater
12. Willow Tit Poecile montanus
13. Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
14. Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
15. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
16. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
17. Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
18. Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
19. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
20. Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
21. Dunnock Prunella modularis
22. Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
23. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
24. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
25. Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
26. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
27. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus

Mammals
1. Eastern Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
 
Chlidonias said:
shall I say that I will not get any high totals because I am stuck in New Zealand?
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You've got more in one day than what I expect to get for the year (unless I visit the mainland).

Birds
1. Christmas Island Frigatebird
2. Great Frigatebird
3. Nankeen Kestrel
4. White-tailed Tropicbird
5. Brown Booby
6. Red-footed Booby
7. Christmas Island Imperial Pigeon
8. Emerald Dove
9. Island Thrush
10. Christmas Island White-eye
11. Tree Sparrow
12. Common Noddy

Mammal
1. Christmas Island Fruit Bat

Reptile
1. Asian House Gecko

Invertebrates
1. Robber Crab
2. Christmas Island Red Crab
3. Christmas Island Blue Crab
4. Little Nipper Crab

:p

Hix
 
Hix said:
You've got more in one day than what I expect to get for the year (unless I visit the mainland).


2. Christmas Island Red Crab
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Christmas Island is renowned as being a vagrant hotpot, if you can get news of them and have the time to go chasing them.

Are you going to get to see the crab migration this year, or have the crazy ants decimated them? What's the current situation with that?

(A couple of links for others: https://www.wilderness.org.au/articles/yellow-crazy-ants-christmas-island
Scientists hope Malaysian micro-wasp will send Christmas Island's pest ants marching - ABC Rural (Australian Broadcasting Corporation))
 
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A trip up to the Wirral to visit RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands, plus a bit of coastal birding, gave me a cracking start to the year:

1. Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
2. Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
3. Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
4. Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
5. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
6. Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
7. Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
8. Wigeon (Anas penelope)
9. Gadwall (Anas strepera)
10. Teal (Anas crecca)
11. Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
12. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
13. Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
14. Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
15. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
16. Goosander (Mergus merganser)
17. Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
18. Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
19. Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
20. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
21. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
22. Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
23. Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
24. Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
25. Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
26. Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
27. Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
28. Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
29. Coot (Fulica atra)
30. Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
31. Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
32. Curlew (Numenius arquata)
33. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
34. Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
35. Knot (Calidris canutus)
36. Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
37. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
38. Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
39. Redshank (Tringa totanus)
40. Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
41. Common Gull (Larus canus)
42. Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
43. Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
44. Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
45. Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
46. Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
47. Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
48. Magpie (Pica pica)
49. Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
50. Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
51. Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
52. Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
53. Great Tit (Parus major)
54. Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
55. Blackbird (Turdus merula)
56. Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
57. Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
58. Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
59. Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
60. Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
61. Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
62. Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
63. Siskin (Carduelis spinus)
64. Linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
 
1 Snow Goose - Chen caerulescens
2 Ross's Goose - Chen rossii
3 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
4 Gadwall - Anas strepera
5 American Wigeon - Anas americana
6 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
7 Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata
8 Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
9 Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
10 Redhead - Aythya americana
11 Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
12 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
13 Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo
14 Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus
15 Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
16 Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus
17 Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
18 Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus
19 Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
20 American Coot - Fulica americana
21 Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus
22 Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
23 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
24 Red-headed Woodpecker - Melanerpes erythrocephalus
25 Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus
26 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens
27 Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus Hagerman
28 American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
29 Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe
30 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
31 Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis
32 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor
33 Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus
34 Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa
35 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula
36 Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis
37 American Robin - Turdus migratorius
38 Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos
39 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
40 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata
41 Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla
42 Lark Sparrow - Chondestes grammacus
43 Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca
44 Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis
45 White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys
46 Harris's Sparrow - Zonotrichia querula
47 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis
48 Vesper Sparrow - Pooecetes gramineus
49 Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis
50 Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
51 Lincoln's Sparrow - Melospiza lincolnii
52 Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
53 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
54 Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna
55 Pine Siskin - Spinus pinus
56 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis

Mammal
1. Coyote
 
Two more sitting on my couch at home.

57 White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica
58 House Wren - Troglodytes aedon
 
on a morning walk round the Botanic Gardens:

33) Waxeye Zosterops lateralis
34) Common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
35) NZ pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
36) European goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
37) Redpoll Carduelis flammea
 
Chlidonias said:
on a morning walk round the Botanic Gardens:

33) Waxeye Zosterops lateralis
34) Common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
35) NZ pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
36) European goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
37) Redpoll Carduelis flammea
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I've always wondered, are the Redpolls in NZ native or introduced?
 
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I've always wondered, are the Redpolls in NZ native or introduced?
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introduced. Basically, when the Europeans arrived they wanted to make NZ as English as possible so they released as many passerines as would survive the sea voyage from Europe.

NZ birds came from the UK and are likely composed of more than one race. Traditionally here they are called "Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea" (i.e. not separating cabaret as a species). If you are going with the splits the NZ birds would be considered Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret. They aren't Mealy Redpolls (C. flammea if split).
 
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