ZooChat Big Year 2016

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TeaLovingDave said:
Although a Nightingale is not impossible, as there is always a chance of a vagrant bird, considering how far north you live and the fact the population and range of the Nightingale - traditionally restricted to the south-east of England - has drastically fallen in recent decades I feel it is prudent to ask whether you ruled out female Redstart - the two look reasonably alike!
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Or considering it was singing maybe a garden warbler?
 
LaughingDove said:
I think the one in the lake of my local park may survive since the lake is heated so it doesn't freeze solid in winter, and a few places stay clear of ice (or it may have been released as an abandoned pet after the winter).

Would they hibernate over winter? What is the minimum temperature they can tolerate?


Also a bird:

297) Common Swift

(I should have enough time to go birding properly again in three weeks)
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The wild sliders in Europe hibernate as well, it is just not warm enough for them to breed successfully, for now at least, who knows what happens the coming years...
 
I'm pretty sure it was a nightingale, it was certainly more like one than either of the two birds mentioned. I have seen one not too far from me before anyway, so it isn't extremely unlikely it was one.
 
Alright, will post the first few species I saw this year, a few in Singapore and a few in Borneo. Still working on writing up the lists, so may be a while before the next installment (you can read about my trip to Singapore here: http://www.zoochat.com/266/zooboy28-returns-singapore-435462/ and Borneo here: http://www.zoochat.com/249/zooboy28-goes-borneo-438947/)

Birds:

Singapore
1 Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
2 Javan Myna Acridotheres javanicus
3 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
4 Lesser Whistling Duck Dedrocygna javanica
5 Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
6 Feral Pigeon Columba livia domestica

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Borneo
7 Great Egret Ardea alba
8 Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
9 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
10 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
11 Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
12 Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis adamsi
13 Striated Heron Butorides striata
14 Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
15 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
16 Collared Kingfisher Todiramphis chloris
17 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
18 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
19 Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
20 Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
21 Bornean Whistling Thrush Myophonus borneensis
22 Bornean Forktail Enicurus borneensis
23 Indigo Flycatcher Eumyias indigo
24 Ochraceous Bulbul Criniger ochraceus
25 Chestnt-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris

Mammals:

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Borneo
1 Prevost's Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii pluto
 
DesertRhino150 said:
I have realised that I haven't updated my lists here in a while - since my last update I have added three birds (seen), one mammal, one reptile and two fish:

117. Lesser whitethroat Sylvia curruca
118. Sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
119. Great black-backed gull Larus marinus

11. Soprano pipistrelle bat Pipistrellus pygmaeus

2. Viviparous lizard Zootoca vivipara
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Since my last update, I have seen three new migrant birds, two mammals and a reptile:

120. Common swift Apus apus
121. Garden warbler Sylvia borin
122. Eurasian reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus

12. Common pipistrelle bat Pipistrellus pipistrellus
13. Brown long-eared bat Plecotus auritus

3. Slow worm Anguis fragilis
 
lintworm said:
232. Black crake
233. Plain martin
234. Black-throated wattle-eye
235. Silverbird
236. Nyanza black swift
237. White-faced whistling duck
238. Red-fronted tinkerbird
239. Abyssinian scimitarbill
240. African fish eagle
241. Violet-backed starling
242. Yellow-spotted petronia
243. Lesser grey shrike
244. African harrier hawk
245. Hemprich’s hornbill
246. Black stork
247. Black-and-white casqued hornbill
248. Brown babbler
249. Black-headed gonolek
250. Saddle-billed stork
251. White-headed saw-wing
252. Ring-necked dove
253. African thrush

Mammals

22. Striped ground squirrel
23. Scrub hare
24. Egyptian mongoose

Herps

7. Southern long-tailed lizard
8. Hemydactylus brooki
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254. White-rumped swift
255. Grosbeak weaver
256. White-necked raven
257. Bristle-crowned starling
258. Hunter’s sunbird
259. Madagascar bee-eater
260. Brubru
261. Speckle-fronted weaver
262. Diederik cuckoo
263. Village indigobird
264. Steel-blue whydah

I have now finally seen one of the green African cuckoos with the Diederik cuckoo :)

I also saw 2 green chameleons here in the past days and I think the only species of chameleon here in Baringo is the flap-necked chameleon, but I will check this later....
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Birds
46) Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
47) Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis

Reptiles
3) Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta
4) Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis

~Thylo:cool:
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Well don't I feel stupid. I have just realized that I have counted both Tree Swallow and Eastern Bluebird twice! The swallow was #3 and bluebird #33.

As such:
Birds
46) Black-Throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
47) American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
48) Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
49) Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
50) Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus

~Thylo:cool:
 
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Hevden said:
176. Gannet
177. Chough
178. Fulmar
179. Manx Shearwater
180. Rock Pipit
181. Puffin
182. Sandwich Tern
183. Common Tern
184. Arctic Tern
185. Black Tern
186. Black guillemot
187. Shag
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Two more this evening from Nottinghamshire

188. Cuckoo
189. Nightjar
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Well don't I feel stupid. I have just realized that I have counted both Tree Swallow and Eastern Bluebird twice! The swallow was #3 and bluebird #33.

As such:
Birds
46) Black-Throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
47) American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
48) Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
49) Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
50) Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus

~Thylo:cool:
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Insects
1) Bald-Faced Hornet Dolichovespula maculata
2) Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus
3) Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus

~Thylo:cool:
 
292 Barred Owl - Strix varia
293 Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
294 Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus
295 Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus
296 White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis
297 Wilson's Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolor
298 Bullock's Oriole - Icterus bullockii
 
Hix said:
Fish
264. Roundhead Parrotfish
265. Zebra Dartfish


Inverts
34. Mantis Shrimp
35. Octopus
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Fish
266. Milkfish
267. Flashlight Fish
268. Eibl's Angelfish

Inverts
36. Arabian Cowrie
37. Parhippolyte Cleaner Shrimp

:p

Hix
 
Just one addition this weekend:

206. Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
 
This weekend's additions - birds are from Bempton Cliffs and Blacktoft Sands.

Birds:

301. Northern Gannet - Morus bassanus
302. Black-legged Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla
303. Atlantic Puffin - Fratercula arctica
304. Western Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus
305. Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
306. Montagu's Harrier - Circus pygargus
307. Great Bittern - Botaurus stellaris

(UK-only total: 168 - ahead of my full year in 2014, and not far behind last year's 175)


Amphibians:

4. Great Crested Newt - Triturus cristatus


Invertebrates:

31. Large White - Pieris brassicae
32. Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta

:)
 
DesertRhino150 said:
Since my last update, I have seen three new migrant birds, two mammals and a reptile:

120. Common swift Apus apus
121. Garden warbler Sylvia borin
122. Eurasian reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus

12. Common pipistrelle bat Pipistrellus pipistrellus
13. Brown long-eared bat Plecotus auritus

3. Slow worm Anguis fragilis
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So it's been some time since I last updated my year list - in that time I have seen two new birds (one being my first lifer of the year - a rare American vagrant), two new mammals, a new amphibian (albeit the infant form of one), a new fish, one new butterfly and four other 'invertebrates of note'.

123. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
124. Franklin's gull Leucophaeus pipixcan

14. Serotine batEptesicus serotinus
15. West European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus

2. European common frog Rana temporaria - first one I have seen in at least three years!

4. Common roach Rutilus rutilus

7. Orange-tip butterfly Anthocharis cardamines

1. Common blue damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
2. Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
3. Beautiful demoiselle damselfly Calopteryx virgo

1. European hornet Vespa crabro
 
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