ZooChat Big Year 2016

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LaughingDove said:
While organising my sightings from today, I realised the Western Corellas that I saw were new for the year too. :)

540) Western Corella
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Managed a new bird in a small pond next to the airport when going to pick someone up!

541) Pied Stilt

Also the one time I don't have my camera on me! :p


Ps. I should be above lintworm in the herptiles total ;)
 
LaughingDove said:
Managed a new bird in a small pond next to the airport when going to pick someone up!

541) Pied Stilt

;)
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I know the pond you're talking about - I've seen them there too!

:p

Hix
 
First addition for a couple of weeks:

352. Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

(213 UK)

I've started to pay a little more attention to butterflies and dragonflies while the birding is quiet.

Butterflies
  1. Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
  2. Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
  3. Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
  4. Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
  5. Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
  6. Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene)
  7. Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)
  8. Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus)
  9. Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
  10. Large Heath (Coenonympha tullia)
Dragonflies & Damselflies
  1. Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)
  2. Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
  3. Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)
  4. White-legged Damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes)
  5. Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)
  6. White-faced Darter (Leucorrhinia dubia)
 
Hix said:
276. Snooty Wrasse

:p

Hix
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Fish
277. Orange Anemonefish
278. Blacktip Rockcod
279. Blue-green Chromis


Inverts
39. Yellow-eyed Crab (Chiromantes obtusifrons)

:p

Hix
 
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Today, I've spent most of the day walking around the little town of Tarcoles Costa Rica. It's a small fishing village right on the Pacific. The majority of these were in our back yard.

305 Muscovy Duck - Cairina moschata
306 Wood Stork - Mycteria americana
307 Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens
308 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron - Tigrisoma mexicanum
309 Plumbeous Kite - Ictinia plumbea
310 Gray-necked Wood-Rail - Aramides cajaneus
311 Ruddy Ground-Dove - Columbina talpacoti
312 Groove-billed Ani - Crotophaga sulcirostris
313 Common Pauraque - Nyctidromus albicollis
314 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird - Amazilia tzacatl
315 Ringed Kingfisher - Megaceryle torquata
316 Hoffmann's Woodpecker - Melanerpes hoffmannii
317 Scarlet Macaw - Ara macao
318 Tropical Kingbird - Tyrannus melancholicus
319 Gray-breasted Martin - Progne chalybea
320 Mangrove Swallow - Tachycineta albilinea Tarcoles
321 Rufous-naped Wren - Campylorhynchus rufinucha
322 Clay-colored Thrush - Turdus grayi
323 Cherrie's Tanager - Ramphocelus costaricensis
324 Blue-gray Tanager - Thraupis episcopus
325 Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus
326 Melodious Blackbird - Dives dives
327 Scarlet-rumped Cacique - Cacicus uropygialis
328 Red-lored Parrot - Amazona autumnalis
329 Amazon Kingfisher - Chloroceryle amazona
330 Streak-headed Woodcreeper - Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
331 Blue-black Grassquit - Volatinia jacarina
332 Buff-throated Saltator - Saltator maximus
 
jbnbsn99 said:
Today, I've spent most of the day walking around the little town of Tarcoles Costa Rica. It's a small fishing village right on the Pacific. The majority of these were in our back yard.

305 Muscovy Duck - Cairina moschata
306 Wood Stork - Mycteria americana
307 Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens
308 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron - Tigrisoma mexicanum
309 Plumbeous Kite - Ictinia plumbea
310 Gray-necked Wood-Rail - Aramides cajaneus
311 Ruddy Ground-Dove - Columbina talpacoti
312 Groove-billed Ani - Crotophaga sulcirostris
313 Common Pauraque - Nyctidromus albicollis
314 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird - Amazilia tzacatl
315 Ringed Kingfisher - Megaceryle torquata
316 Hoffmann's Woodpecker - Melanerpes hoffmannii
317 Scarlet Macaw - Ara macao
318 Tropical Kingbird - Tyrannus melancholicus
319 Gray-breasted Martin - Progne chalybea
320 Mangrove Swallow - Tachycineta albilinea Tarcoles
321 Rufous-naped Wren - Campylorhynchus rufinucha
322 Clay-colored Thrush - Turdus grayi
323 Cherrie's Tanager - Ramphocelus costaricensis
324 Blue-gray Tanager - Thraupis episcopus
325 Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus
326 Melodious Blackbird - Dives dives
327 Scarlet-rumped Cacique - Cacicus uropygialis
328 Red-lored Parrot - Amazona autumnalis
329 Amazon Kingfisher - Chloroceryle amazona
330 Streak-headed Woodcreeper - Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
331 Blue-black Grassquit - Volatinia jacarina
332 Buff-throated Saltator - Saltator maximus
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I think you should create your own thread in the Costa Rica forums and regale us with your exploits.

:p :p :p

Hix
 
We shall see. There's not too much really to report. It's a family trip, and I'm the only wildlife enthusiast, so I only bird when I can.
 
More walking around the house in Tarcoles.

333 Green Kingfisher - Chloroceryle americana
334 Lineated Woodpecker - Dryocopus lineatus
335 Tropical Pewee - Contopus cinereus
336 Streaked Flycatcher - Myiodynastes maculatus
337 Rose-throated Becard - Pachyramphus aglaiae
338 Plain Wren - Cantorchilus modestus
339 Palm Tanager - Thraupis palmarum Tarcoles
340 Grayish Saltator - Saltator coerulescens
 
341 Southern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
342 Common Black Hawk - Buteogallus anthracinus
343 Orange-chinned Parakeet - Brotogeris jugularis
344 Piratic Flycatcher - Legatus leucophaius
345 Variable Seedeater - Sporophila corvina
346 White-collared Seedeater - Sporophila torqueola
 
jbnbsn99 said:
We shall see. There's not too much really to report. It's a family trip, and I'm the only wildlife enthusiast, so I only bird when I can.
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You could say the same thing about Gerald Durrell and Corfu, and he produced multiple books about his family's visit!

:p

Hix
 
349 Boat-billed Heron - Cochlearius cochlearius
350 Wilson's Plover - Charadrius wilsonia
351 Yellow-headed Caracara - Milvago chimachima
352 Common Tody-Flycatcher - Todirostrum cinereum
 
Fireplume said:
14. Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii
15. Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
16. Fox Squirrel Tamiasciurus niger
17. Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor
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18. Roosevelt Wapiti Cervus canadensis roosevelti
19. Yellow Pine Chipmunk Tamias amoenus
20. Yellow-billed Marmot Marmota flaviventrins
21. American Pika Ochotona princeps
22. Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel Callospermophilus lateralis


70. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
71. Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttali
72. Northern Raven Corvus corax
73. Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttali
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74. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
75. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
76. Steller’s Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
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A quick Fourth of July weekend adventure in Oregon + today's trip to Lassen Volcanic National Park gave me a few more (identifiable) species. Most of the birdlife I saw in the park was too far off to identify clearly, even to take a pic to analyze later... oh well.

Too bad roadkill doesn't count, not every day you see a Red Fox or Grey Wolf on the freeway!
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Birds
65) Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
66) Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens

~Thylo:cool:
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Birds
67) American Black Duck Anas rubripes
68) Common Loon Gavia immer

Mammals
17) Groundhog Marmota monax

Reptiles
5) Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina
6) Ring-Necked Snake Diadophis punctatus

Amphibians
8) American Toad Anaxyrus americanus
9) Pickerel Frog Lithobates palustris

~Thylo:cool:
 
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When in a foreign country, hire a bird guide.

353 Little Tinamou - Crypturellus soui
354 Gray Hawk - Buteo plagiatus
355 Short-billed Pigeon - Patagioenas nigrirostris
356 Ruddy Quail-Dove - Geotrygon montana
357 Gray-headed Dove - Leptotila plumbeiceps
358 Bronzy Hermit - Glaucis aeneus
359 Long-billed Hermit - Phaethornis longirostris
360 Purple-crowned Fairy - Heliothryx barroti
361 Steely-vented Hummingbird - Amazilia saucerottei
362 Blue-throated Goldentail - Hylocharis eliciae
363 Slaty-tailed Trogon - Trogon massena
364 Baird's Trogon - Trogon bairdii
365 Gartered Trogon - Trogon caligatus
366 White-whiskered Puffbird - Malacoptila panamensis
367 Yellow-throated Toucan - Ramphastos ambiguus
368 Keel-billed Toucan - Ramphastos sulfuratus
369 Yellow-naped Parrot - Amazona auropalliata
370 White-fronted Parrot - Amazona albifrons
371 Black-hooded Antshrike - Thamnophilus bridgesi
372 Chestnut-backed Antbird - Myrmeciza exsul
373 Streak-chested Antpitta - Hylopezus perspicillatus
374 Black-faced Antthrush - Formicarius analis
375 Northern Bentbill - Oncostoma cinereigulare
376 Stub-tailed Spadebill - Platyrinchus cancrominus
377 Royal Flycatcher - Onychorhynchus coronatus
378 Black-tailed Flycatcher - Myiobius atricaudus
379 Boat-billed Flycatcher - Megarynchus pitangua
380 Rufous Piha - Lipaugus unirufus
381 Rufous-breasted Wren - Pheugopedius rutilus
382 Rufous-and-white Wren - Thryophilus rufalbus
383 Riverside Wren - Cantorchilus semibadius
384 Buff-rumped Warbler - Myiothlypis fulvicauda
385 Orange-billed Sparrow - Arremon aurantiirostris
386 Yellow-crowned Euphonia - Euphonia luteicapilla
 
Second morning with my local guide. This time, we trekked through the nearby mangrove forest.

387 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium brasilianum
388 Mangrove Hummingbird - Amazilia boucardi
389 Black-headed Trogon - Trogon melanocephalus
390 Turquoise-browed Motmot - Eumomota superciliosa
391 Laughing Falcon - Herpetotheres cachinnans
392 Panama Flycatcher - Myiarchus panamensis
393 Gray-capped Flycatcher - Myiozetetes granadensis
394 Mangrove Vireo - Vireo pallens
395 Stripe-headed Sparrow - Peucaea ruficauda
 
A few general updates - firstly, invertebrates (two moths and two dragonflies) from around Chesterfield:

75. Bright-line Brown-eye - Lacanobia oleracea
76. Blue Emperor - Anax imperator
77. Black-tailed Skimmer - Orthetrum cancellatum
78. Six-spot Burnet - Zygaena filipendulae

Secondly, mammals, with a new addition from a bat group event in Rowsley last night:

53. Brown Long-eared Bat - Plecotus auritus


Lastly, at Whipsnade last week I finally saw my first UK Green Woodpecker of the year. Not new for the Big Year as I saw them in Budapest, but takes my UK bird total to 185 (323 overall).
 
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