ZooChat Big Year 2017

[animalszoos]

Mammals
15) Spanish Ibex
16) Reeve's muntjac

Birds
81) Red kite
82) Common Buzzard
83) Griffon vulture
84) Golden eagle
85) Spanish Imperial eagle
86) Wheatear
87) Serin
88) Spanish sparrow
89) Monk parakeet
90) Hoopoe
91) Thekla lark
93) Little egret
94) Stonechat
95) Corn bunting

 

[savethelephant]

80. Red Tailed Hawk

81. Bald eagle

 

[boof]

19/7/2017
200. chestnut rumped thornbill
201. INLAND THORNBILL*
202. weebill
203. WESTERN GERYGONE*
204. WHITE FRONTED HONEYEATER*
205. YELLOW PLUMED HONEYEATER*
20/7/2017
206. brown headed honeyeater
208. GILBERT'S WHISTLER*
209. grey fronted honeyeater
210. SPLENDID FAIRY WREN*

 

[LaughingDove]

Some more UK additions, though from the Devonshire countryside this time:


449) Eurasian Oystercatcher


47) West European Hedgehog

More additions from Devon, including one very long-awaited mammal that I'd searched for quite a bit over the years:

450) European Shag
451) Lesser Black-backed Gull
452) Ring Ouzel
453) Tawny Owl

48) House Mouse
49) European Badger

 

[Hevden]

A good couple of hours around south stack, Anglesey added quite a few more. Surprisingly there were no terns at Cemlyn bay as the colony has been abandoned due to excessive predation apparently by otters.

190. Guillemot
191. Razorbill
192. Puffin
193. Chough
194. Rock pipit
195. Fulmar
196. Peregrine
197. Shag

I had an excellent hours seawatching yesterday morning however failed to satisfactorily id a wilsons storm petrel due to being distracted by several large shearwaters that came into the same view. I also failed to id a probable scopolis shearwater which was seen by others while i was there.

198. Corys shearwater
199. Storm petrel
200. Sooty shearwater
201. Kittiwake
202. Great shearwater

 

[animal_expert01]

Fish:
7. Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari)
8. Toad Fish (Tetractenos glaber)
9. Flathead (Platycephalus fuscus)
10. Toad Fish (Tetractenos hamiltoni)
11. Toad Fish (Lagocephalus inermis)
12. Eastern Striped Grunter (Pelates sexlineatus)

Birds:
41. Rainbow Bee-Eater (Merops ornatus)
42. Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
43. Wedge-Tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
44. Radjah Shelduck (Tadorna radjah)

Invertebrates:
7. Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilionidae sp.)
8. Monarch Butterly (Danaus plexippus)
9 Soldier Crab (Mictyris longicarpus)

Birds:
45. Bar-Shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis)
46. Pacific Koel (Eudynamys orientalis)
47. Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)
48. White-Breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)

Fish:
13. Mosquito Fish (Gambusia affinis)

 

[Macaw16]

A bird which has been seen a few times recently in my garden, but only today have I managed to see it (22/6/2017):

116. Stock Dove Columba oenas

A field trip to Flamborough allowed me to get one more species, even if the weather was horrendous!

117. Dunlin Calidris alpina

 

[savethelephant]

81. Bald eagle

82. Steller's Jay
83. Violet Green Swallow

 

[savethelephant]

18. Mule deer

19. Uinta Ground Squirrel
20. Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel

 

[animalszoos]

96) Black kite
97) European bee-eater
98) Common reed bunting
99) European honey buzzard
100) European roller
101) European turtle dove

 

[savethelephant]

19. Uinta Ground Squirrel
20. Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel

21. Desert Bighorn Sheep



84. Mountain Bluebird

 

[savethelephant]

21. Desert Bighorn Sheep



84. Mountain Bluebird

Would just like to add there's a small possibility I also saw a California condor...
As I was sitting on a bus talking to a few people I glanced out the window and I noticed a big black bird with a red head soar right past the window. It was most likely just a turkey vulture however considering the condors nest in Zion National Park (where I was) during the winter time. Quite the momentary thrill however. Maybe today in Grand Canyon

 

[ThylacineAlive]

Would just like to add there's a small possibility I also saw a California condor...
As I was sitting on a bus talking to a few people I glanced out the window and I noticed a big black bird with a red head soar right past the window. It was most likely just a turkey vulture however considering the condors nest in Zion National Park (where I was) during the winter time. Quite the momentary thrill however. Maybe today in Grand Canyon

Good luck!

I saw one years ago in the Grand Canyon

~Thylo

 

[LaughingDove]

More additions from Devon, including one very long-awaited mammal that I'd searched for quite a bit over the years:

450) European Shag
451) Lesser Black-backed Gull
452) Ring Ouzel
453) Tawny Owl

48) House Mouse
49) European Badger

Additions from RSPB Burton Mere today:

454) Pied Avocet
455) Dunlin
456) Mediterranean Gull
457) Common Shelduck
458) Peregrine
459) Water Rail

Also particularly notable and (but seen earlier this year) was a wood sandpiper.

 

[LaughingDove]

Additions from RSPB Burton Mere today:

454) Pied Avocet
455) Dunlin
456) Mediterranean Gull
457) Common Shelduck
458) Peregrine
459) Water Rail

Also particularly notable and (but seen earlier this year) was a wood sandpiper.

Just a quick question related to the above post that I forgot to ask. I saw a pair of Black Swans at Burton Mere, are these part of a countable feral population?

 

[Maguari]

Just a quick question related to the above post that I forgot to ask. I saw a pair of Black Swans at Burton Mere, are these part of a countable feral population?

I wouldn't list them myself as I don't think the population is established (yet!). After not seeing one for years I've seen one each this year and last - probably just a fluke!

 

[animalszoos]

17) Common Pipistrelle

 

[LaughingDove]

Additions from RSPB Burton Mere today:

454) Pied Avocet
455) Dunlin
456) Mediterranean Gull
457) Common Shelduck
458) Peregrine
459) Water Rail

Also particularly notable and (but seen earlier this year) was a wood sandpiper.

Something I forgot to list that should be before the quoted post (seen when driving up North from London)

460) Red Kite

 

[Brum]

I wouldn't list them myself as I don't think the population is established (yet!). After not seeing one for years I've seen one each this year and last - probably just a fluke!

Would you count the black swans in Dawlish (Devon) as a bonafide entry or not? I know they're introduced but have been present for a long time so are they a proper sighting?

 

[Maguari]

Would you count the black swans in Dawlish (Devon) as a bonafide entry or not? I know they're introduced but have been present for a long time so are they a proper sighting?

I'm not familiar with these - do they breed?

I wouldn't count any Black Swans in the UK as 'wild' as things stand - though many are certainly free-living, they're 'just' (long-lived) escapes with no established population as far as I'm aware.