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the one I saw a year or two ago was, too.
the one I saw a year or two ago was, too.ZooChat Big Year 2017
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I went to Zealandia today. Didn't see any falcons or cuckoos, but found most of the other birds I expected.
619) Kaka Nestor meridionalis
620) Whitehead Mohoua albicilla
621) Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus
622) Red-crowned kakariki Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
623) New Zealand scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
624) Brown teal Anas chlorotis
625) Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta
619) Kaka Nestor meridionalis
620) Whitehead Mohoua albicilla
621) Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus
622) Red-crowned kakariki Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
623) New Zealand scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
624) Brown teal Anas chlorotis
625) Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta
After not birding for 2 weeks, I finally got outside again and had a bit of a trip to the Northwestern corner of my country, where a lot of very interesting rarities had been seen yesterday. One of the highlights I missed was a red-breasted goose, but seeing all other species easily made up for that!
BIRDS:
269) Great Northern loon, Gavia immer
270) Red-necked grebe, Podiceps grisegena
271) Western cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
272) Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus
273) Lapland longspur, Calcarius lapponicus
274) Long-eared owl, Asio otus
This list contains some very exciting species to me, as in it are representatives of 3 new families for me this year (Gaviidae, Calcariidae and Strigidae), and the last species needed to complete my set of Belgian grebes!
BIRDS:
269) Great Northern loon, Gavia immer
270) Red-necked grebe, Podiceps grisegena
271) Western cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
272) Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus
273) Lapland longspur, Calcarius lapponicus
274) Long-eared owl, Asio otus
This list contains some very exciting species to me, as in it are representatives of 3 new families for me this year (Gaviidae, Calcariidae and Strigidae), and the last species needed to complete my set of Belgian grebes!
626) Ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus
627) Banded dotterel Charadrius bicinctus
628) New Zealand dabchick Poliocephalus rufopectus
629) Pied stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
630) Royal spoonbill Platalea regia
631) Fernbird Bowdleria punctata
632) New Zealand dotterel Charadrius obscurus
627) Banded dotterel Charadrius bicinctus
628) New Zealand dabchick Poliocephalus rufopectus
629) Pied stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
630) Royal spoonbill Platalea regia
631) Fernbird Bowdleria punctata
632) New Zealand dotterel Charadrius obscurus
24. Common Bottlenose Dolphin
97. Great Black Backed Gull
98. Ring billed Gull
99. Laughing Gull
Just one more...
Birds
178. Greater Sand Plover
179. Oriental Pratincole
180. Barau's Petrel
Fish
301. Earle's Basslet
302. Slingjaw Wrasse
303. Dogtooth Tuna
304. Blackbanded Grubfish
305. One-spot Snapper
306. Blacksaddle Toby
307. Spotfin Squirrelfish
Inverts
51. Cocos Land Crab
Reptiles
16. Draco cornutus
Hix
Birds:
55. Dollar Bird (Eurystomus orientalis)
Fish:
21. Estuary Cod (Epinephelus coioides)
22. Mangrove Jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
23. Longfin Eel (Anguilla reinhardt)
Amphibians:
4. Green Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea)
55. Dollar Bird (Eurystomus orientalis)
Fish:
21. Estuary Cod (Epinephelus coioides)
22. Mangrove Jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
23. Longfin Eel (Anguilla reinhardt)
Amphibians:
4. Green Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea)
With only one month left in the year, here are the current totals as presented in the thread to this point.
BIRDS:
Chlidonias – 632
LaughingDove – 489
lintworm – 410
Vision – 274
boof – 266
robmv – 233
Maguari – 214
Ituri – 213
Hevden – 202
Hix – 180
KevinVar – 166
DesertRhino150 – 160
Zoo Tycooner FR – 159
GerbenElzinga – 134
Macaw16 – 128
TeaLovingDave – 115
jbnbsn99 – 111
Fireplume – 108
animalszoos – 108
savethelephant – 99
vogelcommando – 90
ThylacineAlive – 80
Pleistohorse – 68
animal_expert01 – 55
zooboy28 – 48
BeardsleyZooFan – 40
MAMMALS:
Chlidonias – 86
lintworm – 84
LaughingDove – 53
Giant Panda – 49
Maguari – 27
Vision – 27
DesertRhino150 – 25
savethelephant – 24
Zoo Tycooner FR – 19
Pleistohorse – 19
animalszoos – 19
KevinVar – 15
Hix – 14
Ituri – 13
Macaw16 – 13
animal_expert01 – 12
Fireplume – 12
ThylacineAlive – 11
GerbenElzinga – 6
BeardsleyZooFan – 6
vogelcommando – 1
HERPTILES:
Ituri – 38 Herptiles total (27 Reptiles, 11 Amphibians)
LaughingDove – 35 Herptiles total (24 Reptiles, 11 Amphibians)
lintworm – 16 Herptiles total (13 Reptiles, 3 Amphibians)
Hix – 16 Herptiles total (16 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)
animal_expert01 – 14 Herptiles total (10 Reptiles, 4 Amphibians)
Maguari – 11 Herptiles total (4 Reptiles, 7 Amphibians)
Vision – 8 Herptiles total (3 Reptiles, 5 Amphibians)
ThylacineAlive – 6 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 4 Amphibians)
Fireplume – 5 Herptiles total (3 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians)
DesertRhino150 – 5 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 3 Amphibians)
KevinVar – 5 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 3 Amphibians)
Macaw16 – 3 Herptiles total (1 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians)
FISH:
Hix – 307
animal_expert01 – 23
Maguari – 10
DesertRhino150 – 9
Fireplume – 1
INVERTEBRATES:
Maguari – 120 assorted
lintworm – 55 assorted
DesertRhino150 – 53 assorted (24 lepidopterans, 17 odonatans, 10 hymenopterans, 2 orthopterans)
Hix – 51 assorted
animal_expert01 – 11 assorted
ThylacineAlive – 2 lepidopterans
Fireplume – 1 lepidopteran
And because primates are being discussed (here: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates) I thought some people may be interested that the 2017 Big Year mammal list so far includes 41 species of primates. Only one of those (Geoffroy's Spider Monkey) is on the current "25 most endangered primates" list, but several others were in previous versions of that report.
The full mammal list for the year is just on 300.
BIRDS:
Chlidonias – 632
LaughingDove – 489
lintworm – 410
Vision – 274
boof – 266
robmv – 233
Maguari – 214
Ituri – 213
Hevden – 202
Hix – 180
KevinVar – 166
DesertRhino150 – 160
Zoo Tycooner FR – 159
GerbenElzinga – 134
Macaw16 – 128
TeaLovingDave – 115
jbnbsn99 – 111
Fireplume – 108
animalszoos – 108
savethelephant – 99
vogelcommando – 90
ThylacineAlive – 80
Pleistohorse – 68
animal_expert01 – 55
zooboy28 – 48
BeardsleyZooFan – 40
MAMMALS:
Chlidonias – 86
lintworm – 84
LaughingDove – 53
Giant Panda – 49
Maguari – 27
Vision – 27
DesertRhino150 – 25
savethelephant – 24
Zoo Tycooner FR – 19
Pleistohorse – 19
animalszoos – 19
KevinVar – 15
Hix – 14
Ituri – 13
Macaw16 – 13
animal_expert01 – 12
Fireplume – 12
ThylacineAlive – 11
GerbenElzinga – 6
BeardsleyZooFan – 6
vogelcommando – 1
HERPTILES:
Ituri – 38 Herptiles total (27 Reptiles, 11 Amphibians)
LaughingDove – 35 Herptiles total (24 Reptiles, 11 Amphibians)
lintworm – 16 Herptiles total (13 Reptiles, 3 Amphibians)
Hix – 16 Herptiles total (16 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)
animal_expert01 – 14 Herptiles total (10 Reptiles, 4 Amphibians)
Maguari – 11 Herptiles total (4 Reptiles, 7 Amphibians)
Vision – 8 Herptiles total (3 Reptiles, 5 Amphibians)
ThylacineAlive – 6 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 4 Amphibians)
Fireplume – 5 Herptiles total (3 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians)
DesertRhino150 – 5 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 3 Amphibians)
KevinVar – 5 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 3 Amphibians)
Macaw16 – 3 Herptiles total (1 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians)
FISH:
Hix – 307
animal_expert01 – 23
Maguari – 10
DesertRhino150 – 9
Fireplume – 1
INVERTEBRATES:
Maguari – 120 assorted
lintworm – 55 assorted
DesertRhino150 – 53 assorted (24 lepidopterans, 17 odonatans, 10 hymenopterans, 2 orthopterans)
Hix – 51 assorted
animal_expert01 – 11 assorted
ThylacineAlive – 2 lepidopterans
Fireplume – 1 lepidopteran
And because primates are being discussed (here: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates) I thought some people may be interested that the 2017 Big Year mammal list so far includes 41 species of primates. Only one of those (Geoffroy's Spider Monkey) is on the current "25 most endangered primates" list, but several others were in previous versions of that report.
The full mammal list for the year is just on 300.
I very quickly went over all my pictures and memories this year to try and assemble a bit of a list of inverts I saw this year. Not much, but still, here goes! Viceroy, Monarch and Northeastern pine sawyer are from my 2 weeks in the new world, all others are from Belgium.
INVERTEBRATES:
1) Giant woodwasp, Urocerus gigas
2) European hornet, Vespa crabro
3) European honey bee, Apis mellifera
4) Red-tailed bumblebee, Bombus lapidarius
5) Hummingbird hawk-moth, Macroglossum stellatarum
6) Cinnabar moth, Tyria jacobaeae
7) European peacock, Aglais io
8) Small white, Pieris rapae
9) Viceroy butterfly, Limenitis archippus
10) Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus
11) Ruddy darter, Sympetrum sanguineum
12) Cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha
13) Firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus
14) Multicolored Asian ladybug, Harmonia axyridis
15) Seven-spotted ladybug, Coccinella septempunctata
16) Northeastern pine sawyer, Monochamus notatus
17) Lesser green bush-cricket, Tettigonia cantans
18) Marsh crane fly, Tipula oleracea
19) European garden spider, Araneus diadematus
20) Domestic house spider, Tegenaria domestica
21) Harvestman, Phalangium opilio
22) Grove snail, Cepaea nemoralis
23) Edible snail, Helix pomatia
And I might as well list the two fish I saw and identified, as well!
FISH:
1) Northern pike, Esox lucius
2) Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus
INVERTEBRATES:
1) Giant woodwasp, Urocerus gigas
2) European hornet, Vespa crabro
3) European honey bee, Apis mellifera
4) Red-tailed bumblebee, Bombus lapidarius
5) Hummingbird hawk-moth, Macroglossum stellatarum
6) Cinnabar moth, Tyria jacobaeae
7) European peacock, Aglais io
8) Small white, Pieris rapae
9) Viceroy butterfly, Limenitis archippus
10) Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus
11) Ruddy darter, Sympetrum sanguineum
12) Cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha
13) Firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus
14) Multicolored Asian ladybug, Harmonia axyridis
15) Seven-spotted ladybug, Coccinella septempunctata
16) Northeastern pine sawyer, Monochamus notatus
17) Lesser green bush-cricket, Tettigonia cantans
18) Marsh crane fly, Tipula oleracea
19) European garden spider, Araneus diadematus
20) Domestic house spider, Tegenaria domestica
21) Harvestman, Phalangium opilio
22) Grove snail, Cepaea nemoralis
23) Edible snail, Helix pomatia
And I might as well list the two fish I saw and identified, as well!
FISH:
1) Northern pike, Esox lucius
2) Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus
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Repeated problems with my account meant I have been unable to put the single new bird I saw nearly two weeks ago on my list - although it wasn't a lifer it was by far the best view of the species I have ever had:
161. Red-throated diver Gavia stellata
And a new bird for the year:
410. Ring ouzel
Both the stoat and the ring ouzel were seen at the Creux du Van, unfortunately and rather surprisingly I missed both Alpine ibex and Alpine marmot there, which would have put me on 86 mammals before flying to the Falklands
A visit to a wintery Lauterbrunnen and Muerren did not yield any ibex but it did give
411. Yellow-billed chough
412. Golden eagle
Within two weeks penguins will be added and Chlidonias surplaced at the top of the mammal ranking
I'm looking for the Dislike button but I can't see it...Within two weeks penguins will be added and Chlidonias surplaced at the top of the mammal ranking
You could edit his post to remove the offending comment but inter-moderator warfare would set a poor precedent methinks!
but inter-moderator warfare would set a poor precedent methinks!
You could edit his post to remove the offending comment
I could indeed just remove all his mammal sightings
, no need to spend close to 24 hours in an airplane then...
Wait ... so the only reason you're going is to beat my mammal total?
Wait ... so the only reason you're going is to beat my mammal total?
Please don't tell my girlfriend
One more bird while I was at Wellington Zoo today:
633) Californian quail Callipepla californica
633) Californian quail Callipepla californica
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