I didn't expect any new additions, but a rare bird for the Netherlands has been hopping around closeby, so on my way to the supermarket I decided to make a small detour:
423. Spotted nutcracker
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I didn't expect any new additions, but a rare bird for the Netherlands has been hopping around closeby, so on my way to the supermarket I decided to make a small detour:
423. Spotted nutcracker
Two can play... oh forget it!
Birds
258. Spotted nutcracker [Nucifraga caryocatactes]
Very nice bird by the way, just hopping around and foraging with almost constantly about 20 people or more watching it.
I expect at least one more Zoochatter to have seen this bird...
Yeah this is only the second time I've seen a Black Rat, with the first being in Bristol Zoo's nocturnal house. I figured both species are a bit variable but I figured that animal was just too black to be a Brown Rat, not to mention it did appear smaller than the Brown Rat to me.
Thanks to you and @lintworm for the future ID tips and confirmation.
~Thylo
Three can... oh well.
215. Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
Birds (non-passerines)
442. Greater Sand Plover
I can drive the same distance and see that species as a breeding bird in my own country... I'll get them next year while getting some of the other Ardennes specialtiesI am surprised @Vision hasn't driven up yet
Just for the record, did you go there from Barneveld with a friend?
I can drive the same distance and see that species as a breeding bird in my own country... I'll get them next year while getting some of the other Ardennes specialties
It's probably a different subspecies! It would be a nice excuse to meet up!
Perhaps if I can combine it with something else later! In the meantime I'll focus on other birds a lot closer to where I live, and complete my set of European loons.
BIRDS:
325) Black-throated loon, Gavia arctica
MAMMALS:
20) Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
BIRDS:
325) Black-throated loon, Gavia arctica
MAMMALS:
20) Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
Birds (non-passerines)
443. Lesser Sooty Owl
Birds (passerines)
444. Bridled Honeyeater
445. Tooth-billed Bowerbird
It's probably a different subspecies! It would be a nice excuse to meet up!
I can't imagine anyone would travel 400 km to see an individual with a slighly larger beak
I can't imagine anyone would travel 400 km to see an individual with a slighly larger beak
Just split it into a new species and all the twitchers will go there! Just look at the crossbills!
Birds
149. Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
Birds
150. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
151. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
BONUS: A bird that appeared to be a hybrid between a Mallard and a Northern Pintail.
Mammals
110. Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster)
Birds (non-passerines)
448. Helmeted Guineafowl
449. White-browed Crake
450. Brush Cuckoo
