ZooChat Big Year 2018

birdsandbats said:
I finally saw a bird I have wanted to see in the wild for a long time now.

Birds
13. Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus (VU)
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A few more additions from yesterday and today:

Birds
14. Rock Pigeon (Feral) Columba livia
15. White-Breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
16. Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
17. Red-Breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
 
Just back from an excellent weekend of birding in the North-east of England.

Saturday (Northumberland coast between Newbiggin and Hauxley)
60. Eider (Somateria mollissima)
61. Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
62. Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
63. Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
64. Sanderling (Calidris alba)
65. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
66. Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
67. Redshank (Tringa totanus)
68. Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
69. Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
70. Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
71. Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
72. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
73. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
74. Curlew (Numenius arquata)
75. Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
76. Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
77. Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
78. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
79. Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
80. Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
81. Gannet (Morus bassanus)
82. Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
83. Redwing (Turdus iliacus)

Sunday (wending southwards through Northumberland, Cleveland and North Yorkshire)
84. Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
85. Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
86. Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
87. Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
88. Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
89. Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
90. Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
91. Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
92. Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
93. Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
94. Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
95. Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
 
I haven't been outside much in the past week, so my list is only very short at the moment...

Birds
1.Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
2. Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
3. Dunnock Prunella modularis
4. Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
5. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
6. European Robin Erithacus rubecula
7. Common Blackbird Turdus merula
8. Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
9. Carrion Crow Corvus corone
10. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
11. Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
12. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
13. Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
14. Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
15. Stock Dove Columba oenas
16. Great Tit Parus major
17. Feral Pigeon Columba livia domestica
18. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
19. Greylag Goose Anser anser
20. Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
21. Coal Tit Perparus ater
22. Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
23. Rook Corvus frugilegus
24. Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
25. Common Pheasant Phasianus colchinus

Mammals
1. Eastern Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
2. Bank Vole Myodes glareolus
3. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
 
birdsandbats said:
A few more additions from yesterday and today:

Birds
14. Rock Pigeon (Feral) Columba livia
15. White-Breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
16. Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
17. Red-Breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
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One more from yesterday:

Birds
18. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
 
With the warm(er) weather today, the birds were very active. Unfortunately, most of them were my least favorite bird.

Birds
19. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
 
Ituri said:
Went out again at lunch to try for some more waterfowl. There had been reports of Trumpeter Swans yesterday, but alas they were gone today.

BIRDS:
45 Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
46 Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
47 Canvasback - Aythya valisineria
48 Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
49 Greater Scaup - Aythya marila
50 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
51 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
52 Common Merganser - Mergus merganser
53 Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis
54 Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis
55 House Finch - Haemorhous mexicanus
56 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis
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BIRDS:
57 Trumpeter Swan - Cygnus buccinator
58 Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator
59 Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
60 Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris
61 American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
62 Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
63 Northern Harrier - Circus hudsonius
64 Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
65 Snowy Owl - Bubo scandiacus
66 Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus
67 Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus
68 American Tree Sparrow - Spizelloides arborea
69 Harris's Sparrow - Zonotrichia querula
 
I'm still going strong this year, with again a few birds to add. Some are from a small trip to find water pipits, a species that was still lacking on my life list. Without doubt I succeeded, with no less than nine individuals seen. The others are species I picked up here and there, among them a few from a visit to Ouwehand's Zoo.

Birds
84. Goosander [Mergus merganser]
85. Short-toed treecreeper [Certhia brachydactyla]
86. Marsh tit [Poecile palustris]
87. Red-crested pochard [Netta rufina]
88. Common pheasant [Phasianus colchicus]
89. Water pipit [Anthus spinoletta]
90. Stock dove [Columba oenas]
91. Grey wagtail [Motacilla cinerea]
92. Common kingfisher [Alcedo atthis]
93. Redwing [Turdus iliacus]
 
lintworm said:
A rather slow but high quality start this year, though I expect to be in front by the end of the month, by visiting 3 continents in 3 weeks...

So far for the mammals
1. European hare
2. Southern huemul
3. Guanaco
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4. Culpeo
5. South-American grey fox

I expect some few hundred European rabbits later today from Santiago airport and those will be the last mammals from continent number 1 this month...
 
11/1/2018
85. little corella
86. sulphur crested cockatoo
87. eastern barn owl
 
animal_expert01 said:
Birds:
4. Blue-Eyed Honey Eater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
5. Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)
6. Australia White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
7. Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
8. Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti)
9. Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
10. Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
11. Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)

Reptiles:
3. Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
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animal_expert01 said:
Birds:
12. Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
13. Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
14. Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)
15. Willy Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
16. Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
17. Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)
18. Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
19. Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Reptiles:
4. Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona Barbara)
5. Eastern Water Skink (Eulamprus quoyii)

Mammals:
2. Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
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Birds:
20. Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
21. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
22. Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
23. Little Pied Cormarant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
24. Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
25. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
26. Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
27. Pale-Headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus)
28. Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
29. New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
30. Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)
31. Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
32. Plumed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni)

Fish:
1. Australian Longfin Eel (Anguilla reinhardtii)
2. Bream (Acanthopagrus australis)
3. Mosquito Fish (Gambusia affinis)
4. Butter Bream (Monodactylus argentus)

Reptiles:
6. Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Mammals:
2. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
 
I've got a couple of species to add again. The redshank was seen earlier but I forgot to mention it. The other birds were picked up around the university campus, and I finally managed to see another mammal species!

Birds
94. Common redshank [Tringa totanus]
95. Eurasian wren [Troglodytes troglodytes]
96. Song thrush [Turdus philomelos]
97. Eurasian sparrowhawk [Accipiter nisus]

Mammals
2. European rabbit [Oryctolagus cuniculus]
 
KevinVar said:
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54. Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
55. Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
56. Common Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
57. White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
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BIRDS
58. Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
59. European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
60. European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)

MAMMALS
3. Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
 
I finally got to go find some more birds today without work and weather getting in the way.

34) New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
35) New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
36) Kaka Nestor meridionalis
37) New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
38) Brown Teal Anas chlorotis
39) Californian Quail Callipepla californica
40) New Zealand Robin Petroica australis
41) Whitehead Mohoua albicilla
42) Red-crowned Kakariki Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
43) Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta
44) New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
45) Little Black Shag Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
 
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