ZooChat Big Year 2018

not counting it on my list but I found a freshly killed swift parrot in my home town this morning. Poor thing had been hit by a car.
 
Hix said:
Birds
22. Lesser Frigatebird
23. Great Egret
24. Cattle Egret
25. White-winged Black Tern
26. Glossy Ibis
27. Australian Pratincole

:p

Hix
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Birds
I have to change #25 to Whiskered Tern.

Inverts
34. Persian Carpet Flatworm
35. Banded Fileclam
36. Variable Thorny Oyster

:p

Hix
 
Chlidonias said:
I actually thought your bird list would be higher, because I know you've birded in several parts of Australia, Africa, Europe, and a little bit of Asia. My list doesn't grow in relation to the number of trips I make because I keep going back to Asia, so the ratio of lifers isn't particularly high for the numbers of birds seen overall. (I'm four shy of 1700 birds at the moment). My last lifer was in August last year (in NZ), which was a Marsh Crake Porzana pusilla.
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I've not really done any of those places very thoroughly though and just on short trips (apart from Europe which doesn't have as high diversity anyway). So 200-300 in each of Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia and there's the 1000 total. I've also only been seriously birding for the last 3-ish years. Before that was just opportunistic bird sightings while doing general nature/ecotourism type travel. I've actually only owned a pair of binoculars for less than 4 years.
 
LaughingDove said:
Birds:
439) Pied Triller
440) Grey-chested Jungle-flycatcher
441) Red-billed Malkoha
442) Red-throated Barbet
443) Rufous Piculet
444) Bold-striped Tit-babbler
445) Bornean Brown Barbet
446) Wrinkled Hornbill

Mammals:
73) Large Treeshrew
74) Bornean Bearded Pig
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New birds:
447) Black-throated Babbler
448) Black-and-white Bulbul
449) White-bellied Sea-eagle
450) Black-and-yellow Broadbill
451) Bornean Black Magpie
452) Bornean Blue Flycatcher

Mammal
75) Banded Palm Civet
 
LaughingDove has been in the lead for long enough, so I decided to start nipping at his heels by taking a walk around the coast and seeing some more animals.He better keep alert to the possibility of being overtaken.


BIRDS:
54) Black Shag (Great Cormorant) Phalacrocorax carbo
55) New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae

MAMMALS:
3) New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri
 
Chlidonias said:
LaughingDove has been in the lead for long enough, so I decided to start nipping at his heels by taking a walk around the coast and seeing some more animals.He better keep alert to the possibility of being overtaken.


BIRDS:
54) Black Shag (Great Cormorant) Phalacrocorax carbo
55) New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae

MAMMALS:
3) New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri
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At least you're seeing species that most of us would die for!

~Thylo
 
birdsandbats said:
Birds
128. Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
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Birds
129. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis*
130. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius

Within the "hybrid line" where both P. carolinensis and P. atricapillus occur and hybridize. Although it is often impossible to ID Poecile species within this area, all reliable field marks were pointing to Carolina. Carolina song was also heard nearby. Although a hybrid is a possibility, giving all these factors, Carolina is very likely. But if someone thinks I shouldn't count it, I won't.
 
animal_expert01 said:
This is a rather eventful post as I have beaten my bird total from last year. This is also the 700th post on this thread.

Birds:
66. Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
67. Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)

Fish:
14. Ornate Rainbowfish "Martin Creek" (Rhadinocentrus ornatus)
15. Swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii)
16. Striped Gudgeon (Gobiomorphus australis)
17. Empire Gudgeon (Hypseleotris compressa)

Invertebrates:
6. Long-armed Freshwater Shrimp
7. Glass Shrimp (Paratya australiensis)
8. Yabby
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68. Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta)
69. Dusky Honeyeater (Myzomela obscura)

boof said:
not counting it on my list but I found a freshly killed swift parrot in my home town this morning. Poor thing had been hit by a car.
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What a shame:(
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Finally got my shearwaters IDed, and I definitely did it all by myself and did not enlist the much more experienced eyes of the former runner of this challenge:

Birds
159) Black-Vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
160) Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea

~Thylo
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I just realized I counted Red-Shouldered Hawk twice so I'm really on 159 currently.

I've officially finished going through all my photos and bird IDs from my Southwest US tour in January. Did a quick run through my current list and I believe the stats are 148 out of 159 birds, 22 out of 31 mammals, and 3 out of 5 reptiles all came out of the trip.

~Thylo
 
LaughingDove said:
New birds:
447) Black-throated Babbler
448) Black-and-white Bulbul
449) White-bellied Sea-eagle
450) Black-and-yellow Broadbill
451) Bornean Black Magpie
452) Bornean Blue Flycatcher

Mammal
75) Banded Palm Civet
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New birds:
453) Thick-billed Green-pigeon
454) Golden-faced Barbet
456) Lesser Fish-eagle
457) Eastern Great Egret
458) Great-billed Heron

Mammals:
76) Asian (Bornean Pygmy) Elephant
77) Bornean Small-toothed Palm Civet
 
Najade said:
Birds (non-passerines)
264. Caspian Tern
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Najade said:
Another camping trip and one more bird from my trip to Broome that I forgot I took a picture of to ID later. As usual a couple of brown birds were left unidentified...

Birds (non-passerines)
264. Black Swan
265. Great Crested Grebe
266. Black-fronted Dotterel

Birds (passerines)
267. Purple-backed Fairy-wren
268. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
269. White-gaped Honeyeater
270. Grey-headed Honeyeater
271. Little Woodswallow
272. Mistletoebird
273. Western Bowerbird
274. Star Finch
275. Painted Finch
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(I should have counted Black Swan as 265. and so forth but I also listed Black-shouldered Kite twice so it all works out from here on (this bird year list thing is giving me a headache))

Weekend trip to Karijini only got me two new species:
Mammals
63. Black Flying-fox (Pteropus alecto)

Birds (passerines)
276. Crimson Chat
 
birdsandbats said:
Birds
129. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis*
130. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius

Within the "hybrid line" where both P. carolinensis and P. atricapillus occur and hybridize. Although it is often impossible to ID Poecile species within this area, all reliable field marks were pointing to Carolina. Carolina song was also heard nearby. Although a hybrid is a possibility, giving all these factors, Carolina is very likely. But if someone thinks I shouldn't count it, I won't.
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Birds
131. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
132. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
 
I went for a walk/birding session this morning and saw these three, of which the two lifers have been evading me for a long time now! The butterfly was from a few days ago.

BIRDS:
236) Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius
237) Savi's warbler, Locustella luscinioides
238) Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus

INVERTEBRATES:
42) Small heath, Coenonympha pamphilus
 
short trip to Burton Mere Wetlands with my parents this morning, yielded two additions: one seasonal migrant and one decidedly unseasonal migrant!

Birds
87. Eurasian Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus
88. Eurasian Wigeon, Mareca penelope
 
LaughingDove said:
New birds:
453) Thick-billed Green-pigeon
454) Golden-faced Barbet
456) Lesser Fish-eagle
457) Eastern Great Egret
458) Great-billed Heron

Mammals:
76) Asian (Bornean Pygmy) Elephant
77) Bornean Small-toothed Palm Civet
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Birds:
Heard Only: Hooded Pitta
459) Jerdon’s Baza
460) Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo
461) Violet Cuckoo
462) Bat Hawk
463) Peregrine
464) White-nest Swiftlet
465) Black-nest Swiftlet
466) Mossy-nest Swiftlet
467) Malaysian Blue Flycatcher
468) Buffy Fish Owl


Mammals:
78) Bornean Orangutan
79) Maroon Langur
80) Wrinkle-lipped Free-tailed Bat
81) Large-eared (Philippine) Horseshoe Bat
82) Dayak Roundleaf Bat
83) Fawn Leaf-nosed Bat


 
birdsandbats said:
Birds
131. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
132. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
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I was keeping an eye out for this bird my entire time in St. Louis, and then finnaly saw it during the drive back home:

Birds
133. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
 
jayjds2 said:
As expected, I came up with two more identifications from my Galápagos trip. I didn't think I had, but it turns out I saw 10/10 finches I entered the range of. I didn't expect to, so I'm very surprised. I just wish I had photos of the one woodpecker finch I saw, and that a few others were postable quality!

94. Vegetarian finch
95. Grey warbler finch
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As far as I can tell, this is the last time I updated. Shame on me!

Birds:
96. American goldfinch
97. House finch
98. Eastern phoebe
99. North American wood duck
100. Indigo bunting

Reptiles:
10. Northern red-bellied cooter
11. Broad-headed skink

Amphibians:
1. American bullfrog
 
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