ZooChat Big Year 2018

akasha said:
182. Rufous Fantail
183. Australian Brushturkey
184. Topknot Pigeon
185. Grey Goshawk
186. Green Catbird
187. Regent Bowerbird
188. Lewin's Honeyeater
189. Yellow-throated Scrubwren
190. Large-billed Scrubwren
191. Brown Gerygone
192. Australian Logrunner
193. Cattle Egret
194. Striated Heron
195. Variegated Fairywren
196. Scarlet Honeyeater
197. Brown Honeyeater
198. Leaden Flycatcher
199. Torresian Crow
200. Sooty Oystercatcher
201. Crested Tern
202. Osprey
203. Brahminy Kite
204. White-cheeked Honeyeater
205. Buff-banded Rail
206. Tawny Grassbird
207. Spotted Dove
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208. Black Falcon
209. Little Eagle
210. Banded Lapwing
211. Whistling Kite
212. Little Friarbird
213. Splendid Fairywren
214. Western Gerygone
215. Mulga Parrot
216. Shy Heathwren
217. Weebill
218. Australian Ringneck
219. Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
220. Yellow-throated Miner
221. Blue-faced Honeyeater
222. Australasian Shoveler
223. Australian Spotted Crake
224. Baillon's Crake
225. Red-necked Avocet
226. Red-capped Plover
227. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
228. Curlew Sandpiper
229. Red-necked Stint
230. Red-backed Kingfisher
231. Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
232. Cockatiel
233. White-winged Fairywren
234. White-breasted Woodswallow
235. White-winged Triller
236. Little Grassbird
237. Painted Honeyeater
 
Mammals
75. Stripe-faced Dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura)
76. Woolley's Pseudantechinus (Pseudantechinus woolleyae)

Reptiles
57. Stimson's Python (Antaresia stimsoni)
58. Mulga Snake (Pseudechis australis)
59. Pilbara Barking Gecko (Underwoodisaurus seorsus)
60. Yellow-spotted Pilbara Gecko (Diplodactylus savagei)
61. Pilbara Dtella (Gehyra pilbara)
62. Rosen's Snake (Suta fasciata)
63. Pale-headed Blindsnake (Anilios hamatus)
64. Pygmy Python (Antaresia perthensis)

And that's two days in Karijini done and dusted (literally) :)
 
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Main target achieved. I'm a happy camper today.

Mammals
77. Little Red Kaluta (Dasykaluta rosamondae)

Birds (passerines)
361. Ground Cuckoo-shrike

Reptiles
65. Banded Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus wheeleri)
 
animal_expert01 said:
97. Grey Shrike-Thrush (Colluricincla haonica)
98. Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)
99. Bush Stone-Curlew (Burhinus grallarius)
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Birds:
100. Australian Pipit
(Anthus novaeseelandiae)

And with that I have finally reached my goal that I have been trying to achieve since last year. To see 100 spiecies of bird in a single year. It was hard, but I’ve finally done it.:)
 
Chlidonias said:
Were the small mammals live-trapped or just seen randomly, and do you have photos?

The Kaluta has one of the best scientific names ever.
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The Dunnart and Kaluta we found road-cruising; False-Antechinus in a crack at Weano Gorge in Karijini.

Only got pics of the first two. The Dunnart might turn out to be Stripe-faced (will have to double-check later; still on the road).
 
Hix said:
Fish
341. Blue-spotted Razorfish
342. Fusilier Damsel
343. Dragon Moray
344. Black-lined Glidergoby
345. Greasy Rockcod
346. Red Parrotfish
347. Piano Fangblenny
348. Coral Croucher
349. Marbled Stingray
350. Humphead Wrasse
351. Redbanded Shrimp Goby
352. Blue Trevally
353. Purple Firegoby

Inverts
44. Debelius Cleaner Shrimp
45. Swallowtail Moth (Lyssa zampa)
46. Sculptured Slipper Lobster

Birds
120. Milky Stork
121. Tropical Shearwater
122. White-faced Heron
123. Olive-backed Sunbird
124. Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker
125. Horsefield's Bronze-cuckoo
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It's been a little while since I've updated my lists.

Fish
354. Elegant Sanddiver
355. Snowflake Eel
356. Keeltail Needlefish
357. Remora
358. Ladder Wrasse
359. Blacktip Reefshark
360. Shadowfin Squirrelfish
361. Blacktail Snapper
362. Harlequin Sweetlips
363. Snubnosed Dart
364. Blackback Butterflyfish
365. Doublesaddle Butterflyfish
366. Humbug
367. Blue Damsel
368. Thicklip Wrasse
369. Bumphead Parrotfish
370. Schlegel's Parrotfish
371. Speckled Grubfish
372. Coral Rabbitfish
373. Lagoon Triggerfish
374. Leopard Flounder
375. Five Finger Razorfish
376. Tiger Moray
377. Orangespotted Glidergoby
378. Celebesian Razorfish
379. Mackerel Scad
380. Reef-flat Cardinalfish
381. Starry Puffer
382. Surge Demoiselle
383. Crown Squirrelfish
384. Pale-lipped Surgeonfish
385. Bennett's Butterflyfish
386. Merten's (Madagascan) Butterflyfish
387. Onespot Snapper
388. Blackfin Squirrelfish
389. Flashlight Fish

Birds
128. Yellow Wagtail
129. Barn Swallow
130. Pacific Black Duck
131. Green Junglefowl
132. White Tern
133. Nankeen Night Heron
134. Chinese Pond Heron
135. Pied Stilt
136. Ruddy Turnstone

Inverts
47. Ghost Boxer Shrimp
48. Eyed Augur
49. Flag Cone
50. Eyed Sea Cucumber
51. Greenfish Sea Cucumber
52. Imperial Shrimp
53. Rajah Birdwing Butterfly



For the fish, I'm currently up to 49 lifers this year, for inverts the count is 17, 4 reptiles, 64 birds, and 9 mammals.

There probably won't be anymore additions to the fish list as my time on Christmas Island has come to an end and on Tuesday I return to Sydney. My bird list, however, should double before the end of the year.

And it's my 10 year ZooChat birthday today.

:p

Hix
 
Hix said:
There probably won't be anymore additions to the fish list as my time on Christmas Island has come to an end and on Tuesday I return to Sydney. My bird list, however, should double before the end of the year.
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Boo, and woo-hoo! (Both at the same time I imagine).

Hix said:
And it's my 10 year ZooChat birthday today.
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Happy decaversary! (My latest made-up word).
 
After a very slow day today:

Birds (non-passerines)
362. Stubble Quail

Birds (passerines)
363. Pilbara (Striated) Grasswren
364. Australian Reed-warbler

Looks like I counted Western Ringtail twice, so still on 65.
Reptiles
65. Perentie (Varanus giganteus)
 
Another day at the coast brought me a very nerve-racking, but very rewarding twitch! This bird is only the 5th ever accepted field record in Belgium, and was originally found yesterday (when I unfortunately couldn't go) and couldn't be found at its original spot early in the morning, when me and a friend were some of the first people to attempt to find it again. Eventually it was found again in a different spot however, where we had excellent views and where it even flew on top of our car!
A few moths in the evening (including a very rare one!) made the day even better, of course.

BIRDS:
318) Paddyfield warbler, Acrocephalus agricola*

INVERTS:
80) Defoliating hemlock moth, Agonopterix alstromeriana
81) Large wainscot, Rhizedra lutosa
82) Setaceous Hebrew character, Xestia c-nigrum
83) Large yellow underwing, Noctua pronuba

*In my last post I stated #318 was yellow-browed warbler, but today it was publicized that the ring-necked duck (#200) I saw earlier this year hasn't been accepted, and turned out to be an escapee. That species thus doesn't count, and has been subtracted to make my total 318 again.
 
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animal_expert01 said:
Birds:
100. Australian Pipit
(Anthus novaeseelandiae)

And with that I have finally reached my goal that I have been trying to achieve since last year. To see 100 spiecies of bird in a single year. It was hard, but I’ve finally done it.:)
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Birds:
101. Red-Backed Fairy Wren (Malurus melanocephalus)
102. Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
103. Brown Cuckoo Dove (Macropygia phasianella)

Reptiles:
12. Keelback (Tropidonophis mairii)
13. Short-necked Turtle (Emydura macquarii)
 
Birds (non-passerines)
365. Banded Lapwing

Birds (passerines)
366. Rufous Fieldwren
367. Rufous-crowned Emu-wren

Also a couple more reptiles but need to confirm ID on one of them before adding them to the list.
 
Reptiles
66. Western Netted Dragon (Ctenophorus reticulatus)
67. Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus)
68. Western Spiny-tailed Gecko (Strophurus strophurus)
69. Smooth Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephurus levis)
70. Sand Goanna (Varanus gouldii)
 
I don't consider myself a twitcher (I'm at least not as enthusiastic as @Vision!), but when a rarity is spotted very close to home, I sometimes can't help myself.

Birds
254. Black-winged pratincole [Glareola nordmanni]

Invertebrates
193. Feathered thorn [Colotois pennaria]*

* so close and yet so far from reaching 200!
 
Mammals
78. Feral Cattle (Bos taurus)
79. Feral Goat (Capra hircus)

Birds (passerines)
368. Masked Woodswallow
369. Pied Honeyeater
370. Chiming Wedgebill
 
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