ZooChat Big Year 2019

A few more birds. The kingfisher was just on the way home from work yesterday, and the rest from the Pauatahanui Nature Reserve today (where I was hoping for Banded Rail, but it didn't oblige).


29) Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
30) Canada Goose Branta canadensis
31) Paradise Duck Tadorna variegata
32) Grey Warbler Gerygone igata
33) Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
34) Black Swan Cygnus atrata
35) Spur-winged Plover Vanellus novaehollandiae
36) White-headed (Pied) Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
37) Grey Teal Anas gracilis
38) Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
39) Pukeko (Purple Gallinule) Porphyrio porphyrio
40) European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
 
LaughingDove said:
From last Sunday:

41) Greylag Goose
42) Common Teal
43) Lesser Black-back Gull
44) European Wigeon
44) Greater Black-back Gull
45) Common Gull
46) Northern Lapwing
47) Common Buzzard
48) Merlin
49) Brambling
50) Long-tailed Tit
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Missed one off, should have been #41 at the top of this list

51) Redwing
 
A red-breasted goose had been reported nearby so I had to go check it out! After five attempts at this species in the past two years I was determined to finally see one. I did manage to see it right before it got too dark, but couldn't check for any potential rings/bands so I'm not going to count it until other people can confirm it is unringed.

BIRDS:
77) Merlin, Falco columbarius
78) Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons
79) Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis
xx) Red-breasted goose, Branta ruficollis

MAMMALS:
2) Brown hare, Lepus europaeus
 
After a morning at Yorkshire WP, a couple of hours at Idle Valley NR in the afternoon dragged me a little closer to three figures.

Birds:
92. Great White Egret - Ardea alba
93. Lesser Redpoll - Acanthis flammea

:)
 
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animal_expert01 said:
Birds:
69. Owl Finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii)
70. Red Browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis)
71. Channel-Billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
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72. Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)
73. White Headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela)
74. Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
75. King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)
76. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus)
77. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
78. Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
79. Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
80. White Bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
81. Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)

Amphibians:
1. Whistling Tree Frog (Litoria verreauxii)
2. Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)

Reptiles:
11. Elegant Snake Eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus pulcher)
12. Saw Shelled Turtle (Myuchelys latisternum)

Fish:
1. Summer Whiting (Sillago ciliata)
2. Estuary Ray (Hemitrygon fluviorum)
3. Crimson Spotted Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia duboulayi)
4. Swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii)
5. Pacific Blue Eye (Pseudomugil signifer)
6. Mosquito Fish (Gambusia affinis)
7. Freshwater Mullet (Pseudomyxus capensis)
8. Saltwater Mullet (Mugil cephalus)
9. Australian Smelt (Retropinna semoni)
10. Platies (Xiphophorus maculatus)
11. Empire Gudgeon (Hypseleotris compressa)


Invertabrates
1. Freshwater Glass Shrimp (Paratya australiensis)
 
new birds today
56great cormorant
57 black heded gul
58 little grebe
59 gadwall
60 common goldeneye
61 great black backed gull
62 common gull
 
Hix said:
Mount Annan Botanical Gardens

Birds
30. Chestnut Teal
31. Australasian Grebe
32. Channel-billed Cuckoo
33. Australasian Swamphen
34. Masked Lapwing
35. Australian White Ibis
36. Eastern Rosella
37. Satin Bowerbird
38. Superb Blue Wren
39. Yellow-faced Honeyeater
40. Eastern Whipbird
41. Pied Currawong
42. Willie Wagtail
43. Grey Fantail
44. Red-whiskered Bulbul
45. Australian Reed Warbler
46. Mistletoe Bird
47. Goldfinch
48. Red-browed Firetail Finch

Mammals
1. Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Reptiles
1. Eastern Water Skink

:p

Hix
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Birds
49. White-throated Treecreeper
50. Noisy Friarbird
51. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
52. Red Wattlebird
53. Variegated Fairy-wren
54. Brown Goshawk
55. Brown Thornbill
56. Eastern Yellow Robin
57. Olive-backed Oriole

Mammals
2. European Rabbit

:p

Hix
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Birds
8) Ring-Billed Gull Larus delawarensis
9) Dark-Eyed Junco Junco hyemalis

~Thylo
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I finally have a new car and decided to head out to Bronx (of course) to celebrate, during which I kept an eye out for wild birds:

Mammals
2) House Mouse Mus musculus

Birds
10) Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
11) Canada Goose Branta canadensis
12) American Black Duck Anas rubripes
13) Red-Bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
14) North American Wood Duck Aix sponsa
15) Red-Breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
16) White-Throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
17) Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
18) Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor

~Thylo
 
Picked up a few more birds between Wasilla and Anchorage.

4) Black-billed Magpie - Pica Pica
5) Bohemian Waxwing - Bomycilla Garrulus
6) Mallard - Anas Platyrhynchos
7) Feral Pigeon - Columba Livia
 
Dannelboyz said:
BIRDS
124 - Eastern Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis/coromandus)
125 - Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)

INVERTEBRATES
24 - Plague Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus lugubris)
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BIRDS
126 - Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
127 - Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
128 - Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
129 - Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
130 - Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)

INVERTEBRATES
25 - Blue Blubber Jellyfish (Catostylus mosaicus)
26 - Eleven-armed Sea Star (Coscinasterias calamaria)
27 - European Green Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas)*
28 - Common Brown Blowfly (Calliphora stygia)
 
lintworm said:
And then there is a Song thrush in the garden when it is snowing the next day :p

65. Song thrush (Turdus philomelos)
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Some updates, mostly, from around my home, I managed to pick up some other winter visitors. I also saw another owl at the local owl tree and some introduced species in the west of the country. Still many forest birds missing, most notably long-tailed tit....

66. Common pochard (Aythya ferina)
67. Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
68. Eurasian teal (Anas crecca)
69. Greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)
70. Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
71. Cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii)
72. Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
73. Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
74. Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus)
75. Oystercatcher (Haematopus haematopus)
76. Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
77. Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
78. Tawny owl (Strix aluco)

Mammals

6. Field mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
 
ThylacineAlive said:
I finally have a new car and decided to head out to Bronx (of course) to celebrate, during which I kept an eye out for wild birds:

Mammals
2) House Mouse Mus musculus

Birds
10) Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
11) Canada Goose Branta canadensis
12) American Black Duck Anas rubripes
13) Red-Bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
14) North American Wood Duck Aix sponsa
15) Red-Breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
16) White-Throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
17) Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
18) Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor

~Thylo
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I didn't know there were titmice in New York already.
 
Vision said:
Why wouldn't they be? They're present year-round, with even the highest density in winter...
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Tufted Titmice are a southern species that has only recently begun to spread north, using bird feeders as a new source of food. It was only a few years ago the first ones were seen in Chicago. Right now there is one location near me where of pair of unusually far north titmice are known to hang out. If I want to see one within its normal range I would have drive south for two hours.
 
birdsandbats said:
Tufted Titmice are a southern species that has only recently begun to spread north, using bird feeders as a new source of food. It was only a few years ago the first ones were seen in Chicago. Right now there is one location near me where of pair of unusually far north titmice are known to hang out. If I want to see one within its normal range I would have drive south for two hours.
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Two big issues with your post here... The first one being that "near me" and "Chicago" have nothing to do with New York City, and the second one being that there are records of tufted titmice in Chicago since before 1930 (as visible here).
Either way, tufted titmice are present in a whopping 49.3% of checklists submitted in Bronx, New York City during this particular calendar week (as visible here).
 
Vision said:
Two big issues with your post here... The first one being that "near me" and "Chicago" have nothing to do with New York City, and the second one being that there are records of tufted titmice in Chicago since before 1930 (as visible here).
Either way, tufted titmice are present in a whopping 49.3% of checklists submitted in Bronx, New York City during this particular calendar week (as visible here).
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I never said that "near me" or "Chicago" have anything to do with New York. I was just a little surprised that titmice occur there.
 
Since it's been a while, and it might be another while before I get more, I'm just going to add this one before I forget...

Mammals:
6. Five-striped palm squirrel (Funambulus pennantii)

Some people saw Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins from a bridge half-an-hour from where I live a few days ago. For quite a while, too. Bummer that I missed it - would've been my first endangered species for the year, and one of my coolest sightings ever.
 
LaughingDove said:
Missed one off, should have been #41 at the top of this list

51) Redwing
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Some great birding today:

52) Common Kingfisher
53) Common Shelduck (species missed in 2018!)
54) Skylark
55) Common Snipe (species missed in 2018!)
56) Bullfinch
57) Northern Shoveler
58) Eurasian Golden Plover
 
Dannelboyz said:
BIRDS
126 - Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
127 - Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
128 - Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
129 - Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
130 - Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)

INVERTEBRATES
25 - Blue Blubber Jellyfish (Catostylus mosaicus)
26 - Eleven-armed Sea Star (Coscinasterias calamaria)
27 - European Green Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas)*
28 - Common Brown Blowfly (Calliphora stygia)
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MAMMALS
18 - Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

BIRDS
131 - Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris)
 
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