ZooChat Big Year 2019

Great Argus said:
Oops, apparently I did. My mistake. Gray Fox should indeed be #8.



From birding yesterday:

Birds:

89. Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
90. Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
91. Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
92. Herring Gull (Larus argenteus)
93. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
94. Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
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Good bit of birding this morning gave me three more species for the year. Also may have seen a Rainbow Trout but only saw the tail end of the jump so not sure.

Birds:

95. Barrow’s Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
96. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
97. House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
 
Hix said:
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
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Birds
58. Kookaburra
59. Freckled Duck
60. Hoary-headed Grebe
61. Pied (White-headed) Stilt
62. Red-kneed Dotterel
63. Great Cormorant
64. White-necked heron
65. Great Egret
66. Yellow-billed Spoonbill
67. Yellow-rumped Thornbill
68. Common Starling
69. Wedge-tail Eagle

Mammals
3. Grey-headed Fruit Bat

:p

Hix
 
Spent yesterday birding around the Dearne Valley - very pleasant day and lots of birds but I couldn't track down anything new for the list. Today I went to the zoo (Hamerton) and managed two new wild birds. Such is wildlife!

Birds:
107. Red Kite - Milvus milvus
108. European Green Woodpecker - Picus viridis

:)

(to be fair, anyone who's visited Hamerton will know it's almost unthinkable to go there and not see wild Red Kites..!)
 
Finally got two super common local birds that had somehow evaded me all through January:

BIRDS:
35. House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
36. Indian pond heron (Ardeola grayii)
 
Birds:
73. Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
74. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
75. Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
76. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Mammals:
6. Coyote Canis latrans
 
Zoo Tycooner FR said:
One of the weirdest sighting I've ever had (and also one of the most enjoyable) coupled with a bunch of cool birds meant that today was amazing:

During the course of the week (Agadir, Issen)
INVERTEBRATES:
2 - Beet webworm moth, Spoladea recurvalis
3 - Small white, Pieris rapae
4 - Clouded yellow, Colias croceus

19/01/2019
BIRDS:
33 - Mediterranean gull, Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
34 - Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis
35 - Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
36 - Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus
37 - Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus
38 - Ruff, Philomachus pugnax
39 - Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
40 - Zitting cisticola, Cisticola juncidis
41 - Lesser kestrel, Falco naumanni
42 - Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
43 - Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa
44 - Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus
45 - Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna
46 - Pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta
47 - Grey heron, Ardea cinerea

MAMMALS:
1 - Cuvier's gazelle, Gazella cuvieri
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Attempted to twitch something for the second time ever in my life (an Isabelline shrike which has been reported since a little while now) and dipped for the second time (after I dipped a Lesser flamingo at Oued Souss last month) but had an amazing time with the icing on the cake being one REALLY long-awaited lifer!

03/02/2019 (Tamri)
BIRDS:
48 - European stonechat, Saxicola rubicola
49 - Ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea
50 - Audouin's gull, Ichthyaetus audouinii
51 - Eurasian coot, Fulica atra
52 - Northern bald ibis, Geronticus eremita
53 - Kentish plover, Charadrius alexandrinus
54 - Western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava (ssp. iberiae)
55 - Black wheatear, Oenanthe leucura
56 - Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla
57 - Northern raven, Corvus corax
58 - Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra
 
lintworm said:
79. Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus)
80. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
81. Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Mammals

7. Bank vole (Myodes glareolus)
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Some new species for the year from my final visit to Switzerland for the foreseeable future:

82. European dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
83. Common raven (Corvus corax)
84. Common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
85. Long-eared owl (Asio otus)

Mammals

8. Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
 
animal_expert01 said:
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)
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Birds:
82. Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus)

Mammals:
2. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)

Reptiles:
13. Carpet Python (Morelia spilota)
 
A couple of species from my local patch and a couple from further away.

Birds
120. Great Grey Shrike, Lanius excubitor
121. Lesser Redpoll, Acanthis cabaret
122. Willow Tit, Poecile montanus
123. Goosander, Mergus merganser
124. Red-Necked Grebe, Podiceps grisegena
125. Caspian gull, Larus cachinnans
126. Smew, Mergellus albellus

Mammals
6. Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus

Invertebrates
5. Indian-Meal Moth, Plodia interpuctella
 
Dannelboyz said:
BIRDS
164 - Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus)
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BIRDS
165 - Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
166 - Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
167 - White-eared Honeyeater (Lichenostomus leucotis)

REPTILES
4 - Common Garden Skink (Lampropholis guichenoti)
5 - Lowland Copperhead (Austrelaps superbus)
 
Well, Tenerife was great!

BIRDS:
87) Spanish sparrow, Passer hispaniolensis
88) Ring-necked parakeet, Psittacula krameri
89) Yellow-legged gull, Larus michahellis
90) Northern raven, Corvus corax
91) Canary Islands chiffchaff, Phylloscopus canariensis
92) African blue tit, Cyanistes teneriffae
93) Island canary, Serinus canaria
94) Sardinian warbler, Sylvia melanocephala
95) Eurasian blackcap, Sylvia atricapills
96) Cory's shearwater, Calonectris borealis
97) Plain swift, Apus unicolor
98) Barbary falcon, Falco pelegrinoides
99) Laurel pigeon, Columba junoniae
100) Berthelot's pipit, Anthus berthelotii
101) Common chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita
102) Barbary partridge, Alectoris barbara
103) Western cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
104) Bolle's pigeon, Columba bollii
105) Tenerife blue chaffinch, Fringilla teydea

MAMMALS:
3) Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus
4) Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops trunctatus

HERPS:
1) Tenerife lizard, Gallotia galloti
2) Tenerife gecko, Tarentola delalandii

FISH:
1) Smooth hammerhead, Sphyrna zygaena
 
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