ZooChat Big Year 2019

My probably only day of seawatching of the year wasn't extremely productive, but it did get me a handful of much-needed species. The 700-mark is really coming close now!

BIRDS:
687) Northern gannet, Morus bassanus
688) Horned grebe, Podiceps auritus
689) Black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla
690) Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata
691) Great skua, Stercorarius skua
 
Najade said:
Middle Beach, Seal Island (Victor Harbor), Diagonal Road

Mammals
84. New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)
85. Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea)
86. Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons)

Birds
110. Slender-billed Thornbill (Acanthiza iredalei rosinae)
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Brookfield CP, road to Gluepot

Birds
111. Greater Bluebonnet (Northiella haematogaster haematogaster)
112. Black-eared Cuckoo (Chalcites osculans)
113. Chestnut-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus ruficeps)
 
Najade said:
Brookfield CP, road to Gluepot

Birds
111. Greater Bluebonnet (Northiella haematogaster haematogaster)
112. Black-eared Cuckoo (Chalcites osculans)
113. Chestnut-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus ruficeps)
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Gluepot Reserve

Birds
114. Black-eared Miner (Manorina melanotis)
 
A few more additions from the Northern Netherlands! Unfortunately missed quite a few species, but got a few others so I definitely can't complain!

BIRDS:
692) Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus
693) Smew, Mergellus albellus
694) European golden plover, Pluvialis apricaria
695) Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes
696) Common merganser, Mergus merganser
697) Shore lark, Eremophila alpestris
 
Vision said:
A few more additions from the Northern Netherlands! Unfortunately missed quite a few species, but got a few others so I definitely can't complain!

BIRDS:
692) Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus
693) Smew, Mergellus albellus
694) European golden plover, Pluvialis apricaria
695) Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes
696) Common merganser, Mergus merganser
697) Shore lark, Eremophila alpestris
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Only 36 days left to get three more species!
 
Chlidonias said:
Only 36 days left to get three more species!
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Indeed! Should definitely still be possible though, when it comes to "common" birds I think I've now pretty much exhausted the supply of winter stuff (with hawfinch, golden plover, smew and common merganser being my four biggest misses until today) but there's definitely enough other birds around, and I'm sure there'll probably be a few more very nice birds during the rest of the year as well! It'll just come down to finding time to get to them :)

I might need a few more than 3 though, just to be certain - Insurance for potential lumps and/or rare birds (read: ducks) that end up not getting accepted!
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
Had a great trip to Australia Zoo yesterday and came away with some lovely wild bird species.

The wetlands area and kangaroo walk-throughs were particularly abundant with birdlife. Almost every flowering tree or plant had honeyeaters of some sort (the scarlet honeyeaters were abundant). As a waxbill lover, I was particularly thrilled to see wild red-browed finches for the first time!

Birds
80. Lewin’s Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
81. White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger
82. Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
83. Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
84. Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae
85. Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
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Time for an update. The only lifer I have picked up recently was a Channel-billed Cuckoo (they are much bigger than I expected, almost like Australia’s version of the hornbill). Another recent discovery was that a pair of Superb Fairy-wrens have taken up residence at a local urban park, which was a nice surprise.
Also, invertebrates will be updated at a later date as I’m still identifying a few species.

Mammals
7. Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus
8. Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
9. House Mouse Mus musculus
10. Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus

Birds
86. Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
87. White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
88. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
89. Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae

Reptiles
7. Eastern Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata
8. Green Tree Snake Dendrelaphis punctulatus
9. Lace Monitor Varanus varius
10. Eastern Bluetongue Tiliqua scincoides
11. Coastal Carpet Python Morelia spilota mcdowelli

Amphibians
2. Green Tree Frog Litoria caerulea
3. Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Litoria fallax
 
Moreton Bay Qld.

A thrilling day with over 50 dugongs, a new Order.

Mammals

47. Dugong Dugong dugon
48. Indo-pacific bottlenosed dolphin Tursiops aduncus
49. Australian humpbacked dolphin Sousa sahulensis

Birds

351. Pied cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
352. Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica
353. Eastern curlew Numenius madagascariensis
354. Caspian tern Hydroprogne caspia
355. Common tern Sterna hirundo
356. Crested tern Thalasseus bergii
357. Wedge-tailed shearwater Ardenna pacifica
358. Masked woodswallow Atamus personatus
 
Najade said:
also from Gluepot Reserve

Reptiles
107. Eastern Mallee Military Dragon (Ctenophorus hawkeswoodi)
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Bali
Bali Bird Park, Sacred Monkey Forest

Mammals
87. Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

Birds
115. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
116. White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
117. Javan Munia (Lonchura leucogastroides)

Reptiles
108. Common Sun Skink (Eutropis multifasciata)
 
MRJ said:
Moreton Bay Qld.

A thrilling day with over 50 dugongs, a new Order.

Mammals

47. Dugong Dugong dugon
48. Indo-pacific bottlenosed dolphin Tursiops aduncus
49. Australian humpbacked dolphin Sousa sahulensis
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I was just in Brisbane a few weeks ago. I was going to go out on one of the dolphin boats but it would have added too much money to my trip, plus (primarily) an entire day on a boat would not have been good for me. I went to North Stradbroke instead, where I could be on solid land and where I did see the humpback dolphins but not any dugongs.
 
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I looked at the dolphin boats but they were all basically about having a good day - see a few dolphins, have a bow ride, have a snorkel, and a nice lunch. If they saw a dugong they might point it out to you. But overall it was not what I was after. I ended up hiring a fishing charter boat. It cost $400 for three people and four hours, however we ended being out for closer to 5 hours. Although it might sound expensive I thought it very fair, and the results were certainly worthwhile. If anybody is interested I used Moreton Bay Fish Charter (www.moretonbaycharters.com.au) and Steve was extremely helpful and obliging. I can't recommend him more highly. Had we had more time and the conditions clearer we could have gone on to look at more birds plus rays and sharks, or anything else we wanted to chase.
 
While everyone here has got all sorts of amazing animals on their lists, here I am with next to nothing with no future trips in the works. Still perfectly fine with it, considering last year's lifers.
 
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