ZooChat Big Year 2020
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Today I went on a small tour to a few local birding sites. I hoped to find some of the typical winter waterfowl species, which I did (though Pintails were absent). I was especially glad with fantastic views of two Water Pipits, which are scarce enough in my area that they're easily missed.
Birds
71. Common Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
72. Mute Swan, Cygnus olor
73. Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
74. Common Linnet, Linaria cannabina
75. Water Pipit, Anthus spinoletta
76. Eurasian Teal, Anas crecca
77. Northern Lapwing, Vanellus vanellus
78. Yellow-Legged Gull, Larus michahellis
79. Tundra Bean Goose, Anser serrirostris
80. Common Pochard, Aythya ferina
81. Goosander, Mergus merganser
82. Smew, Mergellus albellus
83. Rook, Corvus frugilegus
Mammals
3. Brown Rat, Rattus norvegicus
Birds
71. Common Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
72. Mute Swan, Cygnus olor
73. Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
74. Common Linnet, Linaria cannabina
75. Water Pipit, Anthus spinoletta
76. Eurasian Teal, Anas crecca
77. Northern Lapwing, Vanellus vanellus
78. Yellow-Legged Gull, Larus michahellis
79. Tundra Bean Goose, Anser serrirostris
80. Common Pochard, Aythya ferina
81. Goosander, Mergus merganser
82. Smew, Mergellus albellus
83. Rook, Corvus frugilegus
Mammals
3. Brown Rat, Rattus norvegicus
4/1
22 tufted duck Aythya fuligula
5/1
23 grey heron Ardea cinerea
24 european robin Erithacus rubecula
i also saw a mouse that i am trying to id
22 tufted duck Aythya fuligula
5/1
23 grey heron Ardea cinerea
24 european robin Erithacus rubecula
i also saw a mouse that i am trying to id
Birds
19. Magpie, Pica pica
20. Jackdaw, Corvus monedula
21. Ring-necked Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
22. Red Kite, Milvus milvus
Feral dogs aren't common in the US, but they may be found scattered around the county in small numbers.
Mammals
3. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
This should be Anhinga melanogaster, correct?
I think you have the Americas species of anhinga here as opposed to the Indian/Oriental darter which is Anhinga melanogaster? Unless my taxonomy is off.
BTW your list makes me miss home. Do you mind sharing where in the country you live/bird?
Another birding day today, as I won't be able to go out at all next weekend for work reasons (and the weekend after at least one day will need to be zoo-y!).
Planned as a full day at Frampton, we went via Thoresby in Nottinghamshire as there was a big group of hawfinches that had been reported as performing well. The first three birds are from Thoresby, the rest are from Frampton, including a cracking ringtail Hen Harrier and a Cetti's that did the full series of tantalising glimpses and noises over about 20 minutes, before going to ground and forcing us to give up on an unambiguous (i.e. 'countable'!) view, only for us to encounter (the same?) one just 100m further along the path back to the car being perfectly visible...
Both mammals were roadside additions.
Bird-wise this is my best-ever first week of the year, but it's now going to be back to dribs and drabs for the next couple of weeks.
Birds:
67. European Greenfinch - Chloris chloris
68. Hawfinch - Coccothraustes coccothraustes
69. Red-legged Partridge - Alectoris rufa
70. European Golden Plover - Pluvialis apricaria
71. Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa
72. Common Shelduck - Tadorna tadorna
73. Pied Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta
74. Common Ringed Plover - Charadrius hiaticula
75. Dunlin - Calidris alpina
76. Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus
77. Ruff - Philomachus pugnax
78. Brent Goose - Branta bernicla
79. European Stonechat - Saxicola rubicola
80. Eurasian Curlew - Numenius arquata
81. Common Reed Bunting - Emberiza schoeniclus
82. Eurasian Skylark - Alauda arvensis
83. Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
84. Hen Harrier - Circus cyaneus
85. Merlin - Falco columbarius
86. Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cettia
Mammals:
3. Brown Hare - Lepus europaeus
4. European Rabbit - Oryctolagus cuniculus
Planned as a full day at Frampton, we went via Thoresby in Nottinghamshire as there was a big group of hawfinches that had been reported as performing well. The first three birds are from Thoresby, the rest are from Frampton, including a cracking ringtail Hen Harrier and a Cetti's that did the full series of tantalising glimpses and noises over about 20 minutes, before going to ground and forcing us to give up on an unambiguous (i.e. 'countable'!) view, only for us to encounter (the same?) one just 100m further along the path back to the car being perfectly visible...
Both mammals were roadside additions.
Bird-wise this is my best-ever first week of the year, but it's now going to be back to dribs and drabs for the next couple of weeks.
Birds:
67. European Greenfinch - Chloris chloris
68. Hawfinch - Coccothraustes coccothraustes
69. Red-legged Partridge - Alectoris rufa
70. European Golden Plover - Pluvialis apricaria
71. Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa
72. Common Shelduck - Tadorna tadorna
73. Pied Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta
74. Common Ringed Plover - Charadrius hiaticula
75. Dunlin - Calidris alpina
76. Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus
77. Ruff - Philomachus pugnax
78. Brent Goose - Branta bernicla
79. European Stonechat - Saxicola rubicola
80. Eurasian Curlew - Numenius arquata
81. Common Reed Bunting - Emberiza schoeniclus
82. Eurasian Skylark - Alauda arvensis
83. Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
84. Hen Harrier - Circus cyaneus
85. Merlin - Falco columbarius
86. Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cettia
Mammals:
3. Brown Hare - Lepus europaeus
4. European Rabbit - Oryctolagus cuniculus
BIRDS:
54 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis
55 Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus
56 House Finch - Haemorhous mexicanus
MAMMALS:
3 Common Muskrat - Ondatra zibethicus
About the anhinga, your probably right, I’ll correct that.
In Karnataka, the capital actually, Bangalore.
Birds:
1. Black-capped Chickadee
2. Bald Eagle
3. Common Raven
1. Black-capped Chickadee
2. Bald Eagle
3. Common Raven
A quick tour to my local pond got me a few more birds! A group of rooks seem to have settles in close to here recently, which was a nice sight.
BIRDS:
80) Common pochard, Aythya ferina
81) Common merganser, Mergus merganser
82) Mediterranean gull, Ichtyaetus melanocephalus
83) Cetti's warbler, Cettia cetti
84) Rook, Corvus frugilegus
BIRDS:
80) Common pochard, Aythya ferina
81) Common merganser, Mergus merganser
82) Mediterranean gull, Ichtyaetus melanocephalus
83) Cetti's warbler, Cettia cetti
84) Rook, Corvus frugilegus
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Birds:
22. Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
23. Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
24. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
25. Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
26. Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata)
27. Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii)
28. White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)
29. Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)
30. Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
Amphibians:
1. Green Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea)
i id the mosue from yesterday
mammals
2 wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus
mammals
2 wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus
yesterday some one reported a black throated thrush close to me. this is a bird from asia wich is prity rare bird in sweden i thick about 50 ever.
so today i went on my first twich of the year. after about 30 min i saw it. god thing for it was not sean much more during the day. also around 30 pine grosbeak. wich was a lifer for me last year.
a two common starling wich is rare in my area during the winter.
birds
25 common maganiser Mergus merganser
26 redwing Turdus iliacus
29 black throated thrush Turdus atrogularis
30 pine grosebeack Pinicola enucleator
31 common starling Sturnus vulgaris
the thrush was not a lifer just for my swedish list cause i saw them last year in mongolia
so today i went on my first twich of the year. after about 30 min i saw it. god thing for it was not sean much more during the day. also around 30 pine grosbeak. wich was a lifer for me last year.
a two common starling wich is rare in my area during the winter.
birds
25 common maganiser Mergus merganser
26 redwing Turdus iliacus
29 black throated thrush Turdus atrogularis
30 pine grosebeack Pinicola enucleator
31 common starling Sturnus vulgaris
the thrush was not a lifer just for my swedish list cause i saw them last year in mongolia
I added another three bird species on a walk this morning:
39. Grey heron Ardea cinerea
40. Eurasian buzzard Buteo buteo
41. Grey wagtail Montacilla cinerea
BIRDS:
57 Hairy Woodpecker - Dryobates villosus
58 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor
59 White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis
Birds
51. White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
52. Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
Birds
29. Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
29. Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Saw my fifth mammal of the year this morning from my bedroom window:
5. Reeve's muntjac Muntiacus reevesi