ZooChat Big Year 2020

Dannelboyz said:
A couple species from the Yarra Ranges...

BIRDS
200 - Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster)

AMPHIBIANS
2 - Victorian Smooth Froglet (Geocrinia victoriana)
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Some remote fieldwork again in the Yarra Ranges over the last couple of days got me a few awesome species. I suspect it's only a matter of time before such fieldwork will be halted...

BIRDS
201 - Australian Boobook (Ninox boobook)

MAMMALS
-- Feathertail Glider sp. (Acrobates sp.)
-- Long-eared Bat sp. (Nyctophilus sp.) - likely a Gould's Long-eared Bat but requires confirmation
22 - Eastern Pygmy Possum (Cercartetus nanus)
23 - Agile Antechinus (Antechinus agilis)
 
KevinB said:
Today I am adding two that I previously forgot to mention but still documented the details of so I can add them.

As I will be staying at home for the time being there probably won't be many more to add in the near future, unfortunately we generally don't see many birds or other wildlife in our garden. However I am still going to try to pay more attention to seeing what I can spot in our yard.

21-02-2020 - Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp province, Flanders, Belgium

I saw a male ring-necked pheasant taking off from a meadow in my own street as I cycled home.

BIRDS
12 - Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

12/03/2020 - Genk - Bokrijk, Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

One I forgot to mention in my previous post about my trip in Genk. I saw several of the mentioned butterfly species flying around in sunny areas around the edges of forest zones.

I visited a nature reserve with large ponds, reeds, open areas with grassland and heath and moist or wet forest areas near the provincial park and open air museum Bokrijk and a recreational area with more large ponds and grassy areas on the park domain just outside the museum grounds.

INVERTEBRATES
1 - Common brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni)
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Today I am recording some sighting I did in or from our garden in the last couple of days.

22-03-2020 - Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp province, Flanders, Belgium

BIRDS
13 - House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
14 - Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
15 - Eurasian magpie (Pica pica pica)

25-03-2020 - Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp province, Flanders, Belgium

BIRDS
16 - Carrion crow (Corvus corone)
17 - White wagtail (Motacilla alba)

INVERTEBRATES

2 - Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
3 - Small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
Brisbane is currently experiencing a population explosion of Blue Tiger Butterflies (the butterflies migrate from north Queensland). They are everywhere you look! Among the butterflies was another addition to the list.

Invertebrates
39. Evening Brown Melanitis leda
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I had a quiet afternoon exploring my backyard appreciating the simple things in life. No new birds seen today but I enjoyed watching the usual backyard residents like the pied butcherbird and Australian magpie families raising last year’s fledglings. The more colourful characters – rainbow and scaly-breasted lorikeets, blue-faced honeyeaters and Australasian figbirds – were all feasting on the abundant palm flowers. The occasional kookaburra, currawong or black-faced cuckoo shrike would dart through the sky, noisily making an appearance. I also saw an unexpected reptilian lifer – a strikingly-patterned Eastern Striped Skink darted through the bushes. I also finally saw the resident Eastern Blue-tongue.

Insect-wise, today was butterflies galore – blue triangles, several swallowtail species, evening browns, common crows and even a monarch! A pair of blue-banded bees busily travelled from flower to flower whilst in the undergrowth several moth species made an appearance. I also found my first planthopper for the year - one of my favourite groups of insect.

Being stuck at home certainly makes you appreciate what’s beyond your back door.


Herptiles
9. Eastern Bluetongue Tiliqua scinoides
10. Eastern Striped Skink Ctenotus robustus

Invertebrates
40. Granny’s Cloak Moth Speiredonia spectans
41. Poinciana Looper Pericyma cruegeri
42. Green Mottled Planthopper Siphanta hebes
 
Some inverts and a rabbit (first time it took me this long to see one!) from the past few days, along with a nice selection of water birds from today. The cranes were a group of 20 that a friend of mine saw landing in a nearby nature reserve yesterday, so I woke up early this morning in order to be there before they left. Also heard a few lesser spotted woodpeckers and the first bluethroats, but haven't been able to see them yet. Good birding!

BIRDS:
148) Common crane, Grus grus
149) Pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta
150) Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius
151) Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula

MAMMALS:
7) European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus

INVERTS:
2) Common silverfish, Lepisma saccharina
3) Tree damsel bug, Himacerus apterus
4) Small white, Pieris rapae
5) Holly blue, Celastrina argiolus
 
Looks like I will be getting to know the wildlife of Moonlit Sanctuary very well this year. Just went through spotlighting, 25 eastern ringtail possums (10 in the carpark) and 10 brushtail possums.

Mammals

30. Common brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula
31. Lesser long-eared bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi
 
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lintworm said:
And with the 4th attempt I finally saw a Middle Spotted Woodpecker:

99. Middle Spotted Woodpecker

Still haven't seen a Green Woodpecker this year, though I heard 2 today (again).
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And with the first swallows, Spring really is there

100. Garganey
101. Barn swallow
102. Common linnet

Invertebrates
2. Comma
 
Crowthorne said:
Down by the riverside...

Birds
41. Long-tailed Tit, Aegithalos caudatus
42. Coal Tit, Periparus ater
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Birds
43. Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula
 
lintworm said:
And with the first swallows, Spring really is there

100. Garganey
101. Barn swallow
102. Common linnet

Invertebrates
2. Comma
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Spend some time in a forest nearby and was quite successful in finding the Passerines, not so much in finding Black Woodpecker or Common Raven ;)

103. Crested tit
104. Marsh tit
105. Hawfinch
106. Mistle thrush
xxx. Coal tit (heard only)
 
MRJ said:
Just seen in the Moonlit Sanctuary wetland

283. Yellow-billed spoonbill Platalea flavipes
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Lucky, I still haven’t even seen a royal.

Also I missed a bird I saw both in the Dandenongs and at the growling frog

88. Fairy Martin
 
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Yoshistar888 said:
Lucky, I still haven’t even seen a royal.

Also I missed a bird I saw both in the Dandenongs and at the growling frog

88. Fairy Martin
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We get royals quite regularly but haven't seen a yellow-billed for some months.
 
Birds:
111. Blue-tailed Bee Eater (Merops philippinus)
112. Double Barred Finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii)
113. Brown Cuckoo Dove (Macropygia phasianella)
114. Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
115. Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)

Blue-tailed Bee Eater is from Thailand. Also does anyone know if the grey form and black form ashy drongos ranges overlap?
 
Yoshistar888 said:
Lucky, I still haven’t even seen a royal.

Also I missed a bird I saw both in the Dandenongs and at the growling frog

88. Fairy Martin
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OH MY GOSH look what I saw in my back yard

Birds

89. Pink Headed Duck
90. King Eider
91. Passenger Pigeon
92. Carolina Parakeet
93. Paradise Parrot
94. Dodo

Mammals

9. Blue grey Mouse
10. Lesser Bilby
11. Thylacine

Reptiles

5. Victorian Earless Dragon
 
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