ZooChat Big Year 2020

Birds
123. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
124. Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
125. American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
126. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
127. Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Herps
4. Northern Leopard Frog Lithobates pipiens
Birds
128. Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
129. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
130. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
131. Sora Porzana carolina
132. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
 
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210 osprey Pandion haliaetus
211 ringnecke pheasant Phasianus colchicus
new aditons probebly slowing down for a bitt
 
Birds
107. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
108. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
109. Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis

Herps
1. Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta
2. Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus

Fish
3. Common Carp Cyprinus carpio
Seen the talons of an Osprey. Not sure if it was alive, but it was intact so I'm counting it anyway:

Fish:
5. Feral Goldfish Carassius auratus

Note: I jumped from 3 to 5 because it turns out I had two number ones.
 
Birds
128. Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
129. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
130. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
131. Sora Porzana carolina
132. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Birds
133. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
 
At Moonlit (over the tidal saltmarsh behind us)

288. Spotted harrier Circus assimilis
 
Great day of birding again! Best bird of the day probably purple heron (which I already had, but this one gave much better views), but it's always fun to be able to tick off a bunch of easy spring migrants.

BIRDS:

165) Common house martin, Delichon urbicum
166) Willow warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus
167) Eurasian reed warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus
168) Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus
169) Western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava
170) Northern wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe
171) Common whitethroat, Sylvia communis
172) Sand martin, Riparia riparia
173) Common tern, Sterna hirundo

INVERTS:
16) Speckled wood, Pararge aegeria
 
From yesterday, the river keeps throwing up surprises!

Birds
45. Common Tern, Sterna hirundo

Birds
46. Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus
 
Recently I got a message from a fellow birder that a hoopoe had landed in my local patch, so I went looking and saw it. Hoopoes are very scarce birds in the Netherlands (it was my first one in the country), and given that chasing rarities is basically impossible now it is a very welcome addition!

The rest is mostly common spring migrants, including one my favourite Dutch birds, the Pied Flycatcher.

Birds
157. Common Greenshank, Tringa nebularia
158. Northern Wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe
159. European Pied Flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca
160. Sand Martin, Riparia riparia
161. Common Whitethroat, Sylvia communis
162. Common House Martin, Delichon urbicum
163. Common Tern, Sterna hirundo
164. Common Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus
165. Common Swift, Apus apus
166. Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra
167. Eurasian Hoopoe, Upupa epops

Invertebrates
31. Holly Blue, Celastrina argiolus
32. Zebra Back Spider, Salticus scenicus
33. Esperia sulphurella
34. Green Longhorn, Adela reaumurella
35. Pyrrhidium sanguineum
36. Green Tiger Beetle, Cicindela campestris
 
I am now seeing Bluethroats daily and more and more spring arrivals and migrants are starting to pop up now. I went looking for a Black-crowned Night Heron this morning, but did not find it. I have seen this species on four continents, but never in the Netherlands (where it is a rarity), so never bothered to look, but beggars can't be choosers these days....

114. Common Raven
115. Common Kingfisher
116. Whimbrel
117. European Golden Plover
118. Common Greenshank
119. Common Whitethroat
120. Eurasian Blackcap

Herptiles

1. Common Frog
2. Common Toad

Invertebrates

11. Red Admiral
12. Cabbage White

Some updates, with the first seven birds from my local patch and the rest was seen during a visit to my parents in law, closer to the coast, where some migrant birds are a lot more easily found.

121. Black Redstart
122. Firecrest
123. Sand Martin
124. Pied Flycatcher
125. Tree Pipit
126. Coal Tit
127. Common Swift
128. Common Cuckoo
129. Eurasian Marsh Harrier
130. Curlew Sandpiper
131. Bar-tailed Godwit
132. Spotted Redshank
133. Wood Sandpiper
134. House Martin
135. Sedge Warbler
136. Northern Wheatear
137. Whinchat
138. Sandwich Tern

The heard only list currently consists only of Long-eared Owl and Cetti's Warbler.

Mammals

9. Wood Mouse
10. W-European Hedgehog

Invertebrates

13. Speckled Wood
14. Green Hairstreak
15. Small Copper
16. Large Red Damselfly
17. Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris)
18. Grey-backed Mining Bee (Andrena vaga)
 
213 common chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
214 barn swallow Hirundo rustica
i saw some on bornio in january but i forgot to count them there
215 house martin Delichon urbicum
216. european pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
 
Birds
Cattana Wetlands
195. Comb-crested Jacana
196. Black Bittern
197. Yellow Oriole

Esplanade, Cairns
198. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

Mammals
12. Musky Rat Kangaroo


Amphibians
1. White-lipped Tree Frog

:p

Hix

Birds
199. Forest Kingfisher
200. Bower's Shrike-thrush
201. Double-eyed Fig Parrot
202. Australasian Pipit
203. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Fish
4. Cornetfish

:p

Hix
 
At Moonlit this afternoon

289. Fan-tailed cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
 
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