ZooChat Big Year 2020
- Thread starter Chlidonias
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Black swans are common around Western Port and I often hear them flying overhead. However I think our wetland is a bit small for wild swans to feel secure especially when people are around so birds landing are rare. Likewise pelicans, and again I saw one on the wetland last week.
Birds
166. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
167. Green Heron Butorides virescens
168. Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
Although I have no new additions for the year list while I have been in quarantine, recent rains have brought out three species I have never seen in the backyard or even the whole street which includes a park.
Mainly swarms of house sparrows with the occasional Tree Sparrow with it's brown capped head but the real highlight are a pair of New Holland Honeyeaters!
All three of these birds do eat invertebrates (theres been a lot flying around) which makes sense in their abundance due to the rain.
Mainly swarms of house sparrows with the occasional Tree Sparrow with it's brown capped head but the real highlight are a pair of New Holland Honeyeaters!
All three of these birds do eat invertebrates (theres been a lot flying around) which makes sense in their abundance due to the rain.
Birds
169. Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
170. Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
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Dannelboyz
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Near Bairnsdale for fieldwork... Super happy with the quailthrush as they're never easy birds to find!
BIRDS
219 - Buff-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza reguloides)
-- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) [heard]
220 - Spotted Quailthrush (Cinclosoma punctatum)
had a wonderful day last saturday
two lifers and the only scond time i have sean the tern
218 european golden plover
219 jack snipe
220 wood sandpiper
221 black tern
222 eurasian whryneck
223 willow wabler
224 eurasian blackcap
225 whinchat
226 western yellow wagtaill
227 tree pitpit
+heard only savis warbler
two lifers and the only scond time i have sean the tern
218 european golden plover
219 jack snipe
220 wood sandpiper
221 black tern
222 eurasian whryneck
223 willow wabler
224 eurasian blackcap
225 whinchat
226 western yellow wagtaill
227 tree pitpit
+heard only savis warbler
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Haven't kept track of any animal this year, and haven't tried the challenges on ZooChat, so I suppose it's time to give it a go 
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Mammals:
1. Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
Birds:
1. American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
2. Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
.Mammals:
1. Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
Birds:
1. American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
2. Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
In nearby saltmarsh today
Birds
292. Black-fronted dotterel Elseyornis melanops
293. Orange-bellied parrot Neophema chrysogaster
OK I know I watched the OBP's being released 2 weeks ago so knew they would be around. But still a wonderful experience.
Invertebrates
23. Banded garden-spider Argiope trifasciata
Birds
292. Black-fronted dotterel Elseyornis melanops
293. Orange-bellied parrot Neophema chrysogaster
OK I know I watched the OBP's being released 2 weeks ago so knew they would be around. But still a wonderful experience.
Invertebrates
23. Banded garden-spider Argiope trifasciata
birds
228 .Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
228 .Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
I should be at 169, I just realized I counted Gray Catbird twice.
Dannelboyz
Well-Known Member
I've been out surveying for Giant Burrowing Frog tadpoles in east Gippsland, and have been successful!
BIRDS
221 - Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris)
REPTILES
13 - Black Rock Skink (Egernia saxatilis)
14 - Delicate Skink (Lampropholis delicata)
AMPHIBIANS
11 - Giant Burrowing Frog (Heleioporus australiacus)
BIRDS
221 - Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris)
REPTILES
13 - Black Rock Skink (Egernia saxatilis)
14 - Delicate Skink (Lampropholis delicata)
AMPHIBIANS
11 - Giant Burrowing Frog (Heleioporus australiacus)