ZooChat Big Year 2021

ChunkyMunky pengopus said:
I rearranged my Insect/Invertebrate list yet again, removing some IDs that I was not confident about. I have since added back some species that I made new observations for, but I'll add those at the end.

Insect/Invertebrate:
201. White-crossed seed bug (Neacoryphus bicrucis)
202. Damsel bug (Nabis roseipennis)
203. Striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum)
204. One-spotted Stink Bug (Euschistus variolarius)
205. Brown Stink Bug (Euschistus servus)

  1. Wooly Bear Caterpillar (Pyrrharctia isabella) (Wild)
  2. SIlverfish (Lepisma saccharina) (Wild)
  3. Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) (Wild)
  4. Bean leaf beetle (Cerotoma trifurcata) (Wild)
  5. Milky slug (Deroceras reticulatum) (Wild)
  6. Silvanid flat bark beetle (Telephanus atricapillus) (Wild)
  7. False milkweed bug (Lygaeus turcicus) (Wild)
  8. Mourning cloak butterfly/ Spiny elm caterpillar (Nymphalis antiopa) (Wild)
  9. Woodlouse spider (Dysdera crocata) (Wild)
  10. Eastern comma butterfly (Polygonia comma) (Wild)
  11. Black slug (Arion ater) (Wild)
  12. Common pill woodlouse/ Roly-poly (Armadillidium vulgare) (Wild)
  13. Riparian woodlouse (Hyloniscus riparius) (Wild)
  14. Nosy pill woodlouse (Armadillidium nasatum) (Wild)
  15. Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) (Wild)
  16. Chestnut carpenter ant (Camponotus castaneus) (Wild)
  17. Immigrant pavement ant (tetramorium immigrans) (Wild)
  18. Dark paper wasp/ Northern paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus) (Wild)
  19. Snake millipede (Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus) (Wild)
  20. Eastern parson spider (Herpyllus ecclesiasticus) (Wild)
  21. Two lined leatherwing beetle(Atalantycha bilineata) (Wild)
  22. Two spotted bumble bee (Bombus bimaculatus) (Wild)
  23. Milky slug (Deroceras agreste) (Wild)
  24. Wandering broadhead planarian (Bipalium adventitium) (Wild)
  25. House centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) (Wild)
  26. Yellow sac spider (Cheiracanthium inclusum) (Wild)
  27. Spotted lady beetle (Coleomegilla maculata) (Wild)
  28. Narrow headed marsh fly (Helophilus fasciatus) (Wild)
  29. Six-spotted green tiger beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) (Wild)
  30. Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) (Wild)
  31. Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) (Wild)
  32. Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) (Wild)
  33. Asiastic wall jumping spider (Attulus fasciger) (Wild)
  34. American dog/wood tick (Dermacentor variabilis) (Wild)
  35. Zebra jumping spider (Salticus scenicus) (Wild)
  36. Four-spotted sap beetle (Glischrochilus quadrisignatus) (Wild)
  37. Tan jumping spider (Platycryptus undatus) (Wild)
  38. American green crab spider (Misumessus oblongus) (Wild)
  39. Parenthesis lady beetle (Hippodamia parenthesis) (Wild)
  40. Common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) (Wild)
  41. Common picture-winged fly (Delphinia picta) (Wild)
  42. Sweet click beetle (Aeolus mellillus) (Wild)
  43. Orchard orbweaver spider (Leucauge venusta) (Wild)
  44. Margined calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus) (Wild)
  45. White-margined burrower bug (Sehirus cinctus) (Wild)
  46. Eastern black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) (Wild)
  47. Orange wing moth (Mellilla xanthometata) (Wild)
  48. Carolina saddlebags dragonfly (Tramea carolina) (Wild)
  49. Tawny-edged skipper (Polites themistocles) (Wild)
  50. Black firefly (Lucidota atra) (Wild)
  51. Fraternal potter wasp (Eumenes fraternus) (Wild)
  52. Common whitetail dragonfly (Plathemis lydia) (Wild)
  53. Peck’s skipper (Polites peckius) (Wild)
  54. European pine shoot moth (Rhyacionia buoliana) (Wild)
  55. Eastern forktail damselfly (Ischnura verticalis) (Wild)
  56. Common asparagus beetle (Crioceris asparagi) (Wild)
  57. Common white-cheeked jumping spider (Pelegrina proterva) (Wild)
  58. Black sided pygmy grasshopper (Tettigidea lateralis) (Wild)
  59. Stream bluet (Enallagma exsulans) (Wild)
  60. Four-lined plant bug (Poecilocapsus lineatus) (Wild)
  61. Brown-belted bumble bee (Bombus griseocollis) (Wild)
  62. North american tarnished plant bug (Lygus lineolaris) (Wild)
  63. Polished lady beetle (Cycloneda munda) (Wild)
  64. Ebony jewelwing damselfly (Calopteryx maculata) (Wild)
  65. Bumble bee mimic robber fly (Laphria thoracica) (Wild)
  66. Common blue mud-dauber wasp (Chalybion californicum) (Wild)
  67. Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) (Wild)
  68. Blue-tipped dancer damselfly (Argia tibialis) (Wild)
  69. Summer azure (Celastrina neglecta) (Wild)
  70. Four-spotted clover leafhopper (Agallia quadripunctata) (Wild)
  71. Sclerosomatid harvestmen (Leiobunum verrucosum) (Wild)
  72. Brilliant jumping spider (Phidippus clarus) (Wild)
  73. Red goldenrod aphid (Uroleucon nigrotuberculatum) (WIld)
  74. Imported long-horned weevil (Calomycterus setarius) (Wild)
  75. Swamp milkweed leaf beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) (Wild)
  76. Broad-nosed weevil (Aphrastus griseus) (Wild)
  77. Common european greenbottle fly (Lucilia sericata) (Wild)
  78. Margined leatherwing soldier beetle (Chauliognathus marginatus) (Wild)
  79. Cobra clubtail (Gomphurus vastus) (Wild)
  80. Hump-backed beewolf (Philanthus gibbosus) (Wild)
  81. Hackberry emperor (Asterocampa celtis) (Wild)
  82. Powdered dancer (Argia moesta) (Wild)
  83. Bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax) (Wild)
  84. Eastern eyed click beetle (Alaus oculatus) (Wild)
  85. Black-and-yellow lichen moth (Lycomorpha pholus) (Wild)
  86. Cabbage white (Pieris rapae) (Wild)
  87. Honeylocust treehopper (Micrutalis calva) (Wild)
  88. Widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) (Wild)
  89. Red-banded leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) (Wild)
  90. Metric paper wasp (Polistes metricus) (Wild)
  91. Beet petiole borer (Cosmobaris scolopacea) (Wild)
  92. Saddled leafhopper (Colladonus clitellarius) (Wild)
  93. Three-spotted fillip (Heterophleps triguttaria) (Wild)
  94. Double-banded grass-veneer (Crambus agitatellus) (Wild)
  95. Four-toothed mason wasp (Monobia quadridens) (Wild)
  96. Common eastern firefly (Photinus pyralis) (Wild)
  97. Wood soldier fly (Xylomya aterrima) (Wild)
  98. European paper wasp (Polistes dominula) (Wild)
  99. Blue-fronted dancer (Argia apicalis) (Wild)
  100. European drone fly (Eristalis arbustorum) (Wild)
  101. Bicolored striped sweat bee (Agapostemon virescens) (Wild)
  102. Oblique streaktail (Allograpta obliqua) (Wild)
  103. Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) (Wild)
  104. Brown wasp mantidfly (Climaciella brunnea) (Wild)
  105. Squash vine borer moth (Melittia cucurbitae) (Wild)
  106. Eastern calligrapher (Toxomerus geminatus) (Wild)
  107. Garganus plant bug (Garganus fusiformis) (Wild)
  108. Orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) (Wild)
  109. Carabid ground beetle (Lebia analis) (Wild)
  110. Helmeted squash bug (Euthochtha galeator) (Wild)
  111. Small honey ant (Prenolepis imparis) (Wild)
  112. Garden fleahopper (Mircrotechnites bractatus) (Wild)
  113. Common sootywing (Pholisora catullus) (Wild)
  114. Two-lined spittlebug (Prosapia bicincta) (Wild)
  115. Eastern amberwing (Perithemis tenera) (Wild)
  116. Ailanthus webworm moth (Atteva aurea) (Wild)
  117. Red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) (Wild)
  118. Two-spotted tree cricket (Neoxabea bipunctata) (Wild)
  119. Thick-legged hover fly (Syritta pipiens) (Wild)
  120. Citrus flatid planthopper (Metcalfa pruinosa) (Wild)
  121. Pyropyga firefly (Pyropyga decipiens) (Wild)
  122. Double-striped bluet (Enallagma basidens) (Wild)
  123. Red-spotted admiral (Limenitis arthemis) Ssp. Red-spotted purple (L.a. astyanax) (Wild)
  124. Least skipper (Ancyloxpha numitor) (Wild)
  125. Putnam’s jumping spider (Phidippus putnami) (Wild)
  126. Western lynx spider (Oxyopes scalaris) (Wild)
  127. Swift feather-legged fly (Trichopoda pennipes) (Wild)
  128. Conoderus click beetle (Conoderus lividus) (Wild)
  129. Metallic epauletted-sweat bee (Augochloropsis metallica) (Wild)
  130. Yellow-legged pleurolama (Pleuroloma flavipes) (Wild)
  131. Lucerne moth (Nomophila nearctica) (Wild)
  132. Transverse-banded flower fly (Eristalis transversa) (Wild)
  133. Versute sharpshooter (Graphocephala versuta) (Wild)
  134. Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina) (Wild)
  135. Eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) (Wild)
  136. Woolly alder aphid (Prociphilus tessellatus) (Wild)
  137. Question mark (Polygonia interrogationis) (Wild)
  138. Keeled treehopper (Entylia carinata) (Wild)
  139. Soldier beetle (Trypherus frisoni) (Wild)
  140. American bumble bee (Bombus pensylvanicus) (Wild)
  141. Chickweed geometer moth (Haematopis grataria) (Wild)
  142. Clemens grass tubeworm moth (Acrolophus popeanella) (Wild)
  143. Twice-stabbed stink bug (Cosmopepla lintneriana) (Wild)
  144. Common drone fly (Eristalis tenax) (Wild)
  145. Western corn rootworm beetle (Diabrotica virgifera) (Wild)
  146. Constricted leafhopper (Agallia constricta (Wild)
  147. Green cloverworm moth (Hypena scabra) (Wild)
  148. Great golden digger wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus) (Wild)
  149. Band-winged crane fly (Epiphragma fasciapenne) (Wild)
  150. Silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus) (Wild)
  151. Spined micrathena (Micrathena gracilis) (Wild)
  152. Pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos) (Wild)
  153. Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) (Wild)
  154. American snout (Libytheana carinenta) (Wild)
  155. Giant robber fly (Promachus hinei) (Wild)
  156. European earwig (Forficula auricularia) (Wild)
  157. Maize calligrapher (Toxomerus politus) (Wild)
  158. Eastern flower fly (Syrphus knabi) (Wild)
  159. Bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) (Wild)
  160. Slaty skimmer (Libellula incesta) (Wild)
  161. Zabulon skipper (Lon zabulon) (Wild)
  162. Wedge shaped beetle (Macrosiagon limbata) (Wild)
  163. European wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum) (Wild)
  164. Gray-edged snout moth (Hypena madefactalis) (Wild)
  165. Yellow-striped armyworm moth (Spodoptera ornithogalli) (Wild)
  166. Big-eyed toad bug (Gelastocoris oculatus) (Wild)
  167. Autumn meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum) (Wild)
  168. Japanese leafhopper (Orientus ishidae) (Wild)
  169. Fall armyworm moth (Spodoptera frugiperda) (Wild)
  170. Coppery leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) (Wild)
  171. Northern flatid planthopper (Flatormenis proxima) (Wild)
  172. Meadow spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius) (Wild)
  173. Spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) (Wild)
  174. Wedgling moth (Galgula partita) (Wild)
  175. Cross-striped cabbageworm moth (Evergestis rimosalis) (Wild)
  176. Differential grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis) (Wild)
  177. Wheel bug (Arilus cristatus) (Wild)
  178. Goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) (Wild)
  179. Small milkweed bug (Lygaeus kalmii) (Wild)
  180. Spotted beet webworm moth (Hymenia perspectalis) (Wild)
  181. Typical green lacewing (Chrysopa oculata) (Wild)
  182. Great spreadwing (Archilestes grandis) (Wild)
  183. Sand wasp (Microbembex monodonta) (Wild)
  184. Eastern yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) (Wild)
  185. White-speck armyworm moth (Mythimna unipuncta) (Wild)
  186. Arabesque orbweaver (Neoscona arabesca) (Wild)
  187. Cicada-parasite beetle (Sandalus niger) (Wild)
  188. Japanese burrowing cricket (Velarifictorus micado) (Wild)
  189. Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) (Wild)
  190. Planthopper (Anotia kirkaldyi) (Wild)
  191. Two-spotted longhorn bee (Melissodes bimaculatus) (Wild)
  192. Typical leafhopper (Norvellina seminuda) (Wild)
  193. Rathke’s woodlouse (Trachelipus rathkii) (Wild)
  194. Wetland giant wolf spider (Tigrosa helluo) (Wild)
  195. Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis) (Wild)
  196. Leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus oppositus) (Wild)
  197. Red-legged grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum) (Wild)
  198. Diamondback spittlebug (Lepyronia quadrangularis) (Wild)
  199. Black-tailed red sheetweaver (Florinda coccinea) (Wild)
  200. Bluegrass billbug weevil (Sphenophorus parvulus) (Wild)
  201. White-crossed seed bug (Neacoryphus bicrucis) (Wild)
  202. Damsel bug (Nabis roseipennis) (Wild)
  203. Striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum) (Wild)
  204. One-spotted Stink Bug (Euschistus variolarius) (Wild)
  205. Brown Stink Bug (Euschistus servus) (Wild)
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This is likely my final post for the year, and probably my better one yet. I've returned from a family trip to Texas, that was not wildlife or birding oriented, but I still managed to find some new wildlife I hadn't seen before and got better views of many I had.

Mammals:
12. Coyote (Canis latrans)
I had some roadside-spotting luck with a coyote in the cornfields near Charleston, Missouri from i57. It had been a target species all year so I was rather surprised to look out and see one. I forgot how small they were.

Birds:
It was pleasant to find a new gull species at a rest area on the third largest lake in Illinois
December 22- Rend Lake Rest Area, IL
101. Bonaparte’s Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)

Flying around the city were many surprisingly vocal grackles with the distinctive long tail, I got many views of this common species.
December 24- Dallas, TX
102. Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)

White rock lake is the best birding hotspot in Dallas county on ebird, and it lived up to its name. The abundance of gulls, cormorants, coots, herons, and egrets at the lake was astonishing, and I was quite happy to spot some 'wild' parakeets.
December 25- White Rock Lake, Dallas TX
103. Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
104. Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
105. Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
106. Gadwall (Mareca strepera)

A walk around this suburban lake yielded two new birds
December 26- North Lake, Dallas TX
107. Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
108. Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)

I was pleasantly surprised on the drive back with witnessing the snow goose migration overhead the farmland on I40 from Arkansas 78 to Arkansas 75
December 28- Dallas TX
109. Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)

Insect/Invertebrate:
206. Guinea paper wasp (Polistes exclamans)
207. Seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)
Seen in and around Dallas

Herptiles:
11. River cooter (Pseudemys concinna) (Ssp. Eastern river cooter (P.c. concinna))
Reptiles:
7. River cooter (Pseudemys concinna) (Ssp. Eastern river cooter (P.c. concinna))
Seen sunning themselves at White Rock Lake

Year-end Totals:
Mammals: 12
Birds: 109
Insects/Inverts: 207
Fishes: 4
Herpitiles: 11
Reptiles: 7
Amphibians: 4
 
ChunkyMunky pengopus said:
Flying around the city were many surprisingly vocal grackles with the distinctive long tail, I got many views of this common species.
December 24- Dallas, TX
102. Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
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Great-tailed Grackles are obnoxiously noisy by nature, one sometimes wishes they would shush a little more often. :p
 
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Great Argus said:
Great-tailed Grackles are obnoxiously noisy by nature, one sometimes wishes they would shush a little more often. :p
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I enjoyed them for the four days but I can imagine how annoying they could be after much longer. I suppose common grackles also make noise but nowhere as noticeable as the great-tailed do.
 
I spent several days at BRT Tiger Reserve in the extreme south of the state of Karnataka, and got to go on several jeep rides through the reserve, with excellent results. Being further south than most of the reserves I had previously visited, the bird life had a far more distinctly ‘Malabar’ feel to it, with many species typical of the Western Ghats present, and I gained many new lifers. Mammal sightings were also far from bad, with plenty of good views of ungulates, carnivores and even tree shrew. Most of these species were identified by the naturalists at the reserve, so they are much more reliable than any of my IDs from earlier on this thread.
Mammals
5. Chital Axis axis
6. Sambar Cervus unicolor
7. Tufted Grey Langur Semnopithecus priam
8. Indian Giant Squirrel Ratufa indica
9. Sloth Bear Melursus ursinus
10. Wild Pig Sus (scrofa) cristatus
11. Gaur Bos gaurus/frontalis
12. Indian Barking Deer Muntiacus muntjak
13. Dhole Cuon alpinus
14. Madras Tree Shrew Anathana ellioti

Reptiles
6. Indian Black Terrapin Melanochelys trijuga

Birds
54. Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii
55. Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
56. Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
57. Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
58. Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
59. Legge’s Hawk Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti
60. Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
61. Jungle Babbler Argya striata
62. Rufous Babbler Argya subrufa
63. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
64. Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
65. Painted Bush Quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha
66. Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides
67. Yellow-footed Green-pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
68. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
69. Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
70. Yellow-crowned Pygmy Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
71. Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
72. Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
As well as one earlier addition from before the trip:
73. Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
bringing me to just short of the nice round number 75. It’s unlikely I’ll see anything new before midnight today, so I’ll have to settle for this, I guess. I will try to upload pictures of those species which I managed to photograph soon.

For the record, here are the various ‘heard only’ species from the trip, as well as those for which the views were too unclear for identification.
- Red Spurfowl (unclear views)
- Yellow-browed Bulbul (heard only)
- Plum-headed Parakeet (unclear views)
- Common Hawk-cuckoo (heard only/unclear views)
- Black-naped Monarch (heard only)
- Laughing Dove (unclear views)
- Small Minivet (unclear views)
- Red-naped Ibis (unclear views)
 
Junklekitteb said:
I spent several days at BRT Tiger Reserve in the extreme south of the state of Karnataka, and got to go on several jeep rides through the reserve, with excellent results. Being further south than most of the reserves I had previously visited, the bird life had a far more distinctly ‘Malabar’ feel to it, with many species typical of the Western Ghats present, and I gained many new lifers. Mammal sightings were also far from bad, with plenty of good views of ungulates, carnivores and even tree shrew. Most of these species were identified by the naturalists at the reserve, so they are much more reliable than any of my IDs from earlier on this thread.
Mammals
5. Chital Axis axis
6. Sambar Cervus unicolor
7. Tufted Grey Langur Semnopithecus priam
8. Indian Giant Squirrel Ratufa indica
9. Sloth Bear Melursus ursinus
10. Wild Pig Sus (scrofa) cristatus
11. Gaur Bos gaurus/frontalis
12. Indian Barking Deer Muntiacus muntjak
13. Dhole Cuon alpinus
14. Madras Tree Shrew Anathana ellioti

Reptiles
6. Indian Black Terrapin Melanochelys trijuga

Birds
54. Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii
55. Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
56. Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica
57. Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
58. Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
59. Legge’s Hawk Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti
60. Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
61. Jungle Babbler Argya striata
62. Rufous Babbler Argya subrufa
63. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
64. Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
65. Painted Bush Quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha
66. Malabar Parakeet Psittacula columboides
67. Yellow-footed Green-pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
68. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
69. Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
70. Yellow-crowned Pygmy Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis
71. Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
72. Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
As well as one earlier addition from before the trip:
73. Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis
bringing me to just short of the nice round number 75. It’s unlikely I’ll see anything new before midnight today, so I’ll have to settle for this, I guess. I will try to upload pictures of those species which I managed to photograph soon.

For the record, here are the various ‘heard only’ species from the trip, as well as those for which the views were too unclear for identification.
- Red Spurfowl (unclear views)
- Yellow-browed Bulbul (heard only)
- Plum-headed Parakeet (unclear views)
- Common Hawk-cuckoo (heard only/unclear views)
- Black-naped Monarch (heard only)
- Laughing Dove (unclear views)
- Small Minivet (unclear views)
- Red-naped Ibis (unclear views)
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Sloth Bear, Dhole, and Gaur, very nice indeed!
 
Chlidonias said:
89) Little Egret Egretta garzetta
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For the last week I have been trying my mildest to get to 90 birds for the year. Like everybody, I like round numbers. It's just one bird but all the ones left which I could hope to find around Wellington are either inconveniently-located or simply require luck to be in the right place at the right time. Every day after work this week I have been hanging around the waterfront in town hoping a Little Blue Penguin will show up (they nest around the harbour) but they have stubbornly refused to do so.

Today, on the final day of the year, I went instead to Island Bay on the south coast to see if a Reef Heron would show itself. This is just down the road from where I live and I go there every so often to have a look around - the heron lives there but is very sneaky, so I haven't managed to see him at all this year.

Surprisingly I actually did see him. While watching an albatross gliding around just off the shore the heron flew through the binocular view, and I made it to 90 birds with four hours of the year to spare!


90) Eastern Reef Heron Egretta sacra
 
With the last of the small mammals identified from my trip to Panama and Chile it appears I'll end at 290. Of course the round number of 300 would've been nice, but as is I'm very proud of what ended up being an extremely productive year!

It turns out unfortunately the distant Geoffrey's Cat photo was likely instead a Domestic Cat. So I replaced #285 with a rodent I've now identified. I also realized I had forgotten to add the dates for my December additions, so I've rectified this as well.

In Review:
118/290 or 40.7% were Overall Lifers
203/290 or 70.0% were Wild Lifers

And if my math is right I added 16 Wild Families (1 Order) and 5 Overall Families (1 Order). 24 Overall Families (and 2 Orders) remain!!

Mammal Big Year 2021: (Wild Lifers = Bold / Overall Lifers = "L")
  1. Tantalus monkey 1.21
  2. Mantled Guereza
  3. Ethiopian Epauletted Bat 1.22 L
  4. Olive Baboon
  5. Uganda Kob
  6. Patas monkey
  7. Rothchild’s Giraffe
  8. African Bush Elephant
  9. Common Warthog
  10. Banded mongoose
  11. Bunyoro rabbit L
  12. Cape Hare
  13. Waterbuck
  14. Oribi
  15. Jackson’s Hartebeest
  16. Cape buffalo
  17. Spotted hyena
  18. White-tailed mongoose
  19. Rusty-spotted genet
  20. Side-striped Jackal L
  21. Yellow-winged bat L
  22. Noack’s Dormouse 1.23 L
  23. Senegal Bushbaby
  24. African Lion
  25. River Hippo
  26. Striped ground squirrel L
  27. African Leopard
  28. Noack’s Roundleaf bat L
  29. Mauritian tomb bat L
  30. Kemp's Gerbil L
  31. African Savannah Hare
  32. Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat 1.24
  33. Schmidt's Red-tailed guenon 1.25
  34. Stuhlmann's Blue monkey
  35. Debrazza’s monkey
  36. Johnston's Mangabey L
  37. Semliki red colobus L
  38. Red-legged sun squirrel
  39. Bohem’s bush squirrel L
  40. Dent’s monkey L
  41. Alexander’s dwarf squirrel L
  42. Benito roundleaf bat L
  43. Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat L
  44. Lesser Spectacled galago L
  45. Lord derby’s anomalure L
  46. Hammer-headed bat
  47. Link rat 1.26 L
  48. Angolan Rousette L
  49. Ugandan Mangabey L
  50. Ashy red colobus L
  51. L’host’s Monkey
  52. African palm civet
  53. Demidoff’s galago L
  54. Common Chimpanzee 1.27
  55. Weyn’s duiker (thermal only) L
  56. Spotted necked Otter
  57. Marsh mongoose
  58. Bushbuck 1.28
  59. Giant forest hog
  60. Egyptian fruit bat 1.29
  61. Angolan free-tailed bat L
  62. Gray Climbing mouse L
  63. Egyptian mongoose 1.30
  64. Topi
  65. Typical Striped Grass mouse
  66. Ruwenzori Sun squirrel L
  67. Mountain Gorilla 1.31
  68. Northeast African Mole-rat L
  69. African Civet
  70. Thomas’ bushbaby L
  71. Silver Monkey L
  72. Black-fronted duiker L
  73. Ruwenzori Horseshoe bat L
  74. Plains Zebra 2.3
  75. Common Impala
  76. Common Eland
  77. Vervet
  78. White-bearded wildebeest 2.4
  79. Thompson’s gazelle
  80. Coke’s Hartebeest
  81. White Rhino
  82. Hinde's dik-dik L
  83. African wildcat
  84. Serval
  85. Emin’s tateril L
  86. Nairobi grass rat L
  87. East African gerbil L
  88. Bush hyrax 2.5
  89. Yellow baboon
  90. Black backed jackal
  91. Gerenuk
  92. Peter’s Gazelle L
  93. Desert Warthog L
  94. Fringe-eared oryx
  95. Wahlberg’s Epauletted fruit bat L
  96. Little free-tailed bat L
  97. Bat eared fox
  98. Dwarf mongoose 2.6
  99. Hirola L
  100. Lesser kudu
  101. Unstriped Ground squirrel
  102. Golden-rumped elephant shrew L
  103. Zanj sun squirrel L
  104. Kenya Coast galago L
  105. Northern Greater galago
  106. Four-toed elephant shrew
  107. Coastal Suni
  108. Sykes Monkey 2.7
  109. Red bush squirrel
  110. Four-toed hedgehog
  111. Harvey’s red duiker 2.8 L
  112. Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphin L
  113. Indian Ocean Bottle-nosed Dolphin
  114. heart-nosed bat L
  115. African shealth-tailed bat L
  116. least long-fingered bat L
  117. striped leaf-nosed bat L
  118. African trident bat L
  119. Hildegarde's tomb bat L
  120. Lander’s horseshoe bat L
  121. Slit-faced bat sp. 2.9
  122. Tana River Red Colobus L
  123. Tana River Mangaby L
  124. Ruwenzori thicket rat 2.10 L
  125. Eastern Tree Hyrax L
  126. Mountain Suni L
  127. Slender mongoose 2.11
  128. Ochre bush squirrel 2.12 L
  129. Southern Pouched rat 2.13 L
  130. Desert Cottontail 3.11
  131. Arizona cotton rat L
  132. Rock squirrel
  133. Racoon
  134. Harris’ antelope ground squirrel
  135. Coue’s white-tailed deer
  136. Ringtail
  137. Western harvest mouse 3.12 L
  138. Arizona Gray Squirrel L
  139. Black-tailed Jackrabbit
  140. Striped skunk
  141. Pocket mouse sp.
  142. Kit fox
  143. Mule deer 3.13
  144. White-throated woodrat 3.14
  145. Cactus mouse
  146. Desert rat kangaroo
  147. Merriam’s rat kangaroo
  148. Round-tailed ground squirrel
  149. Eastern Gray squirrel 4.30
  150. Eastern chipmunk
  151. Masked shrew
  152. Woodland vole L
  153. Sei Whale 5.1 L
  154. Northern Right Whale L
  155. Gray Seal
  156. Humpback Whale
  157. Atlantic White-sided dolphin
  158. Harbor Porpoise
  159. Coyote 5.2
  160. Red tailed squirrel- 5.30
  161. Ecuadorian Mantled Howler
  162. Nine-banded armadillo
  163. Brown-headed spider monkey 5.31
  164. Andean white-eared opossum
  165. Olinguito
  166. Tube-lipped tailless bat
  167. Ecuadorian small-eared Shrew 6.1 L
  168. Central American Agouti
  169. Andean cottontail L
  170. Stump-tailed porcupine L
  171. Takazouski’s climbing mouse L
  172. Montane Myotis 6.2 L
  173. Black Agouti
  174. Lemurine Night Monkey L
  175. Venezuelan Red howler 6.4
  176. White-fronted Capuchin
  177. Rhipidomys Climbing Mouse sp. (likely Rhipidomys leucodactylus) L
  178. Ecuadorian squirrel monkey L
  179. White-tailed titi
  180. Proboscis Bat
  181. Lowland paca
  182. Kinkajou
  183. Greater Spear-nosed bat
  184. Golden-mantled Tamarin 6.5 L
  185. Common woolly monkey
  186. White-bellied spider monkey
  187. Huffman’s two-toed sloth
  188. Giant Otter
  189. Tayra
  190. Seba's short-tailed bat
  191. Fringe-lipped bat L
  192. Pallas's Long-tongued bat
  193. Lesser fishing bat L
  194. Greater fishing bat
  195. Napo Saki 6.6 L
  196. Andean Fox 6.8
  197. Big-eared Opossum 6.10
  198. Silky short-tailed bat 6.11 L
  199. Maned Sloth L
  200. Masked titi L
  201. Buffy-headed Marmoset 6.13 L
  202. Northern Muriqui L
  203. Paraguayan Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
  204. Black capuchin 6.14
  205. Brown Howler
  206. Atlantic Forest Arboreal Rice Rat L
  207. Guyana Squirrel 6.15 L
  208. Gray brocket deer
  209. Little yellow-shouldered bat L
  210. Maned wolf
  211. Gray slender opossum L
  212. Bare-tailed woolly opossum
  213. Guyana dolphin 6.16
  214. Weid’s marmoset
  215. Little big-eared bat
  216. 6-banded armadillo
  217. Golden-headed Lion Tamarin 6.17
  218. Yellow-breasted capuchin
  219. Greater Sac-winged bat
  220. Bahia Porcupine L
  221. Coastal black-handed titi 6.18 L
  222. Capybara 6.19
  223. Marsh Deer
  224. South American Coati
  225. Azara’s Capuchin L
  226. Red brocket
  227. Crab-eating fox
  228. Common Tapeti L
  229. Humid Chaco Arboreal Rice Rat L
  230. Azara’s agouti 6.20
  231. Big Bonneted bat L
  232. White-lined broad-nosed bat L
  233. Feral Water Buffalo
  234. Jaguar
  235. Brazilian Cavy
  236. Ocelot
  237. Black and gold howler 6.21
  238. Neotropical river otter 6.22
  239. Giant Anteater 6.23
  240. Black-tailed marmoset
  241. Broad-eared Bat L
  242. Black-faced lion tamarin 6.27 L
  243. Lami tuco-tuco 6.29 L
  244. Pygmy Rice Rat sp. (likely Oligoryzomys nigripes) L
  245. Derby's Woolly Opossum 12.1
  246. Orange Nectar Bat
  247. Armored Rat L
  248. Geoffrey's Tamarin 12.2
  249. Jamaican fruit bat
  250. Spectral bat L
  251. Western Lowland Olingo L
  252. Panamanian Night Monkey L
  253. Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo L
  254. Great Fruit-eating Bat
  255. Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth 12.3
  256. Rothschild's Porcupine L
  257. Common Opossum
  258. Forest Rabbit L
  259. Collared Peccary
  260. Central American Agouti 12.4
  261. White-nosed Coati
  262. European Hare 12.5
  263. Guanaco 12.6
  264. South American Sea Lion
  265. Commerson's Dolphin
  266. South American Gray Fox
  267. Puma 12.8
  268. Bunny Rat L
  269. Patagonian Hog-nosed Skunk 12.9
  270. Monito del Monte 12.11 L
  271. Kodkod L
  272. Peale's Dolphin 12.12
  273. Norway Rat
  274. Chilean Pudu 12.14
  275. Chilean Dolphin L
  276. Nutria
  277. Vicuña 12.20
  278. Mountain Viscacha L
  279. Bolivian Big-eared Mouse L
  280. Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk 12.22
  281. Highland Tuco-tuco L
  282. Burmeister's Porpoise L
  283. Marine Otter 12.23
  284. Virginia Opossum (sometime in May)
  285. Heller's Broad-nosed Bat 12.2 L
  286. Great Stripe-faced Bat 12.2 L
  287. Thomas's Fruit-eating Bat 12.2
  288. European Rabbit 12.5
  289. Olive Grass Mouse 12.8 L
  290. Chilean Climbing Mouse 12.11 L
 
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Giant Eland said:
With the last of the small mammals identified from my trip to Panama and Chile it appears I'll end at 292. Of course the round number of 300 would've been nice, but as is I'm extremely proud of what ended up being an extremely productive year!

It turns out unfortunately the distant Geoffrey's Cat photo was likely instead a Domestic Cat. So I replaced #285 with a rodent I've now identified. I also realized I had forgotten to add the dates for my December additions, so I've rectified this as well.

In Review:
118/292 or 40.4% were Overall Lifers
203/292 or 69.5% were Wild Lifers

And if my math is right I added 16 Wild Families (1 Order) and 5 Overall Families (1 Order). 24 Overall Families (and 2 Orders) remain!!

Mammal Big Year 2021: (Wild Lifers = Bold / Overall Lifers = "L")
  1. Tantalus monkey 1.21
  2. Mantled Guereza
  3. Ethiopian Epauletted Bat 1.22 L
  4. Olive Baboon
  5. Uganda Kob
  6. Patas monkey
  7. Rothchild’s Giraffe
  8. African Bush Elephant
  9. Common Warthog
  10. Banded mongoose
  11. Bunyoro rabbit L
  12. Cape Hare
  13. Waterbuck
  14. Oribi
  15. Jackson’s Hartebeest
  16. Cape buffalo
  17. Spotted hyena
  18. White-tailed mongoose
  19. Rusty-spotted genet
  20. Side-striped Jackal L
  21. Yellow-winged bat L
  22. Noack’s Dormouse 1.23 L
  23. Senegal Bushbaby
  24. African Lion
  25. River Hippo
  26. Striped ground squirrel L
  27. African Leopard
  28. Noack’s Roundleaf bat L
  29. Mauritian tomb bat L
  30. Kemp's Gerbil L
  31. African Savannah Hare
  32. Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat 1.24
  33. Schmidt's Red-tailed guenon 1.25
  34. Stuhlmann's Blue monkey
  35. Debrazza’s monkey
  36. Johnston's Mangabey L
  37. Semliki red colobus L
  38. Red-legged sun squirrel
  39. Bohem’s bush squirrel L
  40. Dent’s monkey L
  41. Alexander’s dwarf squirrel L
  42. Benito roundleaf bat L
  43. Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat L
  44. Lesser Spectacled galago L
  45. Lord derby’s anomalure L
  46. Hammer-headed bat
  47. Link rat 1.26 L
  48. Angolan Rousette L
  49. Ugandan Mangabey L
  50. Ashy red colobus L
  51. L’host’s Monkey
  52. African palm civet
  53. Demidoff’s galago L
  54. Common Chimpanzee 1.27
  55. Weyn’s duiker (thermal only) L
  56. Spotted necked Otter
  57. Marsh mongoose
  58. Bushbuck 1.28
  59. Giant forest hog
  60. Egyptian fruit bat 1.29
  61. Angolan free-tailed bat L
  62. Gray Climbing mouse L
  63. Egyptian mongoose 1.30
  64. Topi
  65. Typical Striped Grass mouse
  66. Ruwenzori Sun squirrel L
  67. Mountain Gorilla 1.31
  68. Northeast African Mole-rat L
  69. African Civet
  70. Thomas’ bushbaby L
  71. Silver Monkey L
  72. Black-fronted duiker L
  73. Ruwenzori Horseshoe bat L
  74. Plains Zebra 2.3
  75. Common Impala
  76. Common Eland
  77. Vervet
  78. White-bearded wildebeest 2.4
  79. Thompson’s gazelle
  80. Coke’s Hartebeest
  81. White Rhino
  82. Hinde's dik-dik L
  83. African wildcat
  84. Serval
  85. Emin’s tateril L
  86. Nairobi grass rat L
  87. East African gerbil L
  88. Bush hyrax 2.5
  89. Yellow baboon
  90. Black backed jackal
  91. Gerenuk
  92. Peter’s Gazelle L
  93. Desert Warthog L
  94. Fringe-eared oryx
  95. Wahlberg’s Epauletted fruit bat L
  96. Little free-tailed bat L
  97. Bat eared fox
  98. Dwarf mongoose 2.6
  99. Hirola L
  100. Lesser kudu
  101. Unstriped Ground squirrel
  102. Golden-rumped elephant shrew L
  103. Zanj sun squirrel L
  104. Kenya Coast galago L
  105. Northern Greater galago
  106. Four-toed elephant shrew
  107. Coastal Suni
  108. Sykes Monkey 2.7
  109. Red bush squirrel
  110. Four-toed hedgehog
  111. Harvey’s red duiker 2.8 L
  112. Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphin L
  113. Indian Ocean Bottle-nosed Dolphin
  114. heart-nosed bat L
  115. African shealth-tailed bat L
  116. least long-fingered bat L
  117. striped leaf-nosed bat L
  118. African trident bat L
  119. Hildegarde's tomb bat L
  120. Lander’s horseshoe bat L
  121. Slit-faced bat sp. 2.9
  122. Tana River Red Colobus L
  123. Tana River Mangaby L
  124. Ruwenzori thicket rat 2.10 L
  125. Eastern Tree Hyrax L
  126. Mountain Suni L
  127. Slender mongoose 2.11
  128. Ochre bush squirrel 2.12 L
  129. Southern Pouched rat 2.13 L
  130. Desert Cottontail 3.11
  131. Arizona cotton rat L
  132. Rock squirrel
  133. Racoon
  134. Harris’ antelope ground squirrel
  135. Coue’s white-tailed deer
  136. Ringtail
  137. Western harvest mouse 3.12 L
  138. Arizona Gray Squirrel L
  139. Black-tailed Jackrabbit
  140. Striped skunk
  141. Pocket mouse sp.
  142. Kit fox
  143. Mule deer 3.13
  144. White-throated woodrat 3.14
  145. Cactus mouse
  146. Desert rat kangaroo
  147. Merriam’s rat kangaroo
  148. Round-tailed ground squirrel
  149. Eastern Gray squirrel 4.30
  150. Eastern chipmunk
  151. Masked shrew
  152. Woodland vole L
  153. Sei Whale 5.1 L
  154. Northern Right Whale L
  155. Gray Seal
  156. Humpback Whale
  157. Atlantic White-sided dolphin
  158. Harbor Porpoise
  159. Coyote 5.2
  160. Red tailed squirrel- 5.30
  161. Ecuadorian Mantled Howler
  162. Nine-banded armadillo
  163. Brown-headed spider monkey 5.31
  164. Andean white-eared opossum
  165. Olinguito
  166. Tube-lipped tailless bat
  167. Ecuadorian small-eared Shrew 6.1 L
  168. Central American Agouti
  169. Andean cottontail L
  170. Stump-tailed porcupine L
  171. Takazouski’s climbing mouse L
  172. Montane Myotis 6.2 L
  173. Black Agouti
  174. Lemurine Night Monkey L
  175. Venezuelan Red howler 6.4
  176. White-fronted Capuchin
  177. Rhipidomys Climbing Mouse sp. (likely Rhipidomys leucodactylus) L
  178. Ecuadorian squirrel monkey L
  179. White-tailed titi
  180. Proboscis Bat
  181. Lowland paca
  182. Kinkajou
  183. Greater Spear-nosed bat
  184. Golden-mantled Tamarin 6.5 L
  185. Common woolly monkey
  186. White-bellied spider monkey
  187. Huffman’s two-toed sloth
  188. Giant Otter
  189. Tayra
  190. Seba's short-tailed bat
  191. Fringe-lipped bat L
  192. Pallas's Long-tongued bat
  193. Lesser fishing bat L
  194. Greater fishing bat
  195. Napo Saki 6.6 L
  196. Andean Fox 6.8
  197. Big-eared Opossum 6.10
  198. Silky short-tailed bat 6.11 L
  199. Maned Sloth L
  200. Masked titi L
  201. Buffy-headed Marmoset 6.13 L
  202. Northern Muriqui L
  203. Paraguayan Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
  204. Black capuchin 6.14
  205. Brown Howler
  206. Atlantic Forest Arboreal Rice Rat L
  207. Guyana Squirrel 6.15 L
  208. Gray brocket deer
  209. Little yellow-shouldered bat L
  210. Maned wolf
  211. Gray slender opossum L
  212. Bare-tailed woolly opossum
  213. Guyana dolphin 6.16
  214. Weid’s marmoset
  215. Little big-eared bat
  216. 6-banded armadillo
  217. Golden-headed Lion Tamarin 6.17
  218. Yellow-breasted capuchin
  219. Greater Sac-winged bat
  220. Bahia Porcupine L
  221. Coastal black-handed titi 6.18 L
  222. Capybara 6.19
  223. Marsh Deer
  224. South American Coati
  225. Azara’s Capuchin L
  226. Red brocket
  227. Crab-eating fox
  228. Common Tapeti L
  229. Humid Chaco Arboreal Rice Rat L
  230. Azara’s agouti 6.20
  231. Big Bonneted bat L
  232. White-lined broad-nosed bat L
  233. Feral Water Buffalo
  234. Jaguar
  235. Brazilian Cavy
  236. Ocelot
  237. Black and gold howler 6.21
  238. Neotropical river otter 6.22
  239. Giant Anteater 6.23
  240. Black-tailed marmoset
  241. Broad-eared Bat L
  242. Black-faced lion tamarin 6.27 L
  243. Lami tuco-tuco 6.29 L
  244. Pygmy Rice Rat sp. (likely Oligoryzomys nigripes) L
  245. Derby's Woolly Opossum 12.1
  246. Orange Nectar Bat
  247. Armored Rat L
  248. Red-tailed Squirrel 12.2
  249. Geoffrey's Tamarin
  250. Jamaican fruit bat
  251. Spectral bat L
  252. Western Lowland Olingo L
  253. Panamanian Night Monkey L
  254. Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo L
  255. Great Fruit-eating Bat
  256. Tent-making Bat
  257. Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth 12.3
  258. Rothschild's Porcupine L
  259. Common Opossum
  260. Forest Rabbit L
  261. Collared Peccary
  262. Central American Agouti 12.4
  263. White-nosed Coati
  264. European Hare 12.5
  265. Guanaco 12.6
  266. South American Sea Lion
  267. Commerson's Dolphin
  268. South American Gray Fox
  269. Puma 12.8
  270. Bunny Rat L
  271. Patagonian Hog-nosed Skunk 12.9
  272. Monito del Monte 12.11 L
  273. Kodkod L
  274. Peale's Dolphin 12.12
  275. Norway Rat
  276. Chilean Pudu 12.14
  277. Chilean Dolphin L
  278. Nutria
  279. Vicuña 12.20
  280. Mountain Viscacha L
  281. Bolivian Big-eared Mouse L
  282. Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk 12.22
  283. Highland Tuco-tuco L
  284. Burmeister's Porpoise L
  285. Marine Otter 12.23
  286. Virginia Opossum (sometime in May)
  287. Heller's Broad-nosed Bat 12.2 L
  288. Great Stripe-faced Bat 12.2 L
  289. Thomas's Fruit-eating Bat 12.2
  290. European Rabbit 12.5
  291. Olive Grass Mouse 12.8 L
  292. Chilean Climbing Mouse 12.11 L
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Impressive indeed. You've listed Red-tailed Squirrel twice though - #160 and #248.
 
Final update! Happy new year everyone!

BIRDS:
362) Velvet scoter, Velvet scoter, Melanitta fusca

(But really 375 - I'll go ahead and bring up again that not counting heard-only birds is weird, motivates people to disturb birds more than necessary, and often sound is necessary for identification anyways :p )

FISH:
12) Whiting, Merlangius merlangus
 
Mehdi said:
Sadly not! I was close to getting a good picture of it as it was close (on the side of the road) but it flew off right before I could click on my shutter release button.
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Ouch, that kind of thing has happened to me more than once :P
 
during the midel of october i was forutante to travel to the maldivs to selebrate my mothers 55 birtday. while its nice its one of the worst land animal i onlye got in total 18 birds during two weeks
i also saw a few mammasl but i am still trying to figur out what flying foxes are found there and a shrew. as well as a large fish list that i will try to get in time
birds
205 black-naped tern Sterna sumatrana
206 greater crested tern Thalasseus bergii
207 lesser crested tern Thalasseus bengalensis
208 brown noddy Anous stolidus
209 lesser noddy Anous tenuirostris
210 white tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
211 Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
212 sanderling Calidris alba
213 lesser sand plover Charadrius mongolus
214 striated heron Butorides striata
215 indian pound heron Ardeola grayii
216 white breasted waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
217 asian koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
218 common myna Acridotheres tristis
219 house crow house crow
 
animal_expert01 said:
Birds:
107. Fairy Martin (Petrochelidon ariel)
108. Jabiru (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
109. White-cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris niger)
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My final update for the year. :)

Mammals:
10. Northern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus)

Birds:
110. Varied Triller (Lalage leucomela)
111. Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris)
112. Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)

Amphibians:
3. Desert Tree Frog (Litoria rubella)
4. Graceful Tree Frog (Ranoidea gracilenta)
 
BIRDS:
  1. Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
  2. Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
  3. Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
  4. Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
  5. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
  6. White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
  7. American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
  8. Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
  9. Cooper’s Hawk (Accipter cooperii)
  10. House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
  11. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
  12. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
  13. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
  14. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
  15. American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
  16. Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
  17. Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
  18. Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
  19. Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
  20. Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
  21. Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
  22. American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
  23. White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
  24. Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
  25. Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
  26. Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
  27. Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
  28. Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
  29. European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
  30. American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
  31. Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)
  32. Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
  33. Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
  34. Bald Eagle (Halialeetus leucocephalus)
  35. Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
  36. Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
  37. Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
  38. Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
  39. Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)
  40. Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
  41. Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
  42. Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)
  43. Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
  44. American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
  45. Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
  46. Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
  47. American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)
  48. Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
  49. Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
  50. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
  51. Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
  52. White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi)
  53. Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
  54. Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
  55. Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
  56. Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
  57. Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
  58. Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
  59. Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
  60. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
  61. House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
  62. Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
  63. Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
  64. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
  65. Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
  66. Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
  67. Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
  68. Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
  69. Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
  70. Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
  71. Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
  72. Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
  73. Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
  74. Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
  75. Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
  76. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
  77. Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor)
  78. Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
  79. Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
  80. Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
  81. Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
  82. Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
  83. Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
  84. Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
  85. Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
  86. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
  87. Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
  88. Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
  89. Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
  90. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
  91. Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
  92. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
  93. Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
  94. American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
  95. Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
  96. Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
  97. Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)
  98. Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa)
  99. White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
  100. Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor)
  101. Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
  102. Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)
  103. Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)
  104. Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis)
  105. Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
  106. Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
  107. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
  108. White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
  109. Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
  110. Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
  111. Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
  112. Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
  113. Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
  114. Great Egret (Ardea alba)
  115. Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
  116. Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
  117. Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
  118. Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)
  119. Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
  120. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
  121. Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
  122. Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
  123. Purple Martin (Progne subis)
  124. Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
  125. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
  126. Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
  127. Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
  128. Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
  129. Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
  130. Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
  131. White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
  132. Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
  133. California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
  134. American Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
  135. Vaux’s Swift (Chaetura vauxi)
  136. American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
  137. Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
  138. Common Raven (Corvus corax)
  139. Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
  140. Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
  141. Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
  142. California Gull (Larus californicus)
  143. Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
  144. Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
  145. Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
  146. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
  147. American Coot (Fulica americana)
  148. Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
  149. Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
  150. Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
  151. Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
  152. American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
  153. Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)
  154. Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)
  155. Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
  156. Surf Scoter (Melanitta persipicillata)
  157. Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
  158. Bonaparte’s Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
  159. Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
  160. Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
  161. Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
  162. Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
  163. Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
  164. Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
  165. Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
  166. Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
  167. Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
  168. Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
  169. Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
  170. American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
  171. Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
  172. Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
  173. Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
  174. Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
  175. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
  176. Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
  177. Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
  178. Common Loon (Gavia immer)
  179. Brant (Branta bernicla)
  180. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
MAMMALS:
1. Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
2. Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
3. Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
4. Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
5. Groundhog (Marmota monax)
6. White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
7. Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
8. Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
9. Douglas Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii)
10. California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi)
11. Elk (Cervus canadensis)
12. Mule Deer (Odocoileus hermionus)
13. Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Neotamias amoenus)
14. Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
15. Nutria (Myocastor copyus)

REPTILES:
1. Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
2. Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta)
3. Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
4. Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
5. Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)
6. Crested Anole (Anolis cristellatus)
7. Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
8. Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)
9. Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)

FISH:
1. Bluehead Wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum)
2. Beau Gregory (Stegastes leucostictus)
3. Atlantic Blue Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus)
4. Southern Stingray (Hypanus americanus)
5. Great Pompano (Trachinotus goodei)
6. Yellowtail Snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus)
7. French Grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum)
8. Stoplight Parrotfish (Sparisoma viride)
9. Sergeant Major (Abudefduf saxatilis)
10. Gray Angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus)
11. Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)
12. Ocean Surgeonfish (Acanthurus bahianus)
13. Horse-eye Jack (Caranx latus)
14. Striped Parrotfish (Scarus iseri)
15. Atlantic Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)
16. Bar Jack (Caranx ruber)
17. Banded Butterflyfish (Chaetodon striatus)
18. Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)


INVERTEBRATES:
1. Longfin Inshore Squid (Doryteuthis pealeii)
2. European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas)
3. Long-spined Sea Urchin (Diadema antillarum)
4. Donkey Dung Sea Cucumber (Holothuria mexicana)
5. Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata)
6. Isabella Tiger Moth (Pyrrharctia isabella)
 
Macaw16 said:
A few more updates, this time from County Durham/Teesside.

Mammals
13. Harbour seal Phoca vitulina

Birds
100. Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
101. Great white egret Ardea alba
102. Dunlin Calidris alpina
103. Western yellow wagtail Motacilla flava


An additional bird I think I saw was a velvet scoter. A small flock of seemingly all black birds flew past low over the sea. They had the jizz of ducks in flight and through binoculars I could see white on the wings of one of the birds. This was in late July, so I'm not sure this was the right time of year for velvet scoters to be seen on the UK coast. Any suggestions?
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The final few additions from the past few months, with the final bird from the 31st December.

Mammals
14. Least weasel Mustela nivalis
15. House mouse Mus musculus

Birds
104. Great-spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major
105. White-throated dipper Cinclus cinclus
106. European golden plover Pluvialis apricaria
107. Goosander Mergus merganser

So my final totals are;
Mammals: 15
Birds: 107
Reptiles: 1
Amphibians: 2
 
These are my final results for 2021, with the animals in bold being new species I have seen this year.


Big Year 2021:


Mammals:

1. White-Tailed Deer- 1/2/21
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel- 1/9/21
3. Coyote- 2/23/21
4. Fox Squirrel- 3/3/21
5. Eastern Cottontail- 3/9/21
6. Groundhog- 3/21/21
7. Muskrat- 7/11/21
8. Red Fox- 7/13/21


Birds:

1. Red-Tailed Hawk- 1/2/21
2. Canada Goose- 1/2/21
3. American Crow- 1/2/21
4. European Starling- 1/2/21
5. Downy Woodpecker- 1/28/21
6. Eastern Bluebird- 1/29/21
7. American Robin- 1/30/21
8. Rock Dove- 1/30/21
9. Northern Cardinal- 2/5/21
10. Blue Jay- 2/5/21
11. Black-Capped Chickadee- 2/5/21
12. Song Sparrow- 2/18/21
13. Snow Goose- 2/21/21
14. Mourning Dove- 2/21/21
15. Trumpeter Swan- 2/21/21
16. Red-Shouldered Hawk- 2/23/21
17. Red-Bellied Woodpecker- 2/25/21
18. Turkey Vulture- 3/9/21
19. Great Blue Heron- 3/17/21
20. Cedar Waxwing- 3/21/21
21. Mallard- 3/21/21
22. Killdeer- 3/21/21
23. Common Grackle- 3/21/21
24. Bald Eagle- 4/1/21
25. Red-Winged Blackbird- 4/8/21
26. Northern Rough-Winged Swallow- 5/8/21
27. House Finch- 5/8/21
28. Northern Flicker- 5/11/21
29. Wild Turkey- 5/17/21
30. Barn Swallow- 5/19/21
31. Wood Duck- 5/20/21
32. Western Kingbird- 5/20/21
33. Eastern Kingbird- 5/28/21
34. Ruby-Throated Hummingbird- 6/6/21
35. Cliff Swallow- 6/6/21
36. American Goldfinch- 6/13/21
37. Baltimore Oriole- 6/14/21
38. Northern Mockingbird- 6/27/21
39. Great Egret- 7/1/21
40. Brown-Headed Cowbird- 7/5/21
41. Laughing Gull- 7/5/21
42. Brown Pelican- 7/5/21
43. Green Heron- 7/15/21
44. Brown Thrasher- 7/17/21
45. Red-Headed Woodpecker- 7/29/21
46. Gray Catbird- 7/29/21
47. Western Osprey- 8/6/21
48. American White Ibis- 9/19/21
49. Clapper Rail- 9/19/21
50. Snowy Egret- 9/19/21
51. Roseate Spoonbill- 10/31/21
52. Boat-Tailed Grackle- 11/13/21
53. Tricolored Heron- 11/13/21
54. Double-Crested Cormorant- 11/13/21
55. Belted Kingfisher- 11/13/21
56. Pied-Billed Grebe- 11/13/21
57. American Herring Gull- 11/13/21
58. Tufted Titmouse- 12/7/21
59. Ruby-Crowned Kinglet- 12/7/21
60. White-Breasted Nuthatch- 12/7/21
61. Black Vulture- 12/22/21


Reptiles:

1. Five-Lined Skink- 3/21/21
2. Checkered Garter Snake- 6/22/21
3. Black Racer- 7/20/21
4. Green Anole- 7/13/21
5. Broad-Headed Skink- 8/11/21


Amphibians:

1. Western Chorus Frog- 4/5/21
2. Cope’s Gray Tree Frog- 7/15/21
3. Squirrel Tree Frog- 8/16/21


Fish:

1. Gulf Flounder- 11/13/21


Invertebrates:

1. Western Honey Bee- 4/5/21
2. Inland Floodwater Mosquito- 4/5/21
3. Colorado Potato Beetle- 4/9/21
4. Eastern Carpenter Bee- 5/18/21
5. Zebra Jumping Spider- 5/26/21
6. Eastern Amberwing- 6/14/21
7. Widow Skimmer- 6/20/21
8. Common Whitetail- 6/20/21
9. Housefly- 6/20/21
10. Common Picture-Winged Fly- 6/20/21
11. Green June Beetle- 7/4/21
12. Green Bottle Fly- 7/8/21
13. Oblique Streaktail- 7/9/21
14. American Cockroach- 7/9/21
15. Sand Fiddler Crab- 7/13/21
16. Seaside Dragonlet- 7/13/21
17. Squareback Marsh Crab- 7/13/21
18. Common Sea Slater- 7/13/21
19. Southern Plains Bumblebee- 7/13/21
20. Milkweed Assassin Bug- 7/30/21
21. Two-Lined Spittlebug- 8/1/21
22. Triangulate Cobweb Spider- 8/10/21
23. Four-Toothed Mason Wasp- 8/13/21
24. Metricus Paper Wasp- 9/1/21
25. Green Lynx Spider- 9/3/21
26. Tawny Mole Cricket- 10/25/21
27. Woolybear Caterpillar- 10/30/21
28. Monarch Butterfly- 11/13/21
 
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