ZooChat Big Year 2021

A few more from today.

Birds:

4. Common blackbird (Turdus merula)
5. House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
6. European robin (Erithacus rubecula)
A quick visit to Chester Zoo today got me a few more species.

Birds:

7. Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
8. Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
9. Carrion crow (Corvus corone)
10. Song thrush (Turdus philomelos)
11. Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
12. European herring gull (Larus argentatus)
13. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
14. Grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
15. Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba)
16. Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)
 
BIRDS:
1) Canada goose, Branta canadensis
2) Carrion crow, Corvus corone
3) Common buzzard, Buteo buteo
4) Common wood pigeon, Columba palumbus
5) Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
6) House sparrow, Passer domesticus
7) Meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis
8) Common starling, Sturnus vulgaris
9) European herring gull, Larus argentatus
10) Redwing, Turdus iliacus
11) Great black-backed gull, Larus marinus
12) Eurasian magpie, Pica pica
13) European robin, Erithacus rubecula
14) Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes
15) Common blackbird, Turdus merula
16) Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto
17) Great tit, Parus major
18) Western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula
19) Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs
20) Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons
21) Grey heron, Ardea cinerea
22) Grey partridge, Perdix perdix
23) Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus
24) Common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
25) Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus
26) Song thrush, Turdus philomelos
27) Rock dove, Columba livia
28) Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres
29) Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
30) Eurasian coot, Fulica atra
31) Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus
32) Dunlin, Calidris alpina
33) Red knot, Calidris canutus
34) Northern gannet, Morus bassanus
35) Common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
36) Purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima
37) Little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis
38) Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
39) Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator
40) Great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus
41) Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus
42) Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca
43) Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope
44) Mediterranean gull, Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
45) Common gull, Larus canus
46) Horned grebe, Podiceps auritus
47) Red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius
48) Greylag goose, Anser anser
49) Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis
50) Black-throated loon, Gavia arctica
51) Common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
52) Common chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita
53) European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis
54) Dusky warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus
55) Eurasian blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus
56) Sanderling, Calidris alba
57) Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
58) Snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis

Heard only:
0) European green woodpecker, Picus viridis
0) European rock pipit, Anthus petrosus
0) Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major
0) European greenfinch, Chloris chloris
0) Dunnock, Prunella modularis
0) Long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus


INVERTS:
1) Two-spot ladybug, Adalia bipunctata
BIRDS:
59) Rose-ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri
60) Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major
61) Eurasian siskin, Spinus spinus
62) Long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus
63) Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius
64) Goldcrest, Regulus regulus

Heard only:
0) Short-toed treecreeper, Certhia brachydactyla
 
Pretty good first couple of days just around my local area.

Mammals:
1. Coyote, Canis latrans
2. Eastern Grey Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis

Birds:
1. Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
2. Gadwall, Mareca strepera
3. Mute Swan, Cygnus olor
4. Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
5. Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
6. Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
7. Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
8. Herring Gull, Larus argentatus
9. Greater Scaup, Aythya marila
10. American Black Duck, Anas rubripes
11. Red-Breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator
12. European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris
13. House Sparrow, Passer domesticus
14. Rock Pigeon, Columba livia
15. Long-Tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis
16. Ring-Billed Gull, Larus delawarensis
17. Common Merganser, Mergus merganser
18. Red-Necked Grebe, Podiceps grisegena
 
On a Drive home I saw another mammal run across a field, (very dim out and only saw it for a few seconds and I didn't have my camera with me, So no Photos).
4. Coyote

Mammals, 4.

Birds, 7.
 
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Today I went errand shopping, and I saw these animals along the way.

Mammals:

1. White-Tailed Deer

Birds:

1. Red-Tailed Hawk
2. Canada Goose
3. American Crow
4. European Starling
 
At Hastings for lunch.

26. Australian pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
27. Australian white ibis Threskiornis molucca
28. Black-shouldered lapwing Vanellus novaehollandiae
29. Silver gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
30. Sulphur-crested cockatoo Cacatua galerita
31. Little corella Cacatua sanguinea
32. House sparrow Passer domesticus
33. European blackbird Turdus merula
 
I made a brief visit to the southern coast of Wellington this morning. A curious lack of terns and shags, but there were hundreds of shearwaters out over the ocean and a few albatrosses so it evened out I guess. The Reef Heron I often see down there remained unseen today.


16) Red-billed Gull Larus novaehollandiae
17) Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
18) Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
19) White-capped Mollymawk Thalassarche steadi
20) Waxeye Zosterops lateralis
21) Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
 
Afternoon walk, Moonlit Sanctuary

34. Superb fairywren Malurus cyaneus
35. Yellow-rumped thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
36. Willy wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
37. European goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
 
And a Happy New Year to everyone.

Birds
1. Pacific Black Duck
2. Australian Wood Duck
3. Feral Pigeon
4. Crested Pigeon
5. Dusky Moorhen
6. Eurasian Coot
7. Galah
8. Red-rumped Parrot
9. Rainbow Lorikeet
10. Australian King Parrot
11. Noisy Miner
12. Grey Butcherbird
13. Australian Magpie
14. Magpie-lark
15. Indian (or Common) Mynah
16. European Blackbird


:p

Hix
Birds
17. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
18. Welcome Swallow
19. Australian Swamphen
20. Little Wattlebird
21. Pied Currawong
22. Eastern Rosella
23. Spotted Dove

:p

Hix
 
One more incidental sighting on the roadside today:

Mammals:
2. Eastern Grey Squirrel - Sciurus carolinensis

:)
 
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A quick visit to Chester Zoo today got me a few more species.

Birds:

7. Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
8. Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
9. Carrion crow (Corvus corone)
10. Song thrush (Turdus philomelos)
11. Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
12. European herring gull (Larus argentatus)
13. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
14. Grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
15. Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba)
16. Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)

A nice surprise on a car journey today!

Birds:

17. Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
 
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