ZooChat Big Year 2021

Saw a little something while in the car today...

BIRDS

4. American Crow (Corvus brachyrhyncos)
 
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CheeseChameleon2007 said:
24. Broad-winged hawk.

(And I am Most Likely going to get the ID wrong when I upload the Photo :eek:)
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You could always get ID-help first and add to your list second. Especially if you manage to get a useable photo ;)

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Re my own lists this year: Haven't managed to get out yet (quarantine and heaps of work*) but will only count birds if they're lifers again this year (same as two years ago). Was nice not running after the annoying to ID stuff in 2019, so I'm gonna copy my younger self here.

*(We're planning on reworking the signage for the whole zoo. I wonder if I should open a new thread to get some ideas and input from the zoo nerds here.:D)
 
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Great Argus said:
Worked the yard again and got a few things. No new birds thanks to the Bewick's Wren ducking me three days in a row, but surprisingly two reptiles.

Mammals:

2. Botta's Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae)

Reptiles:

1. Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata)
2. Red-eared Slider* (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Invertebrates:

4. Morning Glory Plume Moth (Emmelina monodactyla)

Uncountable:

-- Bewick's Wren (heard again, 3 days in a row :p)
* - I know subspecies don't count, I'm just being specific since that subspecies is better known as Red-eared. And less confusion saying I saw Red-eared Slider than Pond Slider in California. ;)
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Only one addition today.

Birds:

57. Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
 
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48. Australasian shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
49. Whistling kite Haliastur sphenurus
 
Took another drive :P...

BIRDS

5. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
6. Mallard (Anas platyrhyncos)
 
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BIRDS:
107: - Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
108: - Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
EDIT: Unexpected addition, in my garden, damn , barely get any birds in my garden andthen this
109: - Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

MAMMALS:
5: - European Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus
6: - Red Deer Cervus elaphus (so many my camera couldnt get all of them in one shot, and i was standing very far and high, i would guess between 300 and 500)
 
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TZDugong said:
Mammals:
4. American Red Squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Birds:
28. Eastern Phoebe, Sayornis phoebe
29. Red-Breasted Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis
30. Dark-Eyed Junco, Junco Hyemalis
31. Common Raven, Corvus corax
32. Cooper’s Hawk, Accipiter cooperii
33. House Finch, Haemorhous mexicanus
34. Red-Tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
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Had a really nice morning birding in Colonel Samuel Smith Park, West Toronto. Saw around 25 species, with quite a few being new for the year, including a really awesome lifer!

Birds:
35. Cedar Waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum
36. Northern Shoveler, Spatula clypeata
37. Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator
38. American Robin, Turdus migratorius
39. Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus
40. Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
41. Winter Wren, Troglodytes hiemalis
42. American Tree Sparrow, Spizelloides arborea

Mammals:
5. Raccoon, Procyon lotor
 
Mehdi said:
Late posting this but I have obviously picked up a few birds these last days, whether it'd be while birding or just casually. My goal this year is hopefully to get to 200 bird species in a year, which I've never done before and which should definitely be realistically doable.

To get there, I started by hitting my local spot on the second of January as well as Massa on the third to get going a little: all-in-all some very fun birding and Aghorimze is slowly but surely becoming one of my favourite birding spots!

01/01/21 (Home, Agadir)
BIRDS:
1) Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus
2) White wagtail, Motacilla alba
3) Maghreb magpie, Pica mauritanica
4) Feral pigeon, Columba livia domestica
5) Eurasian kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
6) Common wood pigeon, Columba palumbus
7) House sparrow, Passer domesticus
8) Sardinian warbler, Curruca melanocephala
9) Spotless starling, Sturnus unicolor
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02/01/21 (Embouchure de l'Oued Souss, Morocco)
BIRDS:
10 - Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto
11 - Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
12 - Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus
13 - Grey heron, Ardea cinerea
14 - Red knot, Calidris canutus
15 - Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia
16 - Western osprey, Pandion haliaetus
17 - Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa
18 - Mediterranean gull, Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
19 - Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis
20 - Eurasian crag-martin, Ptyonoprogne rupestris
21 - Grey plover, Pluvialis squatarola
22 - Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata
23 - Common redshank, Tringa totanus
24 - Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
25 - Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia
26 - Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
27 - Little egret, Egretta garzetta
28 - Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpes
29 - Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus
30 - Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus
31 - Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula
32 - Dunlin, Calidris alpina
33 - Yellow-legged gull, Larus michahellis
34 - Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
35 - European stonechat, Saxicola rubicola
36 - White stork, Ciconia ciconia
37 - Crested lark, Galerida cristata
38 - Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica
39 - European serin, Serinus serinus
40 - Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica
41 - Zitting cisticola, Cisticola juncidis
42 - Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna
43 - Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus
44 - Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus
45 - Eurasian teal, Anas crecca
46 - Pied avocet, Recurvirostra avocetta
47 - Common blackbird, Turdus merula
48 - Common chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita
49 - Moussier's redstart, Phoenicurus moussieri
50 - Common bulbul, Pyconotus barbatus
51 - Northern pintail, Anas acuta
52 - Bonelli's eagle, Aquila fasciata
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03/01/21 (Champs d'Aghorimze, Morocco)
BIRDS:
53 - Common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
54 - Brown-throated martin, Riparia paludicola
55 - Laughing dove, Streptopelia senegalensis
56 - Pallid swift, Apus pallidus
57 - House bunting, Emberiza sahari
58 - Thekla's lark, Galerida theklae
59 - Little swift, Apus affinis
60 - Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
61 - Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs
62 - Corn bunting, Emberiza calandra
63 - Meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis
64 - Great tit, Parus major
65 - Great grey shrike, Lanius excubitor
66 - Spanish sparrow, Passer hispaniolensis
67 - European greenfinch, Chloris chloris
68 - Eurasian coot, Fulica atra
69 - Common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
70 - Little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis
71 - Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus
72 - Cetti's warbler, Cettia cetti
73 - Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus

(Estuaire de l'Oued Massa, Morocco)
74 - Little owl, Athene noctua
75 - Black redstart, Phoenicurus ochruros
76 - Black-winged kite, Elanus caeruleus
77 - Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata
78 - Sanderling, Calidris alba
79 - Northern bald ibis, Geronticus eremita
80 - Eurasian linnet, Linaria cannabina

Happy to have gotten Red knot, Bluethroat and Corn bunting especially, as; although those species are not necessarily rarities at all, they're species I've had mixed luck with and species I've missed altogether last year.
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A nice visit to my local spot this morning yielded 48 species. It has rained a lot recently in all of Morocco, my area included, and it was the first time I went since it happened so the landscape was totally different with much more water and much more mud.

16/01/2020 (Embouchure de l'Oued Souss, Morocco)
BIRDS:
81 - Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
82 - Ruff, Calidris pugnax
83 - Marbled teal, Marmaronetta angusirostris
84 - Slender-billed gull, Chroicocephalus genei
85 - Eurasian blackap, Sylvia atricapilla

The marbled teals were the incontestable highlight of the day as it has been for a long time my nemesis species before I saw some last year and also because it's only my third time ever seeing them in the wild.
 
animal_expert01 said:
Mammals:
2. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
3. Common Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)

Birds:
37. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
38. White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
39. Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
40. Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
41. Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
42. Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
43. Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
44. Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
45. Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
46. Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
47. Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
48. Chestnut-breasted Mannakin
49. Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
50. Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
51. Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
52. Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
53. Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)

Fish:
5. Lyretail Wrasse (Thalassoma lunare)
6. Moses Perch (Lutjanus russelli)
7. Sawtail Surgeonfish (Prionurus microlepidotus)
8. Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major ( Abudefduf vaigiensis)
9. Stripey (Microcanthus strigatus)
10. Summer Whiting (Sillago ciliata)
11. Swallowtail Dart (Trachinotus coppingeri)
12. Butter Bream (Monodactylus argenteus)
13. Convict Tang (Acanthurus triostegus)

Invertebrates:
1. St. Andrew’s Cross Spider (Argiope keyserlingi)
2. European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
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Mammals:
4. European Hare (Lepus europaeus)

Birds:
54. Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
55. Plumed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni)
56. Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)
57. Green Catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris)
58. Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
59. Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
 
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Mammals
3. Common brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula
4. Eastern ringtail possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus
5. Krefft's glider Petaurus notatus
 
Birds:
7. Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
8. Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)

Insect/Invertebrates
2. SIlverfish (Lepisma saccharina)
 
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