ZooChat Big Year 2021

A profitable couple of hours at Woodwalton Fen before an afternoon at Hamerton today - second year running I've been able to double-up water deer and muntjac here, and I found my first wild snake since 2018.

Birds:
253. Garden Warbler - Sylvia borin

Mammals:
16. Reeves' Muntjac - Muntiacus reevesi
17. Chinese Water Deer - Hydropotes inermis

Reptiles:
1. Barred Grass Snake - Natrix helvetica

Invertebrates:
26. Four-spotted Chaser - Libellula quadrimaculata
27. Large Red Damselfly - Pyrrhosoma nymphula
28. Black-spotted Longhorn Beetle - Rhagium mordax

:)
 
Invertebrates
63 Green-veined White Pieris napi
64 Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus
65 Common Froghopper Philaenus spumerius
66 Drinker Moth Philudoria potatoria
67 Snipe-fly Rhagio scolopacea
68 Common Earwig Forficula auricularia
69 Flower Beetle Dascillus cervinus
70 Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
 
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Invertebrates
71 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
72 Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae
73 Dingy Skipper Erynnus tages
74 Mint Moth Pyrausta aurata
75 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata
76 Club-tailed Dragonfly Gomphus vulgatissimus
77 a beetle Oedemera femorata
78 a sawfly Tenthredo atra
79 Housefly Musca domestica

Birds
120 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin

Reptiles
1 Common Lizard Lacerta vivipara
 
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Hix said:
Birds
169. Fuscous Honeyeater
170. Peregrine Falcon
171. Pied Cormorant

Mammals
8. Common Ringtail Possum

Reptiles
3. Eastern Longnecked Turtle

Inverts
8. Redback Spider (Lactrodectus hasselti)
9. Black House Spider (Badumna insignis)

These lists should increase a bit next week when I do some travelling, and hopefully with a few lifers.

:p

Hix
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Birds
172. Striated Heron
173. Little Raven
174. Pied Butcherbird
175. Mistletoebird
176. Speckled Warbler
177. Brown Treecreeper
178. Brown Falcon
179. Peaceful Dove
180. Superb Parrot
181. Plumed Whistling Duck
182. White-necked Heron


Mammals
9. House Mouse

:p

Hix
 
Quick update from a couple of hours at Idle Valley NR yesterday morning. For the second year running I missed the main breeding season for our native anurans (last year mostly weather, this year lockdown) so I guess it's 'helpful' that there's a noisy non-native frog colony on standby when I need a froggy hit..!

Amphibians:
2. Marsh Frog - Pelophylax ridibundus

Invertebrates:
29. Blue-tailed Damselfly - Ishnura elegans

:)
 
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ChunkyMunky pengopus said:
Birds:
58. Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
59. Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
60. Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
61. Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
62. Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Insect/Invertebrate:
52. Common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens)
53. Common picture-winged fly (Delphinia picta)
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Birds:
63. Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)

Insect/Invertebrate:
54. Sweet click beetle (Aeolus mellillus)
55. Orchard orbweaver spider (Leucauge venusta)
56. Margined calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus)
57. White-margined burrower bug (Sehirus cinctus)
58. Eastern black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)
59. Orange wing moth (Mellilla xanthometata)
60. Carolina saddlebags dragonfly (Tramea carolina)
61. Tawny-edged skipper moth (Polites themistocles)
62. Black firefly (Lucidota atra)
63. Fraternal potter wasp (Eumenes fraternus)
64. Common baskettail dragonfly (Epitheca cynosura)
65. Peck’s skipper moth (Polites peckius)
66. European pine shoot moth (Rhyacionia buoliana)
67. Eastern forktail damselfly (Ischnura verticalis)
68. Common asparagus beetle (Crioceris asparagi)
69. Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella)

Herptiles
4. American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
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Amphibians
2. American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
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Finally I had a few good butterfly and dragonfly hours! The number of species is still a bit low but it is getting better! I was really happy with the Banded Demoiselle, a species I'm both really fond of and missed out on last year. With the good weather, the final migrant birds have also arrived!

Birds
214. Melodious Warbler, Hippolais polyglotta
215. Red-backed Shrike, Lanius collurio

Butterflies
12. Small Copper, Lycaena phlaeas
13. Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus
14. Map, Araschnia levana
15. Green-veined White, Pieris napi

Dragonflies
2. Azure Damselfly, Coenagrion puella
3. Four-spotted Chaser, Libellula quadrimaculata
4. Banded Demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens
5. Blue-tailed Damselfly, Ischnura elegans

Other invertebrates
35. Harpocera thoracica
36. Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
37. Pyrochroa serraticornis
38. Cercopis vulnerata
39. Calvia quatuordecimguttata
40. Tinodes waeneri
 
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Hix said:
Birds
172. Striated Heron
173. Little Raven
174. Pied Butcherbird
175. Mistletoebird
176. Speckled Warbler
177. Brown Treecreeper
178. Brown Falcon
179. Peaceful Dove
180. Superb Parrot
181. Plumed Whistling Duck
182. White-necked Heron


Mammals
9. House Mouse

:p

Hix
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Birds
183. White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
184. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
185. Black-faced Woodswallow
186. Budgerigar
187. Mulga Parrot
188. Chestnut-crowned Babbler
189. Black-tailed Native Hen
190. Flock Bronzewing
191. Emu
192. Cockatiel
193. Major Mitchell Cockatoo

Mammals
10. Red Kangaroo

:p

Hix
 
At Moonlit today

202. Intermediate egret Ardea intermedia
 
News of a rarity 5 miles away gave an unexpected bird, and a bonus dragonfly...
Bird
121 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio

Invertebrates
80 Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense
No damselflies yet, however...
 
ThylacineAlive said:
An assortment of birds picked up between my last post from CT, the St. Louis area, and a few locations in Wichita, Kansas (primarily Quivira).

56) Brown-Headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
57) Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus
58) Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
59) Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
60) Grey-Cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
61) Barred Owl Strix varia
62) Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
63) Black-Crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
64) Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
65) Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
66) Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
67) Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
68) Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
69) Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
70) Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
71) Yellow-Throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
72) Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
73) Red-Bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
74) Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
75) Great-Tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
76) Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
77) American Coot Fulica americana
78) Pied-Billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
79) Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
80) Blue-Winged Teal Spatula discors
81) Gadwall Mareca strepera
82) Black-Necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
83) Redhead Aythya americana
84) Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
85) Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
86) American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
87) American Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
88) Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
89) Snowy Egret Egretta thula
90) Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
91) Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
92) Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus
93) White-Rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
94) Yellow-Headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
95) Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
96) Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
97) Long-Billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
98) Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
99) Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus taylori
100) American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
101) Red-Headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
102) Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
103) Ring-Necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
104) Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
105) Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
106) Least Tern Sternula antillarum
107) Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
108) Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
109) Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto

~Thylo
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Now for the mammals and herps:

Mammals
6) Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
7) Groundhog Marmota monax
8) Coyote Canis latrans
9) Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor
10) Fox Squirrel Sciurus (Parasciurus) niger

Reptiles
3) Red-Eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans
4) Broad-Headed Skink Plestiodon laticeps

Amphibians
2) American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus
3) Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris blanchardi

Thanks to @Ituri and @jayjds2 for the fun trip and good company :)

~Thylo
 
Ituri said:
REPTILES:
2 Common Garter Snake - Thamnophis sirtalis

AMPHIBIANS:
1 Blanchard's Cricket Frog - Acris blanchardi
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REPTILES:
3 Broad-headed Skink - Plestiodon laticeps

AMPHIBIANS:
2 Woodhouse's Toad - Anaxyrus woodhousii
 
ChunkyMunky pengopus said:
Birds:
63. Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)

Insect/Invertebrate:
54. Sweet click beetle (Aeolus mellillus)
55. Orchard orbweaver spider (Leucauge venusta)
56. Margined calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus)
57. White-margined burrower bug (Sehirus cinctus)
58. Eastern black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)
59. Orange wing moth (Mellilla xanthometata)
60. Carolina saddlebags dragonfly (Tramea carolina)
61. Tawny-edged skipper moth (Polites themistocles)
62. Black firefly (Lucidota atra)
63. Fraternal potter wasp (Eumenes fraternus)
64. Common baskettail dragonfly (Epitheca cynosura)
65. Peck’s skipper moth (Polites peckius)
66. European pine shoot moth (Rhyacionia buoliana)
67. Eastern forktail damselfly (Ischnura verticalis)
68. Common asparagus beetle (Crioceris asparagi)
69. Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella)

Herptiles
4. American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
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Amphibians
2. American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
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I had a trip to a nice forest preserve. First ever live Racoon I've seen. I'm also quite happy with the Pileated and Red-headed woodpeckers, but the former wasn't cooperating with my camera. At least the pheasants on the way back did.

Mammals:
7. Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
8. Common Racoon (Procyon lotor)

Birds:
64. Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
65. Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
66. Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
67. Red-Headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
68. Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
69. Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Insect/Invertebrate:
70. Common white-cheeked jumping spider (Pelegrina proterva)

Herptiles
5. Common watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)
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Reptiles
3. Common watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)
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the racoon has spoken said:
Walked all the way to Wakaranga boardwalk, which I was quite disappointed in, as I had the expectation that it was a mangrove forest, really was just a few knee high mangroves leading out to the sea, and I got absolutely drenched by my great decision making of not bringing an umbrella when the sky was literally grey, but at least I saw a pied shag which I've only seen once before last year. Also saw a lot of bird species already on my list, so it might be a good spot for me to go to at the beginning of next year, or the rain could've just flushed them out.

25. Pied Shag (Phalacrocorax varius)
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Maybe a month back, went to my local creek at around 11 and managed to spot some banded kokopus. Also went on a 2 day hiking/camping thing at Mahurangi Regional Park, where I got a few birds which I wouldn't have been able to see normally. Didn't get that good of a view on the harrier or the heron, but it was enough for an id. And still quite nice as I haven't seen them since maybe when I was 7? Got a really nice view on a little shag preening itself on a dead stump, and got a good look of a spotted dove, which I've almost definitely seen earlier this year.

Birds
26. Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
27. Reef Heron (Egretta sacra)
28. Little Shag (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
29. Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)

FIsh
1. Banded Kokopu (Galaxias fasciatus)
 
Moonlit invertebrates

81. Orbweaver sp. Eriophora transmarina
82. Badge huntsman Neosparassus diana
 
Hix said:
Birds
183. White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
184. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
185. Black-faced Woodswallow
186. Budgerigar
187. Mulga Parrot
188. Chestnut-crowned Babbler
189. Black-tailed Native Hen
190. Flock Bronzewing
191. Emu
192. Cockatiel
193. Major Mitchell Cockatoo

Mammals
10. Red Kangaroo

:p

Hix
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Birds
194. Bourke's Parrot
195. Banded Lapwing

Mammals
11. Goat (feral)

:p

Hix
 
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