Invertebrates
82 Scarlet Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii
82 Scarlet Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii
ZooChat Big Year 2021
- Thread starter Chlidonias
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Forced to be indoors most of the coming weekend, I took a quick trip up the road to Baslow tonight for some sunset mammal watching. It looked like a good night for it and it was - very good numbers of both Common Pipistrelle and my main, new-for-year, target, doing some classic feeding over the river.
Mammals:
18. Daubenton's Bat - Myotis daubentonii
Mammals:
18. Daubenton's Bat - Myotis daubentonii
85) New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae - seen flying overhead while I was at the zoo this morning.
Do we have any members in the thread in northern Spain? Walrus matching Wally's description now being reported from the mouth of the Nervion river at Bilbao - for the last 2 days according to Rare Bird Alert. He's one lost little boy.
Didn't realise I already had 1 for fish, so could a mod change this to number 2?
Birds:
103. Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
104. Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
105. Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Herptiles:
12. Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)
Invertebrates:
27. 17-Year Cicada (Magicicada cassinii)
28. Spotted Lanternfly (Lacorma delicatula)
Mammals: 7
Birds: 105
Herptiles: 12
Fish: 4
Invertebrates: 28
Total: 154
103. Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
104. Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
105. Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Herptiles:
12. Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)
Invertebrates:
27. 17-Year Cicada (Magicicada cassinii)
28. Spotted Lanternfly (Lacorma delicatula)
Mammals: 7
Birds: 105
Herptiles: 12
Fish: 4
Invertebrates: 28
Total: 154
Here I am! That might be worth a visit.
I had a feeling there was someone but couldn't work out how to search for you.
If you do go, say 'hi' to him from me.
I will! Sadly, because of exams, I won't be able to go over there till Wednesday. I can only hope he waits for me!I had a feeling there was someone but couldn't work out how to search for you.
If you do go, say 'hi' to him from me.
Birds
294. Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
Yesterday I went to Boondall Wetlands and really didn’t have much success finding much. Just when I was about to call it a day, I came across a small group of visitors warning people of a “snake” on the path. Well it certainly wasn’t a snake but rather a Burton’s Legless Lizard! The legless lizard is definitely the wildlife highlight for 2021. Black-necked Stork and Richmond Birdwing Butterfly have both been awesome highlights but legless lizards are just too cool!I took some time off today to go to Boondall Wetlands. The main bird-related highlight included a low-flying Brahminy Kite that set off the entire population of lorikeets into a storm of panic. The kite also flushed out Torresian and Sacred Kingfishers which really showed the high density of both species at the wetlands. Further along the track I counted around ten Red-backed Fairywrens in the thicket which are just delightful birds.
I got most excited about seeing a moth species I have long been waiting to find. The Joseph’s Coat Moth are a beautiful big day-flying moth with technicoloured wings that prove that sometimes moths can be just as (or even more) colourful that butterflies. I turn the big 21 next week and like to think the bejewelled moth was almost Mother Nature’s version of a birthday present!
Birds
103) Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
104) Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
105) Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
106) Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
107) Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
108) Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus
Invertebrates
38) Ornate Spiny Ant Polyrhachis ornata
39) Grass Webworm Moth Herpetogramma licarsisalis
40) Swamp Tiger Danaus affinis
41) Common Glider Tramea loewii
42) Poinciana Looper Pericyma crueger
43) Blue-banded Bee Amegilla cingulata
44) Wandering Percher Diplacodes bipunctata
45) Wattle Blue Theclinesthes miskini
46) Powdered Wiretail Rhadinosticta simplex
47) Joseph's Coat Moth Agarista agricola
I also went to the Enoggera Reservoir today and it was absolutely heaving with birdlife. I have never seen it so packed with birds. I wasn’t the only one either to pick this pattern up either as I greeted several keen birders along the trail. I finally picked up jacana today – two of them! They are such graceful birds on their waterlilies and I saw one in flight as well. Other lifers included a radiant Spotted Pardalote that briefly made an appearance just long enough for a clear id, a small group of Silvereyes and two new species of cuckoo. Rose Robins were marvellous as well – apparently there has been a recent influx of them in south-east Queensland. I also ticked off the Mistletoebird a while back but am only getting around now to updating this list.
Birds
109) Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
110) Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
111) Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
112) Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
113) Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
114) Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
115) Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
116) Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
117) White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
118) Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
119) Rose Robin Petroica rosea
120) Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
Herptiles
11) Eastern Striped Skink Ctenotus robustus
12) Burton's Legless Lizard Lialis burtonis
Fish
1) Long-finned Eel Anguilla reinhardtii
2) Mozambique Tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus
3) Yellowfin Bream Acanthopagrus australis
Invertebrates
48) Chalky Percher Diplacodes trivialis
49) Slender Skimmer Orthetrum sabina
50) Purple Cerulean Jamides phaseli
51) Beet Webworm Spoladea recurvalis
52) Yellow-striped Flutterer Rhyothemis phyllis
53) Sparkling Northern Jumping Spider Cosmophasis micarioides
You seem to have skipped a few...
Well spotted. You passed the test. Congratulations!
Shrike bonanza in my local patch! After multiple great sightings of the Red-backed Shrikes (which breed in the area), now a Woodchat Shrike has turned up! Both species are among my favorite Dutch birds.
Also, as the frogs have started to croak again I was finally able to identify a few Pelophylax-frogs.
Birds
216. Woodchat Shrike, Lanius senator
Herptiles
5. Edible Frog, Pelophylax kl. esculentus
Also, as the frogs have started to croak again I was finally able to identify a few Pelophylax-frogs.
Birds
216. Woodchat Shrike, Lanius senator
Herptiles
5. Edible Frog, Pelophylax kl. esculentus
Mammals:
8. House Mouse (Mus musculus)
Mammals: 8
Birds: 105
Herptiles: 12
Fish: 4
Invertebrates: 28
Total: 155
8. House Mouse (Mus musculus)
Mammals: 8
Birds: 105
Herptiles: 12
Fish: 4
Invertebrates: 28
Total: 155
After picking up a few more chance birds, I took this weekend to visit a wetland preserve and nab some lowland species before the summer heat really takes off. Not only was I successful in finding many of my targets, but I also got a lifer in the form of my first wild river otter! I was able to watch it swimming in a slough for 10-15 minutes, with nobody else around, before it finally disappeared from view on a far bank.
Birds
97. Mountain Quail (Oreortyx pictus)
98. Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
99. Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)
100. Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
101. Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
102. Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii)
103. Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
104. American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
105. Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
106. Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
107. House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
108. Oak Titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus)
Mammals
12. North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis)
13. Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
Birds:
Mammals: 8
Birds: 106
Herptiles: 12
Fish: 4
Invertebrates: 28
Total: 156
106. Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)Mammals: 8
Birds: 106
Herptiles: 12
Fish: 4
Invertebrates: 28
Total: 156
Since my last update, I have seen some new species on a couple of excursions. The majority of these latest sightings are from walking locally, with bird number 78 and invertebrates 25-26 being seen in our nearest RHS botanical garden:
76. Cetti's warbler Cettia cetti
77. Common kingfisher Alcedo atthis
78. Common reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
2. Viviparous lizard Zootoca vivipara
18. Green-veined white butterfly Pieris napi
19. Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
20. Small heath butterfly Coenonympha pamphilus
21. Banded demoiselle damselfly Calopteryx splendens
22. Common blue damselfly Enallagma cyanthigerum
23. Red admiral butterfly Vanessa atalanta
24. Holly blue butterfly Celastrina argiolus
25. Common carder bumblebee Bombus pascuorum
26. Early bumblebee Bombus pratorum