Zoochat Big Year 2024

[Dr. Loxodonta]

73. African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)

It would be a dream to go and watch these animals in the wild, it must have been a nice trip @endogenylove .

 

[Prochilodus246]

A true bug from last Friday morning that I had forgot about:

174) Meadow plant bug Leptopterna dolabrata

 

[CMP]

Had a nice time visiting family and parks in the Chicago area last month, including an excellent morning at Montrose point. Probably my favorite day of birding with many nice shorebirds on the beach and a long-awaited warbler lifer. Best of all, I finally saw a Piping plover, Imani, who landed on the beach and walked within feet around me, redemption for when I missed his parents by a week in 2022. The Ruddy Turnstones and Dunlins were beautiful too, as was the male Cerulean Warbler I spent almost three hours waiting for at a forest preserve in Lake County. The lazy guy decided to wait till 11 am to wake up and start buzzing away, which I heard from the parking lot as I was stepping into the car to drive away. Afterwards I also narrowly avoided dipping on the pair of European Goldfinches in northern Cook Co, an established species that has just now gained recognition in IL. It all made up for missing the Swainson's Hawk and other targets earlier in the week.

Birds

12 May, Elsen's Hill, DuPage Co.​

234. Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

13 May, outside Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago​

235. Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)

14 May, Montrose Point, Chicago​

236. Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) (Lifer)
237. Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
238. Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
239. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
240. Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) (Lifer)
241. Sanderling (Calidris alba)
242. Dunlin (Calidris alpina) (Lifer)
243. Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (Lifer)
244. Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
245. Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)

15 May, Dan Wright Woods, Lake Co.​

246. Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) (Lifer)

Euro goldfinch spot, Cook Co. ​

247. European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) (Lifer)

Reptiles

May 12, Pioneer Park, DuPage Co.​

4. Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica) (Lifer)

Insects
51. Pharaoh cicada (Magicicada septendecim) (Lifer)
52. Cassin’s 17-year cicada (Magicicada cassinii) (Lifer)
53. Bluegrass billbug weevil (Sphenophorus parvulus)
54. Luna Moth (Actias luna) (Lister)
55. Fragile forktail (Ischnura posita)
56. Bronzed cutworm moth (Nephelodes minians)
57. Margined calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus)
58. Oblique-banded leafroller moth (Choristoneura rosaceana)
59. Dark-spotted palthis moth (Palthis angulalis) (Lifer)
60. Eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
61. Azure bluet (Enallagma aspersum)
62. Widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
63. Asiastic wall jumping spider (Attulus fasciger)

Also on this update (Perhaps not exactly sequentially) are the Cicadas that have emerged in Chicagoland. They've been everywhere.

Picked up a bunch of Lifers on a day trip to the Illinois river with some friends. Also had a couple state lifers like Neotropical Cormorant there.

Birds

May 17, Crystal Lake Park​

248. Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)

May 19, Mason Co. finally got Grasshopper sparrow​

249. Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
250. Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) (Lifer)

Havana substation​

251. Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii)
252. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) (Lifer)
253. Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) (Lifer)
254. Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) (Lifer)

Mason Co.​

255. Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

Emiquon NWR South Globe Unit, Fulton Co.​

256. Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) (Wild)
257. Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Emiquon NWR ​

258. Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)

Meadowlark spot near Hayworth, McLean Co.​

259. Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) (Lifer)

Reptiles

Emiquon NWR South Globe Unit, Fulton Co.​

5. Common Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)

Sag Quarries, Cook Co.​

6. Eastern Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum) (Lifer)

Amphibians

Half Day FP, Lake Co.​

1. American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
2. Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)

Timber Ridge FP, Dupage Co.​

3. Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens)

Inverts
64. Little wood satyr (Megisto cymela)

 

[birdsandbats]

Had a nice time visiting family and parks in the Chicago area last month, including an excellent morning at Montrose point. Probably my favorite day of birding with many nice shorebirds on the beach and a long-awaited warbler lifer. Best of all, I finally saw a Piping plover, Imani, who landed on the beach and walked within feet around me, redemption for when I missed his parents by a week in 2022. The Ruddy Turnstones and Dunlins were beautiful too, as was the male Cerulean Warbler I spent almost three hours waiting for at a forest preserve in Lake County. The lazy guy decided to wait till 11 am to wake up and start buzzing away, which I heard from the parking lot as I was stepping into the car to drive away. Afterwards I also narrowly avoided dipping on the pair of European Goldfinches in northern Cook Co, an established species that has just now gained recognition in IL. It all made up for missing the Swainson's Hawk and other targets earlier in the week.

Birds

12 May, Elsen's Hill, DuPage Co.​

234. Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

13 May, outside Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago​

235. Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)

14 May, Montrose Point, Chicago​

236. Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) (Lifer)
237. Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
238. Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
239. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
240. Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) (Lifer)
241. Sanderling (Calidris alba)
242. Dunlin (Calidris alpina) (Lifer)
243. Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (Lifer)
244. Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
245. Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)

15 May, Dan Wright Woods, Lake Co.​

246. Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) (Lifer)

Euro goldfinch spot, Cook Co. ​

247. European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) (Lifer)

Reptiles

May 12, Pioneer Park, DuPage Co.​

4. Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica) (Lifer)

Insects
51. Pharaoh cicada (Magicicada septendecim) (Lifer)
52. Cassin’s 17-year cicada (Magicicada cassinii) (Lifer)
53. Bluegrass billbug weevil (Sphenophorus parvulus)
54. Luna Moth (Actias luna) (Lister)
55. Fragile forktail (Ischnura posita)
56. Bronzed cutworm moth (Nephelodes minians)
57. Margined calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus)
58. Oblique-banded leafroller moth (Choristoneura rosaceana)
59. Dark-spotted palthis moth (Palthis angulalis) (Lifer)
60. Eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
61. Azure bluet (Enallagma aspersum)
62. Widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
63. Asiastic wall jumping spider (Attulus fasciger)

Also on this update (Perhaps not exactly sequentially) are the Cicadas that have emerged in Chicagoland. They've been everywhere.

For the Piping Plovers, did you just see Imani, or was Pippin there, too?

 

[birdsandbats]

Birds
475. Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus

Was checking back through my list today and realized I forgot to note one from Costa Rica!

Birds
476. Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor

 

[endogenylove]

Sounds like a fantastic trip. There are several mammals in there I am very envious of.

The head researcher has been going to this area for well over 20 years and has yet to see a honey badger, so that is by far the species that I am happiest to have seen. The aardwolf was also a wonderful surprise in the dead of night!

 

[endogenylove]

It would be a dream to go and watch these animals in the wild, it must have been a nice trip @endogenylove .

Elephants are truly amazing animals to come face to face with in the wild. I hope you have a chance to see them one day!

 

[KiwiBirb]

Stopped in Ridgefield Park while I was in the area to get an overdue species

Birds
162) Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)

Progress:
Mammals- 17
Birds- 161
Herptiles- 11
Total- 189
Heard-only Species- 16

Birds
163) Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)

Progress:
Mammals- 17
Birds- 163
Herptiles- 11
Total- 189
Heard-only Species- 15

 

[CMP]

For the Piping Plovers, did you just see Imani, or was Pippin there, too?

Just Imani came up to me, although I might've seen Pippin far out in the dunes.

 

[Prochilodus246]

Fairly quiet avian wise, (although I did manage a lifer that had embarrassingly been eluding me for a long time) at RSPB Burton Mere but acquired some proper stonking moths with 2 being lifers:

123) Pied avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
124) Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica

I also finally managed my first Ruddy shelducks outside of captivity. They are still not tickable by British standards so unfortunately I cannot count this species.

Onto the moths:

175) Scarlet tiger Callimorpha dominula
176) Drinker moth (caterpillar) Euthrix potatoria
177) Dingy flat-body (caterpillar) Depressaria daucella
178) Silver Y Autographa gamma

 

[red river hog]

Birds:

97. Chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica)
98. Fish crow (Corvus ossifragus)
99. Sanderling (Calidris alba)
100. Herring gull (Larus argentatus)
101. Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
102. Black skimmer (Rynchops niger)
103. Snowy egret (Egretta thula)

Herptiles:

12. Fowler's toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)
13. Diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)
14. Common five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)

Fishes:

4. Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)

Invertebrates:

33. Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
34. Horned passalus beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus)
35. Great black wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus)
36. Coquina (Donax variabilis)
37. Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)
38. Long-wristed hermit crab (Pagurus longicarpus)
39. Eastern mudsnail (Ilyanassa obsoleta)
40. Lady crab (Ovalipes ocellatus)
41. Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

Mammals: 16
Birds: 103
Herptiles: 14
Fishes: 4
Invertebrates: 41
Total: 178

Birds:

104. Scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea)
105. Great crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
106. Purple martin (Progne subis)

Fishes:

5. Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)

Invertebrates:

42. Greenhouse millipede (Oxidis gracilis)
43. Nosy pill woodlouse (Armadillidium nasutum)
44. Northern mole cricket (Neocurtilla hexadactyla)
45. Greenhouse camel cricket (Tachycines asynoramus)
46. Pure green sweat bee (Augochlora pura)
47. Perplexing bumblebee (Bombus perplexus)
48. Flat-tailed leafcutter bee (Megachile mendica)
49. Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica)
50. Promethea silkmoth (Callosamia promethea)
51. Silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
52. Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina)
53. Huron sachem (Atalopedes huron)
54. Great spangled fritillary (Argynnis cybele)
55. Variegated fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
56. Long-bodied cellar spider (Pholcus phalangoides)
57. Woodlouse spider (Dysdera crocata)
58. Rustic wolf spider (Trochosa ruricola)
59. Furry snake millipede (Ophyiulus pilosa)
60. Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)
61. Bog leafhopper (Helochara communis)
62. New Zealand mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antapodarum)
63. American lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
64. Hickory tussock moth (Lophocampa caryae)
65. Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis)
66. Bathroom moth fly (Clogmia albipunctata)
67. Common eastern firefly (Photinus pyralis)
68. Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis)

Mammals: 16
Birds: 106
Herptiles: 14
Fishes: 5
Invertebrates: 68
Total: 189

 

[Lota lota]

Long overdue update on a pretty bad year.Some medical conditions that I was plagued by last year came back, and unfortunately, it was during the peak birding season. So despite the acquirement of a scope and the fact that in the beginning of the year felt better than last year, my list became short because of health issues, which also led to little free time birding. That's not to say it's not been good so far.Two lifers in the form of an endangered goose native to the Russian tundra and a bird of prey from the vast steps in the east. But now I have regained full health, and I am looking forward to a trip up north to the mountains and forests of Härjedalen.

18 Crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus)
19 Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
20 Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)

Birds:

21 European greenfinch (Chloris chloris)

22 Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

23 European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

24 European green woodpecker (Picus viridis)

25 Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

26 House sparrow (Passer domesticus)

27 Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

28 Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

29 Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)

30 Coal tit (Periparus ater)

31 Feral pigeon (Columba livia)

32 Greater black-backed gull (Larus marinus)

33 Common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)

34 Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

35 Marsh tit (Poecile palustris)

36 European herring gull (Larus argentatus)

37 Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

38 Tawny owl (Strix aluco)

39 Common buzzard (Bueto bueto)

40 Common gull (Larus canus)

41 Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

42 Lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor)

43 Common woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)

44 Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

45 Goosander (Mergus merganser)

46 Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)

47 Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

48 Common coot (Fulica atra)

49 Canada goose (Branta canadensis)

50 Mute swan (Cygnus olor)

51 Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)

52 White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)

53 Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

54 Greater scaup (Aythya marila)

55 Common pochard (Aythya ferina)

56 Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

57 Smew (Mergellus albellus)

58 Gadwall (Mareca strepera)

59 Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)

60 Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

61 Greylag goose (Anser anser)

62 Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

63 Willow tit (Poecile montanus)

64 Greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)

65 Stock dove (Columba oenas)

66 Common crane (Grus grus)

67 Great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor)

68 European robin (Erithacus rubecula)

69 Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)

70 Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

71 Eurasian osytercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

72 Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)

73 Song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

74 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

75 Green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)

76 White wagtail (Motacilla alba)

77 Eurasian teal (Anas crecca)

78 Northern shoveler (Spatula clyptea)

79 Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

80 Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis)

81 Northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

82 Redwing (Turdus iliacus)

83 Wood lark (Lullula arboera)

84 Common eider (Somteria mollissima)

85 Black-throated loon (Gavia arctica)

86 Common chiffchaff (Pylloscopus collybita)

87 Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

88 Water rail (Rallus aquaticus)

89 Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

90 Red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena)

91 Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope)

92 Eurasian curlew (Numenius aquata)

93 Savi's warbler (Locustella luscinioides)

94 Horned grebe (Podiceps auritus)

95 Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)

96 Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

97 Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)

98 Common tern (Sterna hirundo)

100 Pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)

101 Western marsh harrier (Circus aruginosus)

102 Western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava)

103 Little gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)

104 Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

105 Northern pintail (Anas acuta)

106 Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius)

107 Ruff (Calidris pugnax)

108 Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)

109 Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

110 Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

111 Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

112 Common redshank (Tringa totanus)

113 Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

114 Common sandpiper (Tringa hypoleucos)

115 Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)

116 European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)

117 Velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca)

118 Arctic tern (Sterna paradisea)

119 Eurasian whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

120 Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)

121 Tree pipit (Anthus trivialis)

122 Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

123 Common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

124 Common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

125 Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)

126 Greater whitethroat (Curruca communis)

127 Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)

128 Common swift (Apus apus)

129 Common reed wabler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

130 Icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina)

131 Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

132 Western house martin (Delichon urbicum)

133 Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)

134 Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)

1 Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
2 Brown hare (Lepus europaeus

Mammals:

3 Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

4 Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)

5 Wild boar (Sus scrofa)

6 Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber)

7 Moose (Alces alces)

8 West european hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

9 Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)


Reptiles:

1 Common european adder (Vipera berus)

2 European grass snake (Natrix natrix)









Fish:

1 Common bleak (Alburbus alburnus)

2 European perch (Perca fluviiatilis)

3 Common roach (Rutilus rutilus)

4 Common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)



Amphibians

1 Common toad (Bufo bufo)

 

[endogenylove]

Hit my 300th bird this morning!:
300. Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

 

[Prochilodus246]

A beetle species from Tuesday that I managed to get identified whilst doing some dry stone walling:

179) Oulema obscura

One of my favourite damselflies from today during the setting up of some mammal traps, which hopefully will acquire me some year ticks come the morning:

180) Banded demoiselle Calopteryx splendens

 

[MRJ]

Long overdue update on a pretty bad year.Some medical conditions that I was plagued by last year came back, and unfortunately, it was during the peak birding season. So despite the acquirement of a scope and the fact that in the beginning of the year felt better than last year, my list became short because of health issues, which also led to little free time birding. That's not to say it's not been good so far.Two lifers in the form of an endangered goose native to the Russian tundra and a bird of prey from the vast steps in the east. But now I have regained full health, and I am looking forward to a trip up north to the mountains and forests of Härjedalen.



Birds:

21 European greenfinch (Chloris chloris)

22 Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

23 European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

24 European green woodpecker (Picus viridis)

25 Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

26 House sparrow (Passer domesticus)

27 Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

28 Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

29 Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)

30 Coal tit (Periparus ater)

31 Feral pigeon (Columba livia)

32 Greater black-backed gull (Larus marinus)

33 Common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)

34 Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

35 Marsh tit (Poecile palustris)

36 European herring gull (Larus argentatus)

37 Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

38 Tawny owl (Strix aluco)

39 Common buzzard (Bueto bueto)

40 Common gull (Larus canus)

41 Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

42 Lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor)

43 Common woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)

44 Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

45 Goosander (Mergus merganser)

46 Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)

47 Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

48 Common coot (Fulica atra)

49 Canada goose (Branta canadensis)

50 Mute swan (Cygnus olor)

51 Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)

52 White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)

53 Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

54 Greater scaup (Aythya marila)

55 Common pochard (Aythya ferina)

56 Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

57 Smew (Mergellus albellus)

58 Gadwall (Mareca strepera)

59 Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)

60 Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

61 Greylag goose (Anser anser)

62 Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

63 Willow tit (Poecile montanus)

64 Greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)

65 Stock dove (Columba oenas)

66 Common crane (Grus grus)

67 Great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor)

68 European robin (Erithacus rubecula)

69 Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)

70 Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

71 Eurasian osytercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

72 Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)

73 Song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

74 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

75 Green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)

76 White wagtail (Motacilla alba)

77 Eurasian teal (Anas crecca)

78 Northern shoveler (Spatula clyptea)

79 Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

80 Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis)

81 Northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

82 Redwing (Turdus iliacus)

83 Wood lark (Lullula arboera)

84 Common eider (Somteria mollissima)

85 Black-throated loon (Gavia arctica)

86 Common chiffchaff (Pylloscopus collybita)

87 Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

88 Water rail (Rallus aquaticus)

89 Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

90 Red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena)

91 Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope)

92 Eurasian curlew (Numenius aquata)

93 Savi's warbler (Locustella luscinioides)

94 Horned grebe (Podiceps auritus)

95 Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)

96 Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

97 Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)

98 Common tern (Sterna hirundo)

100 Pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)

101 Western marsh harrier (Circus aruginosus)

102 Western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava)

103 Little gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)

104 Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

105 Northern pintail (Anas acuta)

106 Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius)

107 Ruff (Calidris pugnax)

108 Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)

109 Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

110 Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

111 Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

112 Common redshank (Tringa totanus)

113 Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

114 Common sandpiper (Tringa hypoleucos)

115 Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)

116 European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)

117 Velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca)

118 Arctic tern (Sterna paradisea)

119 Eurasian whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

120 Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)

121 Tree pipit (Anthus trivialis)

122 Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

123 Common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

124 Common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

125 Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)

126 Greater whitethroat (Curruca communis)

127 Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)

128 Common swift (Apus apus)

129 Common reed wabler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

130 Icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina)

131 Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

132 Western house martin (Delichon urbicum)

133 Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)

134 Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)

Mammals:

3 Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

4 Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)

5 Wild boar (Sus scrofa)

6 Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber)

7 Moose (Alces alces)

8 West european hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

9 Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)


Reptiles:

1 Common european adder (Vipera berus)

2 European grass snake (Natrix natrix)









Fish:

1 Common bleak (Alburbus alburnus)

2 European perch (Perca fluviiatilis)

3 Common roach (Rutilus rutilus)

4 Common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)



Amphibians

1 Common toad (Bufo bufo)

Hope the medical problems are clearing up.

 

[Prochilodus246]

Today a bioblitz took place on my campus with help from the local county biological recording group. We recorded well over 150 species in just the woodland and wet grassland. Below are some of the animal lifers and year ticks I managed to see:

181) Copse snail Arianta arbustorum
182) Willow ermine moth Yponomeuta rorrella
183) Orange-spotted plant bug Grypocoris stysi
184) Glyphipterix thrasonella (moth species)
185) Hairy shield bug Dolycoris baccarum
186) Meadow brown butterfly Maniola jurtina
187) Yellow oak button moth Aleimma loeflingiana
188) Hazel sawfly Nematus septentrionalis
189) Sycamore cherry mite Aceria cephalonea
190) Light emerald moth Campaea margaritaria
191) Noon fly Mesembrina meridiana
192) Common green tenthredo Tenthredo mesomela
193) Blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans
194) The snout moth Hypena proboscidalis

The mammals caught in longworth traps from last night that we checked this morning:

9) European wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus
10) Bank vole Myodes glareolus

And finally, my first wild fish of the year seen during the bioblitz:

1) Common minnow Phoxinus phoxinus

 

[birdsandbats]

Was checking back through my list today and realized I forgot to note one from Costa Rica!

Birds
476. Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor

Birds
477. Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
478. Virginia Rail Rallus limicola

 

[Maguari]

A busy spell in other areas has limited me to evening strolls recently - this week I made an attempt at Ring Ouzel and at Tree Pipit in my regular spots with no joy on either - but on the way back to my car at the Ouzel site I was treated to a new owl - and then, a few days later on the drive back from the pipit site, a different new owl.

I need an early morning outing for the passerines really, but at least on my evening excursions the owls have me covered.

Birds:
173. Short-eared Owl - Asio flammeus
174. Western Barn Owl - Tyto alba

(UK: 170)

 

[birdsandbats]

Birds
477. Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
478. Virginia Rail Rallus limicola

Birds
479. Whooping Crane Grus americana
450. Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens

Since I've begun keeping year lists, this is by far the longest it has taken me to get Whooping Crane in a year, by over three months!

 

[Prochilodus246]

After visiting a garden today with a friend this mirid was amongst the flowers:

195) Potato mirid Closterotomus norvegicus