After a trip to the Adirondacks
Mammals
21) American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
Birds
174) American Bittern (Botaurus lentigenosus)
175) Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
176) Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
177) Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Herptiles
14) Eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)
15) Eastern Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus)
Heard Only
12) Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
13) Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
Progress:
Mammals- 21
Birds- 177
Herptiles- 15
Total- 213
Heard-only Species- 13
I just got back from Ireland a week ago and man, was it the trip of a lifetime. I first arrived in Dublin where I was immediately greeted by Common Swift and Irish Hare on the Airfield. While I spent the first day there exploring the city, visiting the Guinness Storehouse and Temple Bar area, I was able to spot more common city birds, mostly gulls and corvids, along with an occasional songbird, most notably a pair of Gray Wagtails who seemed to find a home across the street from my hotel. The second day I woke up early to take a day trip up to Northern Ireland. The first stop was the Giant’s Causeway where I was able to get the first taste of the oceanic birds of Ireland, being able to see Gannets, Terns, and a Surprise Egret; however it paled in comparison to Carrick-a-rede where there were hundreds of nesting Murre, Razorbill, and Kittiwakes. The birds slowed once I got to Belfast where I did the zoo and a Black Taxi tour, only adding the fairly common European Robin along with some surprise Graylag Geese. After doing the Jameson factory tour back in Dublin, I took a walk to Phoenix Park and the Dublin Zoo. While I unfortunately missed out on the Fallow Deer iconic to the park, I did get quite a few new bird species, mostly in the zoo including flocks of half a dozen Long-Tailed Tit, Goldcrest and a trio of Common Pochards, rare to the area. I then took a trip to a castle in County Kildare for 2 nights, where the gardens were havens for songbirds. 2 of the more notable birds I picked up where I heard the calls of a Great Spotted Woodpecker and saw an elusive White-Throated Dipper was actually while I was golfing on the castles golf course. After the castle I took the final leg of my trip to Galway. While in Galway I took a ferry to the Cliffs of Mohr. While on that ferry I was able to see more oceanic birds in the European Storm-Petrel and Manx Shearwater. Even though when I eventually got to the cliffs it was unfortunately very foggy with only small parts of the cliffs visible, although I was not disappointed as that didn’t stop the Atlantic Puffins from flying around. Diving into the water. My final day in Galway and thus Ireland was a bit more relaxing, not doing much birdwatching, only seeing a continuing Red-Crested Pochard and Mediterranean Gull in the city center to cap off my trip.
Mammals
22)
Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus)
23)
Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra)
Birds
178) Common Swift (
Apus apus)
179) Common Gull (
Larus canus)
180) Rook (
Corvus frugilegus)
181) Black-Headed Gull (
Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
182) Great Cormorant (
Phalacrocorax carbo)
183) European Goldfinch (
Carduelis carduelis)
184) Common Wood-Pigeon (
Columba palumbus)
185) Lesser Black-Backed Gull (
Larus fuscus)
186) Common Buzzard (
Buteo buteo)
187) Eurasian Magpie (
Pica pica)
188) Eurasian Jackdaw (
Coloeus monedula)
189) Eurasian Linnet (
Linaria cannabina)
190) Hooded Crow (
Corvus cornix)
191) Gray Wagtail (
Motacilla cinerea)
192) Western House-Martin (
Delichon urbicum)
193) Gray Heron (
Ardea cinerea)
194) Northern Fulmar (
Fulmarus glacialis)
195) Little Egret (
Egretta garzetta)
196) Eurasian Wren (
Troglodytes troglodytes)
197) Northern Gannet (
Morus bassanus)
198) Sandwich Tern (
Thalasseus sandvicensis)
199) European Rock Pipit (
Anthus petrosus)
200) White Wagtail (
Motacilla alba)
201) European Shag (
Gulosus aristotelis)
202) Common Murre (
Uria aalge)
203) Eurasian Oystercatcher (
Haematopus ostralegus)
204) Black Guillemot (
Cepphus grylle)
205) Black-Legged Kittiwake (
Rissa tridactyla)
206) Razorbill (
Alca torda)
207) Graylag Goose (
Anser anser)
208) European Robin (
Erithacus rubecula)
209) Coal Tit (
Periparus ater)
210) Tufted Duck (
Aythya fuligula)
211) Eurasian Moorhen (
Gallinula chloropus)
212) Eurasian Coot (
Fulica atra)
213) Common Pochard (
Aythya ferina)
214) Long-Tailed Tit (
Aegithalos caudatus)
215) Eurasian Treecreeper (
Certhia familiaris)
216) Goldcrest (
Regulus regulus)
217) Eurasian Blue Tit (
Cyanistes caeruleus)
218) European Greenfinch (
Chloris chloris)
219) Eurasian Blackbird (
Turdus merula)
220) Song Thrush (
Turdus philomelos)
221) Great Tit (
Parus major)
222) Dunnock (
Prunella modularis)
223) White-Throated Dipper (
Cinclus cinclus)
224) Eurasian Collared Dove (
Streptopelia decaocto)
225) Willow Warbler (
Phylloscopus trochilus)
226) Common Chaffinch (
Fringilla coelebs)
227) Eurasian Bullfinch (
Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
228) Meadow Pipit (
Anthus pratensis)
229) Mistle Thrush (
Turdus viscivorus)
230) Spotted Flycatcher (
Muscicapa striata)
231) Manx Shearwater (
Puffinus puffinus)
232) European Storm-Petrel (
Hydrobates pelagicus)
233) Atlantic Puffin (
Fratercula arctica)
234) Red-Billed Chough (
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
235) Red-Crested Pochard (
Netta rufina)
236) Mediterranean Gull (
Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
Heard Only
14) Great Spotted Woodpecker (
Dendrocopos major)
15) Common Chiffchaff (
Phylloscopus collybita)
Progress:
Mammals- 23
Birds- 236
Herptiles- 15
Total- 274
Heard-only Species- 15
