Zoochat Big Year 2025

MOG2012 said:
May 11, 2025

MAMMALS:
7) Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

BIRDS:
53) Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

REPTILES:
3) Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
4) Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta)

MAMMALS: 7 species
BIRDS: 53 species
REPTILES: 4 species
FISH: 7 species
INVERTEBRATES: 20 species
TOTAL: 91 species
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May 16, 2025

BIRDS:
54) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)

INVERTEBRATES:
21) Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

MAMMALS: 7 species
BIRDS: 54 species
REPTILES: 4 species
FISH: 7 species
INVERTEBRATES: 21 species
TOTAL: 93 species
 
Osedax said:
One I happened to see yesterday while driving:

Birds
110. Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)

Today I went on an unsuccessful search for some of the last wild Emus in Sydney. I have been told that they live in the Wianamatta Regional Park in Jordan Springs. Despite not finding any emus, I managed to find a yeartick and a lovely unexpected lifer!

111. Australian Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
112. Rose Robin (Petroica rosea)
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Birds
113. White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)
114. Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
 
Bisonblake said:
5/15/25
Birds:
172. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
173. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

Total species: 195
Birds: 173
Mammals: 14
Herptiles: 8
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I thought that after last weekend, I wouldn't feel like birding for probably a week, but I'm still out here adding species. I've seen a few nice species over the past three days, including an awesome twitch from today.

Birds:
5/15/25
174. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
5/16/25
175. Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
176. Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
177. Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
5/18/25
178. White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi

Mammals:
5/16/25
15. American Mink Neogale vision

Total species: 201
Birds: 178
Mammals: 15
Herptiles: 8
 
Collating a few additions from recent days out, thanks to @WalkingAgnatha for the Pigeon ID. Processing photos confirmed I'd caught a decent shot of a Little Ringed Plover on a previous trip and Lakenheath delivered lovely views of a Cuckoo. A day at YWP delivered lots of rabbits in reach of the lens, including a small colony living dangerously in one of the Polar Bear enclosures.

Birds

89. Little Ringed Plover, Charadrius dubius, 03/05/2025, RSPB Frampton Marsh
90. Stock Dove, Columba oenas, 19/04/2025, Private estate
91. Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, 05/05/2025, RSPB Lakenheath Fen
92. Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita, 26/04/2025, RSPB Titchwell Marsh

Mammals

8. Rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, 11/05/2025, YWP
 
MOG2012 said:
May 16, 2025

BIRDS:
54) Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)

INVERTEBRATES:
21) Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

MAMMALS: 7 species
BIRDS: 54 species
REPTILES: 4 species
FISH: 7 species
INVERTEBRATES: 21 species
TOTAL: 93 species
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May 17, 2025

BIRDS:
55) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

REPTILES:
5) Eastern Musk Turtle (Sternothereus odoratus)

INVERTEBRATES:
22) Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)

MAMMALS: 7 species
BIRDS: 55 species
REPTILES: 5 species
FISH: 7 species
INVERTEBRATES: 22 species
TOTAL: 96 species
 
birdsandbats said:
Birds
227. Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
228. Black Tern Chlidonias niger
229. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
230. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
231. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
232. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
233. American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
234. Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
235. Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla

Also I've removed Neotropic Cormorant from my list. Upon a re-review, the reviewer thought it was probably just an unusually small Double-crested Cormorant. There is an actual Neotropic Cormorant in that area that has been seen by others, so maybe it will be back on my list again soon.
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Birds
236. Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
237. Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
238. Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
 
DaLilFishie said:
...and an ant from Kobe

INVERTS
74 - Japanese Carpenter Ant Camponotus japonicus
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A very productive night's herping with my local zoology club. The two butterflies were seen earlier in the day.

HERPS
9 - Striped Rocket Frog Litoria nasuta
10 - Ornate Burrowing Frog Platyplectrum ornatum
11 - Spotted Marsh Frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
12 - Green Tree Frog Ranoidea caerulea
13 - Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Litoria fallax
14 - Common Keelback Tropidonophis mairii
15 - Saltwater Crocodile Crocodylus porosus
16 - Brown Tree Snake Boiga irregularis

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75 - Varied Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina
76 - Pale Triangle Graphium eurypylus
 
DaLilFishie said:
A very productive night's herping with my local zoology club. The two butterflies were seen earlier in the day.

HERPS
9 - Striped Rocket Frog Litoria nasuta
10 - Ornate Burrowing Frog Platyplectrum ornatum
11 - Spotted Marsh Frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
12 - Green Tree Frog Ranoidea caerulea
13 - Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Litoria fallax
14 - Common Keelback Tropidonophis mairii
15 - Saltwater Crocodile Crocodylus porosus
16 - Brown Tree Snake Boiga irregularis

INVERTS
75 - Varied Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina
76 - Pale Triangle Graphium eurypylus
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BIRDS
166 - Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii
 
oflory said:
Back from Bermuda - a lovely wedding! Dipped the petrel and the skink, but not especially concerned as will probably be back the year after next - it's good to have some unseen and exciting animals to look forward to in addition to seeing family.

Mammals
11. Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Birds
158. American Coot (Fulica americana)
159. Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
160. Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina)
161. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
162. White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
163. Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
164. White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
165. American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
166. Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
167. Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
168. Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
169. American Moorhen (Gallinula galeata)
170. Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
171. Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
172. Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
173. Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
174. Tricoloured Heron (Egretta tricolor)
175. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
176. Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
177. Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
178. Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
179. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
180. Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
181. Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
182. Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
183. Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)
184. Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)

Herps
2. Graham's Anole (Anolis grahami)
3. Antiguan Anole (Anolis leachii)
4. Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
5. Antillean Whistling Frog (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei)
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Wedding planning is taking up a lot of my time (and persistent northerlies have meant that a lot of the usual spring migrants have been scarce-ish in London this year). However, a few from around the flat and from a little twitch yesterday evening.

Birds
185. Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
186. Common Swift (Apus apus)
187. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
188. Common Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
 
A few new additions from a recent trip to RSPB Lakenheath Fen as Dragon and Damsel fly season begins and a couple of things ended up in the lens I have never seen let alone photographed before! There's an abundance of nettles and plants with a path in between on the way up to the end of the reserve with an array of insectlife. A great place to spend a bit of time to see what was flying and crawling about.

Other

7. Four spotted Chaser, Libellula quadrimaculata, 05/05/2025, RSPB Lakenheath Fen
8. Azure Damselfly, Coenagrion puella, 05/05/2025, RSPB Lakenheath Fen
9. Large Red Damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula, 05/05/2025, RSPB Lakenheath Fen
10. Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn, Agapanthia villosoviridescens, 05/05/2025 RSPB Lakenheath Fen
11. Tree bumblebee, Bombus hypnorum, 05/05/2025, RSPB Lakenheath Fen
 
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