Zoochat Big Year 2025

[Prochilodus246]

That's a new bucket list species

Haha, it's a very nice hoverfly species but to be frank there are a couple of species on my list from earlier in the week that look far more pretty in my personal opinion.

 

[Prochilodus246]

An evening stroll onto Budby Heath last night gained me a number of birds and two moths:

142) Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
143) Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
144) Woodlark Lullula arborea
145) European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus (3 flying above our heads at one point)
146) Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
147) Long-eared Owl Asio otus

141) Grass Wave Perconia strigillaria
142) Brown Silver Line Petrophora chlorosata
Oh and I've just remembered a mammal, albeit an invasive one from last week:

11) American Mink Neogale vison

And yet another edit, this ladybird, grass moth and grasshopper species from today whilst plant surveying and two other moths from last week too:

143) 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
144) Garden Grass Veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella
145) Common Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
146) The Snout Hypena proboscidalis
147) Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina

 

[Maguari]

142) Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
143) Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
144) Woodlark Lullula arborea
145) European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus (3 flying above our heads at one point)
146) Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
147) Long-eared Owl Asio otus

Was just thinking the other day it was getting into Budby season - one for me next week maybe.

 

[birdsandbats]

That's a new bucket list species

There's also a Batman Loach and a Batman Moth - the latter of which is presumably the counterpart to The Joker, which is another species of moth.

 

[birdsandbats]

Birds
248. Sedge Wren Cistothorus stellaris
249. Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
250. Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope

Mammals
19. Black-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys ludovicianus

Herps
9. Northern Map Turtle Graptemys geographica
10. Blanding's Turtle Emydoidea blandingii

Birds
252. Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
253. Sanderling Calidris alba
254. Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica

Fish
5. Common Carp Cyprinus carpio

Lizards are by far my favorite group of reptiles, but they're very rare in my area - in fact I have never seen a wild lizard in my home state before - until today, that is! It was quite the surprise, I randomly found it while at work.

Herps
11. Common Five-lined Skink Plestiodon fasciatus

Fish
6. Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu

 

[birdsandbats]

Birds
255. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus

Birds
256. Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii

 

[Najade]

Addendum to my Costa Rica trip:
Couple of species that for some reason I forgot to put on the list before.

Sandpiper on a stream out of Cloudbridge, egrets in and around Sylvan Falls, falcon woke me up at Casa Botania, aracari at Las Cruces, woodpecker and flowerpecker at Miriams Quetzales and warblers in Guanacaste.

Birds (non-passerines)
120. Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
121. Western Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
122. American Great Egret (Ardea [alba] egretta)
123. Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)
123. Feral Pigeon (Rock Dove) (Columba `livia´)
124. Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus frantzii)
125. Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)

Birds (passerines)
126. American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
127. Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
128. Slaty Flowerpecker (Diglossa plumbea)

29.05.25 - Hubale, Lublin (88, 89) & Bialowiza to Budy, Podlaskie, Poland

Mammals
88. Spotted Souslik (Spermophilus suslicus)
89. European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
90. Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
91. European Bison (Bison bonasus)
92. Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)

 

[Najade]

29.05.25 - Hubale, Lublin (88, 89) & Bialowiza to Budy, Podlaskie, Poland

Mammals
88. Spotted Souslik (Spermophilus suslicus)
89. European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
90. Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
91. European Bison (Bison bonasus)
92. Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)

30.05.25 - Bialowiza to Budy, Podlaskie, Poland

Mammals
93. Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
94. European Badger (Meles meles)

Birds (non-passerines)
129. Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
130. European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Birds (passerines)
131. Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
132. River Warbler (Locustella fluviatilis)
133. Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)

Amphibians
12. Common Toad (Bufo bufo)

 

[Najade]

30.05.25 - Bialowiza to Budy, Podlaskie, Poland

Mammals
93. Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
94. European Badger (Meles meles)

Birds (non-passerines)
129. Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
130. European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Birds (passerines)
131. Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
132. River Warbler (Locustella fluviatilis)
133. Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)

Amphibians
12. Common Toad (Bufo bufo)

31.05.25 - Kosy Most (134) & Siemianowka (135), Podlaskie, Poland

Mammals
95. European Hare (Lepus europaeus)

Birds (passerines)
134. Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
135. Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)

 

[birdsandbats]

Birds
256. Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii

Birds
257. Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii
258. Whooping Crane Grus americana

 

[CMP]

Birds
257. Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii
258. Whooping Crane Grus americana

Not listing the turtle?

 

[MOG2012]

May 24, 2025

BIRDS:
56) American Coot (Fulica americana)

MAMMALS: 7 species
BIRDS: 56 species
REPTILES: 5 species
FISH: 7 species
INVERTEBRATES: 22 species
TOTAL: 97 species

June 1st, 2025

INVERTEBRATES:
23) Eastern Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)

MAMMALS: 7 species
BIRDS: 56 species
REPTILES: 5 species
FISH: 7 species
INVERTEBRATES: 23 species
TOTAL: 98 species

 

[birdsandbats]

Not listing the turtle?

Not new for the year. I forgot to list the bullfrog, though, which was.

(For those who could not tell the obvious here, I had a great time meeting up with CMP yesterday, mostly to look for Kirtland's Warbler. I had a great time, the first time I've ever met another ZooChatter in person).

Lizards are by far my favorite group of reptiles, but they're very rare in my area - in fact I have never seen a wild lizard in my home state before - until today, that is! It was quite the surprise, I randomly found it while at work.

Herps
11. Common Five-lined Skink Plestiodon fasciatus

Fish
6. Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu

Birds
257. Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii
258. Whooping Crane Grus americana

Birds
259. Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
260. Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
261. Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
262. Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum

Herps
12. American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus

 

[DaLilFishie]

catchup for the last week

BIRDS
167 - Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
168 - White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor

INVERTS
81 - Asian Magpie Moth Nycrimera baulus
82 - Greenish Meadow Katydid Conocephalus upoluensis
83 - Northern Meat Ant Iridomyrmex sanguineus

INVERTS
84 - an erebid moth, Eublemma abrupta
85 - Red-lined Looper Crypsiphona ocultaria

 

[DaLilFishie]

INVERTS
84 - an erebid moth, Eublemma abrupta
85 - Red-lined Looper Crypsiphona ocultaria

HERPS
17 - Eastern Striped Skink Ctenotus robustus

 

[DesertTortoise]

Birds
Smithville Lake, Missouri - April 1
113. American pipit (Anthus rubescens)
Muskrat Lake, Missouri - April 3
114. American golden-plover (Pluvialis dominica)
115. Vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
Perry Lake, Kansas - April 5
116. White-winged scoter (Melanitta deglandi)
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri - April 6
117. Lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Backyard, Missouri - April 8
118. Blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
Muskrat Lake, Missouri April 10
119. Forster’s tern (Sterna forsteri)
Backyard, Missouri - April 10
120. Eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
Platte Falls Conservation Area, Missouri - April 11
121. Northern parula (Setophaga americana)
122. Yellow-throated warbler (Setophaga dominica)
Roadside, Iowa - April 12
123. Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
Pawnee Prairie Natural Area, Missouri - April 12
124. Henslow’s sparrow (Centronyx henslowii)
Dunn Ranch Prairie, Missouri - April 12
125. Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri - April 12 to 15
126. Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica)
127. Long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
128. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
129. Western cattle egret (Ardea ibis)
130. Great egret (Ardea alba)
131. White-faced ibis (Plegadis chihi)
132. Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
133. American avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
134. Semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
135. Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Weston Bend State Park, Missouri - April 18 to 22
136. Ruby-crowned kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
137. Broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus)
138. Fish crow (Corvus ossifragus)
139. Palm warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
140. Louisiana waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)
141. Barred owl (Strix varia)
142. Red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
143. Wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
144. American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
Smith’s Fork Park, Missouri - April 24
145. Scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Smithville Lake, Missouri - April 24
146. Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula)
147. Eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
148. Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
149. Orchard oriole (Icterus spurius)
Weston Bend State Park, Missouri - April 25
150. Tennessee warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
151. Great crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
152. Indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea)
153. Swainson’s thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
154. Kentucky warbler (Geothlypis formosa)
155. Scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea)
Smithville Lake, Missouri - April 25
156. Purple martin (Progne subis)
157. Cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
158. Yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia)
159. Warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus)
160. Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Backyard, Missouri - April 25
161. White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
Smithville Lake, Missouri - April 26
162. Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
163. Chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica)
164. Northern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
165. Sedge wren (Cistothorus stellaris)
Backyard, Missouri - April 26
166. Eastern whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus)
Weston Bend State Park, Missouri - April 27
167. Orange-crowned warbler (Leiothlypis celata)
Backyard, Missouri - April 29
168. Least flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
169. Nashville warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)
170. Lincoln’s sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
Muskrat Lake, Missouri - May 1
171. Lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
172. Grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
173. Wilson’s phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
174. Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
175. Swainson’s hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
Smith’s Fork Park, Missouri - May 1
176. Summer tanager (Piranga rubra)
Smithville Lake, Missouri - May 1
177. Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
178. Sanderling (Calidris alba)

Mammals
Roadside, Missouri - April 13
9. Groundhog (Marmota monax)

Reptiles
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, April 12
7. Dekay’s brownsnake (Storeria dekayi)
8. Common watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)
9. North American racer (Coluber constrictor)
10. Graham’s crawfish snake (Regina grahamii)
11. Western massasauga (Sistrurus tergeminus)
Weston Bend State Park, Missouri - April 22
12. Western ratsnake (Pantherophis obsoletus)

Fish
Otoe Creek, Missouri - April 9
1. Creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus)
City Reservoir, Missouri - April 16
2. Largemouth bass (Micropterus nigricans)
3. Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
4. Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
5. Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)
6. Black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
7. White crappie (Pomoxis annularis)

Birds
Muskrat Lake, Missouri - May 2
179. Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri - May 2
180. Gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
181. Solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
182. Common yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
183. Northern house wren (Troglodytes aedon)
184. Northern waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
185. Bank swallow (Riparia riparia)
186. Franklin’s gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
187. Semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
188. American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
189. Green heron (Butorides virescens)
Weston Bend State Park, Missouri - May 8
190. Acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
191. Cerulean warbler (Setophaga cerulea)
192. Hooded warbler (Setophaga citrina)
193. Golden-winged warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
194. Yellow-throated vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
Little Bean Marsh Conservation Area, Missouri - May 8
195. Eastern wood-pewee (Contopus virens)
Smithville Lake, Missouri - May 8
196. Western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
Dillon Nature Center, Kansas - May 9
197. Mississippi kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)
198. Tropical parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri - May 10
199. Stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
200. Clay-colored sparrow (Spizella pallida)
201. Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
Smoke and Davy Trailhead, Missouri - May 11
202. Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
203. Chestnut-sided warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
Weston Bend State Park, Missouri - May 12
204. Blackburnian warbler (Setophaga fusca)
205. Magnolia warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
206. Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
Pawnee Prairie Natural Area, Missouri - May 13
207. Willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
Weston Bend State Park, Missouri - May 16
208. Alder flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
209. Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Muskrat Lake, Missouri - May 16
210. Black tern (Chlidonias niger)
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri - May 18
211. Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
212. White-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
213. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Weston Bend State Park, Missouri - May 19
214. Canada warbler (Cardellina canadensis)
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri - May 21
215. Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
216. Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Backyard, Missouri - May 28
217. Common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
Meramec State Park , Missouri - June 1
218. Carolina chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
219. Worm-eating warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum)

Mammals
Pawnee Prairie Natural Area, Missouri - May 13
10. Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
Omaha Zoo, Nebraska - May 22
11. House mouse (Mus musculus)
12. Franklin’s ground squirrel (Poliocitellus franklinii)
Weston Bend State Park, Missouri - May 23
13. Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

Amphibians
Backyard, Missouri - May 14
7. Cope’s gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)
Meramec State Park, Missouri - June 1
8. Cave salamander (Eurycea lucifuga)

Reptiles
Sedgwick County Zoo, Kansas - May 9
13. Six-lined racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineatus)
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri - May 10 to 18
14. Plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix)
15. Diamondback watersnake (Nerodia rhombifer)
16. Western foxsnake (Pantherophis ramspotti)
Saint Louis Zoo, Missouri - May 31
17. Northern map turtle (Graptemys geographica)

Fish
Weston Bend State Park, Missouri - May 16
8. Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

 

[Chlidonias]

HERPS
17 - Eastern Striped Skink Ctenotus robustus

I misread that as skunk, and was like "what?"

 

[birdsandbats]

Not new for the year. I forgot to list the bullfrog, though, which was.

(For those who could not tell the obvious here, I had a great time meeting up with CMP yesterday, mostly to look for Kirtland's Warbler. I had a great time, the first time I've ever met another ZooChatter in person).




Birds
259. Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
260. Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
261. Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
262. Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum

Herps
12. American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus

Birds
263. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
264. Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
265. Dickcissel Spiza americana

 

[CMP]

198. Tropical parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)

!!
Crazy record, very nice!

 

[Dr. Wolverine]

Mammals:

14) Red Fox

15) Japanese Deer

Birds:

208) Ashy Minivet

209) Eastern Crowned Warbler

210) Asian Stubtail

211) Blue and White Flycatcher

212) Siberian Blue Robin

213) Yellow Bunting

214) Japanese Robin

215) White Bellied Green Pigeon

216) Grey-tailed tattler

217) Chinese Bamboo Partridge

218) Red Billed Leiothrix

219) Japanese Paradise Flycatcher

220) Japanese Night Heron

Can't believe I finally got wild Japanese Night Herons!! And a breeding pair with chicks!