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  1. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I would like to congratulate everybody for getting out there and looking for wild animals, especially those who only started birding/mammaling/herping this year!! Well done to all, and good luck for 2015!
     
    Chlidonias, 2 Jan 2015
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  2. Maguari

    Maguari Never could get the hang of Thursdays. 15+ year member Premium Member

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    If it's any encouragement, I have to enjoy my triple-podium while I can as unless the year takes a very surprising turn I'll be a long way off in 2015! :D
     
    Maguari, 2 Jan 2015
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  3. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    same here. I'll be surprised if I make it out of NZ in 2015, so my birds won't even make it to 100. Mammals will likely remain as a single figure number. Look for me somewhere round the bottom of the list at the end of the year!
     
    Chlidonias, 2 Jan 2015
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  4. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Ditto. I'm not planning on leaving Australia this year*, so I should get between 200-300 birds, but only about 20 mammals (if I'm lucky) and a similar number for reptiles.

    :p

    Hix

    * If I do go overseas, it's likely to only be to a Pacific Island or group, with only 30 or so bird species to see, if that.
     
    Hix, 3 Jan 2015
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  5. jbnbsn99

    jbnbsn99 Well-Known Member

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    It's my year! Bwahahaha hahaha... oooh, I feel sad now....
     
    jbnbsn99, 3 Jan 2015
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  6. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I see, I still have about 15 birds to add to the list, but it wouldn't make any difference anymore ;).

    I too do not have any really big plans for next year and apart from a week in Morocco and 2 weeks in northern Greece. I hope to get to 40 mammal species and for birds 250 is likely to be realistic :p
     
    lintworm, 3 Jan 2015
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  7. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    You can add me in for 1 fish - I saw a giant Mudskipper in the Mangroves around Cairns.

    :p

    Hix
     
    Hix, 3 Jan 2015
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  8. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    If we're counting fish, I recall having seen at least Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) and Northern Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus).

    I could probably pull up a few inverts too but I won't bother with that one.

    ~Thylo:cool:
     
    ThylacineAlive, 3 Jan 2015
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  9. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Some late IDs from Tanzania, won't change the standings tho':

    Reptiles
    26. Battersby's Green-snake
    27. Green-headed Agama
    28. Tuberculate Thick-toed Gecko
    29. Helmeted Terrapin


    Frogs
    1. Green Tree Frog
    2. Dead Leaf Toad

    :p

    Hix
     
    Hix, 5 Jan 2015
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  10. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    We did three solid days of birding in the dying days of 2014:

    157 Sacred Kingfisher
    158 Little Friarbird
    159 Dollarbird
    160 Blue-faced Honeyeater
    161 Buff-rumped Thornbill
    (All in the Seymour, Victoria area, and all lifers)

    162 Superb Lyrebird
    163 Olive Whistler
    164 Rose Robin
    165 Grey Currawong
    (Toolangi, Victoria - Olive and Rose were lifers)

    166 Varied Sitella
    167 Yellow-rumped Thornbill
    168 Rainbow Bee-eater
    169 Rufous Whistler
    170 Spotted Harrier
    171 Jacky Winter
    172 Horsefield's Bronze Cuckoo
    (You Yangs Western Plantations, Victoria. Rainbow and Yellow were lifers.)

    173 Black-tailed Native Hen
    174 Nankeen Night Heron
    175 Purple-crowned Lorikeet
    (Serendip Sanctuary, Victoria. All lifers.)

    176 Satin Flycatcher
    177 Brown-headed Honeyeater
    (At Toolangi but I forgot to add earlier.)

    Notes: my wife was 50m up a track and had prolonged views of a Bassian Thrush, but didn't think to call me over to see "an interesting bird".

    For some reason, Nankeen Kestrel does not appear on this year's list, but I definitely saw them many times. I can't pinpoint a date or location though, so it is not on the list.
     
    nanoboy, 5 Jan 2015
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  11. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    finally got it then. Well done! They are pretty cool birds, all hunkering down and glowering as they do.
     
    Chlidonias, 5 Jan 2015
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  12. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Just one last entry from Florida!:

    Birds
    74) Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus

    ~Thylo:cool:
     
    ThylacineAlive, 5 Jan 2015
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  13. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Birds
    591. Tawny-flanked Prinia

    :p

    Hix
     
    Hix, 6 Jan 2015
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  14. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    Thanks! Yes they are lovely birds.
     
    nanoboy, 7 Jan 2015
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  15. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Birds
    592. Banded Parisoma

    :p

    Hix
     
    Hix, 8 Jan 2015
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  16. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    593. African Hawk Eagle

    :p

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    Hix, 14 Jan 2015
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  17. jbnbsn99

    jbnbsn99 Well-Known Member

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    Stop it, you already won. :p
     
    jbnbsn99, 14 Jan 2015
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  18. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    I'm hoping to crack 600. :p

    Still going through my slides and identifying some that are problematic. Even my guide didn't recognise that last one.

    :p

    Hix
     
    Hix, 15 Jan 2015
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  19. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    594. Barn Owl

    :p

    Hix
     
    Hix, 18 Jan 2015
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  20. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    What do you mean by "slides"?
     
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