ZooChat Big Year 2015

Are there many more species left to see in NZ?



Hix

 

Mammals
1. European Rabbit



Hix

 

Today I saw a few species

1) House Sparrow
2) Feral Rock Dove
3) Laughing Gull
4) Mourning Dove

 

After a couple of days birding.

1. Little Bustard
2. Mute Swan
3. Graylag Goose
4. Canada Goose
5. Wigeon
6. Gadwall
7. Teal
8. Mallard
9. Shoveler
10. Pochard
11. Tufted Duck
12. Common Scoter
13. Surf Scoter
14. Velvet Scoter
15. Goldeneye
16. Red-breasted Merganser
17. Goosander
18. Grey Partridge
19. Pheasant
20. Red-throated Diver
21. Cormorant
22. Grey Heron
23. Little Grebe
24. Great Crested Grebe
25. Goshawk
26. Sparrowhawk
27. Buzzard
28. Kestrel
29. Moorhen
30. Coot
31. Oystercatcher
32. Lapwing
33. Sanderling
34. Redshank
35. Turnstone
36. Black-headed Gull
37. Common Gull
38. Lesser Black-backed Gull
39. Herring Gull
40. Great Black-backed Gull
41. Feral Pigeon
42. Woodpigeon
43. Collard Dove
44. Great Spotted Woodpecker
45. Magpie
46. Jackdaw
47. Rook
48. Carrion Crow
49. Raven
50. Goldcrest
51. Blue Tit
52. Great Tit
53. Coal Tit
54. Nuthatch
55. Wren
56. Starling
57. Blackbird
58. Fieldfare
59. Song Thrush
60. Redwing
61. Mistle Thrush
62. Robin
63. Dunnock
64. House Sparrow
65. Pied Wagtail
66. Blyth's Pipit
67. Chaffinch
68. Greenfinch
69. Goldfinch
70. Bullfinch

 

A bit of local pottering today to fill in as many of the 'regulars' as possible - about half the additions from parks around town but birds 27-41 (and the mammal!) from Ogston Reservoir. It'll probably be two weeks before I can do any particular birding again due to life stuff!

12. Feral Pigeon - Columba livia
13. European Robin - Erithacus rubecula
14. Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus
15. Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus
16. Mistle Thrush - Turdus viscivorus
17. Pied Wagtail - Motacilla alba
18. Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
19. European Coot - Fulica atra
20. Song Thrush - Turdus philomelos
21. European Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis
22. Redwing - Turdus iliacus
23. European Nuthatch - Sitta europaea
24. Great Tit - Parus major
25. European Greenfinch - Chloris chloris
26. Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
27. Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo
28. Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula
29. Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis
30. Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus
31. Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus
32. Common Teal - Anas crecca
33. Common Gull - Larus canus
34. European Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
35. Greater Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus
36. Greater Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos major
37. Coal Tit - Periparus ater
38. European Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs
39. Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea
40. European Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
41. Common Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus
42. Mute Swan - Cygnus olor
43. Goldcrest - Regulus regulus

And...

3. European Rabbit - Oryctolagus cuniculus

 

After 4 days of straight rain (much needed) I was able to get out again and bird.

1 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis
2 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
3 Gadwall - Anas strepera
4 American Wigeon - Anas americana
5 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
6 Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata
7 Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
8 Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
9 Redhead - Aythya americana
10 Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
11 Greater Scaup - Aythya marila
12 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
13 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
14 Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis
15 Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
16 Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus
17 Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
18 Great Egret - Ardea alba
19 Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
20 American Coot - Fulica americana
21 Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
22 Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
23 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
24 Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus
25 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens
26 Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus
27 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata Bedford
28 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
29 Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis
30 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor
31 Brown Creeper - Certhia americana
32 House Wren - Troglodytes aedon
33 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula
34 Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum
35 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
36 Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum
37 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata
38 Spotted Towhee - Pipilo maculatus
39 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis
40 Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis
41 Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
42 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
43 Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus
44 House Sparrow - Passer domesticus

 

Wasn't able to get out of the house at all today, thanks to the abysmal weather. I did however manage to add one new bird seen from my bedroom window:

37. Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

 

Just one new species today from the car park at Tesco:
33) Herring gull

 

A couple more from the past few days:

Birds
2) White-Throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
3) Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
4) Rock Pigeon Columba livia
5) Canada Goose Branta canadensis
6) Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
7) Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata

Mammals
1) White-Tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus

~Thylo

 

Was able to get four birds from my backyard on Jan. 1st, but I did get out to do some birding yesterday. First bird of the year was a Black Phoebe.

1. Black Phoebe
2. Allen's Hummingbird
3. Red-tailed Hawk
4. Northern Mockingbird
5. Greater White-fronted Goose
6. Canada Goose
7. Mallard
8. Northern Shoveler
9. Ruddy Duck
10. Pied-billed Grebe
11. Western Grebe
12. Clark's Grebe
13. Double-crested Cormorant
14. American White Pelican
15. Great Blue Heron
16. Great Heron
17. Snowy Egret
18. Black-crowned Night-Heron
19. White-faced Ibis
20. Turkey Vulture
21. Osprey
22. Northern Harrier
23. Red-shouldered Hawk
24. Sora
25. Common Gallinule
26. American Coot
27. Killdeer
28. Spotted Sandpiper
29. Wilson's Snipe
30. Bonaparte's Gull
31. Mew Gull
32. California Gull
33. Ring-billed Gull
34. Herring Gull
35. Glaucous-winged Gull
36. Rock Pigeon
37. Eurasian Collared-dove
38. Mourning Dove
39. White-throated Swift
40. Anna's Hummingbird
41. Belted Kingfisher
42. Nuttall's Woodpecker
43. Say's Phoebe
44. Vermilion Flycatcher
45. American Crow
46. Common Raven
47. Barn Swallow
48. House Wren
49. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
50. Western Bluebird
51. European Starling
52. American Pipit
53. Common Yellowthroat
54. Yellow-rumped Warbler
55. Savannah Sparrow
56. Song Sparrow
57. White-crowned Sparrow
58. Red-winged Blackbird
59. Great-tailed Grackle
60. House Finch
61. House Sparrow
62. American Kestrel
63. Cassin's Kingbird
64. Western Scrub-jay

 

72 Red-breasted Nuthatch
73 Pine Siskin
74 Wood Duck
75 Pacific Wren
76 Townsend's Solitaire
77 Red-winged Blackbird
78 Barn Owl

 

After two afternoons of local pottering and a more concerted effort around the Wirral today, I have made a decent start to the year:

1. Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
2. Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
3. Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
4. Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
5. Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
6. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
7. Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
8. Wigeon (Anas penelope)
9. Gadwall (Anas strepera)
10. Teal (Anas crecca)
11. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
12. Pintail (Anas acuta)
13. Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
14. Pochard (Aythya ferina)
15. Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
16. Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
17. Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
18. Goosander (Mergus merganser)
19. Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
20. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
21. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
22. Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
23. Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
24. Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
25. Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
26. Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
27. Coot (Fulica atra)
28. Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
29. Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
30. Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
31. Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
32. Curlew (Numenius arquata)
33. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
34. Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
35. Knot (Calidris canutus)
36. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
37. Redshank (Tringa totanus)
38. Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
39. Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
40. Common Gull (Larus canus)
41. Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
42. Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
43. Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
44. Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
45. Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
46. Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
47. Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
48. Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
49. Magpie (Pica pica)
50. Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
51. Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
52. Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
53. Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
54. Raven (Corvus corax)
55. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
56. Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
57. Great Tit (Parus major)
58. Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
59. Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
60. Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
61. Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
62. Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
63. Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
64. Blackbird (Turdus merula)
65. Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
66. Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
67. Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
68. Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
69. Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
70. Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
71. Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
72. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
73. Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
74. Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
75. Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
76. Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
77. Siskin (Carduelis spinus)
78. Linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
79. Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret)
80. Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
81. Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)

Oddly, I have managed to avoid Pheasant and Grey Heron so far.

 

Despite the freezing foggy conditions today preventing me from doing any local exploring, did get one new year bird in the garden today:

38. European bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Also braved the cold to go and check the field behind my house to pick up a new mammal for the year:

3. European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus

 

79 Mute Swan

 

Just got a few more species to add that I don't usually see in the UK since I'm back in Poland:

Mammals:
4) Eurasian red squirrel
5) Striped field mouse

Birds:
34) Jackdaw
35) Rook
36) Hooded Crow
37) Coal tit
38) Mistle Thrush
39) Caspian gull

Fish: seen in the small area of water in my local park that wasn't frozen
1) Common carp

 

80 Merlin
81 Hooded Merganser
82 Hermit Thrush
83 Lesser Goldfinch

 

A few species seen on the grounds of Warsaw Zoo:

40) Middle Spotted Woodpecker
41) Dunnock
42) Redwing
43) Mew Gull

Surised I haven't yet got greater spotted woodpecker, nuthatch, chaffinch or greenfinch

 

The flooded fields just down the road from my house have yielded two new birds:

39. Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
40. Pied wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii