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  1. Macaw16

    Macaw16 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    A bird that has been lingering in my garden for a few days...

    84. Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
     
    Macaw16, 14 Mar 2017
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  2. Maguari

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

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    I was away this weekend on a friend's stag weekend in Krakow - a rare trip away for me that involves neither a zoo nor a wildlife expedition! That said, there was, pleasingly, a little incidental wildlife to record - a bird and a rodent from a park in Krakow, and an ungulate spotted at the roadside in Cambridgeshire on the way to Stansted airport.

    Birds:
    111. Hooded Crow - Corvus cornix

    Mammals:
    11. Reeves' Muntjac - Muntiacus reevesi
    12. European Red Squirrel - Sciurus vulgaris

    :)
     
    Maguari, 14 Mar 2017
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  3. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    15/3/2017
    141. grey butcherbird
     
    boof, 15 Mar 2017
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  4. Vision

    Vision Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    BIRDS:
    84) Great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus
    85) Common chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita
    86) Eurasian teal, Anas crecca
     
    Vision, 15 Mar 2017
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  5. Macaw16

    Macaw16 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    One from today whilst travelling (16/3/2017):

    85. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
     
    Macaw16, 16 Mar 2017
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  6. DesertRhino150

    DesertRhino150 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Since my last update I have added three new birds, my first reptile, a second fish, my first three butterflies and another bumblebee, while either in my local area or at Heybridge Basin:

    109. Mediterranean gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
    110. Eurasian linnet Linaria cannabina
    111. European yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella

    1. Slow worm Anguis fragilis

    2. European roach Rutilus rutilus

    1. Comma butterfly Polygonia c-album
    2. Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae
    3. Red admiral butterfly Vanessa atalanta

    3. Red-tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
     
    DesertRhino150, 16 Mar 2017
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  7. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Katavi NP day 2

    69. Spotted flycatcher
    70. Black-backed puffback
    71. African pied wagtail
    72. Violet-backed starling
    73. Spur-winged lapwing
    74. Grey heron
    75. Pin-tailed whydah
    76. Black-winged stilt
    77. Common sandpiper
    78. Squacco heron
    79. Long-toed lapwing
    80. Great spotted cuckoo
    81. Spotted thick-knee
    82. Black-bellied bustard
    83. Long-crested eagle
    84. African grey hornbill
    85. Coppery-tailed coucal
    86. Ruff
    87. Grey crowned crane
    88. European white stork
    89. Red-Billed oxpecker
    90. Three-banded courser
    91. Water thick-knee
    92. Broad-billed roller
    93. Speckled pigeon
    94. Black-headed oriole

    Mammals
    19. Southern reedbuck
    20. Eland
    21. Egyptian mongoose
     
    lintworm, 18 Mar 2017
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  8. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    update for Vietnam as of yesterday (from entering Vietnam up to leaving Cat Tien National Park).

    BIRDS:
    328) White-winged black tern Chlidonias leucopterus
    329) Collared kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
    330) Scaly-breasted munia Lonchura punctulata
    331) Moustached parakeet Psittacula alexandri
    332) Blue-eared barbet Megalaima australis
    333) Large woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis
    334) Asian brown flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
    335) Yellow-vented green pigeon Treron seimundi
    336) Thick-billed flowerpecker Dicaeum agile
    337) Red-rumped swallow Hirundo daurica
    338) Bronzed drongo Dicrurus aeneus
    339) Racket-tailed treepie Crypsirina temia
    340) Pale-headed woodpecker Gecinclus grantia
    341) Golden-crested mynah Ampeliceps coronatus
    342) Brown-throated sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
    343) Grey-faced tit-babbler Macronous kelleyi
    344) Black-hooded oriole Oriolus xanthornus
    345) Black and red broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
    346) Scaly-breasted partridge Arborophila chloropus
    347) Germain's peacock-pheasant Polyplectron germaini
    348) Woolly-necked stork Ciconia episcopus
    349) Red collared dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
    350) Green imperial pigeon Ducula aenea
    351) White-crested laughing thrush Garrulax leucolophos
    352) Common flameback woodpecker Dinopium javanense
    353) Two-barred warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
    354) Crimson sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
    355) Himalayan swiftlet Collocalia brevirostris
    356) Silver-backed needletail Hirunapus cochinchinensis
    357) Tickell's blue flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
    358) Rufescent prinia Prinia rufescens
    359) Scaly-crowned babbler Malacopteron cinereum
    360) Heart-spotted woodpecker Hemicircus canente
    361) Rufous woodpecker Celeus brachyurus
    362) Grey-capped pigmy woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus
    363) Lesser coucal Centropus bengalensis
    364) Ashy-headed green pigeon Treron phayrei


    MAMMALS:
    44) Northern tree shrew Tupaia belangeri
    45) Indochinese silvered langur Trachypithecus germaini
    46) Brown rat Rattus norvegicus
    47) Spotted giant flying squirrel Petaurista elegans
    48) Black-shanked douc Pygathrix nigripes
    49) Annamese silvered langur Trachypithecus margarita
    50) Cambodian striped squirrel Tamiops rodolphii
    51) Northern slender-tailed tree shrew Dendrogale murina
    52) Southern buff-cheeked gibbon Nomascus gabriellae
    53) Crab-eating mongoose Herpestes urva
    54) Yellow-throated marten Martes flavigula
     
    Chlidonias, 18 Mar 2017
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  9. Maguari

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

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    This post feels a bit inadequate after the two above but one new bird on the way to the IZES meeting today:

    112. Red Kite - Milvus milvus
     
    Maguari, 18 Mar 2017
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  10. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I am stuck inside with heavy rain today, so even though it is the middle of the third month here is the first round-up of the Big Year 2017 (as of what is posted on the list). A lot of people it seems have not updated for a while, and a couple of people seem to have disappeared (?), but here's where things stand right now.



    BIRDS:

    Chlidonias – 364
    boof – 141
    robmv – 133
    Ituri – 130
    Hevden – 129
    TeaLovingDave – 115
    Maguari – 112
    jbnbsn99 – 111
    DesertRhino150 – 111
    Zoo Tycooner FR – 98
    lintworm – 94
    Vision – 86
    Macaw16 – 85
    Hix – 83
    LaughingDove – 82
    savethelephant – 77
    vogelcommando – 65
    ThylacineAlive – 58
    KevinVar – 58
    zooboy28 – 48
    animal_expert01 – 31
    Pleistohorse – 9


    MAMMALS:

    Chlidonias – 54
    lintworm – 21
    savethelephant – 14
    Maguari – 12
    Zoo Tycooner FR – 11
    DesertRhino150 – 10
    Macaw16 – 10
    LaughingDove – 8
    ThylacineAlive – 8
    Ituri – 7
    Vision – 6
    Pleistohorse – 5
    animal_expert01 – 5
    Hix – 4
    KevinVar – 3
    vogelcommando – 1


    HERPTILES:

    Ituri – 8 Herptiles total (8 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)
    animal_expert01 – 7 Herptiles total (6 Reptiles, 1 Amphibians)
    Hix – 3 Herptiles total (3 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)
    lintworm – 2 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)
    DesertRhino150 – 1 Herptiles total (1 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)
    LaughingDove – 1 Herptiles total (0 Reptiles, 1 Amphibians)
    Vision – 1 Herptiles total (0 Reptiles, 1 Amphibians)
    Macaw16 – 1 Herptiles total (0 Reptiles, 1 Amphibians)


    FISH:

    Hix – 235
    DesertRhino150 – 2
    animal_expert01 – 2


    INVERTEBRATES:

    Hix – 20 assorted
    DesertRhino150 – 3 butterflies, 3 bees
    Maguari – 3 assorted
    animal_expert01 – 2 assorted
     
    Chlidonias, 19 Mar 2017
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  11. LaughingDove

    LaughingDove Well-Known Member

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    Quite a successful birding trip today including the first lifers of the year (both of which are quite rare in my part of Poland).

    83) Common Woodpigeon (one appeared in my garden this morning and now they're absolutely everywhere. They must have all decided to migrate to Poland at once).
    84) Merlin
    85) Eurasian Golden Plover
    86) Western Marsh Harrier
    87) Whooper Swan
    88) Horned Lark
    89) Stock Dove

    Also heard only Common Bittern, but unfortunately I was unable to locate the bird in a huge area of reed beds.
     
    Last edited: 19 Mar 2017
    LaughingDove, 19 Mar 2017
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  12. Maguari

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

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    A rather more spring-y set of additions today - mostly from the Idle Valley on the Notts/S. Yorks border. A bumper day of amphibians, with several dozen toads over two ponds, and two other ponds with multiple frogs and newts.

    Birds:
    113. Sand Martin - Riparia riparia
    114. Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius
    115. Marsh Tit - Poecile palustris

    Amphibians:
    1. Common Toad - Bufo bufo
    2. Common Frog - Rana temporaria
    3. Smooth Newt - Lissotriton vulgaris

    Invertebrates:
    4. European Honey Bee - Apis mellifera
    5. White-tailed Bumblebee - Bombus lucorum

    :)
     
    Maguari, 19 Mar 2017
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  13. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    17/3/2017
    142. striated heron
    143. magpie goose
     
    boof, 20 Mar 2017
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  14. Giant Panda

    Giant Panda Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Provided late entries are permitted, this compelled me to join the race.

    Mammals*:

    1. European badger (Meles meles)
    2. Eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)**
    3. Reeves’s muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)**
    4. Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
    5. Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
    6. European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)**
    7. Black rat (Rattus rattus)**
    8. Common treeshrew (Tupaia glis)
    9. White-thighed langur (Presbytis siamensis)
    10. Crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
    11. Grey-bellied squirrel (Callosciurus caniceps)
    12. Southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)
    13. Wild boar (Sus scrofa)
    14. Western striped squirrel (Tamiops mcclellandii)
    15. Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)
    16. Plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus)
    17. Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
    18. Malay Civet (Viverra tangalunga)
    19. Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)
    20. Gaur (Bos frontalis)
    21. Sambar (Cervus unicolor)
    22. White-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar)
    23. Three-striped ground squirrel (Lariscus insignis)
    24. Dusky langur (Trachypithecus obscurus)
    25. Lesser dog-faced fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis)
    26. Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)
    27. Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
    28. New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)
    29. Western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
    30. Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
    31. Brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata)
    32. Common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
    33. Yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes)
    34. Western quoll (Dasyurus geoffroii)
    35. Grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)
    36. Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)**
    37. Water rat (Hydromys chrysogaster)
    38. Long-nosed bandicoot (Parameles nasuta)
    39. Common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
    40. House mouse (Mus musculus)**
    41. Javan rusa (Rusa timorensis)**
    42. Pallas’ squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus)**
    43. Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis)

    *I heinously ignore everything else.

    **Introduced populations.
     
    Giant Panda, 20 Mar 2017
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  15. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    so, Bukit Fraser, Taman Negara, Perth...and Hong Kong?
     
    Chlidonias, 20 Mar 2017
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  16. Ituri

    Ituri Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    MAMMALS:
    8 White-tailed Deer - Odocoileus virginianus

    BIRDS:
    130 Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum
    131 Blue-headed Vireo - Vireo solitarius
    132 Orange-crowned Warbler - Oreothlypis celata
    133 Northern Parula - Setophaga americana
    134 Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris
    135 Dunlin - Calidris alpina
    136 Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
    137 Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus
    138 Western Kingbird - Tyrannus verticalis
    139 Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum
    140 Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater
    141 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis
    142 Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria
    143 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis
    144 Swallow-tailed Kite - Elanoides forficatus
    145 Prairie Warbler - Setophaga discolor
    146 White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica
    147 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris
    148 Buff-bellied Hummingbird - Amazilia yucatanensis
    149 Black-throated Blue Warbler - Setophaga caerulescens
    150 Short-tailed Hawk - Buteo brachyurus
    151 Seaside Sparrow - Ammodramus maritimus *Cape Sable subspecies
    152 White-crowned Pigeon - Patagioenas leucocephala
    153 Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus
    154 Mangrove Cuckoo - Coccyzus minor
    155 Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla
    156 American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla
    157 Common Myna - Acridotheres tristis
    158 Monk Parakeet - Myiopsitta monachus
    159 Brown-headed Nuthatch - Sitta pusilla
    160 Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis
    161 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa

    NOTE: The numbering appears off, this is because I had to delete Short-billed Dowitcher as doubt was raised regarding my sighting.

    REPTILES:
    9 Banded Water Snake - Nerodia fasciata
    10 American Crocodile - Crocodylus acutus
     
    Ituri, 20 Mar 2017
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  17. LaughingDove

    LaughingDove Well-Known Member

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    And presumably Eastern Australia as well for the bandicoot and flying fox.
     
    LaughingDove, 20 Mar 2017
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  18. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    yep, I figured Melbourne because of the water rat.
     
    Chlidonias, 20 Mar 2017
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  19. Giant Panda

    Giant Panda Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Correct on both counts, except Melbourne wasn't the only eastern city I visited. You also missed a whole country :eek:

    A final addition from Hong Kong:

    Mammals:
    1. European badger (Meles meles)
    2. Eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)**
    3. Reeves’s muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)**
    4. Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
    5. Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
    6. European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)**
    7. Black rat (Rattus rattus)**
    8. Common treeshrew (Tupaia glis)
    9. White-thighed langur (Presbytis siamensis)
    10. Crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
    11. Grey-bellied squirrel (Callosciurus caniceps)
    12. Southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)
    13. Wild boar (Sus scrofa)
    14. Western striped squirrel (Tamiops mcclellandii)
    15. Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)
    16. Plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus)
    17. Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
    18. Malay Civet (Viverra tangalunga)
    19. Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)
    20. Gaur (Bos frontalis)
    21. Sambar (Cervus unicolor)
    22. White-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar)
    23. Three-striped ground squirrel (Lariscus insignis)
    24. Dusky langur (Trachypithecus obscurus)
    25. Lesser dog-faced fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis)
    26. Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)
    27. Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
    28. New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)
    29. Western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
    30. Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
    31. Brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata)
    32. Common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
    33. Yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes)
    34. Western quoll (Dasyurus geoffroii)
    35. Grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)
    36. Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)**
    37. Water rat (Hydromys chrysogaster)
    38. Long-nosed bandicoot (Parameles nasuta)
    39. Common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
    40. House mouse (Mus musculus)**
    41. Javan rusa (Rusa timorensis)**
    42. Pallas’ squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus)**
    43. Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis)
    44. Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)**

    **Introduced populations.
     
    Giant Panda, 21 Mar 2017
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  20. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I'll guess that might be Singapore then, for the short-nosed fruit bat at #25?

    On the subject of bats, did you go to the Batu Caves in KL?

    Hey, you should do a travel thread! :p
     
    Chlidonias, 21 Mar 2017
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