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  1. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    One more I just noticed I forgot to list as well as a few from a very short round of birding before work:

    Birds
    15) American Robin Turdus migratorius
    16) Red-Bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
    17) Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
    18) Ring-Necked Duck Aythya collaris
    19) Common Merganser Mergus merganser
    20) American Coot Fulica americana
    21) Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
    22) Red-Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
    23) American Kestrel Falco sparverius
    24) Red-Shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
    25) Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo

    ~Thylo
     
    ThylacineAlive, 7 Jan 2017
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  2. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    7/1/17
    45. Australian wood duck
    46. dusky moorhen
    47. eastern spinebill
    48. laughing kookaburra
    49. olive backed oriole
     
    boof, 7 Jan 2017
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  3. Hix

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

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    61. White-breasted Waterhen
    62. White-tailed Tropicbird

    :p

    Hix
     
    Hix, 7 Jan 2017
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  4. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    speaking for myself, the only feral bird I count (I think) is feral pigeon just because they are so widespread. But then it was annoying when I saw genuine wild rock doves in Ladakh because they are "the same" as the ferals. In NZ lost of people count feral geese (as "greylag geese"), feral guineafowl, and even feral chickens ("red junglefowl"...).

    I think if people want to count feral birds then that's fine, so long as they are actually established ferals and not just the released barnyard ducks at the local pond (for example).

    With mammals I count all the ferals - pigs, goats, cats, etc. Last year I counted feral goat on my own year list but not on the Zoochat year list. Hix did count feral goat that year, so I could have done too and then I would have been one species higher.
     
    Chlidonias, 7 Jan 2017
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  5. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Birds:
    20. Grey-Butcher Bird (Cracticus torquatus)
    21. Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica)
    22. Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
    23. Bush Turkey (Alectura lathami)

    Reptiles:
    4. Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii)
     
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  6. DesertRhino150

    DesertRhino150 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    A morning out at Abberton Reservoir got me nine new birds for the year:

    72. Grey heron Ardea cinerea
    73. Smew Mergellus albellus
    74. Rook Corvus frugilegus
    75. Common goldeneye Bucephala clangula
    76. Great black-backed gull Larus marinus
    77. Northern pintail Anas acuta
    78. Gadwall Anas strepera
    79. Slavonian grebe Podiceps auritus (Vu)
    80. Bewick's swan Cygnus columbianus
     
    DesertRhino150, 7 Jan 2017
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  7. Macaw16

    Macaw16 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I finally got out birding, visiting Wheldrake Ings. Annoyingly, the mist and low light made it very difficult to identify many of the waterfowl and various gulls (probably including a number of vagrants).

    31. Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
    32. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
    33. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    34. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
    35. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
    36. Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
    37. Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
    38. Greylag Goose Anser anser
    39. Northern Shoveller Anas clypeata
    40. Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus*
    41. Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

    *Chances are I have seen this species before, but I have no record of it
     
    Macaw16, 7 Jan 2017
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  8. LaughingDove

    LaughingDove Well-Known Member

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    Went out again today to another site. Still extremely cold, but managed a few nice species, though missed some birds of prey that I was hoping to get.

    51) Rough-legged Buzzard
    52) Black Woodpecker
    53) Eurasian Bullfinch
     
    LaughingDove, 7 Jan 2017
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  9. zooboy28

    zooboy28 Well-Known Member

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    2017 is off to a good start, with a few common species seen locally, and a trip to the Edithvale wetlands today netting a good number of species too (although I couldn't find the magpie goose which is apparently visiting the wetland at the moment).

    1 Feral Pigeon Columba livia domestica
    2 Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
    3 Indian Myna Acridotheres tristis
    4 Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
    5 Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
    6 Common Blackbird Turdus merula
    7 Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novehollandiae
    8 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    9 Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    10 Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    11 Australasian Coot Fulica atra australis
    12 Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
    13 Magpie Lark Grallina cyanoleuca
    14 Little Raven Corvus mellori
    15 Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
    16 Galah Elophus roseicapillus
    17 Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
    18 Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
    19 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
    20 Eurasian Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    21 Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    22 Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
    23 Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    24 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    25 White-headed Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    26 White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    27 Pacific Heron Ardea pacifica
    28 Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
    29 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
    30 Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    31 Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
    32 Grey Teal Anas gracilis
    33 Australasian Shoveller Anas rhynchotis
    34 Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    35 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
    36 Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
    37 White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus flavescens
     
    zooboy28, 8 Jan 2017
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  10. Hevden

    Hevden Well-Known Member

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    110. Treecreeper
    111. Lesser redpoll
    112. Mandarin
     
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  11. Ituri

    Ituri Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Birds:
    97 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius
    98 Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus
    99 Least Bittern - Ixobrychus exilis
    100 Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    101 Crested Caracara - Caracara cheriway
    102 House Wren - Troglodytes aedon
    103 Vesper Sparrow - Pooecetes gramineus
    104 Common Ground-Dove - Columbina passerina

    Mammals:
    2 North American River Otter - Lontra canadensis
     
    Ituri, 8 Jan 2017
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  12. Pleistohorse

    Pleistohorse Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Birds:
    1. Common Raven

    Mammals:
    1. Arctic Fox
    2. Caribou
    3. Red Fox
     
    Pleistohorse, 8 Jan 2017
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  13. Vision

    Vision Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    BIRDS
    30) Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs
    31) Eurasian tree sparrow, Passer montanus
     
    Vision, 8 Jan 2017
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  14. Macaw16

    Macaw16 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    A pleasant surprise from my garden:

    42. Goldcrest Regulus regulus
     
    Macaw16, 8 Jan 2017
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  15. robmv

    robmv Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    A few bits and pieces picked up during the week:
    67. Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
    68. Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
    69. Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret)
    70. Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
    71. Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

    Then a day out to North Wales to look for some coastal species:
    72. Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
    73. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
    74. Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
    75. Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
    76. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
    77. Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
    78. Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
    79. Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
    80. Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
    81. Curlew (Numenius arquata)
    82. Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
    83. Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
    84. Knot (Calidris canutus)
    85. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
    86. Redshank (Tringa totanus)
    87. Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
    88. Guillemot (Uria aalge)
    89. Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
    90. Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
    91. Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
    92. Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
    93. Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

    Back to my local patch today:
    94. Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
    95. Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
    96. Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
    97. Gadwall (Anas strepera)
    98. Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
    99. Pochard (Aythya ferina)
    100. Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
    101. Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
     
    robmv, 8 Jan 2017
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  16. Maguari

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

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    Additions from a Humberside day out today; plenty going on at North Cave Wetlands but Blacktoft Sands eerily quiet (except for marsh harriers, of course!) until a late swan arrival.

    Birds:
    66. Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata
    67. Common Gull - Larus canus
    68. Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
    69. Greylag Goose - Anser anser
    70. Common Shelduck - Tadorna tadorna
    71. Eurasian Siskin - Spinus spinus
    72. Common Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis
    73. Eurasian Curlew - Numenius arquata
    74. Western Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus
    75. Dunlin - Calidris alpina
    76. Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus

    Mammals:
    2. European Rabbit - Oryctolagus cuniculus

    :)
     
    Maguari, 8 Jan 2017
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  17. jbnbsn99

    jbnbsn99 Well-Known Member

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    102 Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii
    103 Redhead - Aythya americana
    104 Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum
    105 Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus
    106 Prairie Falcon - Falco mexicanus
     
    jbnbsn99, 8 Jan 2017
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  18. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Birds:
    24. Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
     
    animal_expert01, 8 Jan 2017
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  19. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Was trapped after work at a friend's house due to a snowstorm last night and this morning I was watching his bird feeders and picked up a few more birds. The story behind the last one being all the other birds suddenly flew away at once and then it landed on the porch before flying to a nearby tree.

    Birds
    26) Black-Capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
    27) European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    28) White-Breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
    29) Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
    30) Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii

    Mammals
    3) White-Tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus

    ~Thylo
     
    ThylacineAlive, 9 Jan 2017
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  20. Hevden

    Hevden Well-Known Member

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    113. Hawfinch
    114. Gargany
    115. Smew
    116. Scaup
    117. Meadow pipit
     
    Hevden, 9 Jan 2017
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