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  1. Vision

    Vision Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    So a quick bike ride to a local pond got me a partridge, the pond itself got me an early bluethroat, and just as I was about to leave I heard and saw two foxes fighting. Definitely a very successful day!

    BIRDS:
    162) Grey partridge, Perdix perdix
    163) Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica

    MAMMALS:
    10) Red fox, Vulpes vulpes
     
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  2. Mr. Zootycoon

    Mr. Zootycoon Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Nothing really exciting but just a few more spring-y species from my local patch. Spring seems to be on its way: displaying lapwings and singing skylarks are everywhere!

    Birds
    130. White wagtail [Motacilla alba]
    131. Common snipe [Gallinago gallinago]
    132. Meadow pipit [Anthus pratensis]
    133. European stonechat [Saxicola rubicola]

    I have a more interesting birding trip planned this weekend so I expect some more lifers soon.
     
    Mr. Zootycoon, 15 Mar 2018
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  3. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    117. zebra finch
     
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  4. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Mammals
    24) Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis

    ~Thylo
     
    ThylacineAlive, 16 Mar 2018
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  5. Pleistohorse

    Pleistohorse Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Birds:

    11) Snow Bunting - Plectrophenax Nivalis

    Mammals:

    1) Arctic Fox
    2) Red Fox
    3) Moose
    4) North American Brown Lemming
    5) Caribou
    6) American Red Squirrel
    7) Snowshoe Hare
    8) House Mouse
    * Wolverine - Tracks only
     
    Pleistohorse, 16 Mar 2018
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  6. Mr. Zootycoon

    Mr. Zootycoon Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    My tendency to avoid cities usually works in my favour for finding birds. Not for this one I guess.

    Birds
    134. Feral pigeon [Columba livia]
     
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  7. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    Hmm...
     
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  8. Mr. Zootycoon

    Mr. Zootycoon Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    It is not weekend yet here!
     
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  9. Pleistohorse

    Pleistohorse Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Birds:

    12) Gray Jay - Perisoreus Canadensis
     
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  10. jayjds2

    jayjds2 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I let the updates lag a little much...
    4. Eastern chipmunk
    2. Odorous house ant

    18. Snow goose
    19. American black duck
    20. Mallard
    21. Lesser scaup
    22. Canvasback
    23. Ring-billed duck
    24. Red-tailed hawk
    25. Common merganser
    26. Redhead
    27. American herring gull
    28. Song sparrow
    29. Bald eagle
    30. North American ruddy duck
    31. American coot
    32. Ruby-crowned kinglet
    33. Winter wren
    34. Mourning dove
    35. Northern cardinal
    36. Golden-crowned kinglet
    37. Carolina chickadee
    38. Double-crested cormorant
    39. Hooded merganser
    40. Swamp sparrow
    41. White-throated sparrow
    42. Great blue heron
    43. Belted kingfisher
    44. Tufted titmouse

    Over the last few months, with the bulk in January. My duck curse is finally over...
     
    jayjds2, 17 Mar 2018
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  11. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    ...and my bird for March:

    50) Grey Warbler Gerygone igata

    Last year that species was number 596 on my year-list.
     
    Chlidonias, 17 Mar 2018
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  12. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Birds:
    52. Peacock (Pavo cristatus)
    53. Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
    54. Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
    55. Domestic Duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)

    Unsure if these can be counted, but they were certainly all wild and not free ranging individuals.

    Fish:
    11. Mangrove Jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
    12. Glass Perch (Ambassis agassizi)
     
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  13. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    Where were these? I haven't got an Australian field-guide to hand, but none of them seem likely to be from acceptable feral populations in Queensland.
     
    Chlidonias, 17 Mar 2018
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  14. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Looking at eBird data, there are definitely established populations of all four of these domestic birds in Australia. Weather they can be counted or not is really up to the one who saw them.
     
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  15. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Birds
    40. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
     
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  16. Mr. Zootycoon

    Mr. Zootycoon Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Despite the strong winds and the cold temperature I did have quite a succesful day of birding. It was not exactly easy to find the birds we were looking for because all the small birds like bluethroats (those look ridiculous in the snow!), reed buntings and chiffchaffs sat on the ground or very low in the reed beds. All except a fantastic penduline tit, which just kept foranging on top of the reeds and was blown out of it every now and then. Certainly one of the highlights of the year. Second best bird was a vagrant bufflehead. There were also loads of waterfowl and waders I've seen earlier this year, and it was good to see our national birds, the godwits, have returned again.

    Birds
    135. Common shelduck [Tadorna tadorna]
    136. Bluethroat [Luscinia svecica]
    137. Pied avocet [Recurvirostra avosetta]
    138. Black-tailed godwit [Limosa limosa]
    139. Eurasian penduline tit [Remiz pendulinus]
    140. Bufflehead [Bucephala albeola]
    141. Jack snipe [Lymnocryptes minimus]

    I hope this sounds more like your idea of a good birding trip @Chlidonias ;)
     
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  17. Vision

    Vision Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Saw a new lifer from the bus on my way to Wuppertal today!

    BIRDS:
    164) Velvet scoter, Melanitta fusca
     
    Vision, 17 Mar 2018
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  18. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I saw them on the Sunshine Coast in Palmwoods.
     
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  19. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    There are no established wild populations of Muscovy Ducks in Australia as far as I'm aware.

    True established populations of Peafowl are very restricted in the country (as opposed to small free-living groups, such as can be seen here and there in Queensland).

    Domestic chickens and ducks are random, but officially the former are countable only at specific localities. Usually (in most of the country) it is basically impossible to tell if domestic birds compose a true feral population or not.
     
    Chlidonias, 17 Mar 2018
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  20. robmv

    robmv Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Catching up on the last few weeks: mostly from The Forest of Dean (with Maguari) and a work trip to North Wales this week:

    131. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates minor)
    132. Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
    133. Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
    134. Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
    135. Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
    136. Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
    137. Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
    138. Scaup (Aythya marila)
     
    robmv, 17 Mar 2018
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