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  1. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Birds
    110. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus

    Herpitiles
    6. Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina
    7. Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis

    Fishes
    1. Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
    2. Common Carp Cyprinus carpio (VU)
     
    birdsandbats, 12 May 2018
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  2. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    There was a bird of prey I saw a while ago and twice I have incorrectly identified it, first as a pacific baza and secondly as a grey Goshawk. I rethought my identification and now I am 100% sure that number 38 on my bird list is a Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus).

    Mammals:
    7. Red-Legged Pademelon (Thylogale stigmatica)

    Birds:
    62. Lotus Bird (rediparra gallinacea)
    63. Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae)
    64. Large Billed scrub wren (Sericornis magnirostra)
    65. Coot (Fulica atra)

    Fish
    13. Grilded Scalyfin (Parma unifasciata)

    Invertebrates
    5. Black Sea Cucumber (Holothuria leucospilota)
     
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    animal_expert01, 13 May 2018
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  3. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I'm pretty sure that if you've already twice "incorrectly identified" a bird you "saw a while ago", then you can't be "100% sure" of its actual identity now. Best to just let it go - not everything needs to be given an ID, especially when it's a dodgy one.
     
    Chlidonias, 13 May 2018
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  4. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    While this is true I am almost certain that the bird I saw was a brown Goshawk so I will leave it at that.
     
    animal_expert01, 13 May 2018
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  5. Mr. Zootycoon

    Mr. Zootycoon Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Wait, are you almost sure or 100% sure? That's huge difference!
     
    Mr. Zootycoon, 13 May 2018
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  6. Vision

    Vision Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I find that whenever I start thinking back of a species I wasn't 100% certain of in the field (and don't have any pictures of), it's very dangerously easy to appropriate various characteristics to such a sighting, and thus I never end up doing anything with them. Sometimes it's best to leave a bird unidentified.

    If you have a picture which you just misidentified a few times but are now confident enough in seeing details you didn't see before, then that's an entirely different story...
     
    Vision, 13 May 2018
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  7. Mr. Zootycoon

    Mr. Zootycoon Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    As an addition to what @Vision said, sound recordings of songbirds often work well.
     
    Mr. Zootycoon, 13 May 2018
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  8. robmv

    robmv Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    A few more additions this week:
    164. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
    165. Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
    166. Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
    167. Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) - finally!
     
    robmv, 13 May 2018
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  9. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Birds
    111. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina

    BONUS: Heard their beautiful song.
     
    birdsandbats, 13 May 2018
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  10. Maguari

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

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    Additions from the always-spectacular Bempton Cliffs and the reliably-interesting North Cave Wetlands on Saturday. Also had my second porpoise appearance of the year, which is always a pleasure.

    Birds:
    167. Northern Gannet - Morus bassanus
    168. Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis
    169. Black-legged Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla
    170. Atlantic Puffin - Fratercula arctica
    171. Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
    172. Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti
    173. Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra

    (UK: 171)

    Invertebrates:
    19. White-lipped Banded Snail - Cepaea hortensis
     
    Maguari, 14 May 2018
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  11. Vision

    Vision Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    This new vagrant bird definitely has a very good chance of being my favorite bird this year! Shrikes are definitely already some of my favorite birds, and this one is no exception. Unlike all other shrikes I've seen this one actually was very close to the road, meaning I got very good views and a few decent pictures!

    BIRDS:
    225) Woodchat shrike, Lanius senator

    INVERTEBRATES:
    27) Thatch tubic, Borkhausenia minutella
     
    Vision, 14 May 2018
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  12. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Some birds seen at school today:

    Birds
    112. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
    113. Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus

    Conveniently, the first one showed up when we were talking about bluebirds.
     
    birdsandbats, 15 May 2018
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  13. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    16/5/2018
    172. yellow plumed honeyeater. ( in my backyard )
     
    boof, 16 May 2018
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  14. Fresco3

    Fresco3 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Think I'll start my list now, haven't really been too active until now:

    Birds:

    1) European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
    2) Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)

    Mammals:

    1) Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
    2) Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

    That's all I can remember off the top of my head at the moment. Expect this list to be updated frequently!
     
    Fresco3, 16 May 2018
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  15. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    18/5/2018
    173. musk lorikeet
     
    boof, 18 May 2018
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  16. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    19/5/2018
    174. black chinned honeyeater
    175. brown headed honeyeater
    176. grey fronted honeyeater
    177. rufous whistler
    178. spotted pardalote
    179. white eared honeyeater
     
    boof, 19 May 2018
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  17. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Amphibians
    9. Giant Frog (Cyclorana australis)
    10. Desert Tree Frog (Litoria rubella)

    Reptiles
    21. Yellow-spotted Monitor (Varanus panoptes)
     
    Najade, 19 May 2018
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  18. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Birds (non-passerines)
    214. Wandering Whistling Duck
    215. Grey Teal
    216. Pink-eared Duck
    217. Green Pygmy-goose
    218. Little Pied Cormorant
    220. Striated Heron
    221. Glossy Ibis
    222. Little Eagle
    223. Spotted Harrier
    224. Brahminy Kite
    225. Brown Falcon
    226. Australian Hobby
    227. Brolga
    228. Black-tailed Native-hen
    229. Bar-tailed Godwit
    230. Whimbrel
    231. Grey-tailed Tattler
    232. Great Knot
    233. Comb-crested Jacana
    234. Australian Painted Snipe
    235. Australian Pied Oystercatcher
    236. Black-winged Stilt
    237. Red-kneed Dotterel
    238. Australian Pratincole
    239. Oriental Pratincole
    240. Whiskered Tern
    241. Gull-billed Tern
    242. Lesser Crested Tern
     
    Najade, 19 May 2018
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  19. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Birds (passerines)
    243. Black-tailed Treecreeper
    244. Dusky Gerygone
    245. White-plumed Honeyeater
    246. Red-headed Honeyeater
    247. Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
    248. Rufous-throated Honeyeater
    249. Jacky Winter
    250. Grey-crowned Babbler
    251. Mangrove Golden Whistler
    252. White-breasted Whistler
    253. Broad-billed Flycatcher
    254. Paperbark Flycatcher
    255. Mangrove Grey Fantail
    256. White-breasted Woodswallow
    257. Pied Butcherbird
    258. Great Bowerbird
    259. Fairy Martin
    260. Yellow White-eye
     
    Najade, 19 May 2018
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  20. Macaw16

    Macaw16 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    First one from 13/5/2018, second from today (19/5/2018):

    71. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    72. House Martin Delichon urbicum
     
    Macaw16, 19 May 2018
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