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Discussion in 'Wildlife & Nature Conservation' started by Chlidonias, 30 Dec 2017.

  1. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    A few more additions from yesterday and today:

    Birds
    14. Rock Pigeon (Feral) Columba livia
    15. White-Breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
    16. Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
    17. Red-Breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
     
  2. robmv

    robmv Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Just back from an excellent weekend of birding in the North-east of England.

    Saturday (Northumberland coast between Newbiggin and Hauxley)
    60. Eider (Somateria mollissima)
    61. Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
    62. Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
    63. Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
    64. Sanderling (Calidris alba)
    65. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
    66. Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
    67. Redshank (Tringa totanus)
    68. Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
    69. Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
    70. Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
    71. Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
    72. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
    73. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    74. Curlew (Numenius arquata)
    75. Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
    76. Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
    77. Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
    78. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
    79. Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
    80. Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
    81. Gannet (Morus bassanus)
    82. Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
    83. Redwing (Turdus iliacus)

    Sunday (wending southwards through Northumberland, Cleveland and North Yorkshire)
    84. Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
    85. Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
    86. Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
    87. Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
    88. Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
    89. Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
    90. Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
    91. Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
    92. Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
    93. Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
    94. Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
    95. Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
     
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  3. Macaw16

    Macaw16 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I haven't been outside much in the past week, so my list is only very short at the moment...

    Birds
    1.Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
    2. Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
    3. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    4. Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
    5. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    6. European Robin Erithacus rubecula
    7. Common Blackbird Turdus merula
    8. Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
    9. Carrion Crow Corvus corone
    10. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
    11. Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
    12. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    13. Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
    14. Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    15. Stock Dove Columba oenas
    16. Great Tit Parus major
    17. Feral Pigeon Columba livia domestica
    18. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
    19. Greylag Goose Anser anser
    20. Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
    21. Coal Tit Perparus ater
    22. Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
    23. Rook Corvus frugilegus
    24. Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
    25. Common Pheasant Phasianus colchinus

    Mammals
    1. Eastern Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
    2. Bank Vole Myodes glareolus
    3. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
     
  4. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    One more from yesterday:

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    18. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
     
  5. Vision

    Vision Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    BIRDS:
    69) Feral pigeon, Columba livia
     
  6. jayjds2

    jayjds2 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Birds

    1/7/17
    5. Fish crow Corvus ossifragus

    1/8/17
    6. American crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
     
  7. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    With the warm(er) weather today, the birds were very active. Unfortunately, most of them were my least favorite bird.

    Birds
    19. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
     
  8. Ituri

    Ituri Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    BIRDS:
    57 Trumpeter Swan - Cygnus buccinator
    58 Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator
    59 Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
    60 Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris
    61 American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
    62 Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
    63 Northern Harrier - Circus hudsonius
    64 Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
    65 Snowy Owl - Bubo scandiacus
    66 Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus
    67 Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus
    68 American Tree Sparrow - Spizelloides arborea
    69 Harris's Sparrow - Zonotrichia querula
     
  9. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    10/1/2018
    84. Grey crowned babbler
     
  10. Mr. Zootycoon

    Mr. Zootycoon Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I'm still going strong this year, with again a few birds to add. Some are from a small trip to find water pipits, a species that was still lacking on my life list. Without doubt I succeeded, with no less than nine individuals seen. The others are species I picked up here and there, among them a few from a visit to Ouwehand's Zoo.

    Birds
    84. Goosander [Mergus merganser]
    85. Short-toed treecreeper [Certhia brachydactyla]
    86. Marsh tit [Poecile palustris]
    87. Red-crested pochard [Netta rufina]
    88. Common pheasant [Phasianus colchicus]
    89. Water pipit [Anthus spinoletta]
    90. Stock dove [Columba oenas]
    91. Grey wagtail [Motacilla cinerea]
    92. Common kingfisher [Alcedo atthis]
    93. Redwing [Turdus iliacus]
     
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  11. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Just IDed a bird I saw yesterday:

    Birds
    20. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
     
  12. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Saw a flock of these on my way home from school:

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    21. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
     
  13. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    4. Culpeo
    5. South-American grey fox

    I expect some few hundred European rabbits later today from Santiago airport and those will be the last mammals from continent number 1 this month...
     
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  14. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    11/1/2018
    85. little corella
    86. sulphur crested cockatoo
    87. eastern barn owl
     
  15. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    With the weather above freezing, birds were very active today.

    Birds
    22. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
    23. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
     
  16. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Birds:
    20. Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
    21. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
    22. Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
    23. Little Pied Cormarant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
    24. Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
    25. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
    26. Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
    27. Pale-Headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus)
    28. Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
    29. New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
    30. Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)
    31. Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
    32. Plumed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni)

    Fish:
    1. Australian Longfin Eel (Anguilla reinhardtii)
    2. Bream (Acanthopagrus australis)
    3. Mosquito Fish (Gambusia affinis)
    4. Butter Bream (Monodactylus argentus)

    Reptiles:
    6. Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

    Mammals:
    2. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
     
  17. Vision

    Vision Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Second lifer of the year! In the same place as the last one :D

    BIRDS:
    70) Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis

    71) Mediterranean gull, Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
     
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  18. Mr. Zootycoon

    Mr. Zootycoon Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I've got a couple of species to add again. The redshank was seen earlier but I forgot to mention it. The other birds were picked up around the university campus, and I finally managed to see another mammal species!

    Birds
    94. Common redshank [Tringa totanus]
    95. Eurasian wren [Troglodytes troglodytes]
    96. Song thrush [Turdus philomelos]
    97. Eurasian sparrowhawk [Accipiter nisus]

    Mammals
    2. European rabbit [Oryctolagus cuniculus]
     
  19. KevinVar

    KevinVar Well-Known Member

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    BIRDS
    58. Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
    59. European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
    60. European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)

    MAMMALS

    3. Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
     
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  20. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I finally got to go find some more birds today without work and weather getting in the way.

    34) New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    35) New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    36) Kaka Nestor meridionalis
    37) New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    38) Brown Teal Anas chlorotis
    39) Californian Quail Callipepla californica
    40) New Zealand Robin Petroica australis
    41) Whitehead Mohoua albicilla
    42) Red-crowned Kakariki Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
    43) Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta
    44) New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    45) Little Black Shag Phalacrocorax sulcirostris