ZooChat Big Year 2018

BIRDS

1 Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
2 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
3 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
4 Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus
5 Barred Owl - Strix varia
6 Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus
7 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens
8 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus
9 Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus
10 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata
11 Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus
12 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor
13 White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis
14 Brown Creeper - Certhia americana
15 Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus
16 Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus
17 American Robin - Turdus migratorius
18 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
19 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata
20 Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis
21 Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
22 Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
23 Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
24 Snow Goose - Anser caerulescens
25 Ross's Goose - Anser rossii
26 Greater White-fronted Goose - Anser albifrons
27 Cackling Goose - Branta hutchinsii
28 Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeata
29 American Wigeon - Mareca americana
30 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
31 Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
32 American Kestrel - Falco sparverius

Mammals:

1 Eastern Fox Squirrel - Sciurus niger
2 White-tailed Deer - Odocoileus virginianus

 

2/1/2018
16. rainbow lorikeet
17. white plumed honeyeater
18. white browed woodswalllow
19. rainbow bee eater
20. Australasian darter
21. Australian reed warbler

 

1 January 2018. 2320 hours. Alaska.
Temperature 7F, Winds NE at 35 MPH.

1) Common Raven. Unsurprisingly so.

Anybody’s guess whether the Red or Arctic Fox will be my first Mammal this year....saw several of both last year/yesterday...time, as it is want to do, will tell.

Probably tomorrow when the winds are forecasted to lay down a bit.

 

A species I don't often see, and have never seen in my garden before just decided to show up!

BIRDS:
44) Short-toed treecreeper, Certhia brachydactyla

 

Despite travelling more than 200 kilometers yesterday I only had three additions since it was already dark when I did so. My fist bird being the most common species in the Netherlands, a common blackbird. Today was my first ''real'' birding day and just like last year I had the honor of starting off my birding year with a lifer!

BIRDS
1. Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)
2. Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
3. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
4. European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
5. Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
6. Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
7. Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
8. Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
9. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
10. Eurasian Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
11. Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
12. European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
13. Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
14. Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
15. Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
16. Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
17. Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
18. Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca)
19. Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
20. Canadian Goose (Branta canadensis)
21. Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
22. Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
23. Eurasian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
24. Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
25. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
26. Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
27. Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
28. Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
29. Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
30. Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
31. Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
32. European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
33. Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
34. Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
35. Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
36. Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
37. Great Tit (Parus major)
38. Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
39. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

MAMMALS
1. European Hare (Lepus europaeus)

 

Bad weather kept me indoors for all day today although I managed to see one new bird and a mammal for my year list from my window:

44. European greenfinch Chloris chloris

3. Reeve's muntjac Muntiacus reevesi

 

Today was the first real birding day. We first went after a rare vagrant diver (one far from the coast), then we had a nice trip in a local area which yielded a long-awaited lifer. To finish the day we searched for a rare duck. Today turned out very succesfull, with 44 species spotted.

Birds
15. European robin [Erithacus rubecula]
16. Mute swan [Cygnus olor]
17. Dunnock [Prunella modularis]
18. Great cormorant [Phalacrocorax carbo]
19. Eurasian coot [Fulica atra]
20. Common moorhen [Gallinula chloropus]
21. Little grebe [Tachybaptus ruficollis]
22. Great crested grebe [Podiceps cristatus]
23. Great northern diver [Gavia immer]
24. Eurasian siskin [Spinus spinus]
25. Mallard [Anas platyrhynchos]
26. Tufted duck [Aythya fuligula]
27. Greylag goose [Anser anser]
28. Great egret [Ardea alba]
29. Bewick's swan [Cygnus (columbianus) bewickii]
30. Goldcrest [Regulus regulus]
31. Coal tit [Periparus ater]
32. Crested tit [Lophophanes cristatus]
33. Blue tit [Cyanistes caeruleus]
34. Northern goshawk [Accipiter gentilis]
35. Common goldeneye [Bucephala clangula]
36. Common pochard [Aythya ferina]
37. Egyptian goose [Alopochen aegyptiaca]
38. Eurasian teal [Anas crecca]
39. Northern shoveler [Spaluta clypeata]
40. Eurasian wigeon [Mareca penelope]
41. Gadwall [Mareca strepera]
42. Barnacle goose [Branta leucopsis]
43. Smew [Mergellus albellus]
44. Great grey shrike [Lanius excubitor]
45. Long-tailed tit [Aegithalos caudatus]
46. Eurasian jay [Garrulus glandarius]
47. Common reed bunting [Emberiza schoeniclus]
48. Grey heron [Ardea cinerea]
49. Ferruginous duck [Aythya nyroca]

Did I see a great northern diver before I had seen a mallard? Yes, yes I did.

 

BIRDS:

33 Winter Wren - Troglodytes hiemalis
34 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis
35 Spotted Towhee - Pipilo maculatus

MAMMALS:

3 Virginia Opossum - Didelphis virginiana

 

Just a walk around my block this morning
Birds:
1. Blue Jay-Cyanocitta cristata
2. Red Bellied Woodpecker-Melanerpes carolinus
3. American Crow-Corvus brachyrhynchos
4. Yellow Rumped Warbler-Setophaga coronata
5. Mallard-Anas platyrhynchos
6. Lesser Scaup-Aythya affinis

 

Birds:
4. Blue-Eyed Honey Eater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
5. Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)
6. Australia White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
7. Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
8. Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti)
9. Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
10. Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
11. Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)

Reptiles:
3. Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)

 

Couple from around town today:

22. Feral Pigeon - Columba livia
23. Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus

 

A couple more from around today:

Birds
11. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
12. Red-Bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus

 

Birds
1. House sparrow Passer domesticus
2. Red-bellied woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
3. Eastern turkey vulture Cathartes aura septentrionalis

 

2/1/2018
22. sacred kingfisher
23. crested pigeon
24. masked lapwing
3/1/2018
25. rock dove
26. pied butcherbird
27. australian wood duck
28. emu
29. wedge tailed eagle
30. whistling kite
31. australasian pipit
32. nankeen kestrel
33. black faced woodswallow
34. cockatiel
35. brown songlark
36. australian ringneck
37. masked woodswallow
38. purple swamphen
39. little black cormorant
40. little pied cormorant
41. australian pelican
42. glossy ibis
43. australain white ibis ( bin chicken )
44. royal spoonbill
45. white faced heron
46. black swan
47. swamp harrier
48. brown falcon
49. welcome swallow
50. golden headed cistacola
51. superb fairy wren
52. white winged fairy wren
53. white breasted woodswallow
54. australian raven
55. cattle egret
56. peaceful dove
57. white necked heron
58. apostlebird
59. australasain grebe
60. australasian shovler
61. black winged stilt
62. brown treecreeper
63. dusky moorhen
64. eurasain coot
65. great egret
66. grey teal
67. laughing kookaburra
68. little egret
69. little grassbird
70. mistletoebird
71. pacific black duck
72. pink eared duck
73. red kneed dotterel
74. straw necked ibis
75. weebill
76. western gerygone
77. yellow billed spoonbill

 

Birds:
12. Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
13. Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
14. Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)
15. Willy Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
16. Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
17. Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)
18. Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
19. Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Reptiles:
4. Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona Barbara)
5. Eastern Water Skink (Eulamprus quoyii)

Mammals:
2. Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)

 

Birds:
15. Common Starling, Sturnus vulgaris
16. Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus

Mammals:
1. Eastern Grey Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis

 

Just a single species added to my list today - being unable to go out combined with high winds meant most birds were beyond me:

45. Mistle thrush Turdus viscivorus

 

I was also a little impeded by the wind today but the afternoon settled down nicely and I was able to put together a decent haul from a tour of local sites - Ogston Reservoir, Cromford Canal, Carsington Water, Darley Dale, Big Moor and Shillito Wood - with Carsington's diver and Darley Dale's Hawfinch the highlights.

Birds:
24. Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea
25. Common Teal - Anas crecca
26. Northern Lapwing - Vanellus vanellus
27. Eurasian Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes
28. Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis
29. Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
30. Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus
31. Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula
32. Willow Tit - Poecile montanus
33. Common Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs
34. Dunnock - Prunella modularis
35. Coal Tit - Perparus ater
36. European Nuthatch - Sitta europaea
37. Redwing - Turdus iliacus
38. Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus
39. Eurasian Wigeon - Mareca penelope
40. European Pochard - Aythya ferina
41. Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus
42. Gadwall - Mareca strepera
43. Common Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus
44. Pied Wagtail - Motacilla alba
45. Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Passer montanus
46. Eurasian Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula
47. Great Northern Diver - Gavia immer
48. Hawfinch - Coccothraustes coccothraustes
49. European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
50. European Greenfinch - Chloris chloris
51. Yellowhammer - Emberiza citrinella
52. Common Reed Bunting - Emberiza schoeniclus

Mammals:
1. Eastern Grey Squirrel - Sciurus carolinensis
2. European Rabbit - Oryctolagus cuniculus
3. Red Deer - Cervus elaphus


More birding scheduled for tomorrow!

 

No real birding today, but did pick up a few new ones for the year while going to the city and was surprised by a green woodpecker in my own backyard, the earliest in the year I've ever seen one.
40. Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
41. Feral Pigeon (Columba livia domestica)
42. Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
43. European Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)

 

Seen in my backyard today:

Mammals
5. Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus