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

  1. Brum

    Brum Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Yours was a bit more exciting than a badger though, Pallas cat if memory serves me correctly... ;)
     
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  2. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Reptiles:
    16. Red Belly Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus)

    Birds:
    108. Buff Banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)

    Fish:
    26. Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)
    27. Estuary Stingray (Hemitrygon fluviorum)*

    *not sure if I’ve already included this species on my list, I can’t quite remember. Does anybody know if I have or haven’t?
     
  3. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Birds (passerines)
    498. White-throated Gerygone
    499. Speckled Warbler
    500. Rockwarbler
    501. Black-chinned Honeyeater

    (If I counted correctly that means 9 more to go till I reach 500 on my Australia list.)
     
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  4. Dannelboyz

    Dannelboyz Well-Known Member

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    A nice couple species from Bunyip State Park... :)

    BIRDS
    345 - White-Throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
    346 - White-Throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)

    FISH
    22 - Congolli (Pseudaphritis urvillii)
     
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  5. Mehdi

    Mehdi Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    One of the regional moderators on observation.org noted that Acanthodactylus erythrurus wasn't found that far south and that it was actually the recently split and similar-looking Acanthodactylus margaritae that I saw that day. No change of number nor do I lose the lifer (since I've never seen those before) but important to note.

    *4- Acanthodactylus margaritae
     
  6. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    I have had strong suspicions for a while - as, I believe, have a fair number of the birding community - that Black Redstart is somewhat more commonplace within the UK than generally believed, and is merely underreported.... which would make sense given they aren't the flashiest-looking of species, and hence easy to overlook if seen by someone who doesn't know birds all that well.

    Certainly I have seen the species in the UK a few times this year, and not always in places/times where it can be easily dismissed as a passage vagrant.
     
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  7. Mr. Zootycoon

    Mr. Zootycoon Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I don't know the situation in the UK, but in the Netherlands they are also found mostly in urban or industrial areas, which are not exactly places where birders tend to go often. I'm not that lucky with this species myself, as I have only seen it twice in the Netherlands this year (though they were umbiquitous in the Pyrenees).
     
  8. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    Yeah, it's the same here :) so unless someone happens to a) see one and b) know what they are looking at, they are liable to be overlooked as a generalised small brown job.

    The best - and most impressive - view of this species which I had this year was in Germany, however - a pair were present immediately in front of the Neues Palais in Park Sansoucci, Potsdam.
     
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  9. Mr. Zootycoon

    Mr. Zootycoon Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I saw one on a mountain top in Andorra. Also quite impressive, but a completely different setting!
     
  10. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    18/12/2018
    204. red necked avocet
    205. australian spotted crake
     
  11. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Mammals
    119. Brown Antechinus (Antechinus stuartii)

    Birds (non-passerines)

    502. Gang-gang Cockatoo

    Birds (passerines)
    503. Chestnut-rumped Heathwren
    504. Little Wattlebird

    Reptiles

    155. Common Scalyfoot (Pygopus lepidopodus)
    156. Marsh Snake (Hemiaspis signata)
    157. Bandy-bandy (Vermicella annulata)

    (I double-checked and it's actually eight more species from now to get to the Aussie 500.)
     
  12. Pleistohorse

    Pleistohorse Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    While walking my dog today along the creek near my home I spotted an American Dipper standing on the ice near an open patch of water. I watched as the bird dove into the ripples and resurfaced a couple times. It then noticed us and flew a bit further downstream. This is the first American Dipper I’ve seen. It will probably be my last new bird for the year. I will post my complete 2018 Bird and Mammal lists soon. Here is my complete Amphibian list:

    1) Wood Frog
     
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  13. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Birds
    153. Ring-Necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
     
  14. TheGerenuk

    TheGerenuk Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    What's the status of mongooses and cats on Oahu?
     
  15. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    How do you mean? Both are established in the wild there.
     
  16. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    A visit to Cologne yielded

    424. Alexandrine parakeet

    Mammals

    64. Eurasian red squirrel

    Probably the final update of the year.
     
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  17. DesertRhino150

    DesertRhino150 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Just realised I had forgotten to update my mammal list - added another species last week, seen next to the main path through my university campus. Probably my best view of the species outside of a trap situation - it repeatedly returned into (fairly) open view, illuminated by a nearby streetlight:

    15. Wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus

    Unless something new suddenly pops up in the garden over the next few days, I expect this will be my last update for the year.
     
  18. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Established and countable. ;)
     
  19. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I'm done travelling for now so finally got around to checking pictures. There's still quite a few things to ID but this is the first batch:

    Mammals
    120. Buff-footed Antechinus (Antechinus mysticus)
    121. Eastern Long-eared Bat (Nyctophilus bifax)
    122. Eastern Tube-nosed Bat (Nyctimene robinsoni)
    123. Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros diadema)
    124. Narrow-toed Feathertail Glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)

    Reptiles
    158. Six-toothed Rainbow-skink (Carlia sexdentata)
    159. Bamboo Range Rock Skink (Liburnascincus artemis)
    160. Prickly Forest Skink (Concinnia queenslandiae)
    161. Cream-striped Shining Skink (Cryptoblepharus virgatus)
    162. Mourning Gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris)
    163. Macquarie Turtle (Emydura macquarii)
    164. Mountain Dragon (Rankinia diemensis)
    165. White's Skink (Liopholis whitii)
    166. Copper-tailed Skink (Ctenotus taeniolatus)

    Amphibians
    42. Striped Marsh Frog (Lymnodynastes peronii)
     
  20. Mr. Zootycoon

    Mr. Zootycoon Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Today I stumbled upon a lifer in my local patch. I've suspected the flocks of redpolls were mixed flocks for some time, but because of the minor differences between the species and the difficulty in obtaining good views I never got a satisfying ID. Today however, a group of about a dozen redpolls was foraging right in the open, thus giving me a chance to actually get a reliable ID. I've now completed my set of redpolls!

    Birds
    259. Lesser redpoll [Acanthis cabaret]

    I would like to get to 260, and I've got a single wildlife day planned this year, so there's still hope!