ZooChat Big Year 2019

Birds:
10. Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
11. Blue Eyed Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
12. Sulphur Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
13. Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)
14. Peewee (Grallina cyanoleuca)

Reptiles:
1. Blue Tongue (Tiliqua scincoides)
2. Delicate Garden Skink (Lampropholis delicata)

Mammals:
1. Gray Headed Flying Fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)

 

I agree that you can't just name a family. However, Australia only has the one species of Sittella - the Varied Sittella, although there are six different subspecies.

You mean Blue-faced Honeyeater.



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Mount Annan Botanical Gardens

Birds
30. Chestnut Teal
31. Australasian Grebe
32. Channel-billed Cuckoo
33. Australasian Swamphen
34. Masked Lapwing
35. Australian White Ibis
36. Eastern Rosella
37. Satin Bowerbird
38. Superb Blue Wren
39. Yellow-faced Honeyeater
40. Eastern Whipbird
41. Pied Currawong
42. Willie Wagtail
43. Grey Fantail
44. Red-whiskered Bulbul
45. Australian Reed Warbler
46. Mistletoe Bird
47. Goldfinch
48. Red-browed Firetail Finch

Mammals
1. Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Reptiles
1. Eastern Water Skink



Hix

 

BIRDS:
1) Common wood pigeon, Columba palumbus
2) Western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula
3) European robin, Erithacus rubecula
4) Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto
5) European herring gull, Larus argentatus
6) Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
7) Eurasian magpie, Pica pica
8) Great tit, Parus major
9) Common gull, Larus canus
10) Greylag goose, Anser anser
11) Carrion crow, Corvus corone
12) Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata
13) Long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus
14) Common snipe, Gallinago gallinago
15) Canada goose, Branta canadensis
16) Great egret, Ardea alba
17) White wagtail, Motacilla alba
18) Stock dove, Columba oenas
19) Common blackbird, Turdus merula
20) Common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
21) Cetti's warbler, Cettia cetti
22) Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna
23) Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula
24) Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
25) Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca
26) Gadwall, Mareca strepera
27) Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata
28) Eurasian coot, Fulica atra
29) Common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
30) Common pochard, Aythya ferina
31) Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
32) Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes
33) Little egret, Egretta garzetta
34) Mute swan, Cygnus olor
35) Eurasian teal, Anas crecca
36) Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope
37) Hen harrier, Circus cyaneus
38) Eurasian blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus
39) Water pipit, Anthus spinoletta
40) European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis
41) Goldcrest, Regulus regulus
42) Grey heron, Ardea cinerea
43) Bearded reedling, Panurus biarmicus
44) Ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
45) Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs
46) Common buzzard, Buteo buteo
47) Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia
48) Great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus
49) Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus
50) Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus
51) Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major
52) Redwing, Turdus iliacus
53) Common starling, Sturnus vulgaris
54) House sparrow, Passer domesticus
55) Dunnock, Prunella modularis

MAMMALS:
1) European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus

Good first day of the year! Hen harrier, bearded reedling and Eurasian spoonbill were definitely very nice surprises.

 

Fairly slow start to the year (especially after getting over 80 birds the day before), but I am going to try for the eastern yellow wagtail again tomorrow so that should come with some other nice species.

MAMMALS
1 - Grey-headed Flying Fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)
2 - Black Rat (Rattus rattus)*

BIRDS
1 - Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
2 - Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
3 - Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)*
4 - Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)*
5 - Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
6 - Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)*
7 - Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
8 - Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
9 - House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)*
10 - Little Raven (Corvus mellori)
11 - Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)
12 - Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
13 - Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
14 - Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
15 - Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)*
16 - Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna)
17 - Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
18 - Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
19 - Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
20 - Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
21 - White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
22 - Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
23 - Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
24 - Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
25 - Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
26 - Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)
27 - Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
28 - Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)
29 - Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
30 - New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
31 - Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)*
32 - Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)

INVERTEBRATES
1 - Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)*
2 - Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina)
3 - European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)*
4 - Australian Bush Fly (Musca vetustissima)
5 - Housefly (Musca domestica)
6 - Black House Ant (Ochetellus glaber)
7 - Daddy Long-legs (Pholcus phalangioides)
8 - White-tailed Spider (Lampona cylindrata)

 

Just an afternoon wander through the park and along the river to get the year list kicked off today:

Birds:
1. Eurasian Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
2. Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus
3. Common Wood Pigeon - Columba palumbus
4. European Magpie - Pica pica
5. House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
6. Eurasian Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes
7. Carrion Crow - Corvus corone
8. Great Tit - Parus major
9. Western Jackdaw - Coloeus monedula
10. European Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis
11. Common Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs
12. European Nuthatch - Sitta europaea
13. European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
14. European Blackbird - Turdus merula
15. European Robin - Erithacus rubecula
16. Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
17. European Coot - Fulica atra
18. European Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus
19. Greater Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
20. Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula
21. Mute Swan - Cygnus olor
22. Pied (White) Wagtail - Motacilla alba
23. Feral Pigeon - Columba livia

Fishes:
1. Brown Trout - Salmo trutta

 

It's about halfway through the first day of 2019 over here. I went birding (as you do on the first):

Birds
1. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
2. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
3. Red-Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
4. Rock Pigeon (Feral) Columba livia
5. White-Breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
6. Black-Capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
7. Dark-Eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
8. Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
9. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
10. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
11. Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus
12. Red-Bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
13. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
14. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
15. American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
16. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
17. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
18. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
19. Canada Goose Branta canadensis

I visited a place where a pair of Ruby-Crowned Kinglets are (very unusual this time of year) but did not find them. I am happy with the titmouse and Pileated Woodpecker, though.

Mammals
1. White-Tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus

This time last year I already had four mammals. And, amazingly, no squirrels yet.

 

Slow start but I hope to get to the Manzanares tomorrow to get the rest of common Madrilenian species:

31/12/2018 (Somewhere in La Latina)
BIRDS:
1 - Feral pigeon, Columba livia domestica
2 - House sparrow, Passer domesticus
3 - Blackbird, Turdus merula

 

Never mind.

Mammals
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis

 

Just like last year I had to work on the first, so the year started slow but I was able to pick up a few common birds and a mammal. It will pick up pace in a few days though. I also decided to go with the IOC list this year.

BIRDS
1. Great tit, Parus major
2. House sparrow, passer domesticus
3. Common blackbird, Turdus merula
4. Eurasian magpie, Pica pica
5. Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs
6. Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto
7. Eurasian blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus
8. Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons
9. Common wood pigeon, Columba palumbus
10. Western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula
11. Carrion crow, Corvus corone
12. Common buzzard, Buteo buteo
13. Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
14. Nile goose, Alapochen aegyptiaca
15. Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus
16. European robin, Erithacus rubecula

MAMMALS
1. Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus

 

Practically back up to where I was last year already... sigh...

1) Black-headed Gull
2) Hooded Crow
3) Rook
4) Eurasian Collared Dove
5) Tree Sparrow
6) Caspian Gull
7) Jackdaw
8) Feral Pigeon
9) Great Tit
10) Blue Tit
11) Herring Gull
12) Eurasian Siskin
13) Mute Swan
14) Common Moorhen
15) Eurasian Coot
16) House Sparrow
17) Mallard
18) Eurasian Magpie

1) European Red Squirrel

Quite busy at the moment as I go back to university next week, so these are just from a short stroll in the drizzle around near my house (in Poland).

 

Went for quite a stroll this morning and found a few species.

Birds:

13. Sulphur crested cockatoo
14) Orange Bellied Parrot
15) Crimson Rosella
16) Silver Gull
17) White Plumed Honeyeater
18) Black Swan
19) Grey teal
20) Chestnut teal
21) Stubble Quail
22) Peregrine falcon
23) Black shouldered kite
24) Purple crowned Lorikeet
25) Tawny Frogmouth
26) Superb Fairy wren
27) Little pied cormorant
28) Australian pied cormorant
29) White faced heron

Mammals:
1) Common Ringtail possum

Reptiles:
1) Blue tongue lizard
2) Common long necked turtle
3) Marbled Gecko

Fish:
1) Australian grayling

 

I know. In the summer Orange Bellied parrots migrate from Tasmania to here. The suburb were I live is known to have them feeding in Salt Marshes where they remain throughout the Summer.

 

I live in a coastal town. My house is not far from the beach so yesterday I went for a stroll in a coastal reserve.

 

@Jambo how many Orange Bellied Parrots did you see?

I’m fairly certain @boof saw one individual last year.

 

There wasn’t a lot of them. They would land on a branch for a few seconds andbthen fly off again. I would probably say I saw around 8 or 9. Maybe even 10.

 

Yes, Blue Wings and Orange bellies are fairly similar but I am sure I saw a small group of Orange bellied parrots because the birds that I saw seemed to have the distinctive bright orange coloration on their bellies.