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  1. WhistlingKite24

    WhistlingKite24 Well-Known Member 10+ year member Premium Member

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    Got a few more insects after my music rehearsal.
    Invertebrates
    58. German Cockroach Blattella germanica
    59. Field Cricket Teleogryllus commodus
     
    WhistlingKite24, 12 Mar 2019
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  2. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Mammals
    13. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
    14. Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
    15. Feral Cat (Felis catus)
    16. Sambar Deer (Cervus unicolor)
    17. Southern Long-nosed Bandicoot (Perameles nasuta)
    18. Long-footed Potoroo (Potorous longipes)
    :cool:

    Birds
    07. Hooded Plover (Thinornis cucullatus)
    08. Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)
    09. White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)

    Reptiles
    17. Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii)

    And that's me finally breaking the 500 in Australian birds.
     
    Najade, 13 Mar 2019
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  3. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    It I ever get to Australia I'm just going to follow you.
     
    birdsandbats, 13 Mar 2019
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  4. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Birds
    51. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
     
    birdsandbats, 13 Mar 2019
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  5. Hipporex

    Hipporex Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Same
     
    Hipporex, 13 Mar 2019
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  6. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Better come quick then, cause I'm probably leaving at the end of the year ;)
     
    Najade, 13 Mar 2019
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  7. Hipporex

    Hipporex Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    We'll book the next flight out
     
    Hipporex, 13 Mar 2019
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  8. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Mammals
    19. Eastern Pygmy-possum (Cercartetus nanus)
    20. Bush Rat (Rattus fuscipes)
    21. Agile Antechinus (Antechinus agilis)
     
    Najade, 14 Mar 2019
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  9. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    It's only 9:45 and today is already perfect. 40 degress, smells earthy, and one of my favorite sounds echoing through the trees:

    Birds
    52. Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
     
    birdsandbats, 14 Mar 2019
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  10. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Another spring friend:

    Birds
    53. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
     
    birdsandbats, 14 Mar 2019
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  11. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    And another:

    Birds
    54. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscala
     
    birdsandbats, 14 Mar 2019
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  12. Hipporex

    Hipporex Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Birds
    7. Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
    8. Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)
    9. America crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
    10. Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
    11. Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
     
    Hipporex, 15 Mar 2019
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  13. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Birds
    10. Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)
    11. Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
    12. Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)
    13. Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
    14. Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus)
    15. Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus)
     
    Najade, 15 Mar 2019
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  14. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    14/3/2019
    141. jacky winter
    15/3/2019
    142. tawny frogmouth
    * I've been hearing a barking owl near the police station where I work when I'm on night shift. I haven't spotted it yet so it's not on my list, but it will be mine.
     
    boof, 16 Mar 2019
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  15. Najade

    Najade Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Mammals
    22. Mountain Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus cunninghami)
    23. Leadbeater's Possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri)
    24. Yellow-bellied Glider (Petaurus australis australis)
    25. Southern Greater Glider (Petauroides volans)

    Birds
    16. Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
    17. Striated Fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus)
    18. Little Grassbird (Poodytes gramineus)
     
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    Najade, 16 Mar 2019
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  16. carl the birder

    carl the birder Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    birds
    73 whooper swan
    fish
    129 three spined stckleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
     
    carl the birder, 16 Mar 2019
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  17. Maguari

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

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    First overseas additions for the year, from five days in Malaga, including a day in Gibraltar. Not really a birding trip per se, just a holiday with a friend - but the Rock of Gibraltar plus the nature reserve at the mouth of the Guadalhorce river and a morning in the mountains (plus some 'background birding' along the way) ran up quite a nice list. There's at least one new species for all the categories, including the first reptiles of the year:

    Birds:
    130. Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis
    131. Spotless Starling - Sturnus unicolor
    132. Monk Parakeet - Myiopsitta monachus
    133. Sandwich Tern - Thalasseus sandvicensis
    134. Sardinian Warbler - Sylvia melanocephala
    135. Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros
    136. Barbary Partridge - Alectoris barbara
    137. Blue Rock Thrush - Monticola solitarius
    138. European House Martin - Delichon urbicum
    139. Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
    140. Booted Eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus
    141. White-headed Duck - Oxyura leucocephala
    142. Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus
    143. Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus
    144. Greater Flamingo - Phoenicopterus roseus
    145. Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius
    146. Crested Lark - Galerida cristata
    147. Western Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
    148. Short-toed Snake Eagle - Circaetus gallicus
    149. European Griffon Vulture - Gyps fulvus
    150. European Serin - Serinus serinus
    151. Great Skua - Stercorarius skua

    Mammals:
    17. Barbary Macaque - Macaca sylvanus

    Reptiles:
    1. Vaucher's Wall Lizard - Podarcis vaucheri
    2. Mediterranean Pond Turtle - Mauremys leprosa

    Amphibians:
    3. Iberian Water Frog - Pelophylax perezi

    Fishes:
    4. Thick-lipped Grey Mullet - Chelon labrosus
    5. Saddled Seabream - Oblada melanura
    6. Salema - Sarpa salpa

    Invertebrates:
    7. Spanish Festoon - Zerynthia rumina
    8. Cleopatra - Gonepteryx cleopatra
    9. Provence Hairstreak - Tomares ballus
    10. Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui

    :)
     
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    Maguari, 16 Mar 2019
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  18. Coelacanth18

    Coelacanth18 Well-Known Member Premium Member 5+ year member

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    My Central California trip was a success! For finding my target species, I went 2 for 2 on mammals (sea otter and elephant seal) and 2 for 2 on birds (California condor and yellow-billed magpie). I also got a few unexpected surprises like Wild Turkey, Peregrine Falcon, and a badger crossing a country road in daylight!

    Updated list:

    Birds
    123. Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nutalli) (VU)
    124. Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) (NT)
    125. Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
    126. California Quail (Callipepla californica)
    127. Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
    128. California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (CR)
    129. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
    130. Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
    131. Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

    Mammals
    9. American Badger (Taxidea taxus)
    10. Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
    10. California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
    11. Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) (EN)
    12. Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris)
     
    Coelacanth18, 16 Mar 2019
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  19. Birdlover

    Birdlover Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Finally after a month I have some new creatures to add. Saw 2 inverts in the past month that would have been lifers but only could id one down to a species pair and the other only to genus.

    Birds:
    79. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
    80. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
    81. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    Mammals:
    8. Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus
    9. American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
     
    Birdlover, 16 Mar 2019
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  20. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Reptiles
    6. Nobbi Dragon

    Birds
    100. White-headed Pigeon
    101. Double-banded Plover
    102. Red-capped Plover
    103. Eastern Curlew
    104. Bar-tailed Godwit
    105. Caspian Tern
    106. Eastern Spinebill
    107. Tree Martin
    108. Grey Shrikethrush
    109. Straw-necked Ibis
    110. Royal Spoonbill
    111. Rufous Whistler
    112. Spotted Pardalote

    Mammals
    4. Swamp Wallaby

    :p

    Hix
     
    Hix, 17 Mar 2019
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