ZooChat Big Year 2019

Holy hell man!

~Thylo

 

Forgot to put this one yesterday:
Mammals
26. Common Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)

and
Birds
19. Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna)

 

new today
mammals
11 fallow deer Dama dama
birds
74 common crane
75 northen lapwing
76 common starling
77 marsh tit
78 eurasian skylark

 

A few more from RSPB Frampton Marsh today before my return to work tomorrow:

Birds:
152. Pied Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta
153. Spotted Redshank - Tringa erythropus
154. Eurasian Skylark - Alauda arvensis
155. Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus
156. Merlin - Falco columbarius

(UK: 134)

The dowitcher is, as far as anyone can tell, the same one I saw only a few yards away in November last year, which is clearly taking the description 'long-staying vagrant' very seriously indeed, as it has been seen on the same site most days since October.

 

Birds
20. European Goldfinsh (Carduelis carduelis)
21. Eastern Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus frontatus)

 

BIRDS:
130) Northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis
131) Eurasian penduline tit, Remiz pendulinus

 

Two straight sessions at Issen plus just looking by my window at home means I got 3 new species for my year list, of which two announce spring is here!

16/03/2019 (Issen)
BIRDS:
73 - Woodchat shrike, Lanius senator

17/03/2019 (Issen)
BIRDS:
74 - Cirl bunting, Emberiza cirlus

18/03/2019 (Agadir)
BIRDS:
75 - Little swift, Apus affinis

 

North American Brown Lemming by Pleistohorse posted 19 Mar 2019 at 11:52 PM

On a bright sunny afternoon last week I saw a little brown shape across the top of the snow along a beach just east of Utqiagvik. I had a free moment, but as it was still a little early for Seals or Seabirds I didn’t grab my camera. I watched the little creature run closer and got a real good look at his distinct shape and coloring as he ran past. Too late, I thought to take an iPhone video of his (maybe her) progress as it ran, but I did snap an iPhone photo with predictable results. You’ll have to take my word for it but...I give you the North American Brown Lemming.

I think that’s Mammal six for the year. My second rodent and the creature that enables the Arctic and Red Foxes spotted in January to survive their winters here in the Arctic.

6. North American Brown Lemming - Lemmus Trimucronatus

 

Mammals
27. Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)


And that's the last for my trip with nothing new the last couple of days. I'm really not good at birding by myself.

 

I saw two additional mammals after a night class (in addition to the usual brushtail possums).
Mammals
4. Little Red Flying Fox Pteropus scapulatus
5. Grey-headed Flying Fox Pteropus poliocephalus

 

I just saw a bird of prey and I'm like 99% sure it was a (12.) white-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus).

 

I went to go check on the aforementioned Great Horned Owl nest today. I'm not the only one who has seen it, other birders have checked in on it, on apparently there are two owlets (I didn't see them). Anyway, I get out of the car, about t walk to the owl to the owl nest, and I hear this:

"Who-cooks-for-you? Who-cooks-for-youall?"

A Barred Owl. I immediately start thinking about that species instead. I see some other birders, who tell me that they had seen the Barred Owl nearby and told me where it was. So I get over there and, no luck. Only Great Horned for me today.

So all I added today was this:

Birds
55. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia

 

Birds:
87. Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)

Reptiles:
15. Green Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata)

Amphibians:
4. Spotted Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii)

 

birds
79 barnacle goose

 

80 stock dove

 

A long overdue update:

Mammals
5) White-Tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
6) Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus
7) Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus

Birds
20) Red-Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
21) Rock Pigeon Columba livia
22) Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
23) Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
24) Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
25) Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
26) Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
27) Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
28) Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
29) Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
30) Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

~Thylo

 

22/3/2019
143. grey fantail
23/3/2019
144. red capped robin

 

Forgot a mammal:

Mammals
8) Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis

~Thylo

 

Birds:
88. Chestnut Breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax)
89. Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus)

Reptiles:
16. Keelback (Tropidonophis mairii)