ZooChat Big Year 2019

BIRDS
1. Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
2. White-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
3. American robin (Turdus migratorius)
4. Carolina wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
5. House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
6. Red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
7. Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
8. Tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
9. White-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
10. Red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
11. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
12. Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
13. Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
14. Carolina chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
15. Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus)
16. House finch (Haemohous mexicanus)
MAMMALS
1. Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
2. Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridensis)

AMPHIBIANS
1. Eastern red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus)

ARTHOPODS
1. Rathki's woodlouse (Trachelipus rathkii)

 

Compared to most of the people on here, I'm really bad at identifying wild animals. For example, today I've probably seen 7 to 8 avians, yet I was only able to correctly identify 4. So my list will likely always be incomplete.

Birds
1. Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)- 1/1/19
2. House sparrow (Passer montanus) - 1/1/19
3. Rock dove (Columba livia) - 1/1/19
4. Western gull (Larus occidentalis) - 1/1/19

 

I'm in!

Mammals

1. Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)


Birds

1. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
2. American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
3. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
4. Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
5. California Quail (Callipepla californica)
6. Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
7. Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
8. Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
9. American Coot (Fulica americana)
10. Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
11. Great Blue Heron (Area herodias)
12. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
13. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
14. Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
15. Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
16. Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)
17. Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
18. Nuttall's Woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)
19. Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
20. Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
21. Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
22. California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
23. Oak Titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus)
24. White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
25. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
26. Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
27. Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
28. American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
29. Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
30. European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
31. Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
32. Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens)
33. House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
34. Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
35. Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
36. White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
37. Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
38. Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
39. Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
40. Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
41. Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
42. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)

 

Orange-bellied Parrots aren’t the only Neophema species to have orange bellies.
Blue-winged Parrots can have an orange central belly.

 

The House Sparrow is Passer domesticus. P. montanus is the Eurasian Tree Sparrow.

 

Thank you. Corrected list:
Birds
1. Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)- 1/1/19
2. House sparrow (Passer domesticus) - 1/1/19
3. Rock dove (Columba livia) - 1/1/19
4. Western gull (Larus occidentalis) - 1/1/19

 

I thought I’d join in. I don’t think this list will grow much past this, due to a pretty busy year (study and the commencement of my placement), and no plans for travelling. I’ll probably just spend most of the year reading other Zoochatter’s lists in awe (or more like envy).


1/1/19

Mammals:
1.Black Flying Fox Pteropus alecto


Birds:
1.Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres viridis
2. Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
3. Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
4. Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
5. Magpie Lark Grallina cyanoleuca
6. Torresian Crow Corvus orru
7. Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
8. Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
9. Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
10. Feral Pigeon Columba livia
11. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
12. Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
13. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
14. Spotted Turtle-dove Streptopelia chinensis
15. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
16. Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
17. Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes

Reptiles:
1.Garden Skink Lampropholis delicata
2. Grass Skink Lampropholis guichenoti
3. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus

Invertebrates:
1.European Honeybee Apis mellifera
2. Blue Triangle Butterfly Graphium Sarpedon
3. Celtis Leaf Beetle Menippus cynicus
4. Blue-banded Bee Amegilla cingulata
5. Plumbago Blue Butterfly Leptotes plinius
6. Lemon Migrant Butterfly Catopsilia pomona
7. Common Crow Butterfly Euploea core
8. Large Grass-yellow Butterfly Eurema hecabe
9. Housefly Musca domestica (took its precious time this year)
10. Golden Orb Weaver Nephila plumipes
11. Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus
12. Black House Ant Ochettelus glaber
13. Coastal Brown Ant Pheidole megacephala
14. Bush Fly Musca vetustissima
15. Household Sugar Ant Camponotus humilior
16. Common Bluetail Ischnura heterosticta

2/1/19
A morning at my local wetlands.

Birds:
18. Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
19. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
20. Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
21. Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
22. Australian Brush Turkey Alectura lathami
23. Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
24. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
25. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
26. Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
27. Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
28. Hardhead Aythya australis
29. Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
30. Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
31. Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spincollis
32. Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
33. Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
34. Purple Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus

Reptiles:
4. Brisbane River Turtle Emydura macquarii signata
5. Eastern Water Dragon Physignathus lesueurii

Fish:
1.Longfin Eel Anguilla reinhardtii
2. Tilapia Oreochromis mossambica

Invertebrates:
17. Garden Orb Weaver Eriophora transmarina
18. Meadow Argus Junonia villida
19. Varied Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina
20. Queensland Fruit Fly Bactrocera tryoni
21. Scarlet Percher Diplacodes haematodes
22. Australian Emerald Hemocordula australiae
23. St Andrew’s Cross Argiope keyserlingi
25. Mud-dauber Wasp Sceliphron laetum
26. Cabbage White Pleris rapae
27. Wanderer (Monarch) Danaus plexippus

 

Flew from East Coast to West Coast this morning, so my first birds were in California. Here's the list for today, got 3-13 and the mammal on a short walk around my college campus:

Birds
1. Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
2. Common Raven (Corvus corax)
3. American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
4. Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
5. Allen’s Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
6. Ruby-Crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
7. California Towhee (Melozone crissalis)
8. Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
9. Orange-Crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata)
10. Dark-Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
11. House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
12. Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
13. Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
Mammals
1. Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)

 

Where did you see Fox Squirrel in California? Or was that back on the East coast?
Guessing you're in Southern Cal for Western Tanager in January?

 

A new addition, seconds after posting.

Invertebrates:
28. Green-headed Ant Rhytidoponera metallica

 

Did he walk across your keyboard?

 

He almost did!
Just a passing visitor.

 

I don't think there's anyone that can identify every single bird they see. The struggle for identification is simply part of birding. Good optics can be a game-changer though.

 

BIRDS:
56) Feral pigeon, Columba livia
57) Green woodpecker, Picus viridis
58) Song thrush, Turdus philomelos
59) Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius
60) Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus
61) Water rail, Rallus aquaticus
62) Little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis

 

A quick birding session my local patch yielded several new birds.

BIRDS
17. Dunnock, Prunella modularis
18. Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella
19. Stock dove, Columba oenas
20. Hen harrier, Circus cyaneus
21. Common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
22. Common startling, Sturnus vulgaris
23. Eurasian skylark, Alauda arvensis
24. Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius
25. Common linnet, Linaria cannabina
26. Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea
27. Eurasian siskin, Spinus spinus
28. Northern raven, Corvus corax
29. Long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus
30. Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major

 

There is/was at least one introduced population of Fox Squirrel in California, in the San Francisco Bay area (I saw a wild Fox Squirrel in Oakland Zoo back in 1998).

 

BIRDS
33 - Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)
34 - Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
35 - Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)
36 - Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
37 - Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
38 - Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
39 - Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops)
40 - Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
41 - Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
42 - White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
43 - Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis)
44 - Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
45 - Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
46 - Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus)
47 - Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
48 - Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)
49 - Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa)
50 - Australasian Shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis)
51 - Fairy Martin (Petrochelidon ariel)
52 - Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
53 - Hardhead (Aythya australis)
54 - Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides)
55 - Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
56 - Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
57 - Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
58 - Grey Teal (Anas gracilis)
59 - Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae)
60 - European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)*
61 - Australian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus australis)
62 - Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
-- Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) [heard]
63 - Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
-- Shining Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus) [heard]
64 - Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
65 - Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)*
66 - Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
-- Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) [heard]
67 - Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)

REPTILES
1 - Delicate Skink (Lampropholis delicata)

FISH
1 - Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio)*

INVERTEBRATES
-- Unidentified butterfly (working on ID)
9 - Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

 

Yes, Southern California. And I saw the fox squirrels here, they were introduced into the Los Angeles area and have largely displaced the native western gray squirrel. That species can still be seen in Griffith Park among other places, but in the urban environment fox squirrels are standard fare.

 

Yay 2019!

MAMMALS:
1 Eastern Fox Squirrel - Sciurus niger

BIRDS:
1 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
2 Cackling Goose - Branta hutchinsii
3 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
4 Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeata
5 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
6 Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
7 Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
8 Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
9 Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus
10 Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
11 Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus
12 Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
13 Downy Woodpecker - Dryobates pubescens
14 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata
15 Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus
16 American Robin - Turdus migratorius
17 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
18 American Tree Sparrow - Spizelloides arborea
19 Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis
20 Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
21 Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
22 Common Merganser - Mergus merganser
23 American Coot - Fulica americana
24 Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus
25 Gadwall - Mareca strepera
26 Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
27 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
28 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
29 Harris's Sparrow - Zonotrichia querula
30 House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
31 Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
32 Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna
33 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
34 Greater Scaup - Aythya marila
35 Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus
36 Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
37 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis
38 Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris
39 Greater White-fronted Goose - Anser albifrons
40 Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
41 Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
42 Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis
43 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata
44 American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
45 Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
46 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa
47 Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon
48 House Finch - Haemorhous mexicanus
49 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis

 

First day of true birding after the first casual first twenty-three additions yesterday. Sadly I wasn't able to keep my ''lifer during the first birding session of the year''-streak going this year, but I'll make sure to make up for that soon enough.

BIRDS
1. Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
2. Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
3. Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
4. Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
5. European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
6. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
7. Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
8. European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
9. Eurasian Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
10. Eurasian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
11. Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
12. Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
13. Great Tit (Parus major)
14. Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
15. Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
16. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
17. Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
18. Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)
19. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
20. Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
21. White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
22. Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
23. Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
24. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
25. Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
26. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
27. Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
28. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
29. Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
30. Canadian Goose (Branta canadensis)
31. Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
32. Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
33. Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
34. Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
35. Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
36. Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
37. Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
38. Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
39. Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca)
40. Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
41. Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
42. Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
43. Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
44. Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
45. Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
46. Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
47. Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
48. Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
49. Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
50. Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
51. Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
52. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
53. Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
54. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
55. Common Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
56. Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
57. Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
58. Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
59. Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
60. Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
61. Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
62. Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
63. Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
64. Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
65. Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
66. Common Gull (Larus canus)
67. European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

INVERTS
1. Asian Ladybeetle (Harmonia axyridis)
2. European Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io)