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Discussion in 'Wildlife & Nature Conservation' started by Chlidonias, 31 Dec 2019.

  1. carl the birder

    carl the birder Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    250 common whitetroat
    now that i have pas my goal for this year i am wondering how manny more i can get
     
  2. Mehdi

    Mehdi Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    My first real excursion to the Forêt de Mzar, a big eucalyptus forest just south of my local spot, provided to be way more fruitful than I thought it would be. 38 species observed (though some were seen at my actual local spot), 3 additions for the list including one species I've only see once before, and a subspecies lifer that happens to be my 2nd ever woodpecker species in Morocco!

    All-in-all, a great day, post-lockdown birding has been going great so far.

    24/06/2020 (Forêt de Mzar, Morocco)
    BIRDS:
    118 - Spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata
    119 - Melodious warbler, Hippolais polyglotta
    120 - Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major ssp. mauritanus
     
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  3. Mr. Zootycoon

    Mr. Zootycoon Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    A very quick birding session in a local spot to have some distraction from college surprisingly produced a new year-bird. I'm a bit out of options now, though I guess Nightjar is still very doable. In fact I heard multiple of them singing during a nightjar-census, but I saw none. I did see another Beech Marten that night so that was cool.

    Birds
    196. Little Egret, Egretta garzetta

    Invertebrates
    74. Large Tabby, Aglossa pinguinalis

    75. Cream-spot Ladybird, Calvia quatuordecimguttata
    76. Marmalade Hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus
    77. Azure Damselfly, Coenagrion puella
    78. Eupeodes luniger
    79. Blue-tailed Damselfly, Ischnura elegans
    80. Common Carder Bee, Bombus pascuorum
    81. Large White, Pieris brassicae
    82. Eudonia lacustrata
    83. Least Carpet, Idaea rusticata
    84. Birch Catkin Bug, Kleidocerys resedae
    85. Coccinella quinquepunctata

    86. Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina
    87. Large Skipper, Ochlodes sylvanus
    88. Blue Emperor, Anax imperator
    89. Notocelia roborana
    90. Silver Y, Autographa gamma
     
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  4. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    26/6/2020
    128. Brown treecreeper
    129. Diamond dove
    130. Fan-tailed Cuckoo
    131. Rufous songlark
    132. Spotted Harrier
     
  5. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    28/6/2020
    133. Plum-Headed Finch
    134. Brown Goshawk
     
  6. Hix

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

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    Birds
    209. Spotted Pardalote
    210. Common Bronzewing
    211. Rose Robin
    212. White-naped Honeyeater
    213. Black-chinned Honeyeater
    214. White-cheeked Honeyeater
    215. New Holland Honeyeater
    216. Eastern Spinebill
    217. Beautiful Firetail
    218. Crescent Honeyeater
    219. Superb Lyrebird
    220. Australasian Shoveller

    :p

    Hix
     
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  7. Dannelboyz

    Dannelboyz Well-Known Member

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    BIRDS
    264 - Red-browed Treecreeper (Climacteris erythrops)
    265 - Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)
     
  8. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    222. Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
     
  9. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    Updating the tallies, and I already had you on 13 mammals - so should you be on 14 now?



    You jumped over number 35 - so are you on 36 now or did you forget to add a species in?



    You were already on one mammal...
     
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  10. ZooBinh

    ZooBinh Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    You're right, the vole from before, flew out of my mind hehe. I'm not the most attentive type :p
     
  11. Vision

    Vision Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Two more inverts I found in the house the past few days. Haven't been able to go birding this week yet, unfortunately!

    INVERTS:
    69) Two-spotted grass bug, Stenotus binotatus
    70) Straw obscure, Oegoconia caradjai
     
  12. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I think I'm at 14? I look over my list again soon.
     
  13. Yoshistar888

    Yoshistar888 Well-Known Member

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    One interesting observation, is that there are large congregations of swans in areas with a lot of wetland and a lot of people as well for example Phillip Island Wildlife Park in the summer months (not really wetland), and Albert Park Lake during the F1 Grand Prix
     
  14. MRJ

    MRJ Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    And of course both those wetlands are substantially larger than ours, indeed in the case of Albert Park Lake many times.
     
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  15. Yoshistar888

    Yoshistar888 Well-Known Member

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    Yes but especially in Albert Park Lakes case they are also substantially busier in peak times.
     
  16. Luca Bronzi

    Luca Bronzi Well-Known Member

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    Birds

    24. Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica

    25. Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Passer montanus

    I'm going to update the other checklists soon.
    The "trip season" is starting!
     
  17. MRJ

    MRJ Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    At Moonlit

    Birds
    310. Tawny frogmouth Podargus strigoides
     
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  18. Yoshistar888

    Yoshistar888 Well-Known Member

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  19. Ituri

    Ituri Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    MAMMALS
    1 White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
    2 Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger
    3 Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
    4 Common Raccoon Procyon lotor
    5 Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana
    6 Common Muskrat Ondotra zibethicus

    REPTILES
    1 Pond Slider Trachemys scripta
    2 Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta
    3 Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina
    4 Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
    5 Plainbelly Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster

    AMPHIBIANS
    1 Woodhouse's Toad Anaxyurus woodhousei
    2 American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus
    3 Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris crepitans
    4 Plains Leopard Frog Lithobates blairi
    5 Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata
     
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  20. carl the birder

    carl the birder Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    sory my bad i acedently jumped over 35