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Discussion in 'Wildlife & Nature Conservation' started by Chlidonias, 31 Dec 2021.

  1. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    282. Barking owl
     
  2. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    283. Little button quail
     
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  3. BerdNerd

    BerdNerd Well-Known Member

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    10/29/22


    88. Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)


    Total:

    Mammals:
    9
    Birds: 88
    Reptiles: 6
    Amphibians: 4
    Fish: 25
    Invertebrates: 55
     
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  4. German Zoo World

    German Zoo World Well-Known Member

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    Mammals

    4. European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
     
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  5. MRJ

    MRJ Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Seen recently at Moonlit:

    Birds
    305. Grey currawong Strepera versicolor

    Invertebrates
    65. Southern moon moth Dasypodia selenophora

    I've just been to Brisbane for three days for the Wildlife Tourism Association conference. Not much time for serious wildlife watching (ironically). I did learn there is a new guide to bat watching in Australia coming soonish. I'll post here when I have news.

    Mammals
    32. Koala Phascolarctos cinereus

    Amphibians
    For my own purposes I am counting frogs I have heard, as this seems to be normal practice amongst frog people, but not here of course.
    ... Tusked frog Adelotus brevis (heard)

    Invertebrates
    66. Sugarbag bee Tetragonula carbonaria
    67. Carrot beetle Tomarus gibbosus
     
  6. Platypusboy

    Platypusboy Well-Known Member

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    Mammals

    14. Moose, Alces alces 6/11/22
     
  7. Mr. Zootycoon

    Mr. Zootycoon Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    It has been a while since my last update! Very little in terms of wildlife happened - well, at least new wildlife for the year list. There have been splendid mornings with seemingly endless waves of migrant finches, pigeons and thrushes rushing overhead, but there were no new species among them. About a week or so ago finally managed to see a white-tailed eagle this year. Took me long enough, given how common they have become in the Netherlands!

    Besides the eagle there are also two blues from Vienna that I forgot to post after identification, and a new (and likely the last) dragonfly.

    Birds
    271. White-tailed Eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla

    Butterflies
    44. Chapman's Blue, Polyommatus thersites
    45. Short-tailed Blue, Cupido argiades

    Dragonflies

    31. Autumn Hawker, Aeshna mixta

    At the end of the week I may have an opportunity to find a few new birds and maybe even a mammal, so we'll see how that goes.
     
  8. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    105) Shining Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus

    New Zealand has two native cuckoo species (Shining Cuckoo and Long-tailed Cuckoo). They are both migratory, spending the winter months in the Pacific islands and returning to NZ to breed around October. When in NZ they tend to be easy to hear but difficult to see. I have a big rata tree on my street which can be seen from my window, and every time I hear a Shining Cuckoo calling I pick up my binoculars and scan the tree in case it is in there. They are just wee birds - about the size of a sparrow - and are well-camouflaged with their green upperparts and barred underside. A little while ago I heard one calling and looked out my window just as a small bird flew from one branch to another. I grabbed my binoculars and managed to get a short view of a Shining Cuckoo before it took off again.
     
  9. red river hog

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    26. American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

    Birds:

    159. Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)

    Mammals: 26
    Birds: 159
    Herptiles: 17
    Fishes: 16
    Invertebrates: 48
    Total: 263
     
  10. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    Are you on 70 now?
     
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  11. Maguari

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

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    Keep forgetting to add one new bird from Adwick Washlands last weekend, so here it is:

    Birds:
    226. Grey Partridge - Perdix perdix

    (UK: 197)

    :)
     
  12. Lota lota

    Lota lota Well-Known Member

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    14 Mountain hare, Lepus timidus
    15 American mink, Neogale vison
    16 Grey seal, Halichoerus grypus
    7 Moor frog, Rana arvalis
    8 Smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris
    9 Northern crested newt, Triturus cristatus
    10 Smooth snake, Coronella austriaca

    Birds will come later when I have sorted out some problems with that list.
     
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  13. Lota lota

    Lota lota Well-Known Member

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    Does fish you caught on rod and line count?
     
  14. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    This has come up in pervious years and the general consensus seemed to be yes.
     
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  15. Lota lota

    Lota lota Well-Known Member

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    1 European perch,Perca fluviatilis
    2 Zander, Sander lucioperca
    3 Common bream, Abramis brama

    4 White bream, Blicca bjoerkna
    5 Common bleak, Alburnus alburnus
    6 European eel, Anguilla anguilla
    7 Zope, Ballerus ballerus
    8 Stone loach, Barbatula barbatula
    9 Crucian carp, Carassius carassius
    10 Brown trout, Salmo trutta
    11 Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
    12 Northern pike,Esox lucius
    13 Three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus
    14 Asp, Leuciscus aspius
    15 Ide, Leuciscus idus
    16 Fourhorn sculpin, Myoxocephalus quadricornis
    17 Common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus
    18 Shorthorn sculpin, Myoxocephalus scorpius
    19 Roach, Rutilus rutilus
    20 Common rudd, Scardinius erythrophthalmus
    21 European flounder, Platichthys flesus
    22 Tench, Tinca tinca
    23 Atlantic Eurasian ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernua
    24 Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus
    25 Viviparous eelpout, Zoarces viviparus
    26 Turbot, Scophthalmus maximus

    27 Brook lamprey, Lampetra planeri
    28 European river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis
    29 Black goby, Gobius niger
    30 Round goby, Neogobius melanostomus
    31 Deepnosed pipefish, Syngnathus typhle
    32 Straightnose pipefish, Nerophis ophidion
    33 Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua
    34 European bullhead, Cottus gobio
    35 Sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus
     
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  16. Lota lota

    Lota lota Well-Known Member

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    I saw an ospey eating an Wels catfish.Would this count?
     
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  17. CMP

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    Yes, as long as the catfish was alive
     
  18. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Birds
    287. Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
    288. Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
     
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  19. HungarianBison

    HungarianBison Well-Known Member

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    Erasmus+ in Dublin, North Bull Island
    Birds:
    63. Cygnus olor
    64. Larus argentatus
    65. Numenius arquata
    66. Anas crecca
    67. Anas spatula
    68. Limosa limosa
    69. Egretta garzetta
    Mammals:
    8. Vulpes vulpes
    9. Dama dama
     
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  20. MRJ

    MRJ Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Looks like it. Thanks.