ZooChat Big Year 2013

Because why not? Let's have a ZooChat birding Big Year. Tally lists of birds you've seen (just this year only). I know we have a lot of active birders on the site. We can have categories for world list, single country/region list, single state list, etc.

Who all is in?

 

What's the NZ big year record?

 

Since I was already in a friendly competition with jbnbsn99, I'll go ahead and throw my hat in the broader ring. I'm sitting at 83 and I'll be stuck in this vicinity till spring migration I'm afraid. And speaking mammals, I have 6.

 

I hit 79 today, and only just starting.

 

I'll join in. Currently up to 37 species. No mammals or herps yet.



Hix

 

Ok I am in as well. As I this moment, I am on ... I will do a count and post again later.

 

I'm in too, hopefully this will encourage me to do some birding. I'm currently on eleven birds and one mammal (NZ Fur Seal).

Just a small question, does the bird have to be wild to be counted...?

 

Bird has to be wild, but feral/introduced species count according to your local birding region bylaws.

 

You guys have encouraged me to actually start a list of birds, which is fantastic. Anyway, as of 16th January, I am on 44 birds. I have seen a few others that I cannot identify so they are not included in this list.

 

Which thread?

 

Not too bad for this early in the year. I added 3 year birds today, one of which was a lifer.

 

These are fairly common birds (half are seen from my backyard) so I might be stuck around the 50 mark for a while.

What's a lifer?

[Edit: http://trevorsbirding.com/bird-word-lifer/]

 

It 's quite cold in michigan so most birds are south for the winter here leaving my tally at 4. I have had the opprutunity to see my first bohemian waxwing and rough legged hawk though.

 

Since the start of the year I have seen 36 species of bird- nothing really rare but still some nice species including both green and great spotted woodpeckers and a treecreeper.

 

A lifer is the first time you see the species.

Being in Texas, our winter birding is probably some of the best in the country.

(83)

 

Those are two birds I really want.