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2018 Big Year
Topic Started: Dec 27 2017, 08:05 PM (7,772 Views)
Anton
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If there's one thing that brings all of the TRT members together, it's the love of animals. For most members this probably means an interest in zoos and animals in captivity in general, but there are a lot of members interested in observing wild animals as well.

Those that do are probably familiar with the "big year" concept: keeping track of all animals you see within a single calendar year. This can be done within a certain region (which is how the idea and name came to existence, after birders aimed to see as many species within the USA in one single year), but because we have members from all over the world we decided world listing would be more interesting.

Basically, the idea is as follows; from the 1st of January until the 31st of December, everyone who participates keeps track of the animals they see and identify, and lists them all in the order of seeing them. Every time you see a new species, you add onto that list by posting a new post in this topic. At the end of the year you can then easily compile a total list of the animals you saw that year, and keep the memories of seeing those species forever!
Of course, we'll add a little extra competition by bringing pointies into the mix. You'll be rewarded in pointies for every few animals you see, and at the end of each month the person with the most new species will be given a silhouette!

Rules:
  • Number your lists. This way it's always easy to check how many species you've seen.
  • We keep track of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and invertebrates. If you choose to only list the groups that interest you most, that's fine! A lot of people generally don't bother counting invertebrates.
  • Keep different lists for different classes (except with fish and invertebrates, list all different fish classes together and all different invertebrate classes together for those). Separate the lists for birds, mammals, reptiles etc. from each other.
  • Highlight the species you see for the first time ("lifers") in bold. This makes for a more interesting overview, and makes the listing of species more rewarding as you can draw more attention to the species that are more special to you!
  • We only list species, not subspecies, to prevent taxonomical debates. However, if you see a different subspecies worth mentioning, it's always interesting to include that in your post (without numbering it and putting it on the list). Hybrid animals don't count either.
  • We only list species we've seen directly, not species we've only heard. Similarly to different subspecies, it's always interesting to add the heard-only species to your post without listing them!
  • We only list actual wild species, escaped exotic species don't count unless they've become self-established (like feral pigeons everywhere, ring-necked parakeets in Europe and common starlings in North America).
  • List common names and binominal names of all species you see. Common names differ immensely per bird checklist (Clements, IOC, etc.), so to keep things clear we ask this as a requirement.
  • You are welcome to join in after January, but people starting in another month will not be counted for the first month they enter. For example, if you join in March and immediately have a list of 50+ species when most of these were seen in January and February, it'd be unfair to others that already saw the majority of their species in January, when the competition for "new" species was a lot higher.
  • You do not have to provide photographic evidence, your word is your bond. We trust our members won't lie about seeing things they didn't just to get a higher score.

Prizes:
  • On the first day of every month starting February 1st, I will be giving an overview of how many species of each category people have seen in total. I will also calculate how many species everyone gained compared to the previous month.
  • For every species you gained compared to the previous month, you will receive 5 pointies for use in the pointies store.
  • The person with the most species gained that month will receive a pointies animal.

Extra:
  • The double-posting rule will be less strict here than it is in other areas of the forum (as it's possible that you see something new before someone else has), but keep it sensible. Try not to post list updates twice in the same day if you see or identify another species later, it's easier to just edit your previous post.
  • Have fun!
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Anton
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Probably my last addition for June:

INVERTEBRATES:
50) Common field grasshopper, Chorthippus brunneus
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Furka
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Animals spotted in June:

BIRDS
88 - Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
89 - Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)

FISH
23 - Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata)
24 - Rusty Blenny (Parablennius sanguinolentus)
25 - White Seabream (Diplodus sargus)
26 - Giant Goby (Gobius cobitis)
27 - Sharp-snout Seabream (Diplodus puntazzo)
28 - Common Two-banded Seabream (Diplodus vulgaris)
29 - Saddled Seabream (Oblada melanura)
30 - Salema Porgy (Sarpa salpa)
31 - Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse (Coris julis)
32 - Ornate Wrasse (Thalassoma pavo)
33 - East Atlantic Peacock Wrasse (Symphodus tinca)
34 - Mediterranean Damselfish (Chromis chromis)
35 - Painted Comber (Serranus scriba)
36 - Annular Seabream (Diplodus annularis)

Gotta thank one day at the sea, or I'd have added nothing new to this month.
Also have a potential new amphibian species, but I'll need to wait for the tapdole to grow to be able to ID.
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Zoo Tycooner FR
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Jun 29 2018, 01:45 PM
Sorry for the double-post but this is a major update:

It has been a while I haven't been to Souss Massa National Park and clearly I should get back as soon as possible, I only had an hour or so in the park (and its surroundings) today but what a wonderful day it was! All the species excluding the Little egret and the butterfly are from the park.

MAMMALS:
2 - Red fox, Vulpes vulpes

BIRDS:
68 - Little owl, Athene noctua
69 - European serin, Serinus serinus
70 - Moroccan great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo maroccanus
71 - Common redshank, Tringa totanus
72 - Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula

73 - Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata
74 - Audouin's gull, Ichthyaetus audouinii
75 - Northern bald ibis, Geronticus eremita
76 - Eurasian skylark, Alauda arvensis
77 - Little egret, Egretta garzetta

INVERTEBRATES:
15 - Clouded yellow, Colias croceus

So to summarize, my first plover species ever (or at least the first one I can remember of :P ), a nearly endemic critically endangered species ; 2 lifers and a few other animals to identify still (mainly crabs).
Went to Oued Souss (just near my house) to look for Greater flamingos, of course I've seen none of those but instead I've got a lifer (which makes up for three Charadriiformes lifers in two days) and one more addition! The crab however is from Souss-Massa.

MAMMALS:
3 - Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus

BIRDS:
78 - Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus

INVERTEBRATES:
16 - Mediterranean green crab, Carcinus aestuarii
17 - Brown mussel, Perna perna
Edited by Zoo Tycooner FR, Jun 30 2018, 05:24 PM.
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Species to be listed soon, but from my counts I believe I have:

- 55 new bird species
- 8 new mammals
- 2 new reptiles
- 5-6 new fish

From my first week in the US :)
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Anton
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Danny
Jul 1 2018, 03:39 AM
Species to be listed soon, but from my counts I believe I have:

- 55 new bird species
- 8 new mammals
- 2 new reptiles
- 5-6 new fish

From my first week in the US :)
Sorry, only one continent is allowed per person! ;)
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Orca Freak
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June was a slow month, but I did manage to spot another lifer :)

Birds:
96. Common pheasant - Phasianus colchicus
97. Sandwich tern - Thalasseus sandvicensis
98. Egyptian goose - Alopochen aegyptiaca
99. Marsh warbler - Acrocephalus palustris

Insects and other critters:
17. Red admiral (adult) - Vanessa atalanta
18. Speckled wood (caterpillar) - Pararge aegeria
19. Painted lady (adult) - Vanessa cardui
20. Garden tiger moth (caterpillar) - Arctia caja

Total list
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Anton
Jul 1 2018, 04:39 AM
Danny
Jul 1 2018, 03:39 AM
Species to be listed soon, but from my counts I believe I have:

- 55 new bird species
- 8 new mammals
- 2 new reptiles
- 5-6 new fish

From my first week in the US :)
Sorry, only one continent is allowed per person! ;)
C'mon Australia barely counts :P

NOTE: I saw the eastern mosquitofish a while back in Australia, but only remembered to add it after seeing western mosquitofish in the US. :) I haven't separated Cattle and Great egrets into eastern/western species because ebird doesn't, but if that matters for the sake of the overall tallies, I have seen both (sub)species of each egret.


MAMMALS
25 - Black-Tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)
26 - Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani)
27 - California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi)
28 - Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
29 - Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)
30 - California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
31 - American Bison (Bison bison)*
32 - Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis)



BIRDS
206 - American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
207 - Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
208 - Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
209 - Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
210 - House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
211 - California Towhee (Melozone crissalis)
212 - Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
213 - Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
214 - Black-Chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
215 - Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
216 - Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
217 - Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
218 - Ash-Throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)
219 - American Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)

Western Great Egret (Ardea alba ssp. egretta)

220 - Rufous-Crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps)
221 - Cassin’s Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)
222 - Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
223 - Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
224 - Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
225 - Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
226 - Band-Tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)
227 - Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
228 - Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
229 - American Coot (Fulica americana)
230 - Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
231 - Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
232 - Black-Crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
233 - Pied-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Western Cattle Egret (Bubuculus ibis ssp. ibis)

234 - Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)*
235 - Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae)
236 - American Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
237 - Common Raven (Corvus corax)
238 - White-Faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
239 - Great-Tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
240 - Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
241 - Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
242 - Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
243 - Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)
244 - Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
245 - Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
246 - Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
247 - Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
248 - Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
249 - California Gull (Larus californicus)
250 - Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
251 - Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans)
252 - Heermann’s Gull (Larus heermanni)
253 - Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
254 - Pacific-Slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
255 - Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
256 - Brandt’s Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus)
257 - White-Throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)
258 - American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
259 - Orange-Crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
260 - Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
261 - Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)


REPTILES
16 - Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
17 - Common Side-Blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)


FISH
8 - Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)*
9 - Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)
10 - Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
11 - Blacksmith Damselfish (Chromis punctipinnis)
12 - White Sea Bass (Atractoscion nobilis)
13 - Kelp Bass (Paralabrax clathratus)
14 - Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher)


GOALS:
202/250 Victorian birds
261/300 Worldwide birds

Total
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MAMMALS:
11. White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
12. Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

All Species Seen
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Anton
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INVERTEBRATES:
51) Comma, Polygonia c-album
52) Flower spider, Misumena vatia
53) Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus
54) Small tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae
55) Grape tortrix, Argyrotaenia ljungiana
56) Gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar
57) Barred red, Hylaea fasciaria
58) Carnation tortrix, Cacoecimorpha pronubana

Also got a few more fantastic views of little bittern!
I should be getting quite a few more birds from the 5th of July onwards, but I probably won't be posting the additions until the 26th! :D

Total
Edited by Anton, Jul 3 2018, 02:29 PM.
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From June:

BIRDS
174 - Little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)

FISH
2 - European perch (Perca fluviatilis)
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Just a few more from the first couple days in July, but obviously I have more important priorities than looking for wildlife. ;)

MAMMALS
33 - Canyon Bat (Parastrellus hesperus)
34 - Dusky-Footed Woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes)
35 - Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
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BIRDS
262 - Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
263 - Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
264 - Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii)
265 - Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
266 - American Robin (Turdus migratorius)


REPTILES
18 - Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)*


GOALS:
202/250 Victorian birds
266/300 Worldwide birds

Total
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Some more from today... Will include more fish later :)

Struggled to tell whether the dolphins were indeed long-beaked, but based on the flatter head shape they appeared to have, I'm going with long-beaked.

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MAMMALS
36 - Long-Beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis)
37 - Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)



BIRDS
267 - Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
268 - Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)


FISH
15 - Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola)


GOALS:
202/250 Victorian birds
268/300 Worldwide birds

Total
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They're definitely long-beaked, short-beaked are extremely rare on our coast!
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Spotted a lifer at the zoo today!
BIRDS:
46: White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

All Species Seen
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Still haven't gotten around to ID-ing all the fish...

Also, taking fox squirrels off the introduced species list since I have seen them in Oklahoma now. :) Saw American bison for the second time at the Grand Canyon but these I believe are also introduced.

MAMMALS
Utah, USA
38 - Rock Squirrel (Delphinus capensis)

Arizona, USA
39 - Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
40 - Uinta Chipmunk (Tamias umbrinus)
41 - Kaibab Squirrel (Sciurus aberti ssp. kaibabensis)



BIRDS
California, USA
269 - Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

Utah, USA
270 - Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
271 - Violet-Green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)


Arizona, USA
272 - White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
273 - Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
274 - Black-throated Grey Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens)
275 - Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
276 - Grace's Warbler (Setophaga graciae)
277 - House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
278 - Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)


New Mexico, USA
279 - Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
280 - Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)
281 - Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
282 - Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)


Oklahoma, USA
283 - Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
284 - Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
285 - Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)



REPTILES
Utah, USA
19 - Plateau Striped Whiptail Lizard (Cnemidophorus septemvittatus)
20 - Desert Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus magister)
21 - Western Whiptail Lizard (Cnemidophorus tigris)


Arizona, USA
22 - Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus graciosus)
23 - Ornate Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)



GOALS:
202/250 Victorian birds
285/300 Worldwide birds

Total
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