Shoot a firework rocket ~ Winners!Make a forum zoo! |
| Welcome to The Round Table. We hope you enjoy your visit. You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free. Join our community! If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features: |
| 2018 Big Year | |
|---|---|
| Topic Started: Dec 27 2017, 08:05 PM (7,788 Views) | |
| Anton | Dec 27 2017, 08:05 PM Post #1 |
![]()
King of Cotingas
![]()
|
![]() 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:
Prizes:
Extra:
|
![]() |
|
| Replies: | |
|---|---|
| Anton | Jan 22 2018, 08:07 AM Post #106 |
![]()
King of Cotingas
![]()
|
And yet another "garden lifer!" BIRDS: 73) Eurasian tree sparrow, Passer montanus Probably my last addition of the month, unless other birds show up in my backyard... Stuck at home or at university until the first of February, unfortunately. Total
|
![]() |
|
| Danny | Jan 23 2018, 02:00 AM Post #107 |
![]() ![]()
|
I figured I'd post some photos of the mammals I've seen in the last few days, seeing as I won't spot any new animals today! Firstly is this little ringtail I found at my university at 2:30 PM in the day. It was 42oC that day so the poor thing was completely dehydrated and searching for water. You would otherwise never see a possum out in the middle of the day. It was pacing between two drains and poking its snout in as it could smell the water. I went and got a water bottle to give it a drink, and found it was very approachable and so dehydrated that it didn't even move as I got close. I was even able to pour water over its fur and pat it to cool it down, as well as pick it up and move it further into the shade where I left it with a cup full of water. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() --- Over the last couple of days I also saw a lot of kangaroos and rabbits, as well as what might have been an Eastern Pygmy Possum (couldn't confirm as it climbed away as soon as I saw it, but it would have been a lifer). ![]() A group of eastern greys bounding away. ![]() A big male... ![]() ... and a female. ![]() And a European rabbit, extremely common in Australia unfortunately. |
![]() |
|
|
|
Jan 23 2018, 10:24 PM Post #108 |
![]()
ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴏʙsᴇssᴇᴅ
![]()
|
January 23rd Inverts: 2. Common Fruit Fly (Drosophilia melanogaster) 3. Garden Centipede (Lithobius forficatus) Nothing fun today. Just copious amounts of annoying, tiny fruit flies. Something was smelling something fierce at work today... Not good for food service >.> Plus it's been too cold/snowy/foggy to see anything. :C Just my centipede "friends" since they're all indoors. All Species Seen
Edited by Xenephos, Jan 23 2018, 10:29 PM.
|
![]() |
|
| Danny | Jan 24 2018, 09:29 AM Post #109 |
![]() ![]()
|
January 24, 2018 BIRDS 80 - Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) 81 - Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) MAMMALS 8 - Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) ![]() ![]() Total
|
![]() |
|
|
|
Jan 24 2018, 10:59 AM Post #110 |
![]()
ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴏʙsᴇssᴇᴅ
![]()
|
January 24th* *It's early so I might end up editing this Spotted a lifer on my walk up to school this morning! :D One of the few Wisconsin non-owl birds of prey I haven't seen lol BIRDS: 15. Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) All Species Seen
|
![]() |
|
| Zoo Tycooner FR | Jan 24 2018, 04:15 PM Post #111 |
![]()
#Lithopédion
![]()
|
Still no birding for me but new urban additions at least :13 - Laughing dove, Spilopelia senegalensis 14 - Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica |
![]() |
|
| Danny | Jan 25 2018, 05:31 AM Post #112 |
![]() ![]()
|
January 25, 2018 BIRDS 82 - Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata) 83 - Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca) 84 - Red-Browed Treecreeper (Climacteris erythrops) 85 - Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons) REPTILES 4 - Spencer's Skink (Pseudemoia spenceri) I was birding in an area near my house but picked a different walking track to what I'd normally take, and was rewarded with some new species, including the stunning rufous fantail which is common but has been evading me despite visiting areas it should be around. Also saw an echidna again, two rodent-sized mammals moving in the undergrowth that I couldn't photograph or see clearly enough to identify and EDIT: One of the mammals I saw may have been a southern brown bandicoot, as I do know they are found in the area although quite rare. It appeared to have a bit of a nest there, so if I am right, I may be able to find it again at night some time. Edited by Danny, Jan 25 2018, 09:53 AM.
|
![]() |
|
| Orca Freak | Jan 25 2018, 02:03 PM Post #113 |
|
Killer Whales rule the World
![]()
|
I didn't go anywhere special, just home and work. So not much new, although I'm quite surprised it took me nearly a month to see my first feral pigeon. I also saw a muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) but I won't count it. I only saw it after my dog caught it, so it didn't survive long January 15th - 25th: Birds: 42. Yellow-legged gull - Larus michahellis 43. Feral pigeon - Columba livia domestica Total list |
![]() |
|
| magpiealamode | Jan 25 2018, 04:12 PM Post #114 |
![]()
No good hero is a one-trick phony.
![]()
|
Time to update my derelict list... Birds 16. Feral rock pigeon (Columba livia domestica) 17. Canada goose (Branta canadensis) 18. Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) 19. American coot (Fulica americana) (don't know how I am just now seeing one of these, they're not common in my area I guess) 20. House sparrow (Passer domesticus) 21. Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 22. Tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 23. Hairy woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) 24. Sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) |
![]() |
|
| cassynatorium | Jan 26 2018, 03:05 AM Post #115 |
![]() ![]()
|
I completly forgot to do this. ~20 january~ My first early morning walk of the year. 3- roe deer (capreolus capreolus) 34- great spottend woodpecker (dendrocopos major) 35- feral pigeon (columba livia domestica) ~21 january~ 36- eurasian nuthatch (sitta europaea) |
![]() |
|
| Anton | Jan 26 2018, 07:12 AM Post #116 |
![]()
King of Cotingas
![]()
|
Spent some time photographing some of the garden birds this morning! First some tits: ![]() Great tit, Parus major ![]() Blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus Then some finches: ![]() Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs (male) ![]() Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla (female) And then a blackbird: ![]() Common blackbird, Turdus merula (female)
|
![]() |
|
| Keniafan | Jan 26 2018, 11:07 AM Post #117 |
![]()
|
This week a black-throated thrush has been seen in the Netherlands, a good reason to travel for 1 hour and go see it! Exactly what I dit. 87 - Black-throated thrush (Turdus atrogularis) |
![]() |
|
| Anton | Jan 27 2018, 11:34 AM Post #118 |
![]()
King of Cotingas
![]()
|
BIRDS: 74) Firecrest, Regulus ignicapilla The amount of passerines I've seen in my garden for the first time ever this year is steadily growing and getting more and more interesting! Total
|
![]() |
|
| Danny | Jan 28 2018, 07:54 AM Post #119 |
![]() ![]()
|
On later revision of photos from my trip last weekend, I realised that among a large "flock of welcome swallows", there were also two other swallow species! BIRDS 75 - Fairy Martin (Petrochelidon ariel) 76 - Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans) That brings my total to 87 birds but I moved these two to the correct position. Also, some extra photos: ![]() Brown Thornbill (probably my best shot of this species ever) ![]() ![]() Crimson Rosellas (two separate locations) ![]() Little Pied Cormorant ![]() Little Raven ![]() Musk Lorikeet ![]() Pied Currawong ![]() Rainbow Lorikeet ![]() Short-Beaked Echidna ![]() Spencer's Skink ![]() Superb Fairy-Wren (male) ![]() Tawny Frogmouths (same location as before, but all three in the same shot) ![]() White-Eared Honeyeater ![]() Yellow-Faced Honeyeater Total
|
![]() |
|
| Keniafan | Jan 30 2018, 09:58 AM Post #120 |
![]()
|
It seems there are no more new species to discover besides these two. 88 - Common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) 89 - White stork (Ciconia ciconia) |
![]() |
|
| 1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous) | |
| Go to Next Page | |
| « Previous Topic · Goodies · Next Topic » |

FAQ
Search
Members
Rules
Staff PM Box
Downloads
Pointies
Groups






















:























10:12 AM Jul 11