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2017 Western Palearctic Big Year (4 Viewers)
- Thread starter JeroenVanheuverswyn
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Mark Lew1s
My real name is Mark Lewis
We need to make sure that any football jokes we make with our German friends do not cross the line...
Surreybirder
Ken Noble
Are you suggesting that we need a video referee on this thread? At least we shouldn't be short of wing-backs!
Andy Adcock
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That decision was hard to 'Swallow' if you're a German, bad goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn't?
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flownek
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...but you are short of tree sweepers and dribbling cisticolas.
Btw, should we rename the thread in "birds & footie"?
Andy Adcock
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Yeah. Does anyone know which bird is known to be a bad goalkeeper?
A 'Dropped Tit'..?
A tough group to ID though, includes 'Missed Tit' and 'Flapped at Tit'
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Jon Turner
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And Canary Islands Chiffchaff.
Paul Chapman
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On Gran Canaria so presumably Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch tomorrow, Tenerife for Tenerife Blue Chaffinch and Bolle's & Laurel Pigeons and Fuerteventura for the Chat and Houbara Bustard.
All the best
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Jon Turner
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Hmmm. Seems to beg the question: "Then what?" A whole month to add a few rares?
DanielDoer
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They just added Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch as species number 750! Via facebook, not yet added in the list:
http://www.bigyearwp.com/index.php/igoterra-ticks/
Huge congratulations, Swedish guys! And when they should get bored during December it is just another piece of the great achievement overall!!
http://www.bigyearwp.com/index.php/igoterra-ticks/
Huge congratulations, Swedish guys! And when they should get bored during December it is just another piece of the great achievement overall!!
Andy Adcock
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Anyone got a number in terms of birds missed twitching and through 'bad' planning, how close to 800 would they be?
And yes, well done guys, great effort.
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And yes, well done guys, great effort.
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Possible Grey Throated Martin at Jahra Pools, Kuwait y'day....
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Paul Chapman
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My gut feel guess is 780-790 on a perfect strategy and endless money. I get the following 55 'twitchable possibles' from memory (including remaining targets) but just from memory not tallying dates or checking records. My memory is probably flawed:-
Yellow-billed Loon
Swinhoe's Storm Petrel
Goliath Heron
Rüppell's Griffon
Northern Harrier
Shikra
Amur Falcon
Houbara Bustard
Red-necked Stint
Pin-tailed Snipe
Upland Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
American Herring Gull
Bolle's Pigeon
Laurel Pigeon
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Belted Kingfisher
White-throated Bee-eater
American Cliff Swallow
Cedar Waxwing
Fuerteventura Chat
Pied Bush Chat
Swainson's Thrush
Grey-cheeked Thrush
American Robin
Radde's Warbler
Grey-headed Chickadee
Caspian Tit
Algerian Nuthatch
Red-billed Firefinch
Tenerife Blue Chaffinch
Scottish Crossbill
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
American Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Pine Bunting
Pallas's Reed Bunting
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
All the best
Andy Adcock
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JeroenVanheuverswyn
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Nice one. They added the statement that this Chaffinch is the rarest breeding bird in the WP. Heard this claim before, but if you check IUCNRedList, that spot would be taken by Zino's Petrel given the following estimations:
Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch:
The total population is estimated to be 237-387 individuals, with 207-337 at Inagua (35 km2) and 30-50 at Cumbre (18 km2)
Zino's Petrel:
The population is estimated to number 200 individuals, roughly equating to 160 mature individuals.
DanielDoer
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If you add that amazing list (out of memory!) to their list you get to 805!!!
And they wrote a nice blog post about the successful Dusky twitch (at last chance really):
http://www.bigyearwp.com
Well done!
Andy Adcock
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I think the term 'threatened' is more appropriate given the very small pockets of habitat that the Chaffinch occupies and on that basis, it is extremely vulnerable.
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Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Though same applies to Zino's Petrel - one tiny breeding colony, very nearly destroyed a few years ago by a wildfire, and at constant threat from feral rats & cats.
