World Yearlist Record Attempt (1 Viewer)

[Mysticete]

I have wondered as the species list grows, how many of the year's birding days and species seen will Noah remember?
From a trip where I have gathered a few hundred species over a week or two I find my camera a great way of recalling each day and some of what I was able to see. I have friends however who have been with me on same trip who recall very little beyond some of the prized species seen.
I hope someone has taken lots of photographs for this trip

I think he plans on writing a book on this, so I would be shocked if he wasn't taking tons of pics as he went along.

 

[Andrew Verrall]

I think he plans on writing a book on this, so I would be shocked if he wasn't taking tons of pics as he went along.

Yes, he is writing a book. In answer to one of the comments below the blog page months back Noah said: ''...next year I will be writing a book on the journey'' (so can't come to give a lecture until after that.)

Andrew

 

[Paul Chapman]

Yes, he is writing a book. In answer to one of the comments below the blog page months back Noah said: ''...next year I will be writing a book on the journey'' (so can't come to give a lecture until after that.)

Andrew

And the blog has contained some pretty gripping photos - and allusions to others eg Mountain Gorillas. He'll have plenty of memories.

All the best

 

[Paul Chapman]

He has declared early on e-bird with a last timed entry at 2.40pm:-

http://ebird.org/ebird/region/aut/activity

My best guess is that means that he has jumped on a plane to move area? If so, to where? Again, my current best guess is that he chalked up (about) 16 additions before doing so. We'll see later:-

http://www.audubon.org/news/the-species-list

If 16 additions, he is shaping up well now north of 260 additions for Australia so almost beginning to fall into Tim's spread of 280-330.

Thanks for the itinerary Paul! Assuming no change, I've calculated that, very generously, there are approximately 330 possible additions to his list available from those places (depending on where he heads to from Perth and Darwin in particular). Realistically, approximately 300 he would have a reasonable chance of finding, though I feel he will struggle to get past c.280. I hope I am wrong!!

All the best

 

[Jon Turner]

I have wondered as the species list grows, how many of the year's birding days and species seen will Noah remember?
From a trip where I have gathered a few hundred species over a week or two I find my camera a great way of recalling each day and some of what I was able to see. I have friends however who have been with me on same trip who recall very little beyond some of the prized species seen.
I hope someone has taken lots of photographs for this trip

If you have read his blog, you will notice that he has taken some stunning images, one or two of which are posted every day. Not all birds, some mammals, some birders, and some views. If however you page down to day 259, September 16th, in Thattekad India, he had just broken the previous record, and the top of this blog entry is a collage of bird photos, from the previous 9 months. It's worth looking at!
I don't think he'll be short of photos for his book.:t:

 

[timsg80]

He has declared early on e-bird with a last timed entry at 2.40pm:-

http://ebird.org/ebird/region/aut/activity

My best guess is that means that he has jumped on a plane to move area? If so, to where? Again, my current best guess is that he chalked up (about) 16 additions before doing so. We'll see later:-

http://www.audubon.org/news/the-species-list

If 16 additions, he is shaping up well now north of 260 additions for Australia so almost beginning to fall into Tim's spread of 280-330.



All the best

I made this guess based on the belief he was only going to the areas around Cairns, Sydney, Darwin and Perth- With unexpected trips to Brisbane and Victoria so far, and we can assume more to come, my estimate is now complete and utterely useless!! Without knowing where else he'll be going I won't make another guess!!

 

[Larry Sweetland]

and another I missed, Aus Grass Owl

 

[Paul Chapman]

I made this guess based on the belief he was only going to the areas around Cairns, Sydney, Darwin and Perth- With unexpected trips to Brisbane and Victoria so far, and we can assume more to come, my estimate is now complete and utterely useless!! Without knowing where else he'll be going I won't make another guess!!

Where's the fun in that? I went 400 solely based on The Biggest Twitch and then downgraded to 340 following licking my finger and putting it in the air.

What will be interesting is finding out how long he can keep up the pace and with what return as Arjan has a lot shorter Australian itinerary.

All the best

 

[Robin Edwards]

If you have read his blog, you will notice that he has taken some stunning images, one or two of which are posted every day. Not all birds, some mammals, some birders, and some views. If however you page down to day 259, September 16th, in Thattekad India, he had just broken the previous record, and the top of this blog entry is a collage of bird photos, from the previous 9 months. It's worth looking at!
I don't think he'll be short of photos for his book.:t:

Absolutely but of the c6000 species he sees this year, how many will he remember and have captured memories? That's a lot of photographs

 

[Jon Turner]

Absolutely but of the c6000 species he sees this year, how many will he remember and have captured memories? That's a lot of photographs

True, and he sure won't have photos of all those 'heard only' species. Not sure how many of these there are. :smoke:

And for the record, he's added 14 today once again ahead of the required run rate.

 

[edenwatcher]

14 added today. Give the last ebird entry it must indeed be a moving day.

Rob

 

[lichenostomus]

I made this guess based on the belief he was only going to the areas around Cairns, Sydney, Darwin and Perth- With unexpected trips to Brisbane and Victoria so far, and we can assume more to come, my estimate is now complete and utterely useless!! Without knowing where else he'll be going I won't make another guess!!

The Brisbane and Melbourne itinerary is a much better one than Sydney, though I did note that by visiting Melbourne he has picked up a few species from the south-west so by the time he gets to Perth there will be little else but the endemics to get, meaning he really won't to spend too much time there.

It would be interesting if he could go via Tasmania for the day on the way to New Zealand. It's quite possible to get all the Tassie endemics in half a day and there are a few other species to pick up too. I wonder if finishing up in New Zealand at all really is the best way to push his total over 6000?

 

[Paul Chapman]

On a spreadsheet last night (using an Australian national list off BUBO), I got him having recorded 585 species out of 903 on that list so far this year. So a difference of 318 with many seabirds, vagrants, limited range species and difficult species amongst the remainder.

I wonder how much longer he will give Australia. How many more realistic additions there?

He has 261 additions from Australia so far from 363 species seen in 10 days including his transit day to PNG.

All the best

 

[Paul Chapman]

Still in Victoria today with a significant number of lists added to ebird. Not looked at contents:-

http://ebird.org/ebird/region/aut/activity

(A flick through suggests 9 additions. Four days' blogs outstanding now.)

All the best

 

[Nutcracker]

Four days' blogs outstanding now.

Strange - it's not like Australia is devoid of internet access. Could understand it in the PNG highlands, but not here! Strain of continuous birding starting to tell at last??

 

[Jon Turner]

Strange - it's not like Australia is devoid of internet access. Could understand it in the PNG highlands, but not here! Strain of continuous birding starting to tell at last??

I'm completely knackered following it all... he must be done in, but the tape is in sight so only a few days to go, before we have to see how Arjan responds.:t:

 

[Paul Chapman]

Strange - it's not like Australia is devoid of internet access. Could understand it in the PNG highlands, but not here! Strain of continuous birding starting to tell at last??

I'm completely knackered following it all... he must be done in, but the tape is in sight so only a few days to go, before we have to see how Arjan responds.:t:

I was exhausted just looking at the Species Lists and the blogs. Now I've seen the ebird lists and some of his totals on non-year ticks and the sheer scale of species lists for each country etc, it really is astonishingly impressive!

All the best

 

[edenwatcher]

Confirmed as 9 additions today.

Rob

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Strange - it's not like Australia is devoid of internet access. Could understand it in the PNG highlands, but not here! Strain of continuous birding starting to tell at last??

Rural Australia is actually the worst part of the world I've ever been to for internet access. Bar absolutely nowhere else!

 

[Jon Turner]

Still in Victoria today with a significant number of lists added to ebird. Not looked at contents:-

http://ebird.org/ebird/region/aut/activity

(A flick through suggests 9 additions. Four days' blogs outstanding now.)

All the best

Spot on Paul:

http://www.audubon.org/news/the-species-list

I expect you got them all right? B