Kotatsu
Phthirapterist
A thread (the third in a series) mainly for four things:
A. A list of all observations of birds made by forum members during 2010, following a set of rules that will be detailed below;
B. A place to display photos of birds (and other animals) taken by forum members during 2010;
C. A place to discuss anything connected to birds or birdwatching;
D. A place to get help with bird identifications from people from all over the world.
The rules for the first of these are as follow:
Validity
- Only observations made by members of the forum are eligible, although this person does not have to be the one to have discovered the bird, nor be the one who identified it.
- Only observations of wild, live birds are valid.
- Further, if there is reason to doubt that a bird is occurring spontaneously in the area, it will have to be accepted by a local rare bird committee or similar first.
Reports
- The preferred format of a report is:
Locality, Province/State, Country (Date)
English name Scientific name
although at least in Europe and America it is usually no problem to figure these things out anyway, and all valid reports are accepted regardless of format, as long as we are able to identify the bird in question.
- Note that we will accept only records that are associated with a country, even if no further detail is given. If you do not want to make your location public, feel free to contact me personally. Records are accepted in this thread, via PM, email, skype, ordinary mail, semaphores, and all other recognized modes of communication.
- For dates which span more than one day, the last day will always be the one that is noted down in the list.
Names
For taxonomy issues, we will use Clements' Checklist of the Birds of the World. Note that:
- Tits and Chickadees Parus have been divided into several genera (Poecile, Cyanistes, Periparus, Lophophanes and Parus);
- White terns Sterna have been divided into several genera (Sterna, Thalasseus, Gelochelidos, Sternula, Hydroprogne);
- There has been some rearrangements of families lately, particularly when it comes to old world warblers and thrushes.
All these, and many more, changes may not be included in your field guide, why the final list may differ in details from what you actually reported.
- In most cases, we will not write "Common", "Northern", "Eurasian", "European" and so on in the final list, although exceptions exist. As both I and EHocking live in Europe, there is also a bias towards using British names over American, although reports are accepted for both kinds of names.
- We gladly accept any information you can give us as to subspecies, as this is kept track of separately.
Technical matters
- I will keep records, and EHocking will hopefully help me with the technical parts this year again. However, as most of you noticed last year, this was done very patchily towards the end of the year. This is mainly because my Ph.D. work has entered a more intensive phase of lab work, analysis, writing and so on, and I simply don't have as much time and energy as before. Therefore, the goal this year is to update the list every two weeks at least, not a few times a week as it was in 2008 and early 2009.
- The previous years' lists can be found here.
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I will start with my own observations:
Austria (1/1 2010 - 9/1 2010)
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Buzzard Butoe buteo
Sparrowhawk Accipiter gentilis
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Domestic Pigeon Columba livia domestica
Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Greater Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Jay Garrulus glandarius
Rook Corvus frugilegus
Hooded Crow Corvus corone cornix
Carrion Crow Corvus corone corone
Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Magpie Pica pica
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Great Tit Parus major
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros -- This record, of a female, is from the train station St Veit an der Glan in Carinthia, which seems to be somewhat outside the common wintering areas of this species.
Robin Erithacus rubecula
Blackbird Turdus merula
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Greenfinch Carduleis chloris
Gothenburg, Sweden (10/1 2010)
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup Aythya marila
Pochard Aythya ferina
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Merganser Mergus merganser
Coot Fulica atra
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Mew Gull Larus canus
Greater Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Domestic Pigeon Columba livia domestica
Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Hooded Crow Corus corone cornix
Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Magpie Pica pica
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Great Tit Parus major
Blackbird Turdus merula
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Redpoll Carduelis flammea
Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
The Ring-necked Duck was a first for Sweden for me, and has been at the locality for about a week. It can be seen here, among some Tufted Ducks:
A. A list of all observations of birds made by forum members during 2010, following a set of rules that will be detailed below;
B. A place to display photos of birds (and other animals) taken by forum members during 2010;
C. A place to discuss anything connected to birds or birdwatching;
D. A place to get help with bird identifications from people from all over the world.
The rules for the first of these are as follow:
Validity
- Only observations made by members of the forum are eligible, although this person does not have to be the one to have discovered the bird, nor be the one who identified it.
- Only observations of wild, live birds are valid.
- Further, if there is reason to doubt that a bird is occurring spontaneously in the area, it will have to be accepted by a local rare bird committee or similar first.
Reports
- The preferred format of a report is:
Locality, Province/State, Country (Date)
English name Scientific name
although at least in Europe and America it is usually no problem to figure these things out anyway, and all valid reports are accepted regardless of format, as long as we are able to identify the bird in question.
- Note that we will accept only records that are associated with a country, even if no further detail is given. If you do not want to make your location public, feel free to contact me personally. Records are accepted in this thread, via PM, email, skype, ordinary mail, semaphores, and all other recognized modes of communication.
- For dates which span more than one day, the last day will always be the one that is noted down in the list.
Names
For taxonomy issues, we will use Clements' Checklist of the Birds of the World. Note that:
- Tits and Chickadees Parus have been divided into several genera (Poecile, Cyanistes, Periparus, Lophophanes and Parus);
- White terns Sterna have been divided into several genera (Sterna, Thalasseus, Gelochelidos, Sternula, Hydroprogne);
- There has been some rearrangements of families lately, particularly when it comes to old world warblers and thrushes.
All these, and many more, changes may not be included in your field guide, why the final list may differ in details from what you actually reported.
- In most cases, we will not write "Common", "Northern", "Eurasian", "European" and so on in the final list, although exceptions exist. As both I and EHocking live in Europe, there is also a bias towards using British names over American, although reports are accepted for both kinds of names.
- We gladly accept any information you can give us as to subspecies, as this is kept track of separately.
Technical matters
- I will keep records, and EHocking will hopefully help me with the technical parts this year again. However, as most of you noticed last year, this was done very patchily towards the end of the year. This is mainly because my Ph.D. work has entered a more intensive phase of lab work, analysis, writing and so on, and I simply don't have as much time and energy as before. Therefore, the goal this year is to update the list every two weeks at least, not a few times a week as it was in 2008 and early 2009.
- The previous years' lists can be found here.
---
I will start with my own observations:
Austria (1/1 2010 - 9/1 2010)
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Buzzard Butoe buteo
Sparrowhawk Accipiter gentilis
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Domestic Pigeon Columba livia domestica
Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Greater Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Jay Garrulus glandarius
Rook Corvus frugilegus
Hooded Crow Corvus corone cornix
Carrion Crow Corvus corone corone
Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Magpie Pica pica
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Great Tit Parus major
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros -- This record, of a female, is from the train station St Veit an der Glan in Carinthia, which seems to be somewhat outside the common wintering areas of this species.
Robin Erithacus rubecula
Blackbird Turdus merula
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Greenfinch Carduleis chloris
Gothenburg, Sweden (10/1 2010)
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup Aythya marila
Pochard Aythya ferina
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Merganser Mergus merganser
Coot Fulica atra
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Mew Gull Larus canus
Greater Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Domestic Pigeon Columba livia domestica
Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Hooded Crow Corus corone cornix
Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Magpie Pica pica
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Great Tit Parus major
Blackbird Turdus merula
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Redpoll Carduelis flammea
Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
The Ring-necked Duck was a first for Sweden for me, and has been at the locality for about a week. It can be seen here, among some Tufted Ducks:
