Wednesday, December 28, 2011

A windy, sunny... birding day

Today we went with our friends Jeff and Connie for a bird trip.
I did several trips with them in the past and we always tried to find the Quetzal, we saw him , but never good.
Today finally after a while we saw them , male and female on the slope of the Volcano!!!
The birds were hiding, lot of wind and on my spot were we did not have wind...there was a Hawk(I think the same as this week)...a lot of birds but hearing them but see them was a tricky thing today! But we were totally happy today!

The bird list..
Cattle Egret
great blue Heron
ruddy ground Dove
sulphur winged Parakeets
snowy bellied Hummingbird
scintillant Hummingbird
Volcano Hummingbird
white tailed Emerald
resplendent Quetzal
collared Trogons(a group of 5..6, )
blue throated Toucanets(Emerald)
dark Pewee
mountain Elaenia
yellowish Flycatcher
gray breasted Wood Wren
mountain Thrush
yellow winged Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Wilson's Warbler
black and white Warbler
silver throated Tanager
flame colored Tanager
white winged Tanager
common bush Tanager
yellow throated  brush Finch
large footed Finch
blue black Grassquit
yellow faced Grassquit
rufous collared Sparrow
slaty Flowerpiercer

                                          taking pictures of the Quetzales
                                           Male Quetzal on spot 2
                                           Female  Quetzal on spot 2

                                           Emerald Toucanet on spot 1

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