Monday, March 5, 2012

suddenly the weather changed

Thunderstorms last night and a lot of rain!
Grazy and how sad for the bird watchers who went on a trip.
We did escape the rain to go to Caldera, but after 1.5 hours also there it did start with rain.
So we did a half  trip, around 2,5 hours...different spots and some "car birdwatching"
Saw migrating barn Swallows. They were sitting on a electricity line and were enjoying the rain, like a lot of other birds.
Specially in Caldera and on our farm we did not have rain since beginning of January....
Today the river was wild and the sky was clean without dust and it smelled wonderful!
The bird list.... not bad at all....

green backed heron
cattle Egret
southern Lapwing
yellow headed Caracara (in flight)
crested Caracara(in flight)
black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
white tipped Dove
ruddy ground Dove
brown throated Parakeets in flight
red lored Parrot(Amazon)
garden Emerald
red crowned Woodpecker
tropical Kingbird
great Kiskadee
fork tailed Flycatcher
yellow bellied Elaenia
lesser Elaenia
mountain Elaenia
house Wren
clay colored Thrush
yellow green Vireo
red eyed Vireo
Baltimore Oriole
red legged Honeycreeper
blue gray Tanager
buff throated Saltator
black striped Sparrow
blue black Grassquit
great tailed Grackle
smooth billed Ani
gray breasted Martin
blue and white Swallow
Vaux's Swift
Barn Swallow
northern rough winged Swallow
tropical Mockingbird


I saw on my way up to pick up the bird watchers from the car... 7 gray headed Chachalaca's on the road, eating something, how odd that was!
chestnut capped brush Finches
yellow faced Grassquit
silver throated Tanagers
clay colored Thrush
white throated Thrush
flame colored Tanagers
thick billed Euphonia
And on my way back I made a little movie from the wild river!
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=245643172193072&notif_t=video_processed

     

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