Sunday 28th and Monday 29th of October 2012

Sunday I took a hike  with the dogs around a small lake . This lake is a part of the Fortuna dam and they are cleaning it, so a lot of machines...but I never saw these  black bellied whistling Ducks on this lake and they were totally not afraid for me , the dogs or the machines...

Also there was a least Grebe, they are very shy normally , but they were not in a rush and then I did see a nice green Heron.

 And the usual birds, like several different  Flycatchers (social, tropical,boat billed, great Kiskadee,lesser Elaenia, black Phoebe), cattle Egrets and a nice great Egret, yellow faced Grassquits and lesser goldfinches.

Then this afternoon after the rain shower, these beautiful birds... scarlet thighed Dacnis,  and a thick billed Euphonia sitting in front of our porch , always nice....

a link

I thought this was a cool link about the migration at this moment.
http://10000birds.com/rarities-at-the-south-florida-bird-observatory.htm

a new bird on the farm and a lot of migrants!!

Wauw what a day, it was really so much joy to see all the birds today on the farm . Even the heavy rain showers did not keep them silent.
They were following me also...this rufous tailed Hummingbird flew behind me into the house.
Was a big job to get him out of the house. He survived.

Just an impression what a crazy day it was today...they were the whole day all around us....
little Tinamou, in front of my feet....
whole bunch of gray headed Chachalaca's
the spotted Wood Quails were very close by, did not see them , but they were loud!
Huge amount of Black and Turkey Vultures in a mixed flock this afternoon , above our farm.
road side Hawk
black Hawk Eagle flew over...doing his beautiful call. 
yellow headed Caracara
gray necked Wood Rail
Crimson fronted Parakeets
blue headed Parrots
Squirrel Cuckoo
violet Sabrewing
snowy bellied Hummingbird
blue crowned Motmot
Acorn Woodpeckers
red crowned Woodpecker
golden olive Woodpecker
streak headed Woodcreeper
mountain Elaenia
Dusky capped Flycatcher
boat billed Flycatcher
white winged Becard , heard him already for more then a week, now I did see him.NEW bird on the farm
lance tailed Manakin
lesser Greenlet
black chested Jay's
House Wren
plain Wren
tropical Gnatcatchers
orange billed Nightingale Thrush
clay colored Thrush
Philadelphia Vireos
golden winged Warbler
Tennessee warblers loads!

Chestnut sided Warblers
black throated Green Warbler
blackburnian Warbler
black and whitre Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Wilson's Warbler
rufous capped Warbler
rosy Thrush Tanager
Gray headed Tanager
blue gray Tanager
silver throated Tanager
Bay headed Tanager
red legged Honeycreeper
buff throated Saltator
white naped brush Finch
black striped Sparrow
summer Tanager
flame colored Tanager
rose breasted Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole
thick billed Euphonia
lesser Goldfinch

 

birds on 20th of October 2012

Today it was a trip with two lifers for me!!!
a beautiful immature Towsend's Warbler (vagrant and pretty early in the season, according the book a few times recorded around half  Nov. to early April)  and a yellow bellied Flycatcher!! This is always a time of surprises, fantastic. Just some info where the Towsend's Warbler is coming from....

A bird of the Pacific Northwest, the Townsend's Warbler nests in coniferous forests from Alaska to Oregon. It winters in two distinct areas: in a narrow strip along the Pacific Coast, and in Mexico and Central America.
Is it not amazing how far they fly.......


The list of today....
black Vulture
cattle Egret
yellow headed Caracara/immature

broad winged Hawk (Morph)

ruddy ground Dove
rufous tailed Hummingbird
white throated mountain Gem
green violet Ear
scintillant Hummingbird
stripe tailed Hummingbird
...Hummingbird (no ID yet)

red faced Spinetail
red crowned Woodpecker
streak headed Woodcreeper
tropical Kingbird
social Flycatcher
great Kiskadee
gray capped Flycatcher
black Phoebe
dark Pewee
yellow bellied Elaenia
mountain Elaenia
yellowish Flycatcher
yellow bellied Flycatcher!!!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0613K-V2QM
paltry Tyrannulet
common tufted Flycatcher
common tody Flycatcher
olive sided Flycatcher
tropical Pewee
clay colored Thrush
brown capped Vireo
yellow winged Vireo 
Philadelphia Vireo
Townsend's Warber

                                                                                                    

Wilson's Warbler
golden winged Warbler(immature)
black throated green Warbler
black and white Warbler
rose breasted Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole
red legged Honeycreeper
slate throated Redstart
silver throated Tanager
yellow throated Euphonia
Palm Tanager
blue gray Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager
common bush Tanager
yellow thighed Finch
white naped brush Finch 
buff throated Saltator
yellow faced Grassquit
yellow bellied Siskin
lesser Goldfinch
rufous collared Sparrow
great tailed Grackle (also on the picture of the Caracara above)
white collared Swifts
blue and white Swallows
southern rough winged Swallow
Barn Swallow

Wilson's Warbler confused

Already from yesterday morning a Wilson's Warbler (Migrant) like to peak in the bedroom window...
Is he confused after such a long trip that he made.
Does he want something from inside.
Does he sees himself in the window and want to meet himself....or fight himself, because of his new territory.

He is not interested in that nervous Warbler

day out to Volcan area

Today , a day off. Lunch in Volcan and  we drove around .
Short stops  of course with my Binoculars.

the birds that we saw during the day...
black bellied whistling Duck
cattle Egrets
black Vulture
road side Hawk
yellow headed Caracara
white tipped Dove
pale vented Pigeon
ruddy ground Dove
crimson fronted Parakeet
orange chinned Parakeet
yellow crowned Parrot
great tailed Grackle
rufous tailed Hummingbird
violet Sabrewing
red crowned Woodpecker
southern beardless Tyrannulet
yellow bellied Elaenia
common tody Flycatcher
yellowish Flycatcher
black Phoebe
golden bellied Flycatcher
boat billed Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
blue and white Swallow
tropical Gnatcatcher
orange billed nightingale Thrush
clay colored Thrush
tropical Mockingbird
chestnut sided Warbler
American Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
rufous capped Warbler
rosy thrush Tanager
gray headed Tanager
blue gray Tanager
bay headed Tanager
golden hooded Tanager
scarlet thighed Dacnis
buff throated Saltator
orange billed Sparrow
rufous collared Sparrow
easternmeadow Lark
red crowned Ant Tanager
thick billed Euphonia

bird list of birding trip 29th of September 2012

in the Bajo Mono , open spot close by cloud forest  and in cloud forest...

black Vulture
white tipped Dove
Squirrel Cuckoo
snowy bellied Hummingbird
white throated mountain Gem
white tailed Emerald
stripe tailed Hummingbird
ruddy Treerunner
red faced Spinetail
prong billed Barbet
hairy Woodpecker
red crowned Woodpecker
streak headed Woodcreeper
tropical Kingbird
social Flycatcher
black Phoebe
torrent Tyrannulet
dark Phoebe
yellow bellied Elaenia
mountain Elaenia
paltry Tyrannulet
common tody Flycatcher
yellowish Flycatcher
common tufted Flycatcher
ochraceous Wren
house Wren (T)
plain Wren
black faced Solitair(fast)
mountain Thrush
brown capped Vireo
black burnian Warbler
chestnut sided Warbler
mourning Warbler( female)>pink legs
black burnian Warbler
chestnut sided Warbler
northern Waterthrush
summer Tanager
Baltimore Oriole (northern Oriole)
red legged Honeycreeper
slate throated Redstart
tropical Parula
flame throated Warbler(T)
thick billed Euphonia
silver throated Tanager
blue gray Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager (scarlet rumped Tanager)
common bush Tanager
buff throated Saltator
white naped brush Finch (yellow throated brush Finch)
black striped Sparrow
rufous collared Sparrow
yellow faced Grassquit
yellow bellied Seedeater
lesser Goldfinch
gray headed Chachalaca's

migration birds..here too.....

The birds from the States are back and are coming back. The record for me was on 15th of August 2012 a black and white Warbler...pretty early. Maybe the unusual dry areas in the States???
Since I am back from Holland , they are here on the farm and around the farm in big amounts.
Saw the Wilson's Warbler (not too much yet) a lot of Black Burnian Warblers, the American Redstart only two times until now.

A lot of slate throated Redstarts on the farm! (yes I know that is not a migrant) that means really that our forest is really in their eyes also official a forest now...
And the Acorn Woodpeckers are really settling in, great!

Those Baltimore Orioles, sooo beautiful! Above him our also beautiful blue gray Tanager.

trip to Holland 6th to 19th September 2012

Pffff, I was a little bit lazy according my blog, I will be more active from now on...
went to Holland to visit family and friends, not too much time for birds. I brought my binocs , had more plans for the Dutch birds, but this time it did go different. My first bird was the Jay , the first day out of the window from my sisters house...Velsenbroek North Holland

A lot of people in Holland don't like him , I think it is a very smart and beautiful bird.

I did ride the bike a lot and saw a lot of times the Buizerd - Buteo Buteo , sitting on a post.

Also a lot of Fazanten....this one is a juvenile female...

And then I went one dag on the bike to the dunes nearby Haarlem North of Holland...migration was starting and we saw a lot of groups of birds.

above a migration bird...group of Kneu  carduelis cannabina, some birds are flying through Holland from Ireland/Scandinavie and a small amount spent their winter in Holland, others move on... the Dutch breeding birds fly on to Marocco and south of Spain.

and another  migrant Graspieper Anthus pratensis(above)  the most are coming from Scandinavie(flying through Holland to the south west of Europe but the "Dutch" breeding birds migrating to south west of France.
and down below the migrant Roodborsttapuit Saxicola torquata
,this bird is going to south of Europe, but some are staying in Holland.

and a Grebe(down below)..Dodaars is his name  podiceps ruficollis

  And this fellow is a Zilvermeeuw larus argentatus  (Zandvoort..North Holland)

Last year I did much more birding in Holland , took some nice pics...check out October 2011 blog