Tuesday, February 26, 2013

cloud forest morning

Cloud forest 1650 and 1750 M, 2 spots...no clouds...warm
Hummers were bathing in the little river, was nice to see.
short billed Pigeon 
 sulphur winged Parakeet
blue and white Swallow
garden Emerald
snowy bellied Hummingbird
rufous tailed Hummingbird
white tailed Emerald
white throated mountain Gem
green violet Ear


scintillant Hummingbird
blue crowned Motmot
blue throated Toucanet
red crowned Woodpecker
red faced Spinetail
mountain Elaenia
Paltry Tyrannulet
tufted Flycatcher
dark Pewee
tropical Kingbird
barred Becard
brown capped Vireo
ochraceous Wren
black faced Solitair
orange billed nightingale Thrush
mountain Thrush
white throated Thrush
long tailed silky Flycatcher
golden winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
tropical Parula
black and white Warbler
slate throated Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
common bush Tanager
blue gray Tanager
silver throated Tanager
spangle cheeked Tanager(T)
yellow faced Grassquit
white naped brush finch
rufous collared Sparrow
summer Tanager(T)
great tailed Grackle
elegant Euphonia



yellow crowned Euphonia(T)
yellow bellied Siskin

Sunday, February 24, 2013

cloud forest birding day

 Two spots. Start with clouds..sun , warm ..clouds.

black Vulture
barred Hawk
broad winged Hawk
sulphur winged Parakeets in flight
white collared Swift
blue and white Swallow
band tailed Pigeon
white throated mountain Gem
stripe tailed Hummingbird
resplendent Quetzales (4x male 2x female)

 unfortunately without head, but I thought the light on the tail was beautiful


blue throated Toucanet


prong billed Barbet
red faced Spinetail
streak headed Woodcreeper
mountain Elaenia
torrent Tyrannulet
paltry Tyrannulet
tufted Flycatcher
dark Pewee
black Phoebe
brown capped Vireo
gray breasted Wood Wren
Ochraceous Wren
American Dipper
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
black faced Solitair
mountain Thrush
clay colored Thrush
black and yellow silky Flycatcher
long tailed silky Flycatcher
Tennessee Warbler
flame throated Warbler
black throated green Warbler
black burnian Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
black and white Warbler
slate throated Redstart
collred Redstart
common bush Tanager
sooty capped bush Tanager (long time ago I did see them on that elevation(1800m) on Quetzal trail)
silver throated Tanager
spangle cheeked Tanager
yellow faced Grassquit
slaty Flowerpiercer
yellow thighed Finch
white naped brush Finch
rufous collared Sparrow
flame colored Tanager
lesser Goldfinch

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Pacific coast 600 m

Today only one area on the Pacific coast 600 M, great day , sunny later a little bit clouds.
Bird list 23th of February 2013...
Gray headed Chachalaca
Cattle Egret
black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
white tailed Kite
road side Hawk
yellow headed Caracara
ruddy ground Dove
white tipped Dove
orange chinned Parakeet(T)
stripe throated Hermit(T)

 scaly breasted Hummingbird
violet crowned Woodnymph
rufous tailed Hummingbird
red crowned Woodpecker
slaty Spinetail
streak headed Woodcreeper
southern beardless Tyrannulet(T)
eastern Wood Pewee (?)
yellow Tyrannulet
lesser Elaenia
common tody Flycatcher


least Flycatcher
boat billed Flycatcher
streaked Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
white winged Becard?

 lance tailed Manakin
white ruffed Manakin
yellow throated Vireo
blue and white Swallow
Barn Swallow
rufous breasted Wren
plain Wren(Peter)
house Wren
clay colored Thrush
Tennessee Warbler
Chestnut sided Warbler
Black burnian Warbler
bay breasted Warbler
black and white Warbler
rufous capped Warbler
Cherrie's Tanager
blue gray Tanager
Summer Tanager
Palm Tanager
silver throated Tanager
bay headed Tanager
golden hooded Tanager


red legged Honeycreeper

green Honeycreeper


Bananaquit
streaked Saltator
buff throated Saltator
yellow faced Grassquit
variable Seedeater
orange billed Sparrow(T)
black striped Sparrow
great tailed Grackle
crested Oropendula
yellow crowned Euphonia
yellow throated Euphonia
lesser Goldfinch

Friday, February 22, 2013

22th of February 2013 hot morning

Bird list Caldera area 22th of Feb 2013
cattle Egret
little blue Heron
great Egret
Cattle Egret
black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
road side Hawk
crested Caracara in Flight
yellow headed Caracara
pale vented Pigeon in flight
white tipped Dove
ruddy ground Dove(T)
Crimson fronted Parakeets in flight
brown throated Parakeets
orange chinned Parakeets in flight
blue headed Parrot in flight
lesser Swallow tailed Swift!! (lifer for Terry)
Black throated Mango immature



 rufous tailed Hummingbird
snowy bellied Hummingbird
scaly breasted Hummingbird
red crowned Woodpecker
ochre bellied Flycatcher(T)
mountain Elaenia
lesser Elaenia(T)
yellow bellied Elaenia
paltry Tyrannulet
black Phoebe
Panama Flycatcher
great Kiskadee
social Flycatcher
streaked Flycatcher
boat billed Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
fork tailed Flycatcher
yellow green Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
black chested Jay
Barn Swallow?
gray breasted Martin
House Wren
clay colored Thrush
Tropical Mockingbird
Tennessee Warbler
yellow Warbler
northern Waterthrush
Wilson's Warbler
rufous capped Warbler
Crimson backed Tanager
blue gray Tanager
red legged Honeycreeper
buff throated Saltator
streaked Saltator
variable Seedeater
black striped Sparrow
Summer Tanager...
eastern Meadowlark
great tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
crested Oropendula
yellow crowned Euphonia
thick billed Euphonia
yellow throated Euphonia
lesser Goldfinch

Thursday, February 21, 2013

cloudy some sun out of the wind, but slow morning

Bird list, cloud forest..2 spots 21th of Feb 2013
black Vulture
Swallow tailed Kite
broad winged Hawk
white tipped Dove
ruddy ground Dove
Vaux's Swift
violet Sabrewing
white throated mountain Gem
green violet Ear
stripe tailed Hummingbird
long billed Starthroat
scintillant Hummingbird
red crowned Woodpecker
hairy Woodpecker
silvery fronted Tapaculo
yellow bellied Elaenia
common tody Flycatcher
black Phoebe
great Kiskadee
social Flycatcher

Piratic Flycatcher
gray capped Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
brown capped Vireo(T)
Philadelphia Vireo
blue and white Swallow
plain Wren
house Wren
Ochraceous Wren
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush

 black faced Solitair
clay colored Thrush
Tennessee Warbler
black burnian Warbler
Wilson;s Warbler(T)
black and white Warbler
slate throated Redstart
three striped Warbler
common bush Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager
blue gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
silver throated Tanager
red legged Honeycreeper
lesser Goldfinch
white naped brush Finch
rufous collared Sparrow
black thighed Grosbeak
great tailed Grackle
thick billed Euphonia

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

birding towards Pacific cost...

altitude 600 m and a great bird place, breeze and sun and sometimes a cloud.
On our way we did see also nice birds, we did stop several times, so we arrived around 9am, which is a little bit late because of the higher temperatures... but we had a great day.
Saturday I go again, we go very early so we will see more. And I hope I will see some question Mark birds back.
Because I am quit sure that I did see a brown violet Ear Hummingbird over there, which is totally out of range there. And I hope I will see the Least Flycatcher back...because I like to have a better picture of these two Vagrants and to be totally sure. The Least Flycatcher I am 90% sure of. They are both together on the picture against the light. I hope the other birder send me a better picture, he had a big lens.





The Oropendula's are starting to make nest, we did see a lot..
The chestnut headed Oropendula




And the Crested Oropendula
Bird list 18th of February 2013
cattle Egret
road side Hawk
yellow headed Caracara
black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
white tipped Dove
pale vented Pigeon
blue ground Dove
Squirrel Cuckoo
Vaux's Swift
white collared Swift
rufous tailed Hummingbird
brown violet Ear? 

 garden Emerald
purple crowned Fairy
red crowned Woodpecker
slaty Spinetail
spotted Woodcreeper
yellow Tyrannulet
southern beardless Tyrannulet
least Flycatcher


 common tody Flycatcher
dusky capped Flycatcher
Panama Flycatcher
great Kiskadee
boat billed Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
masked Tityra
Philadelphia Vireo
blue and white Swallow
gray breasted Martin
buff breasted Wren
house Wren
orange billed nightingale Thrush
clay colored Thrush
Tennessee Warbler
chestnut sided Warbler
black throated green Warbler
American Redstart
rufous capped Warbler
buff rumped Warbler
crimson backed Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager
Palm Tanager
blue gray Tanager
bay headed Tanager
scarlet thighed Tanager
golden hooded Tanager
green Honeycreeper
red legged Honeycreeper
Bananaquit
streaked Saltator
buff throated Saltator
blue black Grassquit(T)
variable Seedeater(T)
black striped Sparrow
Summer Tanager
rose breasted Grosbeak
great tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
crested Oropendula
chestnut headed Oropendula
 lesser Goldfinch
black Phoebe(T)
gray headed Chachalaca




Saturday, February 16, 2013

on the farm...from our balcony

Blurry picture of the bright rumped Atilla...breading on our farm at this moment...





Nice flame colored Tanager...



Nice golden browed Chlorophonia
And .....

What happend here...a magenta throated Woodstar is feeding a long billed Starthroat, in front of our terras in Boquete(Jaramillo Abajo), never saw that...with Hummingbirds
And a nice buff throated Saltator...
 
 

15th and 16th of February 2013 half a day's in the same areas, cloud forest

 15th of Feb was a little bit cloudy and 16th...warm sunny weather ...both days..no too much Quetzales activity, but last week active, lot of sounds and maiding.
Since 12th of February every where are the yellow and green Vireo's.And today(16th) for the first time this years a big group of swallow tailed Kites in the blue sky...beautiful!!
Since the 6th of February the 3 wattles Bell birds are back in the cloud forest..around Quetzal trail .
Since 30th of January the long tailed silky Flycatchers are back in the cloud forest in Boquete. I do see them everywhere now... a lot are making the nests.
Big rain on the 15th and the Thrushes are starting to sing !

The bird list of 15th of February 2013
Cattle Egrets
green violet Ear
rufous tailed Hummingbird
snowy bellied Hummingbird
stripe tailed Hummingbird
white throated mountain Gem
scintillant Hummingbird
resplendent Quetzal(Kyle)
blue throated Toucanet(T)
prong billed Barbet
red crowned Woodpecker
hairy Woodpecker
red faced Spinetail
ruddy Treerunner
yellow bellied Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia
common tody Flycatcher
tufted Flycatcher
black Phoebe
great Kiskadee
social Flycatcher
gray capped Flycatcher
brown capped Vireo
house Wren
plain Wren
American Dipper in flight
black faced Solitair
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush


Swainson's Thrush(T)
clay colored Thrush
mountain Thrush
black and yellow silky Flycatcher
long taild silky Flycatcher
Tennessee Warbler
flame throated Warbler
chestnut sided Warbler(T)
black burnian Warbler
black and white Warbler
slate throated Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
common bush Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager
blue gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
bay headed Tanager
silver throated Tanager
red legged Honeycreeper
buff throated Saltator
yellow faced Grassquit(T)
yellow thighed Finch
white naped brush Finch
rufous collared Sparrow
flame colored Tanager
Elegant Euphonia
golden browed Chlorophonia 


Bird list 16th of Feb.2013
Turkey Vulture
Swallow tailed Kite
green violet Ear
snowy bellied Hummingbird
white  throated Mountain Gem
scintillant Hummingbird
blue throated Toucanet
prong billed Barbet(T)
red crowned Woodpecker
red faced Spinetail
yellow bellied Elaenia
mountain Elaenia
tufted Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
black Phoebe
great Kiskadee
social Flycatcher
yellow throated Vireo
yellow green Vireo
brown capped Vireo

yellow winged Vireo

blue and white Swallow
plain Wren
Ochraceous Wren
black faced Solitair in flight
clay colored Thrush
white throated Thrush
Mountain Thrush
long tailed silky Flycatcher
Tennessee Warbler
chestnut sided Warbler
black and white Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
slate throated Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
common bush Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager
blue gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
silver throated Tanager
red legged Honeycreeper
buff throated Saltator
yellow faced Grasquit
white naped brush Finch
rufous collared Sparrow
flame colored Tanager
Baltimore Oriole
yellow throated Euphonia
golden browed Chlorophonia  (they are mainly GREEEEEN)


yellow bellied Siskin
lesser Goldfinch
 

6th of February, 10th of February , bird trip cloudforest half a day

Bird trip 6th of February in cloud forest but also on the road....
gray headed Chachalaca's


pied billed Grebe
cattle Egret
green Heron
black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
broad winged Hawk


southern Lapwing


spotted Sandpiper
white tipped Dove
Squirrel Cuckoo
green Hermit
violet Sabrewing
green violet Ear
garden Emerald
snowy bellied Hummingbird
rufous tailed Hummingbird
stripe tailed Hummingbird
white throated mountain Gem
scintillant Hummingbird
red crowned Woodpecker
hairy Woodpecker
ruddy Woodcreeper (first time in that area)

 streak headed Woodcreeper
mountain Eleania(T)
paltry Tyrannulet
common tody Flycatcher
dark Pewee
black Phoebe
social Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
brown capped Vireo
yellow green Vireo(T)
plain Wren
ochraceous Wren
gray breasted Wood Wren (T)
black faced Solitair
orange billed nightingale Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
mountain Thrush
clay colored Thrush
black and yellow silky Flycatcher
Tennessee Warbler
tropical Parula
chestnut sided Warbler
black throated green Warbler
black and white Warbler
slate throated Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
golden crowned Warbler
three striped Warbler
blue gray Tanager
Palm Tanager(T)
silver throated Tanager(T)
red legged Honeycreeper
buff throated Saltator
slaty Flowerpiercer
rufous collared Sparrow
Summer Tanager
white winged Tanager
great tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
Elegant Euphonia



10th of February 2013

white tipped Dove
ruddy ground Dove
snowy bellied Hummingbird
green fronted Lance bill
white throated mountain Gem
red faced Spinetail
rufous browed Peppershrike
ruddy Treerunner
prong billed Barbet
red crowned Woodpecker
hairy Woodpecker
great Kiskadee
black Phoebe
mountain Elaenia
Tufted Flycatcher
yellowish Flycatcher
gray breasted Wood Wren
House Wren
black faced Solitair
 ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
clay colored Thrush
 mountain Thrush
brown capped Vireo
Wilson's Warbler
black and white Warbler
black throated green Warbler
Philadelphia Vireo
Tennessee Warbler
Baltimore Oriole
red legged Honeycreeper
collared Redstart
slate throated Redstart
flame throated Warbler(T)
golden browed Clorophonia
silver throated Tanager
Palm Tanager(T)
blue gray Tanager
Cherries Tanager
flame colored Tanager
common bush Tanager
white lined Tanager
yellow thighed Finch
chestnut capped brush Finch
black striped Sparrow
yellow bellied Siskin
lesser Goldfinch
yellow faced Grassquit
rufous collared Sparrow
American Dipper
slaty Flowerpiercer

Bird trip to Fortuna (4th of Feb) and Sendero los Quetzales half a day(5th of Feb

 It was a great day with great birders. Beautiful weather ..cloudy, no rain, not too much sun, so the birds were longer active and no sticky foreheads for us...
On this picture a white ruffed manakin, he flew to the window of ANAM  ranger station, at the end he flew away, seems o.k.  but an o.k.(mixed feelings) way to check out this Manakin.

Bird list 4th of February 2013
great Tinamou (T)
lesser Scaup (dam Gualaca)


snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
barred Hawk
common black Hawk
great black Hawk
road side Hawk
broad winged Hawk
black Hawk Eagle 2x
yellow headed Caracara
pale vented Pigeon
blue ground Dove
ruddy ground Dove
brown throated Parakeet
orange chinned Parakeet
blue headed Parrot
squirrel Cuckoo
stripe throated Hermit
white vented Plumeleteer! (Divide)


stripe tailed Hummingbird
ringed Kingfisher (dam Gualaca)


keel billed Toucan
black cheeked Woodpecker
red crowned Woodpecker
golden olive Woodpecker
paltry Tyrannulet
olive sided Flycatcher
rufous Mourner
great Kiskadee
golden bellied Flycatcher
streaked Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
fork tailed Flycatcher(right)


white ruffed Manakin
philadelphia Vireo
blue and white Swallow
northern rough winged Swallow
house Wren
clay colored Thrush
tropical Mockingbird
Tennessse Warbler
chestnut sided Warbler
black throated Green Warbler
black burnian Warbler
rufous capped Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
white throated shrike Tanager !! (tower Palo seco)
dusky faced Tanager
white lined Tanager
Passerini's Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager
blue gray Tanager
red legged Honeycreeper
Bananaquit
buff throated Saltator
streaked Saltator
blueblack Grassquit
yellow faced Grassquit
black striped Sparrow
Summer Tanager
eastern Meadowlark
great tailed Grackle
Montezuma Oropendula

Bird list 5th of February 2013 Quetzal trail...no 3 wattled Bellbirds yet
cattle Egret
broad winged Hawk
white tipped Dove
ruddy ground Dove
3 sulphur winged Parakeets in flight
blue and white Swallow
stripe tailed Hummingbird
white throated mountain Gem
rufous tailed Hummingbird
hairy Woodpecker
red faced Spinetail(T)
paltry Tyrannulet
tufted Flycatcher
dark Pewee
tropical Kingbird
barred Becard
yellow winged Vireo
Ochraceous Wren
black faced Solitair
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
clay colored Thrush
black and yellow silky Flycatcher
long tailed Silky Flycatcher
flame throated Warbler
black and white Warbler
slate throated Redstart
collared Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
three striped Warbler
black cheeked Warbler
common bush Tanager
yellow faced Grassquit
yellow thighed Finch
white naped brush Finch(flight)
rufous collared Sparrow
prong billed Barbet
great tailed Grackle