Monday, April 22, 2013

birding morning

The bird list...cloud forest 2 spots  lovely weather
black Vulture
broad winged Hawk
ruddy ground Dove
white tipped Dove
blue throated Toucanet blue and white Swallow
white throated mountain Gem
green violet Ear
rufous tailed Hummingbird
snowy bellied Hummingbird
stripe tailed Hummingbird
scintillant Hummingbird
red crowned Woodpecker
hairy Woodpecker
red faced Spinetail
streak headed Woodcreeper
lesser Elaenia
mountain Elaenia
paltry Tyrannulet
common tody Flycatcher
tufted Flycatcher
dark Pewee
Tropical Pewee
black Phoebe
great Kiskadee
social Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
yellow winged Vireo
brown capped Vireo
yellow green Vireo
rufous browed Peppershrike
plain Wren
House Wren
black faced Solitair
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
mountain Thrush
white throated Thrush
clay colored Thrush
long tailed silky Flycatcher
black burnian Warbler
slate throated Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
golden crowned Warbler
Canada Warbler
common bush Tanager
white lined Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager blue gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
silver throated Tanager
spangle cheeked Tanager
scarlet thighed Dacnis
red legged Honeycreeper
buff throated Saltator
variable Seedeater
yellow faced Grassquit
slaty Flowerpiercer
yellow thighed Finch
chestnut capped brush Finch
rufous  collared Sparrow
flame colored Tanager
great tailed Grackle
Elegant Euphonia(snel)
yellow bellied Siskin
lesser Goldfinch
thick billed Euphonia(nest)

Saturday, April 20, 2013

a farm update and 20th of April 2013..sendero Los Quetzales, it was great

Today we went to the sendero los Quetzales, start with warm sunny weather at 7am and around 2.30 pm rain, but not so bad. Beautiful clouds.
The birds were great. Quetzales were flying around, very close by and good to see the silvery throated Jay , two nice silvery fronted Tapaculo's, three wattled Bellbirds...on the way home out of the car a great sight on the Mourning Dove.
Still everywhere(also on our farm) the good old Swainson's thrush...but not on the Quetzal trail...but on our way home nearby Cuesta del Piedra.
And still we did see a Osprey and 2 x Wilson's Warbler.
So the migrants are almost all on their way .
Yesterday on our farm still the Scarlet Tanager, a nice chestnut sided Warbler also a Wilson's Warbler.

The clay colored Thrush in front of our bedroom window has baby's , born 3 days ago... I will try to take pictures, as soon the parent is not there...




The bird list of today incl. sendero los Quetzales and on the road to Boquete....

great Egret
cattle Egret
black Vulture
Osprey
road side Hawk
yellow headed Caracara
band tailed Pigeon

white tipped Dove
Mourning Dove
ruddy ground Dove
brown throated Parakeet
sulphur winged Parakeet
common Pauraque
white collared Swift
green crowned Brilliant immature
magnificent Hummingbird
white throated mountain Gem
orange bellied Trogon
resplendent Quetzales( 4 males, 4 females)
acorn Woodpecker
hairy Woodpecker
red faced Spinetail
ruddy Treerunner
streak breasted Treehunter
streak headed Woodcreeper
silvery fronted Tapaculo
common tody Flycatcher
tufted Flycatcher
eastern Wood Pewee
yellowish Flycatcher
fork tailed Flycatcher
three wattled Bellbird
yellow winged Vireo
brown capped Vireo
silvery throated Jay
blue and white Swallow
gray breasted Wood Wren
black faced Solitair
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
black billed nightingale Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
mountain Thrush
clay colored Thrush
long tailed silky Flycatcher (a lot of immatures)
flame throated Warbler
collared Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
black cheeked Warbler
buff rumped Warbler
common bush Tanager
sooty capped bush Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager

 blue gray Tanager
spangle cheeked Tanager
golden hooded Tanager
red legged Honeycreeper
variable Seedeater
yellow thighed Finch
large footed Finch
chestnut capped brush Finch
rufous collared Sparrow
black thighed Grosbeak
eastern Meadowlark
bronzed Cowbird
great tailed Grackle
yellow billed Cacique
crested Oropendola
Elegant Euphonia

golden browed Chlorophonia
 yellow bellied Siskin

They were making a new bridge in front of the area of the start of river Caldera, surreal in the middle of the cloud forest. But good that they make the trail safer.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

bird trip 10th and 11th of April 2013 same birders...different spots

Both trips great weather , first morning sunny warm, second morning clouds but also warm and sunny.Still nice Migrants...the winner...Swainson's Thrush!!! a lot also on our farm.And they started to sing a few days ago.The very cool one...scarlet Tanager !


Bird list 10th of April 2013
Swallow tailed Kite
broad winged Hawk
white collared Swift
black Vulture
ruddy ground Dove
sulphur winged Parakeets
rufous tailed Hummingbird
snowy bellied Hummingbird
long billed Starthroat
green violet Ear
scintillant Hummingbird
white throated mountain Gem
resplendent Quetzal
blue throated Toucanet
 prong billed Barbet(in flight)
red crowend Woodpecker
brown capped Vireo
gray breasted Wood Wren
house Wren
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
orange billed nightingale Thrush(a glimps)
black faced Solitair
mountain Thrush
white throated Thrush
clay colored Thrush
long tailed silky Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
dark Pewee
great Kiskadee
social Flycatcher
gray capped Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
lesser Elaenia
yellow bellied Elaenia
mountain Elaenia
olive striped Flycatcher
common Tody Flycatcher
Tufted Flycatcher
Wilson's Warbler
Philadelphia Vireo
Tennessee Warbler
black throated green Warbler(Female)
chestnut sided Warbler
Swainson's Thrush
scarlet thighed Dacnis
tropical Parula
slate throated Redstart
red legged Honeycreeper
Elegant Euphonia
 bay headed Tanager
silver throated Tanager
yellow throated Euphonia
Palm Tanager
blue gray Tanager
flame colored Tanager
white lined Tanager
common bush Tanager
yellow thighed Finch
white naped brush Finch
 buff throated Saltator
yellof faced Grassquit
rufous collared Sparrow
lesser Goldfinch
black Phoebe
torrent Tyrannulet
And a cool Moth



Bird list 11th of April 2013
great Egret
white tipped Dove
brown throated Parakeet
Squirrel Cuckoo
rufous tailed Hummingbird
snowy bellied Hummingbird
red crowned Woodpecker
lineated Woodpecker(T)
tropical Kingbird
social Flycatcher
great Kiskadee
boat billed Flycatcher
lesser Elaenia
mountain Elaenia
yellow bellied Elaenia
common tody Flycatcher
paltry Tyrannulet(T)
white fronted Tyrannulet (rough legged Tyrannulet..subspecies Zeledoni)
bird with the nest...yellow Tyrannulet?..I will check them out..more.. it is a difficult one....
nest was this, but they were still building it , when it id this Tyrannulet , it has to be mossy around the nest...and I cannot find yet if it is a nest that is hanging..bit blurry picture.
masked Tityra
bright rumped Atilla
rufous and white Wren
House Wren
orange billed nightingale Thrush
white throated Thrush
clay colored Thrush
yellow green Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
yellow Warbler
chestnut sided Warber(Female breeding plumage)
Wilson's Warbler
Scarlet Tanager!
Swainson's Thrush
Baltimore Oriole
scarlet thighed Dacnis
red legged Honeycreeper
rufous capped Warbler
lesser Goldfinch
bay headed Tanager
bluegray Tanager
flame colored Tanager
red crowned Ant Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager
Streaked Saltator
buff throated Saltator
white naped brush Finch
 black striped Sparrow
rufous collared Sparrow
blue black Grassquit
bronzed Cowbird
yellow faced Grassquit
variable Seedeater
black Vulture

Thursday, April 4, 2013

very warm morning 4th of April 2013, same spots as yesterday

This morning was not cloudy and warm...birds are hiding more.
We did see a Harrier...again! but he was so brown, probably an Immature..I have to read myself in more about this bird, do they still have their brown immature plumage in this time...I will find out. I was even thinking of a long winged Harrier adult female Morph...well I will find out, unfortunately no picture, but I could observe him quit well...no time to grab my camera.

The list...

black Vulture
Swallow tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
broad winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
ruddy ground Dove
white tipped Dove
white collared Swift
green violet Ear
rufous tailed Hummingbird
stripe tailed Hummingbird
white throated mountain Gem
Resplendent Quetzal female
red crowned Woodpecker(T)
lesser Elaenia
mountain Elaenia
common tody Flycatcher
tufted Flycatcher
black Phoebe
great Kiskadee
social Flycatcher
gray capped Flycatcher

Piratic Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
yellow winged Vireo(T)
yellow green Vireo(T)
blue and white Swallow
plain Wren
black faced Solitair
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Mountain Thrush
clay colored Thrush
white throated Thrush(T)
long tailed silky Flycatcher
black and white Warbler
slate throated Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
black burnian Warbler
common bush Tanager(T)
Cherrie's Tanager
blue gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
silver throated Tanager
scarlet thighed Tanager(male)(T)
red legged Honeycreeper
buff throated Saltator
yellow thighed Finch
chestnut capped brush Finch
rufous collared Sparrow
flame colored Tanager
bronzed Cowbird
yellow throated Euphonia

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

a lot of birds

Yesterday I did some birding in the garden and forest on the farm...the Swainson's Thrushes are all over and also today during a birding trip in the cloud forest they were everywhere. Still a Hawk migration, not so huge as last time , but we did see more mixed groups , then only big groups of broad winged Hawks.
The common Potoo was really alive a few days ago on the farm, when it was full moon. What a pretty sound , I love it!!!
Today birding with a nice English couple, they were more birdwatchers then that they thought they were.
Now it get's slower with bird watchers..they want to be at home and watch the birds in their country... I still think that this time it is really one of the best birding in Panama..., the birds  are singing, migrants in full colors, they start to sing also, a lot of them are already couples and fly as a couple to the States...
Big Hawk migrations...
I am busy to update our farm bird list,  fun work to do...I hope I will finish it tomorrow.

The bird list of today...
3th of April 2013
black Vulture
Swallow tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
broad winged Hawk
short tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
ruddy ground Dove
white tipped Dove
white collared Swift
green violet Ear
rufous tailed Hummingbird
snowy bellied Hummingbird
white throated mountain Gem
Resplendent Quetzal female male
red crowned Woodpecker
lesser Elaenia
mountain Elaenia
olive striped Flycatcher
torrent Tyrannulet
common tody Flycatcher
tufted Flycatcher
yellowish Flycatcher
black Phoebe
great Kiskadee
social Flycatcher
gray capped Flycatcher
boat billed Flycatcher
golden bellied Flycatcher

Piratic Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
yellow winged Vireo
brown capped Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
yellow green Vireo
blue and white Swallow
gray breasted wood Wren
plain Wren
Ochraceaous Wren
black faced Solitair
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Mountain Thrush
clay colored Thrush
white throated Thrush
long tailed silky Flycatcher
Tennessee Warbler
mourning Warbler(female)
slate throated Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
black cheeked Warbler

common bush Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager
blue gray Tanager
silver throated Tanager
bay headed Tanager
scarlet thighed Tanager(Female)
red legged Honeycreeper
buff throated Saltator
yellow thighed Finch
rufous collared Sparrow
flame colored Tanager(Female)

black thighed Grosbeak
bronzed Cowbird
thick billed Euphonia