Friday, November 29, 2013

birding on continental divide and lower(to 400 m) 29th of November 2013

It was a good day , early out of bed and off we went.
Rain, sun, wind, clouds..we did see it all.
A day of patience and nice rewards.
Unfortunately my SD card from my camera was full(aiii, no spare with me) I could take so much nice pictures today of pretty birds!! A very nice chestnut mandibled Toucan was doing a nice show for us a few meters  in front of us. Lifer and the bird for me of the day...red capped Manakin. Another lifer for me slate headed tody Flycatcher.Very interesting  was the prairie Warbler!! Lifer too. Nearby Anam station.
The list is from Caldera to after the divide.
lesser Scaup
great Egret
black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
yellow headed Caracara
broad winged Hawk
sharp chinned Hawk

road side Hawk
Bat Falcon
spotted Sandpiper
white tipped Dove
sulphur winged Parakeets
olive throated Parakeets
white crowned Parrot
Squirrel Cuckoo
groove billed Ani
white collared Swift
green Hermit
violet headed Hummingbird
rufous tailed Hummingbird
bronze tailed Plumeleteer
purple crowned Fairy
collared Aracari's
keel billed Toucan

Chestnut mandibled Toucan
black cheeked Woodpecker
red crowned Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
lineated Woodpecker
Crimson crested Woodpecker
slate headed Tody Flycatcher
least Flycatcher (after hearing the call on tape and checking out the picture), down below the Flycatcher = the Summer Tanager.



social Flycatcher
boat billed Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
rusty margined Flycatcher? (have to study more, sound is similar on my tape)
rufous Mourner
white ruffed Manakin
red caped Manakin
gray breasted Martin (nesting together in a hole in a top of a dead Tree.)
blue and white Swallow
house Wren
long billed Gnatwren
Swainson's Thrush
clay colored Thrush
tropical Mockingbird
chestnut sided Warbler
prairie Warbler
bay breasted Warbler
mourning Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
white lined Tanager
crimson Collared Tanager
Passerini's Tanager
blue gray Tanager
golden hooded Tanager
Bananquit
buff throated Saltator
variable Seedeater(male western caribbean slope form)
thick billed seedFinch
white naped brush Finch
black striped Sparrow
Summer Tanager (picture)
eastern Meadowlark
great tailed Grackle
Montezuma Oropendola
a blackish Flycatcher(need more study)

Thursday, November 28, 2013

bird trip 28th of November 2013

Today the rain started at 4am, oh oh. Whole Boquete and surroundings were cloud covered.
We did wait  until 8am to go out.
And we did go to areas where  we had sun dry little rain/drizzle so one in a while. Now it is bad all over again. But we did see some birds and for our  guests 3 lifers! Magenta throated Wood Star and a Mourning Warbler, rough legged Tyrannulet .Yay!
Tomorrow up to the continental divide...very early day , fun!
By the way yesterday I did see a short tailed Hawk nearby the Los Quetzales trail and a group of Fiery billed Aracari's nearby Cuesta del Piedra
The birdlist...
gray headed Chachalaca
great Egret
green Heron
Cattle Egret
black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
road side Hawk
....Hawk
Bat Falcon
spotted Sandpiper
white tipped Dove
big flock in flight Crimson fronted Parakeets
Squirrel Cuckoo
Vaux's Swift? (poor light)
white collared Swift
snowy bellied Hummingbird
Magenta throated Woodstar (Male)
house Wren
plain Wren
lesser Elaenia
rough legged Tyrannulet
ochre bellied Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
yellow throated Vireo
blue and white Swallow
rufous breasted Wren
orange billed nightingale Thrush
clay colored Thrush
tropical Mockingbird
mourning Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
golden crowned Warbler
rufous capped Warbler
Cherrie's Tanager
blue gray Tanager
bay headed Tanager
blue black Grassquit
yellow faced Grassquit
black striped Sparrow
Summer Tanager
red crowned Ant Tanager
rose breasted Grosbeak
great tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
yellow throated Euphonia
lesser Goldfinch

Sunday, November 24, 2013

on our farm and a bird trip

Yesterday on our farm the magenta throated Woodstar, male, that means "Summer"...today we did see "her" at another spot nearby.
This morning bad luck with the weather, but this afternoon it is great. This morning we were escaping from the rain, kept it reasonably dry , did visit 3 places in 3 different areas, so it is a kind of a weird mixture of birds on the today's list....
 Here it comes...
black Guan
green Heron
black Vulture
yellow headed Caracara
southern Lapwing
Solitary Sandpiper
spotted Sandpiper
ruddy ground Dove
green violet Ear
rufous tailed Hummingbird
snowy bellied Hummingbird
Magenta throated Woodstar (female)
red crowned Woodpecker
yellow bellied Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia
black Phoebe
great Kiskadee
social Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
fork tailed Flycatcher
gray breasted Martin
House Wren
black faced Solitair
Mountain Thrush
clay colored Thrush
tropical Mockingbird
Tennessee Warbler
chestnut sided Warbler
blackburnian Warbler
slate throated Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
common Bush Tanager
gray headed Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager (male already in "love" plumage, puffed up)
blue gray Tanager
bay headed Tanager
silver throated Tanager
red legged Honeycreeper
white naped brush Finch
rufous collared Sparrow
Summer Tanager (Female)
white winged Tanager
rose breasted Grosbeak

great tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
Elegant Euphonia
thick billed Euphonia
yellow crowned Euphonia
lesser Goldfinch
gray headed Chachalaca

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

20th of November 2013

Birding day with dear friends, was a fun day.

Nice sunny, cloudy moments, no wind no rain. Boquete area around the 1150 M.
We had some ?  birds, one I have to find out... it was a Tyrannulet, but I am having doubts still, so I have to read more.
We thought we had a rare new bird , but thanks to my zoom on the camera we di find out that it was not a rare new Flycatcher , catching flies , but a female violet Sabrewing...

And a nice Bat Falcon...close to our farm.
 
Bird list... A means afternoon on our farm
gray headed Chachalaca (A)
cattle Egret
black Vulture
broad winged Hawk
yellow headed Caracara
Bat Falcon
white tipped Dove (A)
sulphur winged Parakeet
blue headed Parrot(A)
Mottled Owl (A)
common  Pauraque (A) a lot
green violet Ear (A) making their sound since a week ...summertime
violet Sabrewing
rufous tailed Hummingbird(A)
snowy bellied Hummingbird (A) and in the morning
Violacious Trogon (A)
blue crowned Motmot (A)
red crowned Woodpecker (A)  and in the morning
lineated Woodpecker(A)
paltry Tyrannulet
dark Pewee
boat billed Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
lance tailed Manakin(A)
lesser Greenlet(A)
rufous breasted Wren(A)
tropical Gnatcatcher(A)
orange billed nightingale Thrush (A) and in the morning
clay colored Thrush (A)
white throated Thrush(A)
tropical Mockingbird
golden winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
chestnut sided Warbler
black and white Warbler(A)
American Redstart(A)
rufous capped Warbler
rosy Thrush Tanager (A)
gray headed Tanager(A)
blue gray Tanager
silver throated Tanager(A) and in the morning
bay headed Tanager (A) and in the morning
red legged Honeycreeper
buff throated Saltator (A) and in the morning
lesser Goldfinch
black striped Sparrow
Summer Tanager(A) and in the morning
white winged Tanager
red crowned Ant Tanager
great tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole(A)
yellow billed Cacique
yellow throated Euphonia
thick billed Euphonia (A)
 
 
 
 

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Bird list 19th of November 2013 Sendero los Quetzales

Bird list 19th of November 2013 Sendero los Quetzales , Boquete.(and a little bit on the road...) windy, sunny a little bit bajareque.
black Vulture
gray Hawk
broad winged Hawk
Bat Falcon
white tipped Dove
sulphur winged Parakeet
white throated Mountain Gem
scintillant Hummingbird
prong billed Barbet
blue throated Toucanet
Acorn Woodpecker
red faced Spinetail
spotted Barbtail
ruddy Treerunner
Streak breasted Tree hunter
lineated Foliage cleaner
silvery fronted Tapaculo...fast
mountain Elaenia
tufted Flycatcher
dark Pewee
yellowish Flycatcher
black Phoebe
tropical Mockingbird
Tropical Kingbird
yellow winged Vireo
gray breasted Wood Wren
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
Mountain Thrush
black faced Solitair
black and yellow silky Flycatcher
chestnut sided Warbler
flame throated Warbler
black throated green Warbler
slate throated Redstart
collared Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
black cheeked Warbler
common bush Tanager
sooty capped bush Tanager
silver throated Tanager
bay headed Tanager(Farm)
white naped brush Finch
rufous collared Sparrow
Summer Tanager female
flame colored Tanager
golden browed Chlorophonia
lesser Goldfinch in flight

Sunday, November 10, 2013

beautiful red and an update of our bird list

In Holland we have an expression..beautiful red is not ugly...well it is so through.
This nice white winged Tanager was greetings us while we had our morning coffee.


And today I did make an update of my bird list of the farm, 3 new birds ..Townsend's Warbler
black and white Becard and the Louisiana Waterthrush a few weeks ago.. that makes 178 different spieces of birds through the whole year, not bad at all.
http://www.coffeeadventures.net/bird_list.html

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

on the farm

It is quiet with the trips, all bird watchers are still at home, waiting for Christmas and then ...Panama. They miss a lot though, because Panama is really cool now with the birds... a lot of berries and other food , lot of migration still!! A lot of birds around us.
In between painting scrubbing wood working in the cottages, making them ready for the very soon coming season, I am out of my bed very early to check the birds on our farm. We have now the little red berries with load of birds in it.
Two new comers on our farm slaty capped Flycatcher and the Louisiana Water thrush.
I never saw so many Oven birds on the farm and out side the farm...why is that?
Today  was "the red berry tree" full with Tennessee Warblers , Philadelphia Vireo's , clay colored Thrushes, white throated Thrushes, red headed Woodpeckers, bay headed Tanagers, silver throated Tanagers. I did count  7 lance tailed Manakins, together in an argument about the berries/territory...OMG they are acting like people . A male violacious Trogon was sitting in the tree, and the two Motmot Friends where wooping along on their branch. A rufous breasted Wren and rufous and white Wren were eating insects from dead leaves.
Two fighting Summer Tanagers, a lonely male American Redstart and 2 Wilson's Warblers and a black and white Warbler and 2 Squirrel Cuckoo's .In the little kreek a nice buff rumped Warbler.
Thick billed Euphonia's also in the berry tree, but also on the feeder...nice picture of them and in front of our house a nice Lineated Woodpecker...


Two days ago I did found a new great birding spot, a lot of birds, but I did come home and did see more birds at our place. Our farm is really more and more very birdy! Our forest is really a forest now, get more and more forest birds...the meadow's are great with the dead trees areas, the flower trees and berry trees, Nance trees with Hummingbird flowers in the fence and parts with areas where we have a lot of seed and wild flowers.( a lot of lesser Goldfinches). The horse stable is fun because everyday when I feed the horses, then a black striped Sparrow is coming and pick food out of the hay. And in the meadow the Cattle Egret is back and they are walking with the Horses.(no Cattle Egrets in the months June Juli August Sept)We did plant some sugarcane with pine apple on the edge of the forest, monkeys like that, the neighbours did provide the cane, because when the Monkeys(white face Cappuccin) eat at our place, they don't eat at the neighbours ( our neighbours live of the cane and other fruits)...at our place it is for the animals. Then of course the shade grown coffee with the underground of all kind of weeds . We have wood walls for the wrens . Finally flowers in the garden , I did put a lot of effort in the garden , it is not fancy and clean , but messy, but we have sooo much birds and insects because of that and I must say, the flowers are doing well.
Love it, day after day!