cloud forest birding 2th of December 2013

Beautiful cloudless morning in the cloud forest. Nice bird watching morning with a very active enthoussiastic young birder of 13 year old and his Dad. Great "spotting" eyes he had (also his Dad) and he did see a lot of lifers...but no Quetzal , we did our best , but it was not happening.

I was every time too late with my camera to take nice pictures. I was too busy with the big amount of birds...very interesting was the purple throated mountain Gem. Never saw him on this trail, now in big numbers.I took a lot of pictures of green leaves, was not my day on that point.

We did stop for a half an hour on a spot on the road, so that's why also some other not really cloud forest birds on the list.

Cattle Egret
ruddy ground Dove
black Vulture
barred Hawk
short tail Hawk 2x
black Hawk eagle (after a long puzzle , made a different sound that I was use to), thanks Henry for the bird pictures (he did have a much better day in taking pictures).

 

snowy bellied Hummingbird
stripe tailed Hummingbird
purple throated mountain Gem
white throated mountain Gem
magnificent Hummingbird
prong billed Barbet

red crowned Woodpecker
red faced Spinetail
spotted Barbtail
ruddy Treerunner
streak breasted Treehunter
streak headed Woodcreeper
yellow bellied Elaenia
olive striped Flycatcher
tufted Flycatcher
paltry Tyrannulet
dark Pewee
black Phoebe
yellowish Flycatcher
great Kiskadee
social Flycatcher
gray capped Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
brown capped Vireo
rufous browed Peppershrike
House Wren
plain Wren
black faced Solitair
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
Mountain Thrush
clay colored Thrush
black and yellow silky Flycatcher

Tennessee Warbler
flame throated Warbler
chestnut sided Warbler
black throated green Warbler
blackburnian Warbler
slate throated Redstart
collared Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler..!
black cheeked Warbler
common bush Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager
blue gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
silver throated Tanager
spangle cheeked Tanager
red legged Honeycreeper
yellow thighed Finch
slaty Flowerpiercer
flame colored Tanager
rose breasted Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole
yellow crowned Euphonia
elegant Euphonia
lesser Goldfinch