Thursday, July 31, 2014

whole day birding Sendero los Quetzales..Boquete Cerro Punta. 30th of July 2014




Sendero los Quetzales birding... the whole hike...and also with birders...always hard to move on.
Specially this day...we did start a little bit with rain , but it was not hard , after a few hours it was dry and even the sun came in a little bit. Perfect birding weather, no wind.
Good birds... for me the Wrenthrush was a nice bird, don't see him often , we could check him out quit a bit, the whole behaviour and after a few minutes he disappeared  on the way they can do... I took a fast picture, I have not too much patience for pictures, because you miss so much of the moment... but the prove is on the picture...blurry...

He is down below the name in the picture ..that is also very little...

Here is the bird list...
highland Tinamou (car)
black Guan
black Vulture
crested Caracara(car)
yellow headed Caracara (car)
band tailed Pigeon
brown throated Parakeets (car)
orange chinned Parakeets (car)
brown violet Ear
white throated Mountain Gem
magnificent Hummingbird
orange bellied Trogon
resplendent Quetzal
prong billed Barbet
Acorn Woodpecker
red faced Spinetail
ruddy Treerunner
streak breasted Treehunter
spot crowned Woodcreeper
streak headed Woodcreeper
torrent Tyrannulet
tufted Flycatcher
dark Pewee
yellowish Flycatcher
yellow winged Vireo
brown capped Vireo
silvery throated Jay
gray breasted Wood Wren
House Wren
American Dipper
black billed nightingale Thrush
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
black faced Solitair
Mountain Thrush
black and yellow silky Flycatcher
flame throated Warbler
collared Redstart
slate throated Redstart
black cheeked Warbler
Wrenthrush
common bush Tanager
sooty capped bush Tanager
silver throated Tanager
spangle cheeked Tanager
yellow faced Grassquit
yellow bellied Siskin in flight
slaty Flowerpiercer
yellow thighed Finch
white naped brush Finch
large footed Finch
rufous collared Sparrow
great tailed Grackle(car)
yellow billed Cacique ( with immature)on 2500 m
golden browed Chlorophonia








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Monday, July 28, 2014

birding trip 28th of July 2014


Well yes it was a bird trip , but the nice 4 Dutch guests where interested in everything..Butterflies, plants trees and birds and see the picture..a nice small  lizard. No problem , those are all the ingredients what you can find in a cloud forest.
The birds were quiet, we did visit one spot in the cloud forest. August is coming and the birds are eating  and eating, moulting and probably then sitting on a limb and burppping....
Still of course some fighting Hummingbirds and some mixed flocks... the black tighed Grosbeaks are still nesting and also the Wrens are loud as usual... ... well it was an enjoyable morning ...
Clouds, no rain and at the end of the morning as a reward for the patience ... the Sun!
black Vulture
violet Sabrewing
green violet Ear
stripe tailed Hummingbird
scintillant Hummingbird
white throated Mountain Gem
red faced Spinetail
streak  headed Woodcreeper
silvery fronted Tapaculo
Mountain Elaenia
torrent Tyrannulet
tufted Flycatcher
dark Pewee
yellowish Flycatcher
brown capped Vireo
House Wren
Ochraceous Wren
American Dipper
black faced Solitair
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
Mountain Thrush
slate throated Redstart
black cheeked Warbler
common bush Tanager
silver throated Tanager
spangle cheeked Tanager
yellow faced Grassquit
slaty Flowerpiercer
yellow thighed Finch
chestnut capped brush Finch
rufous collared Sparrow
black thighed Grosbeak
prong billed Barbet
great tailed Grackle
flame throated Warbler
elegant Euphonia
golden browed Chlorophonia
lesser Goldfinch

Thank you Dutchies for the nice morning!

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A quiet Sunday afternoon 27th of July 2014

After a nice rain shower and a morning working in the garden , I decided to check out the birds on the farm.
Well bingo ...I can add a new bird on the farm list... two social Flycatchers...yes I do see them everywhere...but in the 18 years that we live here...never on our farm.
Then I did see in the meadow area a nice Western Wood Pewee, he is very early...but well it is almost 1th of August...(transient). The picture that I took was blurry, unfortunately.
I took a nice picture and a small movie ( https://www.facebook.com/tinamoucottage ) of the lineated Woodpecker, always nice to observe him.

Then I was observing the "loud" nest of a slaty capped Flycatcher in the coffee area. I think maybe they are ready to fly out soon. I did make a  small movie of the adult going into the nest ( https://www.facebook.com/tinamoucottage )



On a certain point both parents did see each other and did a quick copulation, that was cute. 

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Birds on the farm! 1 no ID yet and some other short bird stories and Quetzal/Bellbird update.

What a busy time the last 2 weeks, cottages full ...a lot of really great bird watchers. Always fun to have birdwatcher guests.
They do see a lot of nice birds on the farm.. common Potoo...and a nice tropical Screech Owl in front of their balcony, a Mottled Owl, bunch of little Tinamous...and they give me again the urge to go on our farm and check out the birds on myself.
One baby bird flew into our house...still I don't have a good ID. A friend of me said ...with a question mark.. an ochre bellied Flycatcher...I would love that , that means a new bird on the farm.A nice addition to our bird list.On a Facebook page " birds of Panama"...1 men said he was agree with that ID...still I am looking for the ochre bellied Flycatcher adult on our farm, until now no luck, they are easy to find.
He or she has dark gray legs and the wings as a paltry Tyrannulet...yellowish belly, start of a bill of a Honeycreeper...frustration...

No frustration was the common Potoo, for ever I did hear him on our farm...the only bird that I did add on my farm bird list ...only because his sound is so specific..I knew he is on our farm...and then on one morning , did go with Gaell a guest in one of the cottages... and yes we did see him! The proof...
Now he is really official on the farm bird list!

This week I have more time and then I have a cold...bummer! But last Saturday 19th of July I did go alone to my"secret" place somewhere in cloudforest(1650 M) and was sitting there with my tea and cracker on a log, enjoying myself.
I did see in 2 hours ...sun, no wind..a lot of birds, bad weather higher in the mountains. New in that area were the white tailed Emeralds...why didn't I see them before ...over there. Sometimes that is so weird. The area did not change there...
Did see great birds...
Swallow tailed Kites
great black Hawk
band tailed Pigeon
                         Chiriqui Quail Dove (very close by)
          sulphur winged Parakeets
Squirrel Cuckoo
white collared Swifts
green Hermit
white throated Mountain Gem male
green violet Ear
violet Sabrewing
white tailed Emerald
magnificent Hummingbird
scintillant Hummingbird
immature three wattled Bellbird
hairy Woodpecker
red faced Spinetail
spotted Barbtail
streak breasted Treehunter
lineated foliage gleaner
scaly throated foliage gleaner
streak headed Woodcreeper(with 2 immature)
silvery fronted Tapaculo
tufted Flycatcher
dark Pewee (with immatures)
barred Becard
gray breasted Wood Wren
slate throated Redstart
three striped Warbler
silver throated Tanager(like on our farm...a lot of immatures)
slaty Flowerpiercer
golden browed Chlorophonia

Quetzal/Bellbird update

Still in lower parts of the Boquete cloud forest are Quetzales...1600 Meters..Pipeline trail(Waterfall trail)..that is normal  for the time of the year. Guest of us did see 7 on one morning.(17th of July)
Did see one female on F Lerida area. (16th of July)
Guest did see a male Quetzal on the Quetzal trail (14th of July)

Three wattled Bellbirds are not on the Quetzal trail anymore (17th of July) . A huge group is migrating ...around finca Lerida area and Jaramillo Arriba.
I expect them to come by on our farm, like every year around these days on  and around our farm and then they go to Bocas del Toro area. Caribbean slope.Always in July.
This year the groups also on the Quetzal trail and Culebra (and another area) are getting bigger, that is good news! They are spreading out. This last season I did see a record amount of immature Bellbirds 




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Monday, July 7, 2014

bird morning 7th of July...same cloud forest area as yesterday and 8th of July different area then the day before.

A lot of sun, a nice barred Hawk...heard the juvenil..probably this Hawk was from the nest in behind the 3 lost waterfall trail.

Bird list 7th of July 2014
black breasted Wood Quail
black Vulture
barred Hawk...heard juvenil.
gray breasted Martin
violet Sabrewing
stripe tailed Hummingbird
white throated Mountain Gem
scintillant Hummingbird
silvery fronted Tapaculo
prong billed Barbet
hairy Woodpecker
red faced Spinetail
ruddy Treerunner
lineated  foliage gleaner...
ruddy Treerunner
Mountain Elaenia
torrent Tyrannulet
tufted Flycatcher
Dark Pewee
yellowish Flycatcher
golden bellied Flycatcher
barred Becard
yellow winged Vireo
ochraceous Wren
House Wren
gray breasted Wood Wren
American Dipper
black faced Solitair
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
Mountain Thrush
clay colored Thrush
slate throated Redstart
three striped Warbler
black cheeked Warbler
common bush Tanager
sooty capped bush Tanager
silver throated Tanager
spangle cheeked Tanager
variable Seedeater
yellow thighed Finch
chestnut capped brush Finch
rufous collared Sparrow
flame colored Tanager
black thighed Grosbeak
lesser Goldfinch
golden browed Chorophonia


No Quetzal (heard one), but I will add this one that I took a few weeks ago...

bird trip 8th of July

Beautiful "Summer" weather..norther wind and sun. We are in the middle of the verano San Juan.
A short Summer in July.
The cottages are full with happy bird people.
I did go with fellow birders to my new spot ..the second time with guest.
The Three wattled Bellbirds were everywhere...they did not show themselves...but we did see a couple of red tailed Hawks and some other Hawks and of course very nice other birds...

Bird list 8 of July 2014
black Guan
black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
white tailed Hawk
red tailed Hawk
great black Hawk
band tailed Pigeon
sulphur winged Parakeets
Squirrel Cuckoo
violet Sabrewing
green violet Ear
white throated Mountain gem
rufous tailed Hummingbird
magnificent Hummingbird
scintillant Hummingbird
hairy Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Mountain Elaenia
lesser Elaenia
paltry Tyrannulet
tufted Flycatcher
Yellowish Flycatcher
dark Pewee
boat billed Flycatcher
yellow winged Vireo
brown capped Vireo
gray breasted wood Wren
House Wren
tropical Gnatcatcher
thick billed Euphonia
rufous capped Warbler
lance tailed Manakin
Mountain Thrush
red headed Barbet
long tailed silky Flycatcher
flame throated Warbler
slate throated Redstart
black cheeked Warbler
common bush Tanager
white lined Tanager
blue gray Tanager
silver throated Tanager
scarlet thighed Dacnis
yellow faced Grassquit
rufous collared Sparrow
slaty Flowerpiercer
flame colored Tanager
blue Seedeater
bronzed Cowbird
golden browed Chlorophonia
lesser Goldfinch


and....this one..also nice

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Sunday, July 6, 2014

birding morning on one spot in the cloud forest 6th of July 2014

clouds , drizzel , rain , wind , sun...we had it all this morning in the cloud forest
The guest did want to see a Quetzal, we did see a female with fruit in her beak.
Fortunately they did like to see other birds and so we did.
A lot of mixed flocks, lot of immatures this morning
The picture of a black thighed Grosbeak making a nest . It's always nice to see a pair of them , because normally you will see them solitair. He is in the center of the tree...oeps a little bit hard to see...well that was also in real life...

Bird list 6 of July 2014

stripe tailed Hummingbird
white throated Mountain Gem Female
scintillant Hummingbird female
resplendent Quetzal female
prong billed Barbet
hairy Woodpecker(T)
red faced Spinetail
ruddy Treerunner
streak headed Woodcreeper
torrent Tyrannulet
tufted Flycatcher
dark Pewee
yellowish Flycatcher
brown capped Vireo
gray breasted Wood Wren
Ochraceous Wren
black faced Solitair
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
flame throated Warbler(T)
slate throated Redstart
collared Redstart
common bush Tanager
silver throated Tanager
spangle cheekd Tanager
slaty Flowerpiercer
yellow thighed Finch
white naped brush Finch
chestnut capped brush Finch
rufous collared Sparrow
black thighed Grosbeak(making nest)
lesser Goldfinch



Friday, July 4, 2014

clay colored Thrush nest from 21th of June until today 4th of July 2014

So today it was the day for the little bird to fly out , I was expecting it when I did see him this morning , still in the nest. And so another Thrush in the big wide world, it is always a miracle!! One egg did stay behind... that happens too...

                                          21th of June 2014
                                          25th of June 2014

                                          1th of July 2014

                                          4th of July 2014
                                          4th of July 2014 8am
                                          Gone ...sneaky...I missed it! 4th of July in the afternoon 5pm

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