Monday, November 24, 2014

new bird on the farm! great crested Flycatcher and high up in the mountains a blue Grosbeak and again...MacGillivray's Warbler

I am out a lot on the farm  with my binoculars, yesterday I did see the glimpse of the Royal Flycatcher again...but no picture yet...hard to see. Did find another NEW bird on the farm... great crested Flycatcher. Not a lifer for me , but I never saw him so high up in the mountains.(our farm 1250 m)Never heard his call , so that was also nice.
.... slightly different then the call of the royal Flycatcher.
He was shy...
And yesterday also the MacGillivray's Warbler was on the farm again...I guess we will be blessed with this "rare" winter resident  on our farm!!this Summer.
Also back on the farm the long billed Starthroat, probably we will see a lot of nest this coming Summer season!

Today a nice bird trip.. it was blue sky and warm!! We did visit two spots...the first one very birdy but in the cloud forest it was slow... but still we did see the purple throated Mountain Gem and on 1600 m level!!! a blue Grosbeak female our dessert....

Bird list 24th of November 2014
black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
broad winged Hawk
gray headed Chachalaca
great black Hawk
yellow headed Caracara
ruddy ground Dove
brown violet Ear
snowy bellied Hummingbird
rufous tailed Hummingbird
purple throated Mountain Gem
white throated Mountain Gem
scintillant Hummingbird
prong billed Barbet
red crowned Woodpecker
Mountain Elaenia
common tufted Flycatcher
black Phoebe
Yellowish Flycatcher
social Flycatcher
gray capped Flycatcher
boat billed Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
yellow winged Vireo
brown capped Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
House Wren
plain Wren
Swainson's Thrush
clay colored Thrush
white throated Thrush
long tailed silky Flycatcher
Tennessee 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
buff throated Saltator
streaked Saltator
blue black Grassquit
variable Seedeater(female)
yellow bellied Seedeater(female)
yellow faced Grassquit
white naped brush Finch
black striped Sparrow
Summer Tanager
flame colored Tanager (female)
blue Grosbeak (female)!!!

rose breasted Grosbeak
great tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
thick billed Euphonia
Elegant Euphonia
yellow bellied Siskin
lesser Goldfinch

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Friday, November 21, 2014

royal Flycatcher on our farm!!!! new bird and a lifer for me

I am very excited! Yesterday I heard him , today I did see and heard him ...unfortunately no picture...
I did not have my camera with me..but very clearly I did see his crest raised and his voice was very clear,
Dream came through!!! Yes tomorrow I will be outside very early and hope to take a picture!

                                               A picture of the male Royal Flycatcher   Joeheee! (this one from the                                                      internet)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSc1bi1u_f4



Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Bird trip 16th of November 2014

The birds are hiding more, that is normal for the time of the year..although the black faced Solitairs were everywhere in the open ..singing . It was nice weather , maybe also too warm for the birds...still we did see quit a bit of good birds, together with a nice couple of enthusiastic new birdwatchers!
Sunny clouds little bit of wind out of the north.
The list:
Bird list 16th of November 2014
black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
sharp shinned Hawk!!
yellow headed Caracara
ruddy ground Dove
brown throated Parakeet from the car
snowy bellied Hummingbird
rufous tailed Hummingbird
white throated Mountain Gem
scintillant Hummingbird
red crowned Woodpecker
hairy Woodpecker
yellow bellied Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia
paltry Tyrannulet
common tody Flycatcher
tufted Flycacther
dark Pewee
black Phoebe
boat billed Flycatcher
gray capped Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
brown capped Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Tennessee warbler
gray breasted Wood Wren
plain Wren
black faced Solitair


clay colored Thrush
tropical Mockingbird
black throated green Warbler
black and white Warbler
northern Waterthrush
slate throated Redstart
mourning Warbler female
Wilson's warbler
black cheeked Warbler(T)
blue gray Tanager
silver throated Tanager
buff throated Saltator
yellow bellied Seedeater
yellow faced Grassquit
slaty Flowerpiercer
white naped brush Finch
Summer Tanager
rose breasted Grosbeak
eastern Meadowlark
great tailed Grackle
elegant Euphonia
yellow crowned Euphonia
golden browed Chlorophonia
lesser Goldfinch

Thursday, November 13, 2014

birding trip 13th of November...cloudforest area

Today with "new" birdwatchers...with a lot of patience ... warm day, sun and much later in the morning, some clouds...I think it is pretty dry in the cloudforest, drier than ever...
Too warm for the birds, kind of slow...loads of food for them...so patience was needed, but we had fun...

A nice bird of this morning was the red tailed Hawk...pretty high up ...around 1650 m and another  not so often seen bird was the green crowned Brilliant immature 1750 m

The list of this morning

black Vulture
red tailed Hawk!
ruddy ground Dove
white collared Swift
snowy bellied Hummingbird
stripe tailed Hummingbird
white throated Hummingbird ... immatures also:


green crowned Brilliant! (immature)
scintillant Hummingbird
prong billed Barbet
red crowned Woodpecker
yellow bellied Elaenia
lesser Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia

paltry Tyrannulet
tufted Flycatcher
dark Pewee
black Phoebe
yellowish Flycatcher
great Kiskadee
boat billed Flycatcher
gray capped Flycatcher
boat billed Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
Philadelphia Vireo
plain Wren
House Wren
Ochraceous Wren
gray breasted Wood Wren
black faced Solitair..also one immature:


ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Mountain Thrush
clay colored Thrush
white throated Thrush
golden winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
black throated green Warbler
black and white Warbler
northern Waterthrush
slate throated Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
black cheeked Warbler
common Bush Tanager
sooty capped Bush Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager
blue gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
silver throated Tanager
red legged Honeycreeper
buff throated Saltator
yellow bellied Seedeater
yellow faced Grassquit
slaty Flowerpiercer
white naped Brush Finch
rufous tailed Sparrow
Summer Tanager
flame colored Tanager
great tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
yellow crowned Euphonia
Elegant Euphonia
golden browed Chlorophonia
lesser Goldfinch


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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

hawk migration in full swing and the Owls are busy on the farm and more..and a lifer for me!



As we were in Bocas del Toro province the 31th of October 2014, see my blog story before...it was one of the best days to see the migration of the Hawks and Vultures there, I found out...
I did check the site: 1 http://hawkcount.org/day_summary.php?rsite=682&ryear=2014&rmonth=10&rday=31
Always a very nice website.

Also a nice report about the counting in Panama city..
http://www.tvn-2.com/Noticias/Paginas/mas-de-3--millones--de-aves-rapaces-migratorias-pasan-por-panama-.aspx

O.K. here in Boquete I have to wait until March/April to see the hawk migration here... but we have here pretty exciting things going on...
3 days ago we got the winds out of the north and so that means ...Summer is starting.
And the birds know...More different Hummingbirds on the farm, today I did see the green violet Ear already on the farm...always a "Summer sign", they stay here for 3 months and then they migrate higher up in the mountains ...
And a big fight between the rufous tailed Hummingbird, snowy bellied Hummingbirds and the Magenta throated Hummingbirds.(small movie on the Tinamou cottage facebook... https://www.facebook.com/tinamoucottage  )
Since a week the males magenta throated Hummingbirds are singing on the top of the trees in the more open area.
The red legged Honeycreepers are getting more red legs and the immatures are changing their feathers, this picture from our balcony 

Nice this morning was the sound in our forest of the Mottled Owl and the tropical screech Owl.
Yesterday evening I did see the common Potoo flying over(full moon)

And this morning I did see after two days of gray weather ... so much birds on the meadow part of the farm...lot of migrants..black and white Warblers, Wilson's Warblers, golden winged Warbler, chestnut sided Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, blackburnian Warbler, American Redstarts, Summer Tanagers,Baltimore Orioles, rose breasted Grosbeak.(not one Philadelphia Vireo yet)
I thought this tropical Kingbird was sitting so nice in the sun:

And so late in the afternoon we did go to the city David , do some shopping..had some time left before dawn... so we went to the small lake  area to watch the birds..., only an hour...but what a spot!
I love this kind of late afternoon weathers..this nice Anhinga is enjoying the nice weather too...:

                                                         Nice Green Heron...:

and a green Kingfisher...:

And  for me a long time ago that I did see a Mourning Dove:

Big group of Mealy Parrots were fouraging.
Big groups ruddy breasted Seedeaters, nice.
And a lifer for me..western Kingbird..very good view and the call has a higher pinch then the tropical Kingbird..cool!!!
Next time we have to go back and stay longer there.







Saturday, November 1, 2014

A day out and some birding in Bocas del Toro province...lifer.. 31th of October 2014

The 31th of October we always go out for a day, together... Hans and I were that day 38 years together. Hans is very patient with me... he is not a birder, but can sit and wait and enjoy birds and nature while he has coffee in his hand...you understand ..I did bring a lot of coffee...

We did go a day driving around in the Bocas del Toro province. Did find a nice new birdspot and did have a lifer there...... a pied Puffbird! It is always fun to go to the (mainland) Bocas del Toro province. I don't have the picture of the Puffbird..I thought I had one , but it is all leaves... but I took this nice little blue Heron nearby the Puffbird spot. Yes I do see them also in Boquete, but nice to see him on the Caribbean side
My new bird spot nearby Chiriqui grande

It is nice to see some shore/river  and other caribbean species of birds and trees and animals.
We did see 2 Otters (neotropical) fishing when it was almost dark on the way back home.( Pacific side) The Otters were in the circle on the picture.. hard to see on the picture. Across a tree with Cattle Egrets.

And of course still a huge Hawk /Vulture migration is going on, even more then when we were in Panama city.. mostly Swainson's Hawks and mostly Turkey Vultures, I did see 2 northern Harriers.
this pictures were taken in Chiriqui grande


( an addicion.. 2th of November ... 2,105,060 migratory raptors above Panama city and surrounding areas. .a record.In 10 years is not counted such a large number.)

Later on ..around the continental divide I did see a broad winged Hawk (he decided to stay for the Summer) and today (1th of Nov) in the cloudforest I did see another broad winged Hawk.
This picture was taken in Miramar. (Bocas del Toro)


It was a very nice vacation day...
Of course I have a bird list... ( Pacific(Chiriqui province) and Caribbean side( Bocas del Toro province)

Black billed Whistling Duck 
brown Pelican (Bocas)
Neotropic Cormorant (both sides)
Magnificent Frigatebird(Bocas)
great blue Heron(Both sides)
great Egret (both sides)
little blue Heron(Bocas)
Cattle Egret(both sides)
green Heron
yellow crowned night Heron (Bocas..Miramar)
black Vulture (both sides)
Turkey Vulture (both sides)
white tailed Kite
northern Harrier(Bocas)
broad winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
laughing Falcon
Pearl Kite
northern Jacana (Bocas)
greater Yellowlegs (Bocas)
solitary Sandpiper (Bocas)
spotted Sandpiper (Bocas)
white tipped Dove
ruddy ground Dove(both sides)
sulphur winged Parakeets (c. divide)
Squirrel Cuckoo (Bocas)
white collared Swift(c.divide)
Vaux's Swift (c.divide)
lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Bocas)
rufous tailed Hummingbird (Bocas)
ringed Kingfisher
Pied Puffbird! (Bocas)
Keel billed Toucan (Bocas)
chestnut mandibled Toucan (Bocas)
black cheeked Woodpecker (Bocas):
common tody Flycatcher(Bocas)
olive sided Flycatcher (c.Divide)
Acadian Flycatcher (c.Divide)
least Flycatcher !(c Divide)
great Kiskadee(Bocas)
boat billed Flycatcher(Bocas)
tropical Kingbird(both sides)
fork tailed Flycatcher
Masked Tityra (Bocas)
white ruffed manakin(Bocas)
Azure hooded Jay (just before C Divide Pacific side)
black chested Jay (Bocas)
blue and white Swallow (c.Divide)
bank Swallow (Bocas)
I think northern rough winged Swallow...not sure(Bocas)
gray breasted Wood Wren (c. Divide)
House Wren (Bocas)
black headed nightingale Thrush (c Divide)
clay colored Thrush (both sides)
tropical Mockingbird
yellow Warber (Bocas)
chestnut sided Warbler(Bocas)
black burnian Warbler
black and white Warbler (Bocas)
Wilson's Warbler(c.Divide)
Passerini's Tanager (Bocas)
blue gray Tanager(both sides)
Palm Tanager(Bocas)
silver throated Tanager (c.Divide)
golden hooded Tanager (Bocas)
buff throated Saltator (Bocas)
blue black Grassquit (Bocas)
white naped Brush Finch
Summer Tanager (both Sides)
House Sparrow (Bocas)
Eastern Meadowlark 
Baltimore Oriole (Bocas)
Montezuma Oropendola (Bocas)
yellow crowned Euphonia(Bocas)

The weather was cloudy sometimes sunny and at the end of the day (when we were in the car towards Boquete) rain...Perfect day!

Hans watching the Flycatchers on the Continental divide with coffee: