Thursday, April 9, 2015

Common Potoo, common night Hawk, common Pauraque and Chuck Will's widow

This time of year is really exciting, because  of the migration of the birds but also the sounds  of the birds. Everybody starts to sing and making weird calls...
I did go together with Hans (Husband) late in the afternoon(2 days ago) to an area( 900m) that is interesting for night Hawks and other night birds... Common Night Hawks all over(also here on and above the farm)  but also Chuck Will's Widow.. the last one was for me a lifer!!! They flew over very close by and the sound was there too... the new bird of Panama book ( Angehr) "usually silent in Panama" , well I think we had something special there!
For a small (dark) movie that I took... you can hear the Chuck Will's Widow...(9th of April 2015)
(I did use the picture from the site.. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Chuck-wills-widow/id  )
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=357467014448289&set=vb.157720141089645&type=2&theater

And this late evening..while waiting outside for the check in guests for the Tinamou cottage..a nice common Potoo was "singing" for me.While the white faced Capuchin Monkeys were climbing high up in the trees to go to sleep.
By the way ...I would love that they change the names of these night birds...I don't like the name "common"
So... Potoo, night Hawk, Pauraque
Hear hear!!
http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html

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