10-10- 2015 whole tree full with Swainson's Thrushes and Baltimore Orioles..and an American Kestrel

It's now clear..I love this time of year...I try to go every day out to check the birds... today in the afternoon, I did see that high in the mountains it was still kind of clear sky, so around 2pm I did go to the cloud forest around 1700 Meters. It was cloudy but dry.

My dog Spot was acting patient as usual when I am busy with serious business....

Around 3pm I did start to see more birds and the highlight was a nice American Kestrel, male..

It was cloudy , but still bright as we see on the picture...but great to see him and he was hunting and catching a big grashopper.

When I was in the car to drive home around 5pm...well that was hard, I did stopped the car after 5 seconds and stepped out and did see a whole group of Swainson's Thrushes and Baltimore Orioles in fruit trees... a nice Magnolia Warbler...first this season stopped by and 2 Acadian Flycatchers were eating the berries..fortunately they gave me a call....so the ID was easier. 

After more then a half hour ...I had to forse myself in the car and drove towards our farm and just before the entrance...two fiery billed Aracari's were in a tree... nice !!! While I was watching them and taking a picture...

a whole group of grey headed Chachalaca's were flying by... 

On the picture we can see that we did not get rain this afternoon... we were above the clouds.

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and my list....

Oct 10, 2015 2:10 PM - 5:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     cloudy, 1750m
53 species

Spotted Wood-Quail  2
Cattle Egret  3
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Green Violetear  2
Violet Sabrewing  6
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird  2
Prong-billed Barbet  2
American Kestrel  1
Sulphur-winged Parakeet  9
Slaty Antwren  1
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  5     1 seen, 4 heard
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper  1
Spotted Barbtail  4
Red-faced Spinetail  1
Mountain Elaenia  1
White-throated Spadebill  2
Tufted Flycatcher  1
Dark Pewee  1
Acadian Flycatcher  2     eating berries...for sure ID because of call
Yellowish Flycatcher  2
Black Phoebe  1
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Brown-capped Vireo  2
Scaly-breasted Wren  1     heard
Plain Wren  1
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  3     3 seen..probably more(heard)
Black-faced Solitaire  7     and more singing
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  1
Swainson's Thrush  26     6 spread out in forest, but 20..probably more in a fruit tree
Clay-colored Thrush  1
White-throated Thrush  1
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher  3     heard more, did see 3
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Flame-throated Warbler  1
Mourning Warbler  1
Blackburnian Warbler  4
Three-striped Warbler  3
Canada Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  5
Slate-throated Redstart  4
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Silver-throated Tanager  1
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
Common Chlorospingus  3
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch  3
Rufous-collared Sparrow  2
Summer Tanager  1
Flame-colored Tanager  1
Baltimore Oriole  12     probably more, in a fruit tree, all together
Yellow-crowned Euphonia  1
Elegant Euphonia  2
Golden-browed Chlorophonia  2
Yellow-bellied Siskin  5

Jaramillo Abajo,, Chiriquí, PA
Oct 10, 2015 5:50 PM
Protocol: Incidental
Comments:     driving , almost home ( nearby the entrance of Tinamou cottage(10 meters)  
4 species

Gray-headed Chachalaca  11     flying by
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  1     catching insects
Fiery-billed Aracari  2
Acorn Woodpecker  1