Monday, December 14, 2015

birding on our other farm...brown billed Scythebill

beautiful morning..sunny no wind. I had to check our other farm (and birds) and so I took the doggies and was in the car  for 5 minutes...and had already the feeling I forgot something...MY BINOCULARS..had to go back of course...
That is good  that I did that because  I did see a brown billed Scythebill, which was otherwise impossible to see... first time I did see this bird in this area!
I did see hem before on the sendero los Quetzales.
Well that was nice...and another pleasant surprise was the barred Antshrike, male..
Not suppose to be there according ebird and bird book, but it's there...second year... last year I did see them building a nest.
My skills of taking pictures were this morning not the best, I simply was constantly distracted by the birds, so did not spend too much time with that camera...well to make this blog write up a little bit cheerfull...
On this picture a stripe tailed Hummingbird: ..but well he went fast...
                                     And behind this beautiful trunk was a Olivaceous Woodcreeper:
The list:
finca Potoo, Chiriquí, PA
Dec 14, 2015 7:35 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     sunny
51 species

Little Tinamou  1
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  1
Black Hawk-Eagle  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Squirrel Cuckoo  1
Green Violetear  1
Long-billed Starthroat  1
Violet Sabrewing  1
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird  2
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  7
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  2
Gartered Trogon  1
Red-crowned Woodpecker  3
Blue-headed Parrot  5
Barred Antshrike  1     not the first sighting on this farm
Dusky Antbird  1
Olivaceous Woodcreeper  1
Brown-billed Scythebill  1
Paltry Tyrannulet  1
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Streaked Flycatcher  2
Lance-tailed Manakin  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Brown-capped Vireo  1
Philadelphia Vireo  2
Lesser Greenlet  2
Rufous-browed Peppershrike  1
Rufous-breasted Wren  1
Plain Wren  2
Tropical Gnatcatcher  2
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  2
Clay-colored Thrush  2
Black-and-white Warbler  4
Tennessee Warbler  5
American Redstart  4
Tropical Parula  2
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Rufous-capped Warbler  2
Golden-crowned Warbler  1
Buff-rumped Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  1
Bay-headed Tanager  2
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  2
Buff-throated Saltator  2
Streaked Saltator  1
Black-striped Sparrow  2
White-naped Brushfinch  2
White-winged Tanager  2
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager  3 
 
  Tinamou Cottage Jungle lodge 
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

8th of December 2015..continental divide


And so this morning we did go to the Palo Seco reserve area, continental divide...what a difference with last time...the birds were hiding...it was sunny...they prefer like last time clouds and wet!And there were quit a bit of Hawks around,,,
For example... a very nice  adult ornate Hawk Eagle : (click on the picture to see better...siluet on the left)

 And an orange bellied Trogon , hiding:
 And my dear Husband was there too!!!

chased by two Bat Falcons, a double toothed Kite flew over , that was very need! No picture of movie , I just enjoyed it with my Binoculars!

After that we did go into Bocas del Toro area, of course later in the day...we did check out Willy Mazu.. that area is getting so sad, the house and the grounds are looking sad..as we know this place from the glory time when Wilberto Martinez was still alive and kicking. (big birdwatcher, family still own the place)
We did walked around a bit (the surroundings are still very beautiful of course)...did see this bronze tailed Plumeleteer

 And a nice white breasted Wood Wren who was singing very soft in a brush.
And a big group of sulphur winged Parakeets
But after a half an hour we decided to check out the ANAM station(park ranger), which is going to be very nice and clean now.

After a herb tea at Isabel restaurant we decided to go home.. on our way nearby Gualaca this nice Amazon Kingfisher
Cannot hesitate a picture of these birds, they are so stunning and easy to take pictures of.
                                                  
                                                http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html
 

What is the Continental Divide?

The Continental Divide in the Americas is the line that divides the flow of water between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean. Rain or snow that drains on the east side of the Continental Divide flows toward the Atlantic Ocean while precipitation on the west side drains and flows toward the Pacific Ocean. (However, some rivers empty into the desert and don't end up in the oceans.) The continental divide runs from northwestern Canada along the crest of the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico. Then, it follows the crest of Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental. In South America, the Continental Divide lies along the Andes.
Every continent except for Antarctica has a continental divide.

And so after this information...my lists of today:
Reserva Forestal Palo Seco, Ngäbe-Buglé, PA
Dec 8, 2015 7:45 AM - 10:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     sunny and warm , light breeze 
35 species

Black Vulture  3
Ornate Hawk-Eagle  1     adult
Double-toothed Kite  1
Roadside Hawk  1
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Squirrel Cuckoo  1
Groove-billed Ani  2
White-collared Swift  6
Green Hermit  1
Green Thorntail  2
Garden Emerald  1
Orange-bellied Trogon  1
Yellow-throated Toucan (Chestnut-mandibled)  2
Bat Falcon  2
Sulphur-winged Parakeet  4
Long-tailed Tyrant  1
Tropical Kingbird  3
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Southern Rough-winged Swallow  18
Scaly-breasted Wren  1     heard
Bananaquit 1 
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  3
Silver-throated Tanager  3
Black-and-yellow Tanager  7
Variable Seedeater  1
Common Chlorospingus  3
Black-striped Sparrow  2
Orange-billed Sparrow  1
Yellow-crowned Euphonia  2
Elegant Euphonia  2
Tawny-capped Euphonia  3
Golden-browed Chlorophonia  5
Lesser Goldfinch  3


Willie Mazu, Ngäbe-Buglé, PA
Dec 8, 2015 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.3 kilometer(s)
Comments:     sunny
10 species (+1 other taxa)

White-collared Swift  3
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  1
Keel-billed Toucan  2     heard
Sulphur-winged Parakeet  20
Tropical Kingbird  2
White-breasted Wood-Wren  1
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Montezuma Oropendola  2

Thursday, December 3, 2015

new bird on the farm..white lined Tanager and a nice outing to the pacific coast 2th of October 2015

Summer did start, suddenly pretty warm weather, the Hummingbirds are going crazy, sometimes you feel the urge to dive down with your head to avoid that a Hummer get smashed against your head.
A new bird did show up in our garden , a male white lined Tanager, he was pretty shy, when I wanted to take a picture , he flew.
I did see him 3 x, so he is around.
So yesterday I did update our farm list..3 new birds in a very short time..American Kestrel, long tailed silky Flycatchers and the white lined Tanager..jee!
http://www.coffeeadventures.net/bird_list.html

In the morning I checked a part of the forest , did start with a nice Wilson's Warbler in a coffee tree in front of our house:





I think that the Blue crowned Motmot's are ready to make a nest, I find them(a pair) a lot in our forest along the bank of a creek:
And this snowy bellied Hummingbird was following me and checking me out:
 After that I cleaned  our house and at around 2pm we drove to the pacific coast, a place where we did go before , but then it was high tide. At that point I did see already a lot of birds. It is a river delta surounded by mangroves. In 1 hour and 15 minutes we were there...in the heat... still 38 Celcius..but that went down after 3.45pm..but when we did left it was still 31 C(6.15pm)
Very nice was the brush full with Prothonotary Warblers, I did count 15 in that brush: a could not take a picture, but I do have a little proof.. I did point them with black markings (click on the picture, better view):
I did started with this one Prothonotary Warbler:

They are so pretty!!
This one bare throated tiger Heron was showing off too!
And a nice solitairy Sandpiper in beautiful light::

 a couple of Southern Lapwings and northern Jacana:
This southern Lapwing was in front of me, I did not zoom in... their eyes are so beautiful and  so is the bird:
Very nice place, don't go on holidays and weekends, because then the Panamanians are going to the beach, it will be packed....
And so that was a great day!
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Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
Dec 1, 2015 4:50 PM - 5:15 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     sunny  birding around the cottages in the forest.. fruit in tree
27 species

Gray-headed Chachalaca  6
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Stripe-throated Hermit  1
Violet Sabrewing  1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  2
Blue-crowned Motmot  2
Lineated Woodpecker  1
Blue-headed Parrot  3
Dusky-capped Flycatcher  1
Lance-tailed Manakin  1
Tropical Gnatcatcher  2
White-throated Thrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Tennessee Warbler  2
American Redstart  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Rufous-capped Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  1
Slate-throated Redstart  2
Bay-headed Tanager  6
Silver-throated Tanager  3
Buff-throated Saltator  2
Flame-colored Tanager  1
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager  3
Baltimore Oriole  1
 
 Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
Dec 2, 2015 7:10 AM - 8:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.4 kilometer(s)
Comments:     sunny no wind, birding on trail in the forest
33 species

Gray-headed Chachalaca  6
Black Hawk-Eagle  1     heard above me, not seen
Roadside Hawk  1     heard, in the meadow
Ruddy Quail-Dove  1
White-tipped Dove  2
Stripe-throated Hermit  1
Long-billed Starthroat  1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  2
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  3
Blue-crowned Motmot  2
Lineated Woodpecker  1     heard
Laughing Falcon  1     heard very close by, not found, too high in the tree
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1
Sepia-capped Flycatcher  1
Dusky-capped Flycatcher  1
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Lance-tailed Manakin  2
Rufous-browed Peppershrike  1
Rufous-breasted Wren  1
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  1
White-throated Thrush  1
Golden-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Rufous-capped Warbler  2
Buff-rumped Warbler  1
Bay-headed Tanager  7
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  2
Streaked Saltator  1
Summer Tanager  1
Flame-colored Tanager  1
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager  3 
 
rio Escarrea, Chiriquí, PA
Dec 2, 2015 3:10 PM - 6:15 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     warm breeze,birding only along the river and grounds at the end of the road
58 species

Wood Stork  1
Magnificent Frigatebird  3
Neotropic Cormorant  2
Brown Pelican  1
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron  1
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  4
Little Blue Heron  3
Green Heron  3
White Ibis  7
Roseate Spoonbill  1
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  3
Black-necked Stilt  3
Southern Lapwing  3
Northern Jacana  6
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Solitary Sandpiper  2
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Willet  1
Whimbrel  3
Short-billed Dowitcher  1
Laughing Gull  1     flew by
Plain-breasted Ground-Dove  2
Ruddy Ground-Dove  4
Mourning Dove  1
Groove-billed Ani  3
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird  4
Sapphire-throated Hummingbird  1
Ringed Kingfisher  2
Amazon Kingfisher  1
Red-crowned Woodpecker  2
Lineated Woodpecker  2
Laughing Falcon  1
Orange-chinned Parakeet  5
Yellow-crowned Parrot  8     flew by
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1
Sepia-capped Flycatcher  1
Paltry Tyrannulet  1
Great Kiskadee  6
Tropical Kingbird  2
Fork-tailed Flycatcher  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  4
Southern Rough-winged Swallow  3
House Wren  1
Northern Waterthrush  2
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Prothonotary Warbler  15     big group in berry tree and bathing in a little pont
Tennessee Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  5     mangrove Warbler
Rufous-capped Warbler  1
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Palm Tanager  4
Eastern Meadowlark  1
Red-breasted Meadowlark  1
Great-tailed Grackle  80     probably more, flying to roosting place
Baltimore Oriole  2
Thick-billed Euphonia  4