Tuesday, November 29, 2016

but this morning 29th of November 2016, sun...cloud forest birds

Yes this morning the volcano was clear, no clouds. I was not planning to go birding. Took my dog and there I did go, a nice hike with good birds...
Stepped out of my car and this was my "welcome"

Of course cloud forest is not cloud forest without clouds... they came in around 10am
I took a video to show you how clouds are starting...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aRv7XvaANw


Down below the list...
greetings from Terry
1700/1800 meters altitude, cloud forest
Nov 29, 2016 8:10 AM - 11:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     sun, last hour clouds came in. Hiking in cloud forest
66 species

Black Vulture  2
Ornate Hawk-Eagle  2     heard 1, seen 1 soaring
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Band-tailed Pigeon  3
Ruddy Pigeon  2
White-tipped Dove  1
Brown Violetear  1
Lesser Violetear  6     heard more
Magnificent Hummingbird  1
White-throated Mountain-gem  2
Scintillant Hummingbird  3
Violet Sabrewing  1
White-tailed Emerald  3
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  7
Emerald Toucanet  2
Acorn Woodpecker  2
Barred Parakeet  6 fly over
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  4     heard 3 seen 1
Brown-billed Scythebill  1
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper  1     only heard
Lineated Foliage-gleaner  1     only heard
Streak-breasted Treehunter  2
Spotted Barbtail  3     2 seen 1 heard
Red-faced Spinetail  4
Paltry Tyrannulet  1
White-throated Spadebill  2
Dark Pewee  2
Yellowish Flycatcher  2
Bright-rumped Attila  1     only heard song
Great Kiskadee  2
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Tropical Kingbird  1
Barred Becard  1
Rufous-browed Peppershrike  2     1 seen 1 heard song
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Yellow-winged Vireo  2     1 heard 1 seen
Brown-capped Vireo  3
Ochraceous Wren  1     heard more
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  3     3 seen heard more
Black-faced Solitaire  2     +song
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush  1
Mountain Thrush  1
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher  13
Golden-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Flame-throated Warbler  2
Tennessee Warbler  5
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Black-cheeked Warbler  3
Golden-crowned Warbler  2
Wilson's Warbler  10     at least 10 seen and heard, prob more , lost count
Slate-throated Redstart  3
Gray-headed Tanager  2     Ant swarm
Silver-throated Tanager  7
Variable Seedeater  1
Yellow-faced Grassquit  4
Common Chlorospingus  3
Rufous-collared Sparrow  4
Yellow-thighed Finch  3
White-naped Brushfinch  2
Summer Tanager  1
Flame-colored Tanager  5
White-winged Tanager  3
Golden-browed Chlorophonia  1     heard only , high up in tree, more then 1
Yellow-bellied Siskin  3
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Monday, November 28, 2016

28th of November 2016, national Holiday... clouds fog rain...but birds too!

Today ... national holiday in Panama, independence day (of Spain). The whole day drums in the town Boquete, from early morning to late evening. We hear the school children playing the drums already from beginning of July. A lot of practicing, it's a big thing in Panama.
For our guests today , they did love to watch them. For me after 20 years... it's "sufficiente"..I rather watch birds with far away on the background the drums...
Unfortunately early rain, I felt sorry for all the kids who practice so hard.

For me it was a great morning...it was misty and darkish and yes it did start to rain around 10 am in the area  where I was. But great birds, very active before rain...they know.
This broad winged Hawk was trying to dry his feathers, I think very tough today!

This dark Pewee was very busy not with catching insects...but fighting with another dark Pewee..territorial issues.
I think he was already full with food, because ...Pfff I know...insects enough today!
As you see, the weather  was dark, so dark pictures...

This last week I did go out birding a few times...
I am kind of proud of this picture of the grey capped Flycatcher, turned out quite good:

And this grey breasted Martin..not too bad..he looks huge:
And these black bellied Whistling Ducks , I do see them more and more here in Boquete..(Estrella lake)
As you see, I don't have a lot to write, hope this coming days more to tell with maybe a little bit more 
The list of today ..see down below.
Greetings Terry

la India, Chiriquí, PA
Nov 28, 2016 7:35 AM - 10:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     misty, cloudy
70 species (+1 other taxa)

Little Tinamou  2
Roadside Hawk  2
Broad-winged Hawk  2
White-tipped Dove  1
Squirrel Cuckoo  2
Lesser Violetear  5
Scintillant Hummingbird  4
Garden Emerald  1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  2
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  1
Acorn Woodpecker  3
Red-crowned Woodpecker  2
Yellow-headed Caracara  1
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1
Pale-breasted Spinetail  1
Yellow Tyrannulet  1
Yellow-bellied Elaenia  2
Mountain Elaenia  3
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher  1
Paltry Tyrannulet  1
Common Tody-Flycatcher  1     heard only
Eye-ringed Flatbill  1
Yellow-olive Flycatcher  1
Bran-colored Flycatcher  1
Dark Pewee  2
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  1     + call
Dusky-capped Flycatcher  1
Social Flycatcher  2
Tropical Kingbird  2
Lance-tailed Manakin  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  2
Philadelphia Vireo  1
Brown-capped Vireo  3
House Wren  2
Rufous-breasted Wren  1
Isthmian Wren  1     only heard
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  3     2 heard , 1 seen
Swainson's Thrush  1
Clay-colored Thrush  2
White-throated Thrush  1
Golden-winged Warbler  2
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Flame-throated Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  5     prob more, heard more
Mourning Warbler  1
Tropical Parula  3
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Rufous-capped Warbler  2
Golden-crowned Warbler  2
Wilson's Warbler  2
Slate-throated Redstart  2
Cherrie's Tanager  3
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Bay-headed Tanager  5
Silver-throated Tanager  2
Variable Seedeater  1
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  2     seen 1 male , heard at least 1 more
Buff-throated Saltator  1
Black-striped Sparrow  2
Rufous-collared Sparrow  3
White-naped Brushfinch  2
Summer Tanager  2
Flame-colored Tanager  1
White-winged Tanager  3
Black-thighed Grosbeak  1     + call
Great-tailed Grackle  3
Lesser Goldfinch  2
Yellow-bellied Siskin  5


Monday, November 21, 2016

21th of November 2016 after rain

rainy night and day...but around 3 pm it stopped raining and then it is nice to drink a coffee on the balcony and watch the birds... took some time to take some pictures and even video's..
                                                 silver throated Tanager
                                         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSK6nq-KiCI

                                                      clay colored Thrush
                                                            thick billed Euphonia
A very smart lazy red legged Honeycreeper ...male (winter plumage ) was drinking out of the Hummingbird feeder. ( video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG_y0kbHz3E  )

My list of the afternoon see down below...
Greetings Terry

Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
Nov 21, 2016 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     after rain balcony (garden)
39 species

Gray-headed Chachalaca  8
Black Vulture  1     flew by
Broad-winged Hawk  1     already for 2 weeks now on the farm
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail  1     heard in forest
Squirrel Cuckoo  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  3
Lesson's Motmot  1
Red-crowned Woodpecker  3
Yellow-headed Caracara  1
Blue-headed Parrot  8     flew by
Yellow-bellied Elaenia  1
Slaty-capped Flycatcher  1
Yellow-olive Flycatcher  3     very active last 3 days, clearly some territorial issues
Panama Flycatcher  1     + song
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Lance-tailed Manakin  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  2
Blue-and-white Swallow  2
Rufous-breasted Wren  1     +song
Tropical Gnatcatcher  2
Clay-colored Thrush  3
Tennessee Warbler  3
American Redstart  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Rufous-capped Warbler  2
Wilson's Warbler  1
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Palm Tanager  2
Bay-headed Tanager  1
Silver-throated Tanager  3
Red-legged Honeycreeper  3     https://youtu.be/bG_y0kbHz3E   on Hummingbird feeder
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
Buff-throated Saltator  3
Black-striped Sparrow  1
White-naped Brushfinch  2
Summer Tanager  1
Flame-colored Tanager  1
Baltimore Oriole  1
Thick-billed Euphonia  9

Sunday, November 20, 2016

before the rain starts.. good birds this morning 20th of November 2016

last post... I did write that the dry season is coming...looks like I did got a warning from mother nature..."no lady you get first more rain"... well that was happening from 16th of November until 19th we had almost continue rain... so birding from balcony , that was it...so you understand I was this morning totally ready to go birding. It was dry until 11.30am! And yes what a great birds I did see!
In this tree... there were a lot of birds and one bird was a yellow billed Cuckoo, not a new bird for me , but for sure a bird that we don't see often nearby our farm! Unfortunately the bird flew out when I was going closer to the tree... the tree is beautiful and you can see it was pretty cloudy... the Cuckoo is somewhere in the tree:
The view on Volcan Baru this morning at around 7.30 am:
                                           view on the area la Estrella:

Anyway, for me  and the birds the weather was great..lot of food for them. (some insects for me :) )
A nice meeting with a little Tinamou and a crested Bobwhite, my morning was already good.
Then in a high grassy field I did hear the song of the Masked Yellowthroat.
I did start with a nice female and then a very curious juvenile male (still rufous on top of head , nape and side) I took a picture of him and a video , placed it on youtube:
https://youtu.be/61HY3dRgXC0  you will hear his call too.
Later I did see 2 more males... singing
And I was almost at home (around 11am) and there was a big army Ant Swarm, not too much birds around this Swarm, probably the birds were already full with food. But some cool insects ...who were freaking out...:

Also a cool video on youtube of the Ant swarm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WY7T1kjt_M

Down below my list of this morning.
Greetings from Terry
Jaramillo Abajo, Chiriquí, PA
Nov 20, 2016 7:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     cloudy, mist... before rain 
69 species (+1 other taxa)

Little Tinamou  1
Crested Bobwhite  1
Black Vulture  2
Roadside Hawk  1
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail  2
White-tipped Dove  3
Squirrel Cuckoo  1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1     first I thought it was a Squirrel Cuckoo, but he was moving slower.. more elusive and was smaller and did see more white. White spots in tail and not rufous above like Squirrel Cuckoo..had a good view on him, first time here in Jaramillo! Picture was against the light.. the Cuckoo flew away after taking the picture...
White-collared Swift  20     approx
Magenta-throated Woodstar  1
Scintillant Hummingbird  3
Violet Sabrewing  1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  3
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  5
Lesson's Motmot  3
Acorn Woodpecker  7
Red-crowned Woodpecker  5
Lineated Woodpecker  1
Yellow-headed Caracara  1
Blue-headed Parrot  8     Tinamou cottage when I left for the hike, eating fruit in trees
Brown-throated Parakeet  6
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1
Lesser Elaenia  1
Mountain Elaenia  2
Paltry Tyrannulet  2
Yellow-olive Flycatcher  1
Great Kiskadee  3
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Social Flycatcher  2
Tropical Kingbird  3
White-winged Becard  1
Rufous-browed Peppershrike  1     + song
Yellow-throated Vireo  2
Philadelphia Vireo  2
Blue-and-white Swallow  4
Southern Rough-winged Swallow  10     can be more, it was a mixed group
Barn Swallow  10     can be more, mixed group
swallow sp.  3     very dark Swallow in mixed group, I could not see any color, very dark on breast..did not have V in tail, was more round
House Wren  4
Rufous-and-white Wren  1
Isthmian Wren  2
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  1     only heard
Clay-colored Thrush  3
White-throated Thrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  15     at least 15 in a1 tree
Masked Yellowthroat  4     males singing..on picture juvenile male + call (still  rufous on top the head and nape/side)
Tropical Parula  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  4
Rufous-capped Warbler  2
Wilson's Warbler  2
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Palm Tanager  2
Bay-headed Tanager  1
Silver-throated Tanager  3
Red-legged Honeycreeper  3
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  2     heard more
Buff-throated Saltator  3
Streaked Saltator  1
Black-striped Sparrow  1
White-naped Brushfinch  4
Summer Tanager  2
Flame-colored Tanager  2
White-winged Tanager  1     only heard , high up in tree
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager  3
Baltimore Oriole  1
Yellow-crowned Euphonia  2
Thick-billed Euphonia  5
Lesser Goldfinch  5

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Mostly birding at Tinamou cottage Boquete ..the first 2 weeks of November 2016

The sunny mornings are getting longer in time...so time to paint, working in the garden and yes in maybe 2 weeks time ..coffee picking. Big flocks of migration birds went through, we did enjoy them very much in the morning  from our balcony sipping a cup of coffee. Now it is getting more quiet, for sure not the amount of different birds, that is still going great!
But migration is getting slower which is normal for the time of the year. Summer Tanagers, rose breasted Grosbeaks, Baltimore Orioles, mixed flocks of different migrant Warblers are eating themselves full after a big journey ...but of course also our birds....
Very carefully they start to sing a little bit and get ready for the coming breeding(dry) season. Specially the Tropical Screech Owls are very active (breeding season in Jan- July) and this week we heard every night the song of the common Potoo.
A guest and me found this Potoo on the farm on July 9th 2014 (feels like yesterday), to cheer this blog post up, I will place this great picture again...
 Also the common Pauraque's  are busy with their territory...since a few days (full moon) and when it is getting darker , they are sitting on the ground in the open area in front of the little Tinamou cottage http://www.coffeeadventures.net/Little_Tinamou.html
and they do their "push up's " They are hopping up and down and  after a few times, they fly steep up and land again  and do the same. The other one is flying over,  almost a dive over the other bird. Males are making the calls, so this is clearly to defend a territory and maybe the females like their macho behaviour. (breeding season Febr.- May)
Also it is really interesting to see them catching insects, they even can run with their short legs..fast!But also they will fly steep up in the sky to catch insects.

My best picture of these last weeks is a picture of the black Guan higher up in the mountains...
And these Bat Falcons  picture is ...o.k.took this one 5 minutes from our farm , they are living already for years there:

At this moment I watch birds when feeding the horses (of course always with my Binculars around my neck) or working in the garden at this moment , so no pictures...not too much outings... it will come again...first we have to prepare everything for the high season!!
Greetings from Terry
I will add my list of this morning ..see down below.
For more birding lists , just go to  http://ebird.org/ebird/subnational1/PA-4?yr=all&m=&rank=mrec

Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
Nov 15, 2016 8:20 AM - 8:40 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     sun  around horse stable
37 species

Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Roadside Hawk  3     soaring(loud voice) above the meadow, also attacking a short tailed Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk  1     flew by, fast, hunting.. followed by 2 rufous tailed Hummingbirds
Short-tailed Hawk  1
Squirrel Cuckoo  1
Magenta-throated Woodstar  1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  2     chasing a broad winged Hawk
Gartered Trogon  1     with song
Lesson's Motmot  1
Red-crowned Woodpecker  2
Blue-headed Parrot  6     in fruit tree
Panama Flycatcher  1
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Lance-tailed Manakin  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Rufous-breasted Wren  1
Swainson's Thrush  1
Clay-colored Thrush  2
White-throated Thrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Tennessee Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Rufous-capped Warbler  2
Wilson's Warbler  2
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Bay-headed Tanager  4
Silver-throated Tanager  3
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  1     only heard in coffee
Buff-throated Saltator  3
Summer Tanager  1
Flame-colored Tanager  1
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager  5
Baltimore Oriole  1
Yellow-crowned Euphonia  2
Lesser Goldfinch  1     heard only , high in tree song
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