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

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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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