rijst oogst/ harvest rice

It was birders paradise this afternoon in David Panama..rice harvest... bird list see down below...

greetings from Terry

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                                            Great Egret, roseated Spoonbill, Woodstork:

                                            Barn Swallows...

Fork tailed Flycatchers:

Juvenile Peregrine Falcon:

Savanna Hawk:

roseate Spoonbill and great Egret:

David Rice fields, Chiriquí, PA
Sep 22, 2018 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     cloudy..harvesting rice   
34 species (+1 other taxa)

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck  5
Pale-vented Pigeon  1
Plain-breasted Ground-Dove  2
Ruddy Ground-Dove  12     approx
White-tipped Dove  1
pigeon/dove sp.  1
Common Gallinule  2
Purple Gallinule  1
Black-necked Stilt  2
Southern Lapwing  3
Northern Jacana  3
Wood Stork  30     approx, prob more, did not count exact
Anhinga  2
Great Egret  40     approx, prob more, did not count exact
Snowy Egret  7
Little Blue Heron  3
Cattle Egret  100     prob more did not count
White Ibis  3
Roseate Spoonbill  3
Turkey Vulture  1
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture  5
White-tailed Kite  1
Gray-headed Kite  1
Savanna Hawk  1
Ringed Kingfisher  2
Peregrine Falcon  1     very streaky  and bright white stripes on head and behind head...Juvenile.... chased away by Savanna Hawk
Tropical Kingbird  2
Fork-tailed Flycatcher  3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  100     Not exact count , they were fouraging while rice harvesting see video 
House Wren  1
Tropical Mockingbird  2
Eastern Meadowlark  6
Red-breasted Meadowlark  5
Great-tailed Grackle  200     approx, not exact count

3 toed sloth continental divide , Palo seco reserve Panama

3 toed Sloth continental divide , Palo seco forest Panama

while birdwatching in one of my favorite bird spots(1hour and 15 minutes drive from Tinamou cottage Boquete) ...often I encounter a nice Sloth. See down below the bird list of that day

Greetings Terry van Niekerk

http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html

Camino de la Divisoria Continental, Ngäbe-Buglé, PA
Sep 16, 2018 6:50 AM - 1:10 PM
Protocol: Historical
11.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     2 stops,   sun   https://youtu.be/gxfUCnQPTqk
78 species (+3 other taxa)

Black-breasted Wood-Quail  2     seen 2 heard more...sound will follow...
Ruddy Pigeon  1
Purplish-backed Quail-Dove  1
Groove-billed Ani  1
Squirrel Cuckoo  1
Vaux's Swift  3
Green Hermit  1
Stripe-throated Hermit  1
Green-fronted Lancebill  1
Purple-crowned Fairy  1
Green-crowned Brilliant  1     singing
White-bellied Mountain-gem  1
Purple-throated Mountain-gem  1
Violet Sabrewing  3
Crowned Woodnymph  1
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  2
hummingbird sp.  1     only the back...blue ish on back, rest dark green
Black Vulture  6
Turkey Vulture  2
Short-tailed Hawk  1
Lattice-tailed Trogon  1
Broad-billed Motmot  1
Prong-billed Barbet  1     heard more
Keel-billed Toucan  1
Black-cheeked Woodpecker  1
Plain Antvireo  1
Dusky Antbird  1
Zeledon's Antbird  1
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  2     HO
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper  1
Spotted Woodcreeper  2     HO
Lineated Foliage-gleaner  3     https://youtu.be/gxfUCnQPTqk
Streak-breasted Treehunter  1
Spotted Barbtail  2
Tufted Flycatcher  1
Olive-sided Flycatcher  1
Western Wood-Pewee  8
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee  5
Empidonax sp.  1
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Tropical Kingbird  3
Bare-necked Umbrellabird  0     90% sure I did hear the sound.
White-ruffed Manakin  1
Lesser Greenlet  3
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Azure-hooded Jay  1     HO
Black-chested Jay  1     HO
Blue-and-white Swallow  10     approx
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  10     approx
Bank Swallow  20     approx
Scaly-breasted Wren  1     HO
House Wren  1
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  1     heard more
Tropical Gnatcatcher  1     HO
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush  1     heard song
Olive-backed Euphonia  2     did see these birds before in this area ( pump station)
Tawny-capped Euphonia  3
Yellow-throated Chlorospingus  2
Ashy-throated Chlorospingus  1
Common Chlorospingus  6
Black-striped Sparrow  2
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch  1     HO
Tropical Parula  1     heard more
Costa Rican Warbler  3
Slate-throated Redstart  3
White-winged Tanager  2
White-shouldered Tanager  2
Crimson-collared Tanager  1
Scarlet-rumped Tanager  5
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Palm Tanager  3
Spangle-cheeked Tanager  2
Plain-colored Tanager  1
Bay-headed Tanager  2
Silver-throated Tanager  3
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis  7
Green Honeycreeper  2
Blue-black Grassquit  1
Thick-billed Seed-Finch  1
Bananaquit  4
Buff-throated Saltator  2

black tailed Trainbearer Hummingbird in Quito Ecuador

Yes !! we were in Quito (Ecuador) for 7 days , more story's to come , but first a nice video of a lifer for me... a black tailed Trainbearer Hummingbird....

Greetings from Terry