Wednesday, April 24, 2019

early this morning...

I did go to our other farm this morning..finca Potoo and did see good birds. It was very fast warm, so I was happy that I did go early.
This farm(24 hectares) was 20 years ago(when we did buy it) mostly pasture with some areas of forest. We left it and nature took it over. Now it is brush...forest and the new different Oak trees are producing acorns.

So happy with that!
And so this is the list of this morning:

finca Potoo, Chiriquí, PA
Apr 24, 2019 6:20 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     sun, fast warm
76 species (+3 other taxa)

Little Tinamou  X     HO(heard only)
Spotted Wood-Quail  X     very active..songs
Scaled Pigeon  1     + song
White-tipped Dove  3
Squirrel Cuckoo  1
Vaux's Swift  2
Stripe-throated Hermit  3
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  2
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail  2
Black Vulture  7     in group with broad winged Hawks..migration?
hawk sp.  1     too fast for ID
Acorn Woodpecker  4
Red-crowned Woodpecker  2
Lineated Woodpecker  1
Blue-headed Parrot  1
Olivaceous Woodcreeper  2     + song
Cocoa Woodcreeper  1     sound song will follow
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1
Pale-breasted Spinetail  1
Lesser Elaenia  2
Common Tody-Flycatcher  1
Yellow-margined Flycatcher  1
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee  7
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  1     + call


Willow Flycatcher  1     + call video will follow


Bright-rumped Attila  1     + song
Dusky-capped Flycatcher  1
Boat-billed Flycatcher  1
Streaked Flycatcher  1
Piratic Flycatcher  2


Lance-tailed Manakin  X
White-winged Becard  1


Rufous-browed Peppershrike  3     + songs
Scrub Greenlet  1     seen before on the farm
Lesser Greenlet  2
Philadelphia Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  7
Yellow-green Vireo  X
Black-chested Jay  2
swallow sp.  2     too far for ID
Scaly-breasted Wren  1     + song (creek)
House Wren  1
Rufous-and-white Wren  4 nest next to Wasp nest..what a great protection!




Isthmian Wren  1     HO
Long-billed Gnatwren  1
Tropical Gnatcatcher  2
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  X
Swainson's Thrush  X     all over the farm songs and calls (eating berries)


White-throated Thrush  2
Clay-colored Thrush  4
Thick-billed Euphonia  1
Lesser Goldfinch  7

crimson-backed Tanager 2
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  2     heard more
Black-striped Sparrow  3
Chestnut-capped Brush finch  1     HO
White-naped Brush finch  2
Bronzed Cowbird  1
Great-tailed Grackle  X     HO
Ovenbird  1
Tropical Parula  2
Blackburnian Warbler  2
Rufous-capped Warbler  4
Golden-crowned Warbler  3
Buff-rumped Warbler  1
Scarlet Tanager  2     male female together ....pair already?
Flame-colored Tanager  1
White-winged Tanager  X     HO
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager  X
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Silver-throated Tanager  2
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis  2
Red-legged Honeycreeper  2
Blue-black Grassquit  3
Variable Seedeater  1
Yellow-faced Grassquit  4
Buff-throated Saltator  X
Streaked Saltator  1


Then I was just home and a Lesson's Motmot flew into the house...I did catch him carefully and took fast a picture and a video...could not resist that. Unbelievable how tiny he was...mostly when you see them in the trees...he\she looks so big.   Video :https://www.facebook.com/tinamoucottage/videos/316427912363254/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8_-Jv01j_g&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0o6Oye-ew459BdcJYRQeLuDLfsC7qEQ3dys07nQNcCMHI7II2-uySsvlw


I was busy with my camera  and took after this pictures of the cute thick billed Euphonias. They have a nest in front of our house. 
                                              I cropped it...:
male is waiting...:




Exciting day ...and the day is not over yet....

Greetings Terry
http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html

Monday, April 22, 2019

and the wet season did start a bit

Hello all!
Finally I do have some time to write a new post. Worked hard .. and WOW what was it warm..yes also in the mountains. Finally we did have some showers  and the nature is getting green and lush..dust is out of the air . Birds are singing and busy with the displays and nest materials.
Here first rain pictures of a happy white winged Tanager :


 Yesterday I did see the first immature clay colored Thrush on the 1800 meters, there we did have (not much) rain..but enough to start with nesting. Here on the farm(1250 meters) I do see the first clay colored Thrushes dragging with nest material and some are  sitting on the nest since a couple of days.

Did see immatures of American Dipper.. 1800 meters, the same couple are using for the second time their nest ...I did see that yesterday. Here their first immature, week ago!
I did go through my pictures from the last weeks and these are the results of my "best" pictures...well I am not the greatest picture taking birdwatcher, I rather see them first good through my binoculars.
Another immature ..long tailed silky Flycatcher:
                                       southern rough winged Tyrannulet with nest Material:
                                        a week later the nest was in use, same spot (700m):
                                         a band-backed Wren in front of his nest (Palo seco):
                                          On our farm a nice elegant Euphonia singing:
                                               him and his wife:
An immature red crowned Woodpecker in the early sun:
                                          display of a nice flame colored Tanager:
                                    The black faced Solitaires are singing now in the cloud forest:
                                    On our farm is this male thick billed Euphonia fighting with his image:
His female is on the nest in the palm tree...well he has to protect!

                                            3 wattled Bellbirds are active:
                                           
These males yellow crowned Euphonias did have after this meeting a fight:
the material of the nest of a crested Oropendula that I did found, is re used
by lesser Elaenias(also by clay colored Thrush not on picture): 
                                           and red legged Honey creepers:


A couple of thick billed Euphonias are checking the nest for maybe to make a nest in it...

Migration....
I am always looking forward to March and April. We did have a great Hawk migration...but unfortunately the Warbler migration was not good. I did barely see Warblers while migration suppose in full swing.... 
Talked about it with other birdwatchers and also checked ebird... also slowon different elevations. 
Did see a lot of scarlet Tanagers this year, yes and also some groups of eastern Kingbirds last week, loads of Swainson's Thrushes and Barn Swallows...plenty. 
But the Warblers, what is going on?(also higher up in the mountains where it was a bit wetter... not too much Warblers) Also during  coffee picking season mostly we are surrounding with mixed flocks of Warblers and this year also not! 
It was warm and dry...maybe that is it?

I will follow this with mixed feelings

Barn Swallows:
scarlet Tanager male:
rose breasted Grosbeak female:
                                       black and white Warbler female bathing in first rain...
                                               female Wilson's Warbler:

This dry season we did see more snakes in the highlands...mostly not bad ones.
This Rat snake was hanging next to our balcony...birds were not happy.
A great view!
I did see for the first time in my 20 + years in Panama a red brocket Deer on 1800 meter:
And for the first time I have a decent picture of a spotted Wood quail!

And so this was my story for now, up to more rain, lush, fresh times!
Greetings from Terry
 (by the way, here (David)I did see my first American Pygmy Kingfisher male, nope...no picture of this lifer:))