after the first week of March 2020......

Hello all! well my first post of March 2020 was ..I think... cheerful except my write up about the Warbler migration...well that is still the same story, not a big migration at all..but of course most of my observation is on the farm, because of the big C quarantine. I hope when the rain comes and that will be soon, that we have some bigger migration groups coming through. But when I see other lists from other birders on E-bird...it is also slow over there.
Hawk migration was last week pretty good for us.
Mostly broad winged and Swainson's Hawks(picture).. and even a Zone -tailed Hawk pretty low fly over the meadow!

Rainy season is coming ..."our" birds know that... 

This thick billed Euphonia male is fighting in the mirror of the car already for more than a week, poor thing, those hormones.

The clay colored and white throated Thrushes are singing loud and today I did see at least 3 clay colored Thrushes making a nest in our coffee farm.

Then in one of the meadows I did see that a pair of white tipped Doves  have a nest with two eggs...I never knew that they make a nest so close to the ground, I wonder if that will be a succes.

It's a weird time of the year, I was looking in our agenda and normally we would have now guests, trips and be busy. I feel sorry for the  people who are now at home and missing their vacation...but most of them are coming later..next year. Now it is important that we all stay healthy. 

So suddenly I have time to go into our farm and enjoy the birds..although sometimes it is hard to enjoy when you watch the news. But the nature and birds around us relax ...I know ...we are lucky. 

Down below the lists of the last two days, to give an impression what happens here..bird wise.

Also some pictures of the ornate Hawk Eagle  from one of my last birding trips  with a Russian couple.

Probably next time when I see him/her, she/he will be adult, her/his feathers are changing fast now.

And I will end with a picture of this Tennessee Warbler out of honor for all the migration Warblers and other birds ...who are going to the north at this moment..hope they will arrive safe and make a lot of baby's.

Greetings and strength from Terry

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Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
Mar 29, 2020 4:10 PM
Protocol: Incidental
Checklist Comments:     coffee farm
4 species

Double-toothed Kite  1     since 2 days in the coffee farm area...today we finally ID him/her, hope to take a picture in the coming days.
Red-crowned Woodpecker  1
Golden-olive Woodpecker  1
Laughing Falcon  1     HO (heard only)

Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
Mar 30, 2020 4:35 PM - 5:45 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments:     coffee farm/garden  sunny
51 species

Spotted Wood-Quail  X     HO songs in forest
White-tipped Dove  2
Squirrel Cuckoo  1
White-collared Swift  7     approx
Stripe-throated Hermit  1
Violet Sabrewing  1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  4     approx
Black Vulture  X
Broad-winged Hawk  4     2 were hunting above the meadow
Lesson's Motmot  1
Red-crowned Woodpecker  1
Lineated Woodpecker  1     HO song (lower meadow)
Yellow-headed Caracara  1
Lance-tailed Manakin  X     HO calls and songs (forest)
Common Tody-Flycatcher  2     (garden)
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet  1
Yellow-bellied Elaenia  1
Lesser Elaenia  3
Mistletoe Tyrannulet  1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  1     HO call
Great Kiskadee  1
Piratic Flycatcher  1
Tropical Kingbird  2
Yellow-green Vireo  3
Black-chested Jay  2
Tropical Gnatcatcher  2
House Wren  2
Rufous-breasted Wren  1
Rufous-and-white Wren  1
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  1
Swainson's Thrush  1     HO call
White-throated Thrush  X
Clay-colored Thrush  X     3 different birds making nests in coffee farm
Thick-billed Euphonia  4
Elegant Euphonia  2
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  1
Black-striped Sparrow  2
Tennessee Warbler  3     all solo
Wilson's Warbler  1
Summer Tanager  1     HO call
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager  2
Blue-gray Tanager  2     pair
Bay-headed Tanager  2
Silver-throated Tanager  2     pair
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis  3
Red-legged Honeycreeper  5
Slate-colored Seedeater  1
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
Buff-throated Saltator  2
Streaked Saltator  1

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March 2020 did start.....

March started, exciting times will come soon , although..bird wise there is always something going on. We are in the second week of March...I must say..did have quit a bit of bird watching trips in different areas, but not too much migrant warblers...where are the big groups of Tennessee Warblers? It seems to get less... Ones in a while I do see a black burnian Warbler or a chestnut sided Warbler...but the big mixed flocks ...I miss them.



The amount of  resplendent Quetzales  and three wattled Bellbird  are overwhelming this season...huge amount of fruit on the trees for them, this will be a good year for them. The weather is a kind of crazy, we had some big showers in our dry season on the farm... so the garden, forest and meadows are green.. I did start with irrigation a few days ago. I am curious how our wet season will be....

Did met really nice birdwatchers. 2 Couples discovered that they were really birdwatchers and are totally hooked... and another couple was already hooked.

A lot of fun with students in the age of 20ish... they loved the cloud forest, always  a good feeling that I can show the richness, the beauty.

 When I tell about this forest and about the birds that we see and not see but hear, I feel so grateful that I can do this and that I live it!

Good sightings of young three wattled Bellbirds, see above video and down below 2 pictures, they are trying to do displays, it's funny how they sound, like a boy who is getting a heavier  puber voice.

and then suddenly a white faced Capuchin Monkey is staring at us, always surprises in nature:

And so a short story of my first week of March 2020...I end with these love birds:

a pair of flame colored Tanagers

 and a messy car.... :)

greetings from Terry

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