Hello dear readers,
to my surprise I haven't posted for quite a while. That's partly because my camera stopped working... dropped it while birdwatching. Bought a new one, but too quickly before the big day (E-bird)in October would start and I kind of regretted it. Having a lot of trouble dealing with this one. Hans has now set it up in such a way that I can take some reasonable pictures again. Have to say that I don't have that much patience to put energy into it, I prefer to put my energy into birdwatching. Anyway, handy if you have one with you for "that special bird":)
Every day I'm birdwatching, of course I have more time because of the Pandemic. December was a bit more work in the cottages and I even did some birdwatching trips...with distance...but started that after I had my 3 vaccinations. Have to say that I liked that again, it kind of felt "normal" again. Anyway ... now I get a lot of time again, some guests in the cottages and that's about it.
So a lot of jobs in the farm and a lot in nature. Yesterday I went for a long walk with my dog Max . Planned to go from 1850 meters altitude to 2700 meters and with succes. Walked and stood for about 8 hours with birdwatching.
Seen a lot. Animals like the Agouti, but also a Tayra and yes ... even a photo, even two.....
This was my story for today. I will add my bird list of yesterday. Greetings from a sunny Boquete
Terry
http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html
74 species (+1 other taxa)
Black Guan 3
Spotted Wood-Quail 2 heard more
Band-tailed Pigeon (White-necked) 13 1
perch..picture...with brown cap....
Ruddy Pigeon 2
Ruddy Ground Dove 1
White-tipped Dove (White-tipped) 3
Chiriqui Quail-Dove 1
White-collared Swift X
Lesser Violetear X
Talamanca Hummingbird 4
Fiery-throated Hummingbird 1
White-throated Mountain-gem 5
Scintillant Hummingbird 3
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird 4
Black Vulture 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
hawk sp. 1
Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl 1 ho
Resplendent Quetzal 4
Collared Trogon (Orange-bellied) 2 1 with song
Prong-billed Barbet X ho
Northern Emerald-Toucanet (Blue-throated) 1
Acorn Woodpecker 3 heard more
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Golden-olive Woodpecker (Golden-olive) 1
Barred Parakeet X ho
Sulphur-winged Parakeet X
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo (Silvery-fronted) 4
heard 2 seen2
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper 3
Buffy Tuftedcheek (Buffy) 2
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner (Scaly-throated) 1
ho call
Lineated Foliage-gleaner 2
Streak-breasted Treehunter 1 + call
Red-faced Spinetail 4
Barred Becard 1
Eye-ringed Flatbill 1
Tufted Flycatcher 2
Dark Pewee 2
Yellowish Flycatcher 2
Black-capped Flycatcher 2
Dusky-capped Flycatcher 1
Boat-billed Flycatcher 2
Rufous-browed Peppershrike 3 heard call and songs
Yellow-winged Vireo 1
Brown-capped Vireo 2
Ochraceous Wren 3
Rufous-breasted Wren 2
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren 5 heard more
Black-faced Solitaire 2
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush 1
Mountain Thrush X higher up ..above the 2200
singing
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher X
Elegant Euphonia 4
Golden-browed Chlorophonia X ho
Yellow-bellied Siskin 5
Sooty-capped Chlorospingus 7
Common Chlorospingus X
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch (Chestnut-capped) 1
Rufous-collared Sparrow 1
Large-footed Finch 1
White-naped Brushfinch (Yellow-throated) 4
Yellow-thighed Brushfinch X
Yellow-green Brushfinch 4 4 together nearby a
creek, 2450 m altitude. Hiding...but very well seen with my binocs,
they flew out the brush and sing...so I did tape that with my phone...I will add,
not a very good quality, but good enough to hear .
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Flame-throated Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Black-cheeked Warbler X
Wilson's Warbler X all over did see only males
Slate-throated Redstart 4
Collared Redstart 4 around the 2500 m
White-winged Tanager X
Silver-throated Tanager 1
Slaty Flowerpiercer 6
Slaty Finch 1
Yellow-faced Grassquit 1
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