too funny!

In between 11 th of March and now 31th of March

And suddenly it is almost 1th of April.
From my last post on 11th of March untill today , I did go out with a lot of great bird watchers. Very enjoyable.
Did some birding on our farm of course.
Love this time with all the migration birds and of course nice Hawk migration still going on.

red tailed Hawk:

What is very interesting is that I never did see so much magenta throated Woodstars in a lot of different places in the 18 years that we live here.

It is going very well with them.

This male was on 1750 m cloud forest:

This male on our farm:

and these two the right a male feeding  an immature on a level of 1350 m:(new spot)

I do have a nice new spot in a total different area, I love it.

Like all over in the cloud forest there are the nice great fruit trees and of course also there you will see the blue throated Toucanet...

Well "our" birds are in full swing now, so the Trushes are singing and birds are making nest and this immature brown capped Vireo I did see on my new spot...sweet...

Three wattled Bellbirds are spreading out more...I think the groups are getting every year bigger and bigger.

Quetzales all over.

The peg billed Finches are looking for nest material at Respingo (trail head Quetzal trail)...that is great...still a lot of Bamboo seeds there, so plenty of food for them.

Last week the first scarlet Tanagers on our farm and the common Potoo on our farm is a happy bird...

I am totally ready for some mud and rain... March is pretty dry..

The clouds are coming in...the weather is weird...the rain will come soon.

In the meantime I did have this morning  great birdwatching hours with a nice birding family, was a cloudy morning...our eyes were fighting with the very bright cloudy sky, but we did have a good time...good birds.

I will add a list from this trip down below.

Last week I was with two beginner birders from Sweden, they and I had a great time.

In the cloud forest they did had a laugh. In Sweden there is a tradition .

With Christmas there is a Disney movie on the television and they were thinking of that movie when they were in the cloud forest while watching a lot of different Hummingbirds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAHk8nPAa-8

I did watch it  and I totally agree ... it is also funny, when I think of all those bird picture taking people.

This is the bird list of today...I did not make pictures or so...like the other trips and outings before...too busy with watching all the birds...

A great Hawk migration today with a lot of mixed groups.Very color full.

31th of March 2015
Turkey Vulture
black Vulture
common black Hawk
broad winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Swallow tailed Kite
Osprey
barred Hawk
northern Harrier!!
band tailed Pigeon
white tipped Dove
white collared Swift
Vaux's Swift
violet Sabrewing
green violet Ear
rufous tailed Hummingbird
white tailed Emerald
magenta throated Woodstar
scintillant Hummingbird
Resplendent Quetzal female in flight
blue throated Toucanet
hairy Woodpecker
scaly throated foliage Gleaner
streak headed Woodcreeper
yellow bellied Elaenia
lesser Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia
olive striped Flycatcher
paltry Tyrannulet
common tody Flycatcher
dark Pewee
black Phoebe
great Kiskadee
social Flycatcher
gray capped Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
piratic Flycatcher
black and white Becard female
brown capped Vireo
plain Wren
black faced Solitair
Swainson's Thrush
Mountain Thrush
white throated Thrush
clay colored Thrush
tropical Mockingbird
flame throated Warbler
tropical Parula
black throated green Warbler
blackburnian Warbler
black and white Warbler
slate throated Redstart
Mourning Warbler female and male
Wilson's Warbler
three striped Warbler
Cherrie's Tanager
blue gray Tanager
silver throated Tanager
bay headed Tanager
red legged Honeycreeper
variable Seedeater
yellow faced Grassquit
slaty Flowerpiercer
white naped brush Finch
chestnut capped brush Finch
rufous collared Sparrow
Summer Tanager
scarlet Tanager
flame colored Tanager
white winged Tanager
rose breasted Grosbeak
bronzed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
elegant Euphonia in flight

scarlet thight Dacnis
yellow bellied Siskin
lesser Goldfinch only females

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Hawk migration starts...white lined Tanager today..again 11th of March 2015

Today in comparing with yesterday...not too much migrant birds, but carefully the Hawks are starting to migrate, so keep our eyes open....
The clay colored Thrushes are starting to sing on the farm...gives me a spring feeling!
The list of this morning...

green Heron
black Vulture
Swallow tailed Kite
band tailed Pigeon
ruddy ground Dove
green Hermit
garden Emerald
stripe tailed Hummingbird
white throated Mountain Gem
resplendent Quetzal
red crowned Woodpecker
red faced Spinetail
ruddy Treerunner
streak breasted Treehunter
streak headed Woodcreeper
lesser Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia
torrent Tyrannulet
tufted Flycatcher
yellowish Flycatcher
black Phoebe
great Kiskadee
social Flycatcher
gray capped Flycatcher
golden bellied Flycatcher
piratic Flycatcher

tropical Kingbird
brown capped Vireo
Tennessee Warbler
yellow green Vireo
plain Wren
gray breasted Wood Wren
American Dipper
black faced Solitair
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
 Mountain Thrush
clay colored Thrush
long tailed Silky Flycatcher
black and white Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
prong billed Barbet
slate throated Redstart
collared Redstart
black cheeked Warbler
common bush Tanager
rosy Thrush Tanager
white lined Tanager (female and male)
Cherrie's Tanager
blue gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
silver throated Tanager
spangle cheeked Tanager
red legged Honeycreeper
yellow faced Grassquit
yellow thighed Finch
rufous collared Sparrow
great tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
thick billed Euphonia female
lesser Goldfinch female
golden browed Chlorophonia
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knowing birdsongs and calls

knowing bird songs and calls is so handy... it is fun to learn them...the best way to learn them is to see the bird making the call or song ..then it will stay in your brains...
(in my case)
This is a nice and handy article  about this matter....
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=1059
Super!
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hidden nocturnal birds on our farm...

Two nights ago I did hear the rufous nightjar on our farm...this morning I had some time to check out our forest...maybe ...
I did not found him...yet.
But I did find a very nice common Pauraque and yes I did took a picture..

and a small movie.... https://www.facebook.com/tinamoucottage  (date: 7th of March 2015)

The last week we have a lot of migrants coming through.. it give me a spring feeling , because they start to sing a bit and they get their nice Spring plumage. 

Our"own" birds start to get the "spring" feelings. High up in the mountains the Thrushes did start to sing and our clay colored Thrushes and orange billed nightingale Thrushes started to sing a little bit.

I cannot wait for the rainy season...high up in the mountains it is pretty windy and wet the last week, it is great to have the birds here on the farm, out of the Summer winds.

Fortunately we have our own springs , that give the birds a chance to get a bath and sit out of the wind to rest and I can irrigate the garden and pasture a little bit to keep the birds, flowers and my horses happy..and myself.

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A day off...checking out Peg billed Finches and slaty Finches and much more....

This morning I was next to my bed at 5am...I had a day off..why do I do that to myself... well I wanted to be alone in the cloud forest and see birds... and only be responsible for only... myself...

A beautiful start...

But I had to hike more and faster then I am use too...yes I know ...bird watching is not hiking...but I did go faster, because my goal was to see Peg billed Finches and slaty Finches...the Bamboo is seeding and I did want to see them and observe them.. so from the ranger station in Alto Chiquero(1800 meters) to the Bamboo area (2250+ Meters).

I did start at 6.30am with black Guans and flying Quetzales  and around 8.30 am I did see my first slaty Finches, male and female

, they were very noisy and energetic..the hormones are in the air..( for a lot of birds).

I enjoyed my coffee and watched these Finches...I love their songs.

But for the seeding Bamboo I needed to climb up a little bit more, and after 10 minutes I did see the first peg billed Finch:

  

I counted 3 Females and 7 males

Singing...eating...flying around.

After taking also some movies and eating a part watermelon, I did return and took more time to see other nice birds and did keep an eye on the clouds, they came in already at 10.15am... nice mixed flocks and a very big mixed group of large footed Finches and chestnut capped brush Finches

And kind of early in the season I did hear already young blue throated Toucanets "screaming" out of a nest..I did find the parent sitting there...high up in the canopy.:

My list of today...

highland Tinamou (did see one , heard a lot)

black Guan (Start and at the end of my hike..then he was walking? across the trail)

spotted Wood Quail

black Vulture

swallow tailed Kites

broad winged Hawk

short tailed Hawk

black Hawk Eagle

band tailed Pigeon

Chiriqui Quail Dove

sulphur winged Parakeets

white collared Swifts

Vaux's Swifts

purple throated Mountain Gem male

orange bellied Trogon

resplendent Quetzales (4 males)

blue throated Toucanet

hairy Woodpecker

Acorn Woodpecker

red faced Spinetails

ruddy Treerunner

streak breasted Treehunter

lineated foliage Gleaner

silvery fronted Tapaculo

Mountain Elaenia

paltry Tyrannulet

dark Pewee

yellowish Flycatcher

black Phoebe

bright rumped Attila

barred Becard male making a nest

three wattled Bellbird

yellow winged Vireo

brown capped Vireo

rufous browed Peppershrike

silvery throated Jays

gray breasted Wood Wren

ruddy capped nightingale Thrush

black faced Solitair

clay colored Thrush

Mountain Thrush

tropical Mockingbird

long tailed silky Flycatcher

flame throated Warbler

slate throated Redstart

collared Redstart

Wilson's Warber(only migrant today...?)

black cheeked Warbler

common bush Tanager

sooty capped bush Tanager

spangle cheeked Tanager

yellow faced Grassquit

slaty Finch

peg billed Finch

slaty Flowerpiercer

yellow thighed Finch

large footed Finch

chestnut capped brush Finch

rufous collared Sparrow

eastern Meadowlark

Elegant Euphonia

Beautiful day!!

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23th of February 2015..again a rose throated Becard and a nice orange collared Manakin...

Bad weather in the mountains...up to the sun today..with succes and good birds!
It was getting very hot , very soon , so we had to move ourselves a little bit more often, but that was fun...
Bird list 23th of February 2015 Caldera Panama
snowy Egret
black Vulture
yellow headed Caracara
white tipped Dove
ruddy ground Dove
brown throated Parakeets in flight
blue headed Parrots in flight
orange chinned Parakeets in flight
Squirrel Cuckoo
smooth billed Ani
Vaux's Swift
scaly breasted Hummingbird female

rufous tailed Hummingbird
snowy bellied Hummingbird
long billed Starthroat
ringed Kingfisher
red crowned Woodpecker
lineated Woodpecker
streak headed Woodcreeper
southern Beardless Tyrannulet
yellow bellied Elaenia
slaty capped Flycatcher
yellow bellied Flycatcher

Panama Flycatcher
social Flycatcher
boat billed Flycatcher
streaked Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
piratic Flycatcher
black Phoebe
fork tailed Flycatcher
rose throated Becard female

orange collared Manakin

yellow throated Vireo
yellow green Vireo
black chested Jay
gray breasted Martins
House Wren
clay colored Thrush
tropical Mockingbird
yellow Warbler
rufous capped Warbler
crimson backed Tanager
blue gray Tanager
red legged Honeycreeper
buff throated Saltator in flight
blue black Grassquit
black striped Sparrow
Summer Tanager
great tailed Grackle
crested Oropendola
yellow throated Euphonia
thick billed Euphonia
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