busy start of 2018

Hello everyone!
What a busy start  of the new year we have! With great guests and nice birding outings.
Hard work but rewarding!
A rainy start too, but on our farm it was o.k.. and I did not have to cancel any birding trip , there is most of the time somewhere a dry spot... although yesterday it was my wettest day ever and "cold".
But the guests had to go to Bocas del Toro...so we did our best to find dry birding spots. We did see some nice birds!On the continental divide(Bocas del Toro)  was my slowest bird time in the 20 years ever! Mist, rain cold... the birds were hiding , I would do that too when I was a bird....
So after checking the area out and drink a warm cup of tea and coffee, we moved on...
Lot of rain, some dry spots.
We did see a very wet three toed Sloth and a Crocodile, so that was great.

We did pass by "my" sweet female Veraguas Mango in Caldera...she is now official breeding.

This was at 7.15 am 

                                                             This on my way back home 6.26 pm

The wetlands in Bocas del Toro are now really WET...

 and I am always excited to see some royal Terns...

                                             and a neotropical Cormorant of course

After a cloudy rainy day I drove home and got this present...

And so my list of the day of yesterday (5th of January2018) you will find down below. 

I love to birdwatch on different spots in different areas.

Today of course I have to work, but this morning I had a long sleep(6.30 am out of my bed ...yes yes...) and a long coffee drink on the balcony with my husband Hans. And enjoying the morning sun and staring a kind of sleepy and with a smile.. to my little Keel billed Toucan that I did buy from a nice Ngäbe  lady on our way to Bocas del Toro.

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Bird list 5 Jan 2018 from Boquete to punta Robalo(Bocas del Toro) and back

Brown Pelican

Neotropic Cormorant

great Egret

Snowy Egret

little blue Heron

Cattle Egret

Boat billed Heron

black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Roadside Hawk

Bat Falcon

crested Caracara

yellow headed Caracara (adult en Immature)

gray necked Woodrail

purple Gallinule (adult en Immature)

northern Jacana

spotted Sandpiper

royal Tern

white tipped Dove

brown throated Parakeets

sulphur winged Parakeet

blue headed Parrot

Squirrel Cuckoo

groove billed Ani

Veraguan Mango

violet headed Hummingbird

violaceous Trogon 

rufous Motmot

green Kingfisher

keel billed Toucan

black cheeked Woodpecker 

red crowned Woodpecker

lineated Woodpecker

southern Beardless Tyrannulet

yellow bellied Elaenia

paltry Tyrannulet

great Kiskadee

Panama Flycatcher

social Flycatcher

tropical Flycatcher

Fork tailed Flycatcher

brown Jays

northern rough winged Swallow

House Wren

clay colored Thrush

black headed Nightingale Thrush 

yellow Warbler

northern Waterthrush

Mourning Warbler

tawny crested Tanager 

white lined Tanager

Passerini's Tanager

blue gray Tanager

Palm Tanager

golden hooded Tanager

red legged Honeycreeper

buff throated Saltator

blue black Grassquit

variable Seedeater

yellow faced Grassquit

black striped Sparrow

House Sparrow

great tailed Grackle

Montezuma Oropendola

olive backed Euphonia

lesser Goldfinch

white collared Seedeater

Bananaquit

eastern Meadowlark

brown Jays

tody Flycatcher

bronze tailed Plumleteer

band tailed Barbtail

black Guan

Woodstork

white throated Crake

white vented Pigeon

ruddy ground Dove

mealy Parrots

Montezuma Oropendola

crested Oropendola

orange chinned Parakeets

groove billed Ani                            and the nice birdwatchers safe to a nice Island:

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today in cloud forest Boquete...sulphur winged Parakeets

These Sulphur winged  Parakeets does make me totally happy... today in cloud forest Boquete  💓

Greetings from Terry

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Happy New Year!

Hello everybody...my first birding trip in this New Year... and my first 2018 picture...a black faced Solitair , what a lovely bird to start 2018.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

greetings Terry

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27th of December 2017...and the female Veraguan Mango

she is on the nest....

So cute ! Veraguan Mango  female...
Greetings Terry
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Birdlist of today...27th of December 2017

caldera, Chiriquí, PA
Dec 27, 2017 7:15 AM - 10:45 AM
60 species

Black Vulture  10     approx
Turkey Vulture  3     approx
Roadside Hawk  1     HO
Pale-vented Pigeon  4
Ruddy Ground-Dove  1
White-tipped Dove  3
Smooth-billed Ani  3
Veraguan Mango  1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  2
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  1
Red-crowned Woodpecker  5
Lineated Woodpecker  1
Crested Caracara  1
Yellow-headed Caracara  3
Laughing Falcon  1
Orange-chinned Parakeet  12
Blue-headed Parrot  17
Brown-throated Parakeet  2
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1
Yellow Tyrannulet  3
Yellow-bellied Elaenia  2
Paltry Tyrannulet  1
Common Tody-Flycatcher  2
Yellow-olive Flycatcher  1
Panama Flycatcher  1
Great Kiskadee  3
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Social Flycatcher  3
Streaked Flycatcher  1
Tropical Kingbird  6
Fork-tailed Flycatcher  2
Lance-tailed Manakin  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Black-chested Jay  4     approx
Blue-and-white Swallow  21     10 ish am big group flew over direction Boquete (North), bad weather higher in mountains, but around 10am it cleared somewhat up there, so maybe they went back
Gray-breasted Martin  1
House Wren  3
Isthmian Wren  1     HO
Tropical Gnatcatcher  1     HO
Clay-colored Thrush  6
Tropical Mockingbird  2
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  1
American Redstart  2
Yellow Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Crimson-backed Tanager  4
Blue-gray Tanager  4
Red-legged Honeycreeper  4
Blue-black Grassquit  1
Variable Seedeater  2
Buff-throated Saltator  1     HO
Streaked Saltator  1
Black-striped Sparrow  1     HO
Orange-billed Sparrow  1
Eastern Meadowlark  1     HO
Baltimore Oriole  3     territorial defense between 2 males
Yellow-crowned Euphonia  8     Approx
Thick-billed Euphonia  8     approx
Lesser Goldfinch  4

Veraguan Mango female building a nest

This nice Veraguan Mango female is building a nest 20 car minutes from our house. 900 meters altitude.First time I did see this Hummingbird in this area, very cool!

And this  red legged Honeycreeper male is enjoying the sun and the nectar of these beautiful flowers!! of the tree...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygium_malaccense

And it's not a bird ..but just as beautiful! Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea):

Greetings and merry Christmas from Terry van Niekerk
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The list of this morning...

caldera, Chiriquí, PA
Dec 21, 2017 7:20 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Historical
2.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     2 spots  sun
54 species

Black Vulture  4     more , did not count exactly
Turkey Vulture  4
Roadside Hawk  1     HO (=heard only)
Ruddy Quail-Dove  2
White-tipped Dove  3
Smooth-billed Ani  3
Striped Cuckoo  1     HO
White-collared Swift  40     approx..big group(bad weather higher in the mountains)
Veraguan Mango  1     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChugF6U1CcU  first time I do see her in this area!

Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  2
Lesson's Motmot  2
Red-crowned Woodpecker  5
Yellow-headed Caracara  1
Laughing Falcon  1     HO
Orange-chinned Parakeet  13
Blue-headed Parrot  7
Brown-throated Parakeet  2
Yellow Tyrannulet  2
Yellow-bellied Elaenia  2
Paltry Tyrannulet  1
Common Tody-Flycatcher  2     HO
Yellow-olive Flycatcher  1
Great Kiskadee  1
Boat-billed Flycatcher  4
Social Flycatcher  1
Tropical Kingbird  4
Masked Tityra  2
Rose-throated Becard  1
Lesser Greenlet  1     HO
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Southern Rough-winged Swallow  3
House Wren  3
Isthmian Wren  2     HO
Clay-colored Thrush  8     approx
Northern Waterthrush  1
Tennessee Warbler  10     in flower tree..approx
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Crimson-backed Tanager  10     approx
Blue-gray Tanager  6
Red-legged Honeycreeper  10     approx
Blue-black Grassquit  1
Variable Seedeater  5
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
Buff-throated Saltator  1
Streaked Saltator  1
Black-striped Sparrow  2     1 heard 1 seen
Summer Tanager  1
Eastern Meadowlark  1
Crested Oropendola  2
Baltimore Oriole  2
Yellow-crowned Euphonia  2
Thick-billed Euphonia  1
Lesser Goldfinch  3

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Christmas bird count 2017

And so another Christmas bird count behind us, most years I did go to finca Hartmann in Santa Clara and also this year,  my favorite spot on "the other side" of the Volcano Baru.
It was sunny and a nice breeze, nice people and good birds.
Here some impressions...

family Hartmann thank you for the hospitality and coffee mmmm

                                  familia Hartmann gracias por la hospitalidad y el café mmmm

"My" birds of the day was  (probably a pair) the 2 white crowned Parrots, I did see them last time, year ago in Bocas del Toro region, nearby Palo seco forest reserve, but then they were in flight, so now I could even take a picture and had a long look at them!

 and even a short video!     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-1FdHNNKLg

It was a good day, down below the bird list.

Greetings from Terry

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Finca Hartmann, Chiriquí, PA
Dec 17, 2017 7:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     Sunny day, some N wind Panama Audubon Christmas bird count
90 species

Black Vulture  4
Turkey Vulture  7
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Green Hermit  1
Brown Violetear  2
White-bellied Mountain-gem  1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  2
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  4
Collared Trogon  1     HO (= heard only)
Red-headed Barbet  4
Fiery-billed Aracari  2
Yellow-throated Toucan  18     active with songs

Olivaceous Piculet  1
Acorn Woodpecker  1
Red-crowned Woodpecker  3
Smoky-brown Woodpecker  1
Yellow-headed Caracara  1
Orange-chinned Parakeet  4
Brown-hooded Parrot  8

Blue-headed Parrot  10
White-crowned Parrot  2     Prob pair
Mealy Parrot  10
Slaty Antwren  2
Olivaceous Woodcreeper  1
Ruddy Foliage-gleaner  1     HO
Spotted Barbtail  1
Mountain Elaenia  1
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher  1
Slaty-capped Flycatcher  5
Rough-legged Tyrannulet  1
Paltry Tyrannulet  2
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant  1
Common Tody-Flycatcher  1
Eye-ringed Flatbill  4     + calls and song
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  2
Bright-rumped Attila  1     HO
Dusky-capped Flycatcher  2
Great Kiskadee  5
Boat-billed Flycatcher  3
Gray-capped Flycatcher  1
Tropical Kingbird  3
White-ruffed Manakin  3
Blue-crowned Manakin  2
Lesser Greenlet  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  10
Philadelphia Vireo  3
House Wren  5
Rufous-breasted Wren  2
White-breasted Wood-Wren  1
Tropical Gnatcatcher  2
Black-faced Solitaire  2
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  1
Mountain Thrush  3
Clay-colored Thrush  4
Northern Waterthrush  1
Golden-winged Warbler  3
Black-and-white Warbler  5
Tennessee Warbler  11
American Redstart  1
Tropical Parula  3
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Blackburnian Warbler  5
Chestnut-sided Warbler  5
Rufous-capped Warbler  2
Golden-crowned Warbler  3
Buff-rumped Warbler  1     HO
Wilson's Warbler  2
Slate-throated Redstart  4
Cherrie's Tanager  3
Blue-gray Tanager  8
Palm Tanager  8
Golden-hooded Tanager  11
Bay-headed Tanager  3
Silver-throated Tanager  8
Green Honeycreeper  7
Variable Seedeater  3
Bananaquit  8
Yellow-faced Grassquit  3
Buff-throated Saltator  1
Streaked Saltator  1
Orange-billed Sparrow  1     HO
Summer Tanager  8
Flame-colored Tanager  1
White-winged Tanager  2     1 HO 1 seen
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager  2
Blue-black Grosbeak  2     HO song
Crested Oropendola  4
Baltimore Oriole  5
Thick-billed Euphonia  2
Lesser Goldfinch  3

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"invasion" of the yellow rumped Warbler

Hello everybody,
yes I did see a new bird, the yellow rumped Warbler (Myrtle race). I did see the birds on a altitude of 1350 meters, 3 of them in a mixed flock. Two of them was a female and one a juvenile male (picture) and I was excited, so then I am late with taking pictures, because I always like to see the bird really good and enjoy that moment.
 Fortunately did hear them also, little calls,  checked it for sure on Xeno-canto, a site with bird calls and songs, very help full always for me.
And yes I do have a picture...

And this morning a nice article about this bird on Ebird...

http://ebird.org/content/camerica/news/have-you-noticed-the-yellow-rumped-warbler-is-invading-central-america/?lang=en

Life is good!

Greetings from Terry

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la India, Chiriquí, PA
Dec 6, 2017 8:10 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     did not count exactly the Hummingbirds  wind from north, sun ,last half hour clouds came in.  https://terryboquetebirdstory.blogspot.com/2017/12/white-tailed-emerald-male-boquete-panama.html
71 species (+1 other taxa)

Black Vulture  6
Turkey Vulture  2
Roadside Hawk  1
Broad-winged Hawk  1
hawk sp.  1
Squirrel Cuckoo  1
Brown Violetear  10     approx prob more  video : https://youtu.be/PdelP-gZ73Q
Lesser Violetear  20     approx , prob more
Magenta-throated Woodstar  8     approx, prob more
Scintillant Hummingbird  6     prob more
Garden Emerald  4
Violet Sabrewing  3
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird  1
White-tailed Emerald  4     video   https://youtu.be/pO0m8rfElP4
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  15     approx , prob more
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  3
Northern Emerald-Toucanet  1
Acorn Woodpecker  3
Red-crowned Woodpecker  4
Golden-olive Woodpecker  1
Yellow-headed Caracara  1
Red-fronted Parrotlet  4     + flight calls
Barred Antshrike  1
Olivaceous Woodcreeper  1
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1
Slaty Spinetail  1     HO
Pale-breasted Spinetail  1
Mountain Elaenia  3
Paltry Tyrannulet  1
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant  1     first time seen in this area
Yellow-olive Flycatcher  1
Dark Pewee  1
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Tropical Kingbird  1
Masked Tityra  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  2
Philadelphia Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
House Wren  2
Rufous-breasted Wren  1
Rufous-and-white Wren  2
Isthmian Wren  4     2 heard 2 seen
Tropical Gnatcatcher  2
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  2
Mountain Thrush  3
Clay-colored Thrush  2
White-throated Thrush  1
Tropical Mockingbird  1
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  1     HO
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  6     prob more , in mixed flock
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat  2
Tropical Parula  1
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  3 (Myrtle)     in mixed flock   + calls  all together in one mixed flock, all white throats
Wilson's Warbler  1
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Bay-headed Tanager  2
Silver-throated Tanager  3
Slaty Flowerpiercer  2
Blue-black Grassquit  3
Variable Seedeater  2
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
Buff-throated Saltator  3
Streaked Saltator  1
Black-striped Sparrow  2
Rufous-collared Sparrow  5
White-naped Brushfinch  2
Summer Tanager  1
White-winged Tanager  3
Baltimore Oriole  3
Lesser Goldfinch  3

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