Migration of the birds, exciting times!

 October 3, 2021 

Hello dear readers, I'm hyper again, while I'm working outside you can hear the Migrant Warblers, Flycatchers and Swainson's Thrushes everywhere. 

Also "our" birds are quite active in defending their territory. That's not easy with this "invasion". Yesterday I treated myself again to a day of birding somewhere further away. This time I chose the continental divide area. I enjoyed a day in the Fortuna reserve. It is a long road of 11 km and at the end you end up more in the Caribbean side. 

I stayed the longest at the beginning of the road, about 3 hours and then drove on and stopped now and then. This road is so much fun because you deal with different altitudes and micro climates. This also means different bird opportunities. Also an area with many other cool plants and trees. All in all with the 23 years that I have been coming there, it is still a good entertainment. I am 100% happy when I am there. Hans takes care of the horses and dogs, so I don't have to go to the horses in the early morning (which I really like, but it saves time) I roll out of bed, make coffee, fill my thermos and take my bowl of fruit I'll eat that when I'm on the spot. It is about a little over 1 hour drive. I arrived  at 7.15am.

Above my first bird of that day, a Louisiana Waterthrush

 I drive away when it is a bit light, it also saves time and then I can see what the weather is like, I wanted to go a month ago, but then it was intensely dark  cloudy in that area and so I went the other way. was a good choice, because that day I heard that it had rained quite a bit in that area. It does that a lot there, that's why it's so green and lush. I haven't had any rain this day, just a few splashes. Did start with some fog, but I managed to see the birds quite good. 

                                           A keel billed Toucan in the mist

As soon as I drove down, it got warmer and sunnier. So around 1pm I retreated into the woods and successfully, bird wise.

a red tailed Hawk above

Above you can see ..loads of forest and a cute immature black Vulture and adult

This was half way ... going down on the road.

  

And more at the end of the road you can see the caribbean sea:

above ..always there is a Sloth to see.

Above a brown billed Scythebill, different ..I was confused...because of the spots on the belly, but the bill was clear...maybe a mix??? with spotted  Woodcreeper and a Scythebill????

During the day, Barn Swallows and other Swallows were constantly around me. Really a lot! They love that road. Yes, the migration is really underway!

Down below my list of  this day.

Enjoy this nice time of year!

greetings from Terry

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Camino de la Divisoria Continental, Ngäbe-Buglé, PA
Oct 2, 2021 7:15 AM - 3:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
11.0 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments:     all kinds of weather... Fortuna reserve... loads of Swallows and blackburnian Warblers
82 species (+3 other taxa)

Short-billed Pigeon  1
Squirrel Cuckoo  1
Green Hermit  3
Stripe-throated Hermit  2
Green-crowned Brilliant  1
White-bellied Mountain-gem  1
Violet-headed Hummingbird  1
Crowned Woodnymph  1
White-throated Crake  1     heard only
Black Vulture  X
Turkey Vulture  2
Red-tailed Hawk (costaricensis)  1
Collared Trogon (Orange-bellied)  2
Broad-billed Motmot  1     heard only
Keel-billed Toucan  3
Merlin  1     hunting ..good view on him
Fasciated Antshrike  2
Black-crowned Antshrike  1
Russet Antshrike (Tawny)  3     2 heard 1 seen
Zeledon's Antbird  1     heard only
Ochre-breasted Antpitta  1
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  1     heard only
Rufous-breasted Antthrush  1     heard only
Spotted Woodcreeper (Berlepsch's)  1
Brown-billed Scythebill  1     first I thought it was the spotted Woodcreeper, because of the spots on the belly..then I did see the bill.. I almost think it is a mix between a scythebill and spotted Woodcreeper
Lineated Foliage-gleaner  2
Spotted Barbtail  1
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant  2     1 seen 1 heard
Mistletoe Tyrannulet  1
Tufted Flycatcher  1
Western Wood-Pewee  2     + songs, all very close together in same area
Eastern Wood-Pewee  3
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee  4
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  1     + calls
Empidonax sp.  1
Golden-bellied Flycatcher  2
Tropical Kingbird  2
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Bank Swallow  X
Barn Swallow  X
Barn Swallow (American)  X
Long-billed Gnatwren  1
Scaly-breasted Wren  1     heard only
House Wren  1
Band-backed Wren  2
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  5
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush  2     1 seen 1 heard
Swainson's Thrush  5     heard more calls
Clay-colored Thrush  2
Golden-browed Chlorophonia  X     heard only
Yellow-crowned Euphonia  2     heard more
Olive-backed Euphonia  2
Tawny-capped Euphonia  5
Common Chlorospingus  X
Black-striped Sparrow  1
Orange-billed Sparrow  1
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch  1
White-naped Brushfinch (Yellow-throated)  2
Louisiana Waterthrush  1
Northern Waterthrush  3
Golden-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Mourning Warbler  3     1heard 2 seen
American Redstart  1
Tropical Parula  2
Blackburnian Warbler  X     lost count..mostly males ..3 females only
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Costa Rican Warbler  5
Canada Warbler  3
Slate-throated Redstart  2
Summer Tanager  4
White-winged Tanager  X     heard only
Tawny-crested Tanager  5
White-lined Tanager  4
Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Passerini's)  4
Blue-gray Tanager  4
Palm Tanager  4
Golden-hooded Tanager  3
Silver-throated Tanager  4
Green Honeycreeper  1
Blue-black Grassquit  2
Yellow-bellied Seedeater  1
Bananaquit  3
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
Buff-throated Saltator  4

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Resplendent Quetzal in cloud forest Boquete (Panama)

Hello again.......It was a "cold" morning, a lot of birds and a nice silhouette of the resplendent Quetzal (male) ..you don't see the colors, but still he is stunning and special.

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shooooort video ...orange collared Manakin male

Yes a very short video of a nice male orange collared Manakin (Male) While watching a blue-black Grosbeak, he popped out of the brush...very quick I took a video. Such a stunning bird. http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html http://terryboquetebirdstory.blogspot.com/ https://ebird.org/profile/NjIxMjky/world

western Wood-Pewee ...the first migrant bird on our farm this season....

Hello readers....and so.... not the black -and-white Warbler is the first migrant  bird this season...but the western Wood-Pewee. 

Since last week a lot of blackburnian Warbler are coming through and of course the sweet black-and-white Warblers(mostly females), did see already some Wilson's Warblers(males) and  also Canadian Warblers (Males) 

Because it is wet season now, in the afternoon we do have showers. But the last 4 days also dry late afternoons and then it is super! to watch the birds. They love those afternoons.... like me... "our" birds are in these days more alive, because they don't like all those" strangers". So I did see some ugly fights. 

Even a nice cute white browed Gnatcatcher was chasing away a female black-and-white Warbler.

You understand, I am a lot outside with my binoculars. Great times in birdy wonderland.

Greetings  from Terry

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wedge tailed Grass Finch in Boquete Panama

Hello all....

a wedge tailed Grass Finch in Boquete Panama... 7th of May 1999 I did see this grass Finch in Boquete for the last time. This area where I did see him did not burn the last 2 years and that means that more different grasses survived. And yes it is a very nice habitat for these kind of birds.

It was a nice late afternoon..after a rainy afternoon the sky did go open and it was so beautiful.

Here some pictures...to give you an idea... Greetings from Terry (you can find my bird list on E-bird)

                                            Jaramillo area (where our farm is)

                                            Volcan Baru

                                            white winged Dove

                                            the surprise of the day wedge tailed Grass Finch

                                            a cute House Wren

                                            yellow faced Grassquit male

Our other farm...

 Hello readers!!

Our other farm..."finca Potoo", 25 hectares... 22 years ago it was mainly pasture with cows... now it is forest...so happy with it! Now with the climate problems, I really am happy that we can do something... well actually it grows by itself... over the years I see more and more birds on this farm which makes sense. I occasionally throw around some other seed from other areas of forest in Boquete. We have quite a few different types of oak trees. And other species sometimes come out of nowhere. Probably through birds and other animals. It's a joy to be there. And it is also a "feel good" forest ...especially in the times we live in now.

Greetings from Terry

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Bird watching on the coast

 Hello everyone, it's time for a story...actually every day I do watch birds and make my daily list. At the moment there are many young birds with their sometimes confusing plumage and of course the adult birds that are molting. Today is August 1th... and THE month where is the chance of seeing migration birds present again. Who will I see first!!! I'm betting on a black and white Warbler....

Last week I went to the coast again...rice fields and sniffed the sea! The road to the coast has been improved so I was actually at my destination in an hour from our farm/home. A few days before a Cattle Tyrant had been seen, I had never seen that one before, so I hoped for that too...but it's always nice to see the "normal" coast birds again...the different types of herons, Jacana's , Wood Storks... you name it... nice to see some Glossy Ibises and a few Inca Doves again. And well I haven't seen the Tyrant ...but I did see a new bird for me in Panama... the Limpkin...

He/she flew over, at first I thought of a glossy Ibis, but his bill was different, less curved and a bit more heavier and orange with a black at the end...quickly looking further some white stripes in the neck and then quickly a photo... unfortunately blurry and too far away.

Next time I hope to see him in the field on two legs. It reminded me a bit of the Crane in the Netherlands.

I will add my "best" photos of that morning to this story. All in all... it was a nice morning.

In the afternoon I picked my photos and made my list... I'll add it to my story.

Until next time.

Greetings from Terry

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More lists on E-bird

Playa La Barqueta--Pantanos, Chiriquí, PA
Jul 29, 2021 8:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments:     cloudy 24C
60 species

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck  40     approx amount...also 15 chicks 1 nest
Inca Dove  2
Plain-breasted Ground Dove  1
Ruddy Ground Dove  4
Smooth-billed Ani  4
Lesser Nighthawk  1

Purple Gallinule  3
Limpkin  1     first I thought it was a glossy Ibis, but the beak was different , somewhat curved  orange/yellowish bill..at the end dark and I did see some white spots nearby head and in neck. I took a fast picture...but it was blurry...fly over
Black-necked Stilt (Black-necked)  2     pair
Southern Lapwing  7
Northern Jacana  X
Willet  2
Laughing Gull  1     dead immature
Wood Stork  9

Magnificent Frigatebird  2
Anhinga  3
Neotropic Cormorant  9
Brown Pelican  1
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron  1     through car window
Great Egret  X     a lot , did not count...approx 100
Snowy Egret  3
Little Blue Heron  2
Cattle Egret  15
Green Heron  5
Black-crowned Night-Heron  4

White Ibis  2

Glossy Ibis  2     flew over together
Pearl Kite  1
Roadside Hawk  1
Ringed Kingfisher  2
Green Kingfisher  1
Red-crowned Woodpecker  3
Crested Caracara  1
Yellow-headed Caracara  3
Laughing Falcon  1
Bat Falcon  2
Orange-chinned Parakeet  8
Red-lored Parrot  2
Brown-throated Parakeet  6
Common Tody-Flycatcher  2
Great Kiskadee  5
Rusty-margined Flycatcher  1
Tropical Kingbird  3
Fork-tailed Flycatcher  1
Scrub Greenlet  1
Southern Rough-winged Swallow  4
Gray-breasted Martin  5
House Wren  1
Tropical Mockingbird (Tropical)  3
House Sparrow  1
Yellow-crowned Euphonia  2
Eastern Meadowlark  1
Red-breasted Meadowlark  3
Great-tailed Grackle  3
Blue-gray Tanager  4
Palm Tanager  3
Blue-black Grassquit  5
Variable Seedeater  3
Morelet's Seedeater  4
Yellow-bellied Seedeater  2

And a very nice... very Panamanian scene...on the back ground loads of great Egrets/Cattle Egrets: