Very nice guests in the cottages, they did send me some pictures, I will not put them all here, but I like to share (they are o.k. with it, thanks Erik and Frederike) A nice tropical Kingbird , we did see him eating this bug on the birding trip:
And a red crowned Woodpecker , very nice picture:
Our farm is really good for them..for the coffee trees a little bit a problem , because we have too much shade trees and the coffee get's not enough light. So we have to make more light...but we did decide not to prune the big trees that and accept that we get more birds and less amount of coffee berries.
The coffee trees are looking pretty good and we will have enough coffee for ourselves and our guests.
I was watching some buff throated Satators and streaked Saltators eating the skin of coffee berries, I did see that before...but they also put the bean( with a sweet mucus around it) in their beak and "sucking" on it and then they spit it out..that is what I never saw before.
Then yesterday in the cloud forest a female and male white throated Hummingbird were sitting next to each other...clearly it is mating season for them and many other Hummingbirds. But you don't see these Hummers sitting next to each other..so that was special to see...that is what I never saw before. The poor girl she will built herself the nests , feed the little ones.
The man will chase away other Hummers, he is busy with that the whole year.
Then about the same male white throated Mountain Gem... we were watching him very good and he was flashing cobalt blue down below his white throat , same color what he has a lot of times on his forehead.
..that is what I never saw before.
Unfortunately it is not on the picture...
And then today we found to "Porn" lizards, they were very happy (1750 m), I have to find out which species.
..that is what I never saw before.
And on Friday the 13th I did see this green Butterfly.. I did find the name...
Siproeta stelenes ( http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/siproeta-stelenes ) .that is what I never saw before.
And so we live here more then 18 years and still we do see new things, what a great life!
Of course I do have quite a bit of bird lists and I download them on Ebird.
But the nicest list was the list from our own farm, I did go feeding the horses ..fortunately with my binoculars and in a very short moment ... Army Ants all over and of course a lot of birds!!!! yes I did see that before ...but every time those Ant swarms, I love to watch that!
Tinamou Cottage Boquete, ChiriquÃ, PA Nov 18, 2015 4:35 PM - 5:15 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: in between showers a nice Ant swarm around the horse stable..good birds 34 species Roadside Hawk 1 White-tipped Dove 2 Garden Emerald 1 Snowy-bellied Hummingbird 1 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 1 Blue-crowned Motmot 2 Blue-headed Parrot 3 fly over Ruddy Woodcreeper 1 Yellow-bellied Elaenia 1 Ochre-bellied Flycatcher 1 Sepia-capped Flycatcher 1 Common Tody-Flycatcher 2 Boat-billed Flycatcher 2 Lance-tailed Manakin 1 House Wren 1 Rufous-and-white Wren 1 Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush 2 Swainson's Thrush 1 Clay-colored Thrush 3 White-throated Thrush 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Tennessee Warbler 2 Slate-throated Redstart 2 Gray-headed Tanager 2 Blue-gray Tanager 2 Bay-headed Tanager 3 Silver-throated Tanager 1 Rosy Thrush-Tanager 2 Buff-throated Saltator 3 Streaked Saltator 1 White-naped Brushfinch 2 Summer Tanager 1 Flame-colored Tanager 1 Red-crowned Ant-Tanager 3
And so almost 2 weeks passed by quick..almost December 2015.. I never had so much Dutch bird watchers on a trip like in this November month, all new great bird watchers, all enthusiastic, it was fun!
Also a great birding trip with our dear friends, every year they come 2 x and we go out together.
This is a nice picture of a torrent Tyrannulet, took that yesterday... a good end of this blog story...
Yes, you are welcome to stay in one of our cottages in our forest...
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