Saturday, February 6, 2016

adventure of a female magenta throated Woodstar 5th of February 2016... 6th of February Quetzales in love

I was cleaning my house and balcony and I noticed already that a magenta throated Woodstar , female was collecting nest material .
She flew after collecting everytime high into a big tree, so somewhere there she is making a nest.
Wauw , what a energy she had. She was not happy with me cleaning the windows, that was her nest material.
Hummingbirds use the spiderweb as a glue to make the nest sturdy.
So she was trying to make me afraid for her.. well I did stop with cleaning... she was buzzing around me and she was in my face 
No respect for me...but respect for  a rufous tailed Hummingbird, snowy bellied Hummingbird and a violet Sabrewing..they all were upset by her and chased her away. 
But then she was trying to chase away a road side Hawk who was landing in  "her" tree.Hormones do funny things with birds(and humans :) ).

I did go inside our house and OH NOOO she went after me!!
Of course like a lot of Hummingbirds do, she could not find the door to go out anymore.
In more or less 5 minutes she was tired and I picked her up...took (very fast) a picture and brought her outside, she flew away. Half an hour later she was busy with the spider webs again...
Did find this link, pfff...I did good ...    https://www.audubon.org/news/jon-hamm-rescues-small-birds-and-you-can-too

And so today  6th of February 2016 two brand new bird watchers..(never went birdwatching in their lifes) did go with me. We had a lot of fun. We had 5 male and 1 female Quetzal in love...and nice other birds...see down below. Great morning.
Could not resist to take a picture of one male Quetzal.

Boquete, Chiriquí, PA  (1100 m)
Feb 6, 2016 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
0.2 kilometer(s)
Comments:     sunny
39 species

Cattle Egret  2
Black Vulture  7
White-tipped Dove  1
Green Violetear  1
Garden Emerald  1
Violet-headed Hummingbird  1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  2
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  3
Red-crowned Woodpecker  1
Yellow-headed Caracara  2
Yellow-bellied Elaenia  1
Paltry Tyrannulet  1
Common Tody-Flycatcher  2
Black Phoebe  3
Tropical Kingbird  2
Philadelphia Vireo  1
House Wren  2
Rufous-breasted Wren  1     heard
Plain Wren  1     heard
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  1
Clay-colored Thrush  2
White-throated Thrush  1
Tropical Mockingbird  1
Tennessee Warbler  4
Mourning Warbler  1
Rufous-capped Warbler  3
Wilson's Warbler  2
Cherrie's Tanager  3
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Palm Tanager  1
Red-legged Honeycreeper  2
Yellow-faced Grassquit  1
Buff-throated Saltator  2
Summer Tanager  1
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3
Thick-billed Euphonia  3
Elegant Euphonia  2
Lesser Goldfinch  3 
 
Jaramillo arriba, Chiriquí, PA (1700m)
Feb 6, 2016 9:15 AM - 11:05 AM
0.1 kilometer(s)
Comments:     sun, private property
31 species

Black Vulture  3
Brown Violetear  1
Green Violetear  2
White-tailed Emerald  2
Resplendent Quetzal  6
Prong-billed Barbet  1     heard
Sulphur-winged Parakeet  7
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  1     heard
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1
Red-faced Spinetail  2
Mountain Elaenia  2
Dark Pewee  2
Three-wattled Bellbird  1     heard more then 1
Black-and-white Becard  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  1     heard at least 3
Black-faced Solitaire  3
Mountain Thrush  2
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Three-striped Warbler  3
Wilson's Warbler  1
Silver-throated Tanager  2
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  3
Common Chlorospingus  4
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch  2
White-naped Brushfinch  2
Flame-colored Tanager  1
Black-thighed Grosbeak  1
Elegant Euphonia  2
Lesser Goldfinch  4

 http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html

1 comment:

  1. What a nice story! Magenta-throated Woodstar is a nemesis for me... Congratulations!

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