Thursday, May 19, 2016

Birding on our farm, crazy times

I was planning to take it easy today, but everytime I was outside and walking on the farm. So much things are happening!!
Already when I try to email people..I do see out of the office window a pair of yellow green Vireo's who are all the time angry. Really so angry that they attacked yesterday a rufous and white Wren, who has a nest in front of the window ( see blog http://terryboquetebirdstory.blogspot.com/2016/05/still-some-migration-birds-on-farm-1th.html ).
Together with a female angry thick billed Euphonia who has the nest on the other site.
The rufous and white Wren was on the ground and on the Wren was the Euphonia and two yellow green Vireos.
Wauw..The Wren survived and did return in the nest. The Euphonia's and yellow green Vireo's...they accept each other..also the couple of Blue gray Tanagers and a clay colored Thrush , who have a nest close by..they are o.k. with every one. They all stole also nest material from the nest of the rufous and white Wren.
 Why they hate the Wren so much?.. I don't understand.
On the other side of  our house is a nest of  yellow green Vireo's who are just doing their work and do not bother with the war  on the other side...so peacefull.



These 2 immatures are 4 days old. The other nest only one immature, maybe that is the reason why the parents are more agressive.. this little one is almost ready to go:
While I was taking the pictures... the Euphonia was checking me out...

Here you can see the situation of the "war zone", pink = clay colored Thrush nest, red = yellow green Vireo nest, blue = blue gray Tanager nest, green = rufous and white Wren nest, white = thick billed Euphonia nest
The list of today...
Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
May 19, 2016 9:10 AM - 12:20 PM
2.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     warm humid, some clouds some sun
60 species

Little Tinamou  1     heard
Gray-headed Chachalaca  3
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  1
Roadside Hawk  1
Pale-vented Pigeon  1
Scaled Pigeon  1
Ruddy Quail-Dove  1
White-tipped Dove  1
White-collared Swift  5     flew over
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  2
Gartered Trogon  1     heard
Blue-crowned Motmot  1
Red-crowned Woodpecker  3
Lineated Woodpecker  1
Yellow-headed Caracara  1
Blue-headed Parrot  1     heard group flew over
Brown-throated Parakeet  6     flew over
Cocoa Woodcreeper  1     calling
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1
Yellow-bellied Elaenia  1
Lesser Elaenia  1
Mountain Elaenia  3
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher  2
Sepia-capped Flycatcher  2
Paltry Tyrannulet  1
Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant  1
Bright-rumped Attila  1
Boat-billed Flycatcher  1     heard
Piratic Flycatcher  2
Lance-tailed Manakin  2     heard more
Yellow-green Vireo  7     heard more
Lesser Greenlet  2
Black-chested Jay  3
House Wren  1
Rufous-breasted Wren  1
Tropical Gnatcatcher  2
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  3     heard more
Clay-colored Thrush  4     heard more
White-throated Thrush  2
Rufous-capped Warbler  3
Blue-gray Tanager  4
Bay-headed Tanager  3
Silver-throated Tanager  4
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis  2
Red-legged Honeycreeper  3
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  1     heard more
Buff-throated Saltator  4
Streaked Saltator  2
Black-striped Sparrow  2
Orange-billed Sparrow  1
Rufous-collared Sparrow  1
White-naped Brushfinch  2
Flame-colored Tanager  1
Yellow-crowned Euphonia  2
Thick-billed Euphonia  3
Elegant Euphonia  1
Lesser Goldfinch  2
http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html

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