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):
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!
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
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...
I did go back to my spot (see former post) and more different species of Hummingbirds. Summer is really there! See list down below... Oe yes and a lifer for me! yellow rumped Warbler
Greetings from Terry
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.
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
Hello everybody!
Still we have some days of mist and clouds and rain...but also days with nice sunny mornings and in the afternoon some clouds and rain. Yes the dry season is coming and the signs are here.
The Hummingbirds are really active and easier to see... the flowers are already numerous!!
So let's give you an impression of the flowers...
And so this is just a small impression of the flowers that are blooming, but you get an idea.
Hummingbirds are pretty active with all that nectar!
Not easy to take pictures...but here they are a few ....
You can click on the pictures to see the birds better.
la India, Chiriquí, PA
Nov 17, 2017 8:15 AM - 11:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
Comments: sun last hour clouds, lot of mixed flocks with migration Warblers/ Vireos.. so the counts are approx...
56 species (+3 other taxa)
Black Vulture 15 approx
Turkey Vulture 2
Roadside Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 2
hawk sp. 1
Ruddy Ground-Dove 4
White-tipped Dove 2
Lesser Violetear 8 approx
Magenta-throated Woodstar 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 did show a few red spots near the base of the throat (male juv)
Scintillant Hummingbird 1
Garden Emerald 3
Violet Sabrewing 3
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird 5
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 3
hummingbird sp. 1 I am almost sure that it was a female ruby throated Hummingbird, because of very white belly and a very small postocular spot. Female garden Emerald , that I thought first...has a long white stripe
Acorn Woodpecker 3
Yellow-headed Caracara 1
Pale-breasted Spinetail 1 HO
Mountain Elaenia 2
Paltry Tyrannulet 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Social Flycatcher 2
Tropical Kingbird 2
Lance-tailed Manakin 1
Masked Tityra 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Philadelphia Vireo 2
Brown-capped Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue-and-white Swallow 20 approx
House Wren 2
Isthmian Wren 2
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush 1
Clay-colored Thrush 3
White-throated Thrush 1
Tropical Mockingbird 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 10 approx, prob more
American Redstart 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Rufous-capped Warbler 2
Wilson's Warbler 1
Blue-gray Tanager 2
Silver-throated Tanager 2
Blue-black Grassquit 5
Yellow-faced Grassquit 2
Buff-throated Saltator 1
Black-striped Sparrow 2
Rufous-collared Sparrow 5
White-naped Brushfinch 2
Summer Tanager 1
Flame-colored Tanager 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Baltimore Oriole 1 heard more
Lesser Goldfinch 2
This morning finally I had more time to check out all those birds around us... high peak of migration birds, all day we hear the little sounds of them. They are very active so I took a video of a much easier bird, our bird ...the blue gray Tanager eating berries, but on the video you can hear the sounds of the migration birds!
While I was staring into the forest around the cottages with all those energetic birds, I was thinking...where is this reminding me of... suddenly I did know that.... last week friends of us did visit us with two kids of 5 and 7 years old, on the moment they did enter our house I felt the same energy as I felt this morning in the forest... hectic, sweet, energy, not organized, lovable, messy and enjoyable....
Anyway it was a good morning ..sun summer day and I love our farm, I don't blame the birds..what is more attractive then a water stream, muddy area, coffee trees, flowers, berries, open area, not organized messy dead woody areas....
and some patient bird dogs....
https://youtu.be/RM0URTPPUs8 another video of rosy Thrush Tanager this morning behind the little Tinamou cottage and of course the bird list of this morning ...see down below...
Greetings from Terry☺ http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html
Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
Oct 17, 2017 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Comments: sun , wind from north, birding around cottages
51 species (+1 other taxa)
Little Tinamou 1 HO (heard only)
Gray-headed Chachalaca 6
Turkey Vulture 2
White-tipped Dove 1
pigeon/dove sp. 1 too fast flew away, I think ruddy Quail Dove
Squirrel Cuckoo 1
Stripe-throated Hermit 1
Violet Sabrewing 1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird 1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 4
Lesson's Motmot 1
Red-crowned Woodpecker 1
Golden-olive Woodpecker 1
Lineated Woodpecker 1
Bat Falcon 1 + call fly over... last few days seen above meadows(hunting)
Olivaceous Woodcreeper 1 + call
Streak-headed Woodcreeper 1
Mountain Elaenia 1
Yellow-olive Flycatcher 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 + calls
Boat-billed Flycatcher 2
Lance-tailed Manakin 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Black-chested Jay 2 fighting with the window image
House Wren 1
Rufous-breasted Wren 1
Tropical Gnatcatcher 2
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush 2
Clay-colored Thrush 2
White-throated Thrush 1
Rosy Thrush-Tanager 3 https://youtu.be/RM0URTPPUs8
19th of October 2017 I did go out this morning...soo much birds here on the farm in the forest.So here an addition
Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
Oct 19, 2017 8:50 AM - 10:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
Comments: forest.. cloudy huge bird activity ...Ant swarm and a lot of berries on the trees
55 species (+1 other taxa)
Little Tinamou 1 HO
Gray-headed Chachalaca 2 heard more
Turkey Vulture 2
Squirrel Cuckoo 1
Stripe-throated Hermit 1
Lesser Violetear 1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird 2
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 2
Lesson's Motmot 1
Lineated Woodpecker 1 HO
Yellow-headed Caracara 2
Brown-throated Parakeet 2
White-flanked Antwren 1 + call... first time seen on farm
Ruddy Woodcreeper 2 Ant Swarm
Cocoa Woodcreeper 1
Streak-headed Woodcreeper 2
Yellow-bellied Elaenia 2
Mountain Elaenia 1
Paltry Tyrannulet 1
Western Wood-Pewee 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 2 + calls and one with song
Bright-rumped Attila 1 HO song
Lance-tailed Manakin 2
Rufous-browed Peppershrike 1 HO
Red-eyed Vireo 5 ( eating berries)
Black-chested Jay 2 heard more
Rufous-breasted Wren 2
Rufous-and-white Wren 1
Isthmian Wren 1 HO
Tropical Gnatcatcher 4
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush 4
Swainson's Thrush 3
Clay-colored Thrush 2
White-throated Thrush 1
Rosy Thrush-Tanager 1 heard more
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush 1
Golden-winged Warbler 3 1 seen on edge of forest, 1 at the stream and 1 (female) above the waterfall
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Tennessee Warbler 2
Rufous-capped Warbler 2
Golden-crowned Warbler 2 + song and new on the farm!
Buff-rumped Warbler 1 + song
Wilson's Warbler 1
Blue-gray Tanager 2
Bay-headed Tanager 1
Silver-throated Tanager 2
Red-legged Honeycreeper 3
Thick-billed Seed-Finch 2 in bamboo + call 1 heard 1 male seen
Buff-throated Saltator 3
Black-striped Sparrow 1
White-naped Brushfinch 1
Flame-colored Tanager 2
White-winged Tanager 1 heard more
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager 5
Thick-billed Euphonia 1
Lesser Goldfinch 2
September 2017... one day to go and October is there! Time is flying. September is a month where we paint..fix things... getting ready for high season. But September is of course also exciting because the migrant birds are coming back or coming through. My ears and eyes are open, well always, but now double sharp! A very great Warbler and a lifer for me was the yellow-throated Warbler on the continental Divide on the 24th of September.
The first migration bird this season was on the 12th of August ...a Louisiana Waterthrush.On 1750 meter alitude.
Then regular I do see the black and white Warbler (first one 14 th of August on 1650 m altitude), American Redstart (first one 2th of September on 1250 m altitude), black burnian Warblers (first one 16th September here on the farm , 1250 m altitude)and the red eyed Vireo's ( first one 15th of September here on the farm)yellow bellied Flycatcher ( first one 6 September here on the farm) and of course the western Wood Pewee's see picture ( first one 6th of August on 600 m altitude)
Now it is waiting for the rest!!!
"Our birds" were pretty active in September and still ... young birds who were born in this year, fighting over territory. Even still everyday we have heard clay colored Thrushes singing on the farm.And always interesting that when there is a migrant bird coming through, some birds are upset with these newcomers. Specially the rufous capped Warblers, silver throated Warblers are quite territorial.
Never a boring moment in "bird country".
A lot of birds are molting, changing the feathers. So at this moment they hide more, keep themselves safe. And they do sunning (sunbaths) and anting (Antbaths), both is about cleaning their feathers and get rid of mites and other parasites. Sunning can be also just warming up after a cold night, rain showers or just to relax. This is all a very short explanation, there is more to tell about this.
Anyway this pair of tropical Gnatcatchers were busy the whole morning to take a sunbath. It was in front of our house on an old Squirrel nest, after the Squirrel left the nest, two blue gray Tanagers made a nest in it, then after that a thick billed Euphonia and bay headed Tanagers did use nest material from that nest...then the wind did damage the nest and now it is flat "thing" where the pair of Tropical Gnatcatchers took their baths...isn't that cool!
Male...
Female....
And of course a you tube video, (I had to zoom in..did not want to disturb , this time I moved more then the energetic Gnatcatchers :) )
la India, Chiriquí, PA
Sep 2, 2017 8:10 AM - 10:20 AM
Comments: sun and last hour clouds came in
51 species
Little Tinamou 1 HO
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Roadside Hawk 1
Scaled Pigeon 2
White-tipped Dove 4
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird 1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 2
Acorn Woodpecker 5
Red-crowned Woodpecker 2
Yellow-headed Caracara 1
Streak-headed Woodcreeper 1
Pale-breasted Spinetail 1 HO
Yellow-bellied Elaenia 1
Mountain Elaenia 1
Paltry Tyrannulet 2
Yellow-olive Flycatcher 1
Western Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Dusky-capped Flycatcher 1
Great Kiskadee 1 HO
Tropical Kingbird 2
Black-and-white Becard 2
Rufous-browed Peppershrike 1
Lesser Greenlet 2
Brown-capped Vireo 1 + song
Blue-and-white Swallow 30
House Wren 2
Isthmian Wren 2
Tropical Gnatcatcher 2
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush 2
Clay-colored Thrush 2
Tropical Mockingbird 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
American Redstart 1
Tropical Parula 1
Rufous-capped Warbler 2
Costa Rican Warbler 3
Wilson's Warbler 1 first one this season...
Slate-throated Redstart 1
Blue-gray Tanager 2
Blue-black Grassquit 10 approx, seen , heard more
Yellow-bellied Seedeater 3
Yellow-faced Grassquit 2
Buff-throated Saltator 2
Black-striped Sparrow 2
Rufous-collared Sparrow 12 approx, heard more
White-naped Brushfinch 4
Flame-colored Tanager 1
White-winged Tanager 3
Lesser Goldfinch 5
marina Pedregal, Chiriquí, PA nearby David down town on coast
Sep 4, 2017 8:50 AM - 10:05 AM
Comments: clouds
19 species (+1 other taxa)
Magnificent Frigatebird 2
Anhinga 1
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron 1 :
Little Blue Heron 1
White Ibis 4
Black Vulture 7
Roadside Hawk 1
Southern Lapwing 1 HO
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Pale-vented Pigeon 1
Ruddy Ground-Dove 2
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird 1
Red-crowned Woodpecker 2
Lineated Woodpecker 1 HO
Yellow-headed Caracara 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1:
cordillera, Chiriquí, PA
Sep 9, 2017 6:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.1 kilometer(s)
Comments: thin clouds
62 species (+4 other taxa)
Gray-headed Chachalaca 5
Cattle Egret 5
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Band-tailed Pigeon 7
Squirrel Cuckoo 2
White-collared Swift 50 approx, group flew over
Purple-crowned Fairy 1
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird 1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird 1
hummingbird sp. 1
Lattice-tailed Trogon 1 + call first time for me in this area
Olivaceous Piculet 2
Red-crowned Woodpecker 2
Crested Caracara 1
Yellow-headed Caracara 2
Laughing Falcon 1 HO
Blue-headed Parrot 1 + call
Red-lored Parrot 4
Brown-throated Parakeet 4
Ruddy Foliage-gleaner 1 + song
Slaty Spinetail 1
Pale-breasted Spinetail 2 + song
Yellow Tyrannulet 2
Paltry Tyrannulet 2
Common Tody-Flycatcher 2
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Empidonax sp. 1 no eye ring, brighter wing bars, pumping tail..somewhat yellowish on belly..Willow?
Great Kiskadee 1
Boat-billed Flycatcher 2
Social Flycatcher 3
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher 1 + call
Tropical Kingbird 2
White-ruffed Manakin 2 :
Lesser Greenlet 2
Blue-and-white Swallow 8 approx
swallow sp. 2 It looked like the northern rough winged Swallow, too dark and too far away for ID
Scaly-breasted Wren 1 did see movement, heard more the song
House Wren 1
Riverside Wren 1 HO
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush 1 HO
Clay-colored Thrush 1
Tropical Parula 2
Buff-rumped Warbler 1 HO
Slate-throated Redstart 1
Cherrie's Tanager 8 approx
Blue-gray Tanager 6
Golden-hooded Tanager 4
Bay-headed Tanager 4
Silver-throated Tanager 2
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis 2
Blue Dacnis 1 + call:
palma real, Chiriquí, PA
Sep 9, 2017 11:00 AM - 12:25 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: clouds
50 species (+2 other taxa)
Black Vulture 2
Roadside Hawk 1
White-tipped Dove 1
Smooth-billed/Groove-billed Ani 2
Squirrel Cuckoo 1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 1
Lesson's Motmot 1
Olivaceous Piculet 2
Slaty Antwren 1 + song
Dusky Antbird 1 + song
Bicolored Antbird 1 + song
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper 1 very territorial towards the spotted Woodcreeper, chasing him away all the time.. + call
Spotted Woodcreeper 1 + song
Streaked Xenops 1 + song, first time I do see this bird in this area
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet 2 + song
Greenish Elaenia 1 + call
Paltry Tyrannulet 1
Yellow-olive Flycatcher 1
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Bright-rumped Attila 2 + song
Great Kiskadee 1 HO
Social Flycatcher 2
Tropical Kingbird 2
Orange-collared Manakin 5
Lesser Greenlet 1
Black-chested Jay 4
Scaly-breasted Wren 1 heard only
House Wren 1
Rufous-breasted Wren 2
Isthmian Wren 1 HO
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush 1
Clay-colored Thrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Rufous-capped Warbler 2
Cherrie's Tanager 5
Blue-gray Tanager 4
Palm Tanager 2
Bay-headed Tanager 4
Blue Dacnis 1
Green Honeycreeper 2
Yellow-bellied Seedeater 1
Bananaquit 3
Yellow-faced Grassquit 2
Buff-throated Saltator 4
Streaked Saltator 1
Black-striped Sparrow 1
Orange-billed Sparrow 1 + song
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager 5
Blue-black Grosbeak 1
Crested Oropendola 2 + song
Yellow-crowned Euphonia 3
Spot-crowned Euphonia 2 + song
Sendero Culebra, Chiriquí, PA
Sep 19, 2017 9:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
Comments: sun
39 species
White-throated Mountain-gem 2 :
