Ovenbird story 23th of January 2017

This morning an Ovenbird did hit the window of our house... I was amazed because normally they  "walk" on the ground looking for insects. Was he spooked by something, we do have the whole day the broad winged Hawk around in the coffee farm and meadow. Maybe that was the reason...
This bird is migrating from  eastern USA all the way to Panama to hit himself or herself to a window in Boquete?!
We don't have these accidents a lot in the 19 years that we live in this house .
One time it was a immature thick billed Euphonia and another time a buff throated Saltator and one clay colored Thrush and now this one... poor thing

He/she was sitting like this for at least 2 hours and suddenly (Hans and I were staring at the bird from the living room..) the eyes did go open!!! 

Yess...high five!! and the Ovenbird flew, maybe with some headache.

Greetings Terry

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bird hike today 22th of January 2017

I was planning to hike to our other farm with our dogs , but I ended up just 3 km's up up the road from  Tinamou cottage. Right away a lot of birds... interesting was around 5 min  (1175m) from our house ( http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html ) I did hear a barred Antshrike and yes I did see her too . I thought I had her complete , but it ended in a bad picture... 
Pretty high up for this bird.

Just before that I did see a (singing) rose throated Becard female , not a bird that we see often in our neighbourhood. Of course my pictures were all without a head... how older I get how more I am going to look a like my Mum...she took loads of pictures of people without head. I do it with birds... :)

My dog Spot took of and went home...he is probably getting annoyed by me  standing still all the time. My Max was loyal and behaved himself as a great birding dog.

Around 9 am it started to be warm and I decided not to move on, turned back  and yes it took a while to come back home... some pictures:  black Hawk Eagle,spot crowned Woodcreeper, Tennessee Warbler, long billed Starthroat

And down below the list.... happy Sunday! Greetings Terry
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Habbus de Kwie road from Tinamou cottage, Chiriquí, PA
Jan 22, 2017 7:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     sun
68 species

Black Vulture  7
Turkey Vulture  3
Black Hawk-Eagle  1
Roadside Hawk  2
Ruddy Ground-Dove  2
White-tipped Dove  2
Squirrel Cuckoo  2
Lesser Violetear  3
Green-crowned Brilliant  1 male
Long-billed Starthroat  1
Violet Sabrewing  2
Black-bellied Hummingbird  1 male
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  2
Acorn Woodpecker  6
Red-crowned Woodpecker  4
Lineated Woodpecker  1
Laughing Falcon  1     only heard song
Blue-headed Parrot  2
Barred Antshrike  1     bad picture, she was shy but singing, first time I do see this bird in that area, 5 min from Tinamou cottage (calle la luge... 1175 m)
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper  1     + call
Paltry Tyrannulet  1
Common Tody-Flycatcher  2
Yellow-olive Flycatcher  1
Dusky-capped Flycatcher  1
Great Kiskadee  3
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Social Flycatcher  2
Tropical Kingbird  1
Lance-tailed Manakin  1
Black-and-white Becard  1
Rose-throated Becard  1
Rufous-browed Peppershrike  1
Philadelphia Vireo  3
Black-chested Jay  7
House Wren  4
Rufous-and-white Wren  1     heard only song
Isthmian Wren  2
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  2
Clay-colored Thrush  3
Tropical Mockingbird  2
Tennessee Warbler  12     maybe more, stop counting
Mourning Warbler  1
Blackburnian Warbler  3
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Rufous-capped Warbler  2
Crimson-backed Tanager  3     garden area 200 meters up the hill from Tinamou cottage (1175 m)
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Palm Tanager  2
Bay-headed Tanager  3
Silver-throated Tanager  2
Blue-black Grassquit  3
Yellow-faced Grassquit  4
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  2
Buff-throated Saltator  2
Streaked Saltator  3     + song
Black-striped Sparrow  2
Rufous-collared Sparrow  2
White-naped Brushfinch  4
Flame-colored Tanager  4
White-winged Tanager  5
Baltimore Oriole  5
Crested Oropendola  1
Yellow-crowned Euphonia  2
Thick-billed Euphonia  3
Elegant Euphonia  2
Lesser Goldfinch  2     heard much more singing

20th 21th of January 2017 some pictures....and a short story

Well the coffee is picked:

  Did have couple of bird trips and did make the cottages ready for a new stream of guests. Yesterday we did some shopping in David and on the way back we took a D tour through the mountains. Pretty hot weather, but for us it was a nice break.

Today work to do on the farm and yes did some bird watching and took some pictures
Always in the Summer we get the golden browed Chlorophonia's on the farm, a lot of food for them, like for the others like bay headed Tanagers, silver throated Tanagers, thick billed and yellow crowned Euphonia's...well see down below the list of this morning...
Here  pictures of the golden browed Chlorophonia female :

And I took a video of her... https://youtu.be/ig8TZxj3LEg

Hans took a picture of a red legged Honeycreeper:

Never get "bored" to watch them.

And he took a picture of the blue gray Tanager in the sun and oh boy he is gray!

Such cool birds!

In the meadow I took a picture of the male magenta throated Woodstar, his hormones are very active. Strange enough I did not see a female yet. He is singing a lot on the tip top of thin branches.

This is also the time for nice insects and some annoying ones too....

shade  on the other side of the leave:

Sunny greetings from Terry

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Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
Jan 21, 2017 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.1 kilometer(s)
Comments:     balcony/garden meadow sun
37 species

Little Tinamou  1     heard , very active last couple of days
Gray-headed Chachalaca  1     heard group
Roadside Hawk  1
White-tipped Dove  1
Lesser Violetear  1
Magenta-throated Woodstar  1
Garden Emerald  1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  5
Lesson's Motmot  2
Red-crowned Woodpecker  2
Yellow-headed Caracara  1
Blue-headed Parrot  2
Brown-throated Parakeet  8
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Tropical Kingbird  1
Lance-tailed Manakin  1
Black-chested Jay  7
Rufous-breasted Wren  1
Clay-colored Thrush  3
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Rufous-capped Warbler  1
Blue-gray Tanager  1
Bay-headed Tanager  3
Silver-throated Tanager  2
Red-legged Honeycreeper  1
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
Buff-throated Saltator  2
Rufous-collared Sparrow  1
Summer Tanager  1
Flame-colored Tanager  1
Thick-billed Euphonia  3
Golden-browed Chlorophonia  2     https://youtu.be/ig8TZxj3LEg   small video
Lesser Goldfinch  2

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18th of January 2017, Summer and a pair of Violaceous Trogons (Gartered Trogons)

                                                         

Yes , this is how the day began on the farm. 

I took the morning off and decided to walk on the farm... on the meadow, where this picture was taken and ended in the coffee farm.

Nice flocks and when I was staring at a nice American Redstart (of course my best picture is without the head...)

The Violaceous Trogon (or new name ..Gartered Trogon) male flew buy and landed in front of my nose... 

I took a movie

.. https://youtu.be/ssIkEM4x4R8

On the video you will see that he start to "sing" because behind me the lady flew in and around.

Directly the male took of and flew very gracious to the tree with the Wasp nest:

In this tree (arrow)

I did check out the tree when they flew off, I cannot see if there is already a nest or a start of making a nest... will keep an eye on it...fingers crossed.

The bird list of this morning... see down below.

Greetings Terry

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Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
Jan 18, 2017 8:10 AM - 11:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 kilometer(s)
Comments:     sun
48 species

Roadside Hawk  1
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Squirrel Cuckoo  1
Lesser Violetear  1
Magenta-throated Woodstar  1
Garden Emerald  2
Violet Sabrewing  1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  2
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  5
Gartered Trogon  2     
Lesson's Motmot  2
Red-crowned Woodpecker  2
Golden-olive Woodpecker  1
Blue-headed Parrot  1
Olivaceous Woodcreeper  1
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher  1
Paltry Tyrannulet  1
Yellow-olive Flycatcher  1
Dusky-capped Flycatcher  2
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Tropical Kingbird  2
Rufous-breasted Wren  1
Rufous-and-white Wren  1
Tropical Gnatcatcher  2
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  1
Clay-colored Thrush  2
Golden-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Tennessee Warbler  5
American Redstart  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Rufous-capped Warbler  2
Wilson's Warbler  3
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Bay-headed Tanager  7
Silver-throated Tanager  3
Red-legged Honeycreeper  2
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  3
Buff-throated Saltator  5
Streaked Saltator  2
White-naped Brushfinch  2
Summer Tanager  1
Flame-colored Tanager  1
Thick-billed Euphonia  3
Lesser Goldfinch  3

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11th of January 2016 a nice summer day

I was up early and we were drinking coffee on the balcony before I was going to work with my "to do" list.
Behind us we did hear the northern wind, the garden was silent, the birds not.
Of course binoculars and playing with my camera... red crowned Woodpecker male:

The blue crowned (Lesson's) Motmot:

The list:

Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
Jan 11, 2017 7:45 AM - 8:10 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     garden, sun
38 species

Little Tinamou  1     heard
Spotted Wood-Quail  1     heard group in forest
Roadside Hawk  1
White-tipped Dove  1
Squirrel Cuckoo  1
Lesser Violetear  1
Magenta-throated Woodstar  1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  2
Gartered Trogon  2
Lesson's Motmot  2
Red-crowned Woodpecker  2
Lineated Woodpecker  1
Yellow-headed Caracara  1
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1
Yellow-olive Flycatcher  1
Boat-billed Flycatcher  3
Tropical Kingbird  2
Clay-colored Thrush  4
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  1
American Redstart  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Rufous-capped Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  1
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Bay-headed Tanager  3
Silver-throated Tanager  2
Red-legged Honeycreeper  1
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  1
Buff-throated Saltator  2
Summer Tanager  1
Flame-colored Tanager  1
Baltimore Oriole  1
Thick-billed Euphonia  2
Golden-browed Chlorophonia  1     heard only, group in coffeefarm

Then up to work and in the afternoon, after all the guests did arrive,  Hans and I decided to get a "fresh nose" higher in the Mountains and so we did:

The northern wind was still roaring, but it was silent on our trail, out of the wind and as you see on the picture, the light was great!

Of course we did see some birds.

The list:

Bajo Mono, Chiriquí, PA
Jan 11, 2017 4:10 PM - 5:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     small hike sunny nice late afternoon
27 species (+1 other taxa)

Lesser Violetear  2
White-throated Mountain-gem  1
Red-headed Barbet  1
Acorn Woodpecker  3
falcon sp.  1
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  2     heard only
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper  1
Red-faced Spinetail  2
Mountain Elaenia  1
Eye-ringed Flatbill  1
White-throated Spadebill  1
Dark Pewee  1
Yellowish Flycatcher  1
Boat-billed Flycatcher  1
Brown-capped Vireo  2
Blue-and-white Swallow  2
Ochraceous Wren  3
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  1     heard only
Mountain Thrush  2
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher  4
Wilson's Warbler  1
Slate-throated Redstart  2
Silver-throated Tanager  2
Slaty Flowerpiercer  1
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch  1
Rufous-collared Sparrow  2
Flame-colored Tanager  2
White-winged Tanager  2

Return home..a nice glass of wine on the Balcony, a nice sunset and very bad food...lovely day :)

Greetings Terry

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New year 2017

End of December 2016 and beginning of January 2017, nice outings with very nice birdwatchers.
And at home in between all the busy holidays.. picking coffee.
Very difficult when you pick coffee and hear constantly birds above you and around you. Specially when the Northern wind is blowing hard in the mountains, the birds are hiding in our little valley ...out of the wind.
The 1th of January was really nice , when 2 fiery billed Aracari's were flying in the farm and did hang around with me for 20 minutes or so. Of course I did not have my camera with me.

Today (3th of January) I did go to the cloud forest, more or less around 1700 M altitude. The birds were hiding, but some were very nicely in the open. Yes finally I took some pictures... my new plan for 2017, taking more pictures. Whether it will work, we will see. Down below (and one above) some of today and a couple of lists of the new year until now.

Greetings Terry

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                              Long tailed silky Flycatcher, left male , right female:

female resplendent Quetzal:

                                                   Sulphur winged Parakeets:

Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
Jan 1, 2017 3:15 PM
Protocol: Incidental
Comments:     Sun  in between rain.  While coffee picking
22 species

Roadside Hawk  1
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Gartered Trogon  1
Lesson's Motmot  1
Fiery-billed Aracari  2
Paltry Tyrannulet  1
Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant  1
Panama Flycatcher  1     + song
Rufous-breasted Wren  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  5     At least
American Redstart  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Rufous-capped Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  2
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Bay-headed Tanager  4     At least
Silver-throated Tanager  2
Buff-throated Saltator  3
Summer Tanager  1
Flame-colored Tanager  1
Golden-browed Chlorophonia  4     Prob. More, group in tree

Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
Jan 2, 2017 3:30 PM
Protocol: Incidental
Comments:     Sun while coffee picking
30 species

Little Tinamou  1     Only heard
Black Vulture  1
Roadside Hawk  1     Only heard
Lesser Violetear  1
Long-billed Starthroat  1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  1
Lesson's Motmot  1
Lineated Woodpecker  1
Yellow-headed Caracara  1
Yellow-olive Flycatcher  2
Dusky-capped Flycatcher  2
Panama Flycatcher  1     Only heard
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Tropical Kingbird  1
Blue-and-white Swallow  5     Aprox
Rufous-breasted Wren  1
Tropical Gnatcatcher  2
Clay-colored Thrush  2
White-throated Thrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  3
Rufous-capped Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  1
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Bay-headed Tanager  2
Silver-throated Tanager  2
Buff-throated Saltator  1
Rufous-collared Sparrow  1     Only heard
Summer Tanager  1

alto Quiel, Chiriquí, PA
Jan 3, 2017 7:25 AM - 11:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     sunny, some wind.. birds were hiding
43 species

Spotted Wood-Quail  1     only heard group
Black Vulture  1
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Ruddy Pigeon  1
Squirrel Cuckoo  1
Lesser Violetear  1
Scintillant Hummingbird  3
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird  1
Resplendent Quetzal  1
Orange-bellied Trogon  1     only heard
Prong-billed Barbet  1
Acorn Woodpecker  3
Hairy Woodpecker  1     only heard
Sulphur-winged Parakeet  20
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  2     only heard
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1     only heard
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Black-and-white Becard  1     only heard
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Yellow-winged Vireo  2     +song
Brown-capped Vireo  1
House Wren  2
Ochraceous Wren  1
Isthmian Wren  1     only heard
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  2     heard more , call and song
Black-faced Solitaire  1
Mountain Thrush  2
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher  5
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Tennessee Warbler  3
Black-cheeked Warbler  2
Three-striped Warbler  3
Wilson's Warbler  5     heard more
Slate-throated Redstart  5
Silver-throated Tanager  1
Yellow-faced Grassquit  4
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  1     heard song
Common Chlorospingus  2
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch  1
Rufous-collared Sparrow  2
White-naped Brushfinch  1
Hepatic Tanager  1  First time I did see this bird in this area
Lesser Goldfinch  3

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