Thursday, November 23, 2017

Time for flowers and Hummingbirds

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.
                                            male    magenta throated Woodstar
                                               lesser violet Ear
                                                juvenile male ruby throated Hummingbird
                                                 stripe throated  Hermit
                                                 fiery throated Hummingbird
female white throated Mountain Gem

Down below some bird lists of the last week.
Greetings and happy birding!!! 
Terry van Niekerk

Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
Nov 17, 2017 7:30 AM - 7:40 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     front of house
28 species (+1 other taxa)

Little Tinamou  1     HO
Spotted Wood-Quail  1     HO
Magenta-throated Woodstar  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  2
Lesson's Motmot  1
Acorn Woodpecker  1
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1
Lance-tailed Manakin  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  1     HO
Clay-colored Thrush  3
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  1     HO
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  3
American Redstart  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Costa Rican Warbler  2
Wilson's Warbler  1
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Bay-headed Tanager  2
Silver-throated Tanager  1
Buff-throated Saltator  2
White-naped Brushfinch  2
Summer Tanager  1
Flame-colored Tanager  1
Baltimore Oriole  1
Golden-browed Chlorophonia  2     heard more
Thick-billed Euphonia  2
http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html

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
http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html

finca Oasis, Chiriquí, PA
Nov 18, 2017 6:45 AM - 12:25 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     sun
57 species

Little Tinamou  1
Black Vulture  8
Turkey Vulture  2
Black Hawk-Eagle  1
Roadside Hawk  2
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Swainson's Hawk  1
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail  3
Ruddy Ground-Dove  9
White-tipped Dove  1
White-collared Swift  10     approx prob more
Vaux's Swift  2
Stripe-throated Hermit  1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  6     approx
Lineated Woodpecker  1
Red-lored Parrot  3     heard more
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1
Ruddy Foliage-gleaner  1
Yellow Tyrannulet  2
Paltry Tyrannulet  2
Common Tody-Flycatcher  2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  1
White-ruffed Manakin  1
Orange-collared Manakin  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  2
Black-chested Jay  4     heard more
House Wren  2
Rufous-breasted Wren  1
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  1     HO
Clay-colored Thrush  3
Golden-winged Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  2
Mourning Warbler  1
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  5
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Rufous-capped Warbler  2
Buff-rumped Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  1
Blue-gray Tanager  5
Golden-hooded Tanager  3
Bay-headed Tanager  1
Green Honeycreeper  1
Variable Seedeater  3
Bananaquit  2
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
Buff-throated Saltator  2
Streaked Saltator  1
Black-striped Sparrow  2
Costa Rican Brushfinch  3
White-naped Brushfinch  1     HO
Summer Tanager  1
Crested Oropendola  1
Baltimore Oriole  1
Yellow-crowned Euphonia  1
Spot-crowned Euphonia  1     HO
http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html

Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
Nov 19, 2017 6:50 AM - 9:55 AM
Protocol: Historical
Comments:     balcony garden forest meadow.. sun
67 species (+1 other taxa)

Little Tinamou  1     HO
Spotted Wood-Quail  1     HO
Cattle Egret  1
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  1
Roadside Hawk  1
Squirrel Cuckoo  1
Common Pauraque  1
Lesser Violetear  2
Magenta-throated Woodstar  1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  2
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  5
Red-crowned Woodpecker  2
Golden-olive Woodpecker  1
Lineated Woodpecker  1
Yellow-headed Caracara  1
Blue-headed Parrot  14
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1
Yellow-bellied Elaenia  4
Mountain Elaenia  2
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher  1
Paltry Tyrannulet  1
Common Tody-Flycatcher  1
Yellow-olive Flycatcher  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  2
Bright-rumped Attila  1
Dusky-capped Flycatcher  1
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Social Flycatcher  2
Tropical Kingbird  2
Lance-tailed Manakin  2
Rufous-browed Peppershrike  2     answering eachother
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
House Wren  2
Rufous-breasted Wren  2
Isthmian Wren  1
Tropical Gnatcatcher  2
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  2
Swainson's Thrush  1
Clay-colored Thrush  6
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  2
Golden-winged Warbler  2
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  3
Rufous-capped Warbler  2
Golden-crowned Warbler  2
Gray-headed Tanager  2     already a week together, in brush giving calls
Blue-gray Tanager  4
Palm Tanager  1
Bay-headed Tanager  3
Silver-throated Tanager  2
Red-legged Honeycreeper  3
Yellow-faced Grassquit  1
Buff-throated Saltator  4
Streaked Saltator  1
Black-striped Sparrow  2
Rufous-collared Sparrow  1
White-naped Brushfinch  2
Summer Tanager  1
Flame-colored Tanager  1
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager  4
Baltimore Oriole  1
Yellow-crowned Euphonia  1
Thick-billed Euphonia  3
Lesser Goldfinch  3
http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html


Sendero Culebra, Chiriquí, PA
Nov 21, 2017 9:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 kilometer(s)
Comments:     sun , last hour clouds came in
46 species (+1 other taxa)

Cattle Egret  13
Black Vulture  2
White-tipped Dove  1
pigeon/dove sp.  1
Fiery-throated Hummingbird  1
Purple-throated Mountain-gem  2
White-throated Mountain-gem  5     approx
Scintillant Hummingbird  2
Prong-billed Barbet  3
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Bat Falcon  1     HO
Crimson-fronted Parakeet  1     HO lower down
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  1     HO
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper  1
Lineated Foliage-gleaner  1
Red-faced Spinetail  2
Paltry Tyrannulet  1
Tufted Flycatcher  2
Dark Pewee  2
Yellowish Flycatcher  1     HO
Black Phoebe  1
Rufous-browed Peppershrike  1     + song
Brown-capped Vireo  2
Blue-and-white Swallow  6     approx , prob more
Scaly-breasted Wren  1     HO
House Wren  1
Ochraceous Wren  1
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  2     heard more
Black-faced Solitaire  1
Clay-colored Thrush  2
Northern Waterthrush  1
Tennessee Warbler  2
Tropical Parula  1
Blackburnian Warbler  2
Wilson's Warbler  1
Slate-throated Redstart  2
Spangle-cheeked Tanager  3
Silver-throated Tanager  4
Slaty Flowerpiercer  2
Yellow-faced Grassquit  1
Common Chlorospingus  8     approx , prob more
Rufous-collared Sparrow  2
Yellow-thighed Finch  2
Summer Tanager  1
Flame-colored Tanager  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Lesser Goldfinch  3
http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html

Tinamou Cottage Boquete, Chiriquí, PA
Nov 23, 2017 4:35 PM - 5:05 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     cloudy/mist  balcony
31 species

Little Tinamou  2     HO
Gray-headed Chachalaca  6
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  3
Red-crowned Woodpecker  2
Golden-olive Woodpecker  1     HO
Lineated Woodpecker  1
Common Tody-Flycatcher  1
Yellow-olive Flycatcher  2
Lance-tailed Manakin  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Rufous-breasted Wren  2
Rufous-and-white Wren  1
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  1
Clay-colored Thrush  5
Rosy Thrush-Tanager  2
Tennessee Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Golden-crowned Warbler  2
Wilson's Warbler  1
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Bay-headed Tanager  2
Silver-throated Tanager  2
Red-legged Honeycreeper  3
Buff-throated Saltator  3
Black-striped Sparrow  1
White-naped Brushfinch  2
Summer Tanager  1
Flame-colored Tanager  1
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager  3
Baltimore Oriole  1
Thick-billed Euphonia  4
http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html