Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Highland Tinamou roosting place



Hans  and I did go this late afternoon to the cloud forest , the planning was to see and hear some Owls and probably there is a Oilbird in that area, because a colleague  birdwatcher (thanks:) ) did give me a tip that they found last weekend feathers of the Oilbird. So up to the cloud forest... unfortunately heavy rain and thunderstorm last hour..so we returned earlier then we thought... but we did see a highland Tinamou roosting and more, so that was nice.
Greetings from Terry
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The list of tonight:
Highland Tinamou  3     2 heard 1 seen... roosting(7.15pm) too dark for picture , but video turned out fine https://youtu.be/DyOUYFvG0e8
Black Guan  1    https://youtu.be/CyFVY1HVO1s  .. smaller size, prob. Juvenile very fluffy head feathers
Lesser Violetear  3
Talamanca Hummingbird  1
Violet Sabrewing  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Resplendent Quetzal  1
Prong-billed Barbet  1     HO song
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  1     HO
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper  1
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner  1
Lineated Foliage-gleaner  3     feeding immature
Streak-breasted Treehunter  1
Spotted Barbtail  2
Red-faced Spinetail  2
White-throated Spadebill  1
Eye-ringed Flatbill  1     heard more
Tufted Flycatcher  2
Dark Pewee  2
Yellowish Flycatcher  1
Black Phoebe  1
Brown-capped Vireo  3
Ochraceous Wren  1
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  3
Black-faced Solitaire  1     heard more songs
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush  1
Turdus sp.  1     look like shape of ruddy capped, foraging on ground in the darkness
Common Chlorospingus  3
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch  1
Rufous-collared Sparrow  1
Golden-crowned Warbler  2
Flame-colored Tanager  2
Blue Seedeater  3     feeding young
Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Cherrie's)  3
Silver-throated Tanager  7
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
Buff-throated Saltator  1

Thursday, August 1, 2019

Nephila clavipes golden silk spider alley



Hello everybody, well today 31th of July was my day off and day out, this time with Ann. We decided to go to the peninsula Burica. I was out of my bed at 3.40am...was happy it was 3.40am(yes call me crazy), eat my breakfast. Hans was feeding the animals later that day so I had an easy morning...only drinking coffee and eating my breakfast. Then to Ann, she was driving this time...
Really enjoyed the 2 hour drive, beautiful mist on meadows..did remind me of Autumn in Holland...
Only a little bit more tropical trees:)
We did start with a nice gray necked Hawk , bathing in the sun.
Did like the ladders that they put over the roads for the Monkeys and Sloths crossing the roads
The Howler Monkeys are very happy on the peninsula, so much fruit!

We visited different areas and spots..the seabirds were slow...except the brown Pelicans...

We did walk a trail in the forest later that day, because it was fast very warm and birds are, like us, hiding in brushes. As you see ...there were a lot of silk Spiders on the trail, so much that we took a video to give you an impression .
It's a harmless Spider, but it is kind of spooky to get spiderwebs in your face, with such a big spider in it. The trail was pretty need, beautiful trees and brush and birds. The black bellied Wrens were singing a lot. Chestnut backed Antbirds and black hooded Ant shrikes were singing and pretty active.
We did see a nest, thought it was old, but there was an immature bird(and egg) in it... I wonder if it will survive, the nest was really a bad nest... we were after 4 hours hungry..did wait on a far distance 15 minutes..but  no parents yet..so we don't know what kind of  bird, have to do some research....
 It was a good day...totally different world (and birds) and so close to our farm in Boquete....thats one of the fun parts of living in Panama.
                                           
Down below the list of today,
greetings from Terry
from PTP to Limones school, av de las arenas, several stops, Chiriquí, PANAMA
Jul 31, 2019 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Protocol: Historical
Comments:     sun some clouds  several stops... beach, forest,meadow
58 species (+1 other taxa)

Crested Guan  1
Pale-vented Pigeon  2
Ruddy Ground-Dove  X
White-tipped Dove  3
Smooth-billed Ani  X
Common Pauraque  2
Stripe-throated Hermit  1
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Magnificent Frigatebird  1
Brown Pelican  X
Cattle Egret  2
Green Heron  2
White Ibis  3
Black Vulture  X
Turkey Vulture  1
Gray-lined Hawk  1
Lesson's Motmot  1
Ringed Kingfisher  2
Green Kingfisher  1
Yellow-throated Toucan  4
Red-crowned Woodpecker  2
Yellow-headed Caracara  X
Orange-chinned Parakeet  X
Yellow-crowned Parrot  X
Brown-throated Parakeet  X
Black-hooded Antshrike  6     approx
Chestnut-backed Antbird  1
Cocoa Woodcreeper  1
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  2
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet  1     HO
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet  1     HO
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher  1
Common Tody-Flycatcher  1
Great Kiskadee  X
Social Flycatcher  1
Streaked Flycatcher  1
Tropical Kingbird  X
Orange-collared Manakin  1
Scrub Greenlet  1
Gray-breasted Martin  X
Mangrove Swallow  1     ..prob. more  seen from car, more swallows in sky
swallow sp.  X
House Wren  X
Black-bellied Wren  3     approx, heard all over
Isthmian Wren  1     HO
Riverside Wren  1
Yellow-crowned Euphonia  2
Black-striped Sparrow  1
Great-tailed Grackle  X
Scarlet-rumped Tanager  2
Blue-gray Tanager  4
Palm Tanager  2
Golden-hooded Tanager  3
Red-legged Honeycreeper  3
Blue-black Grassquit  1
Variable Seedeater  2
Yellow-bellied Seedeater  X
Bananaquit  3
Buff-throated Saltator  2