Migration of the birds, exciting times!

 October 3, 2021 

Hello dear readers, I'm hyper again, while I'm working outside you can hear the Migrant Warblers, Flycatchers and Swainson's Thrushes everywhere. 

Also "our" birds are quite active in defending their territory. That's not easy with this "invasion". Yesterday I treated myself again to a day of birding somewhere further away. This time I chose the continental divide area. I enjoyed a day in the Fortuna reserve. It is a long road of 11 km and at the end you end up more in the Caribbean side. 

I stayed the longest at the beginning of the road, about 3 hours and then drove on and stopped now and then. This road is so much fun because you deal with different altitudes and micro climates. This also means different bird opportunities. Also an area with many other cool plants and trees. All in all with the 23 years that I have been coming there, it is still a good entertainment. I am 100% happy when I am there. Hans takes care of the horses and dogs, so I don't have to go to the horses in the early morning (which I really like, but it saves time) I roll out of bed, make coffee, fill my thermos and take my bowl of fruit I'll eat that when I'm on the spot. It is about a little over 1 hour drive. I arrived  at 7.15am.

Above my first bird of that day, a Louisiana Waterthrush

 I drive away when it is a bit light, it also saves time and then I can see what the weather is like, I wanted to go a month ago, but then it was intensely dark  cloudy in that area and so I went the other way. was a good choice, because that day I heard that it had rained quite a bit in that area. It does that a lot there, that's why it's so green and lush. I haven't had any rain this day, just a few splashes. Did start with some fog, but I managed to see the birds quite good. 

                                           A keel billed Toucan in the mist

As soon as I drove down, it got warmer and sunnier. So around 1pm I retreated into the woods and successfully, bird wise.

a red tailed Hawk above

Above you can see ..loads of forest and a cute immature black Vulture and adult

This was half way ... going down on the road.

  

And more at the end of the road you can see the caribbean sea:

above ..always there is a Sloth to see.

Above a brown billed Scythebill, different ..I was confused...because of the spots on the belly, but the bill was clear...maybe a mix??? with spotted  Woodcreeper and a Scythebill????

During the day, Barn Swallows and other Swallows were constantly around me. Really a lot! They love that road. Yes, the migration is really underway!

Down below my list of  this day.

Enjoy this nice time of year!

greetings from Terry

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Camino de la Divisoria Continental, Ngäbe-Buglé, PA
Oct 2, 2021 7:15 AM - 3:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
11.0 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments:     all kinds of weather... Fortuna reserve... loads of Swallows and blackburnian Warblers
82 species (+3 other taxa)

Short-billed Pigeon  1
Squirrel Cuckoo  1
Green Hermit  3
Stripe-throated Hermit  2
Green-crowned Brilliant  1
White-bellied Mountain-gem  1
Violet-headed Hummingbird  1
Crowned Woodnymph  1
White-throated Crake  1     heard only
Black Vulture  X
Turkey Vulture  2
Red-tailed Hawk (costaricensis)  1
Collared Trogon (Orange-bellied)  2
Broad-billed Motmot  1     heard only
Keel-billed Toucan  3
Merlin  1     hunting ..good view on him
Fasciated Antshrike  2
Black-crowned Antshrike  1
Russet Antshrike (Tawny)  3     2 heard 1 seen
Zeledon's Antbird  1     heard only
Ochre-breasted Antpitta  1
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  1     heard only
Rufous-breasted Antthrush  1     heard only
Spotted Woodcreeper (Berlepsch's)  1
Brown-billed Scythebill  1     first I thought it was the spotted Woodcreeper, because of the spots on the belly..then I did see the bill.. I almost think it is a mix between a scythebill and spotted Woodcreeper
Lineated Foliage-gleaner  2
Spotted Barbtail  1
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant  2     1 seen 1 heard
Mistletoe Tyrannulet  1
Tufted Flycatcher  1
Western Wood-Pewee  2     + songs, all very close together in same area
Eastern Wood-Pewee  3
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee  4
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  1     + calls
Empidonax sp.  1
Golden-bellied Flycatcher  2
Tropical Kingbird  2
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Bank Swallow  X
Barn Swallow  X
Barn Swallow (American)  X
Long-billed Gnatwren  1
Scaly-breasted Wren  1     heard only
House Wren  1
Band-backed Wren  2
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  5
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush  2     1 seen 1 heard
Swainson's Thrush  5     heard more calls
Clay-colored Thrush  2
Golden-browed Chlorophonia  X     heard only
Yellow-crowned Euphonia  2     heard more
Olive-backed Euphonia  2
Tawny-capped Euphonia  5
Common Chlorospingus  X
Black-striped Sparrow  1
Orange-billed Sparrow  1
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch  1
White-naped Brushfinch (Yellow-throated)  2
Louisiana Waterthrush  1
Northern Waterthrush  3
Golden-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Mourning Warbler  3     1heard 2 seen
American Redstart  1
Tropical Parula  2
Blackburnian Warbler  X     lost count..mostly males ..3 females only
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Costa Rican Warbler  5
Canada Warbler  3
Slate-throated Redstart  2
Summer Tanager  4
White-winged Tanager  X     heard only
Tawny-crested Tanager  5
White-lined Tanager  4
Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Passerini's)  4
Blue-gray Tanager  4
Palm Tanager  4
Golden-hooded Tanager  3
Silver-throated Tanager  4
Green Honeycreeper  1
Blue-black Grassquit  2
Yellow-bellied Seedeater  1
Bananaquit  3
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
Buff-throated Saltator  4

https://ebird.org/checklist/S95511575