Birding with new birders in Fortuna area/continental Divide and Bocas del Toro

First time ever that they went for birding. All new , using Binoculars...finding the birds always a challenge. They got it ...birds were not really a lot , but we did enjoy every bird we saw.
The bird list...
cattle Egret
snowy Egret
spotted Sandpiper
white Hawk (picture...zoomed it in)

yellow headed Caracara
white tipped Dove
sulphur winged Parakeet
brown throated Parakeets
rufous tailed Hummingbird
bronze tailed Plumeteer
Amazon Kingfisher (picture ...with fish )

green Kingfisher
ringed Kingfisher
keel billed Toucan
red crowned Woodpecker
lineated Woodpecker
black cheeked Woodpecker
tropical Kingbird
boat billed Flycatcher
streaked Flycatcher
Panama Flycatcher
yellow bellied Elaenia
yellowish Flycatcher
house Wren
clay colored Thrush
silver throated Tanager
blue gray Tanager
flame colored Tanager
common bush Tanager
buff throated Saltator
Passerini Tanager
rufous collared Sparrow
Montezuma Oropendola (tree with nest see here...)

chestnut headed Oropendola
white collared Swifts
black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
gray  breasted Martin
northern rough winged Swallow.

                                      
The new birdwatcher cannot say goodbye to the birds ;)

Birding on one spot

Very bad weather , rain and clouds, in the mountains, so we stayed out of the rain and nearby our farm....had sun and some winds and splashes of thin rain.

We saw a nice snowy bellied Hummingbird on his nest.....see picture above.
And I saw a new bird for ME!!! a painted Bunting!!
The bird list...
Cattle Egret
green Heron
yellow headed Caracara
white tipped Dove
ruddy ground Dove
brown throated Parakeet
snowy bellied Hummingbird
rufous tailed Hummingbird
long billed Starthroat (feeding baby)
blue crowned Motmot
painted Bunting
indigo Bunting (male)
red crowned Woodpecker
lesser Kiskadee
social Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
boat billed Flycatcher
yellow bellied Elaenia
common tody Flycatcher
yellow green Vireo
house Wren
plain Wren (Walter and Terry)
orange billed nightingale Thrush
clay colored Thrush
white throated Thrush
Philadelphia Vireo (Carla and Terry)
Tennessee Warbler
chestnut sided Warbler
black and white Warbler
rufous capped Warblers
northern Waterthrush
summer Tanager
rose breasted Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole
red legged Honeycreepers
slate throated Redstart
scarlet thighed Dacnis
silver throated Tanager
elegant Euphonia
yellow crowned Euphonia
thick billed Euphonia
blue gray Tanager
flame colored Tanager
Cherrie Tanager
rosy thrush Tanager
streaked Saltator
buff throated Saltator
white naped bush Finch
variable Seedeater
lesser Seedfinch
yellow faced Grassquit
lesser Goldfinch
rufous collared Sparrow
great tailed Grackle
gray headed Chachalaca
gray Martin
blue and white Swallow
tropical Mockingbird

on the farm this morning...

Heard and saw the first yellow green Vireo's(heard them  a few days already in Pajo de Sombrero lower land) So summer is really here....
And yesterday an enthousiastic white throated Thrush  singing on the farm....

Birding on the Quetzal trail (whole day)

It was slower with the birds today on the Quetzal trail.

But the beauty of the trail was there and so it was great anyway....
The bird list....
cattle Egrets
blue and white Swallow
short tailed Hawk
broad winged Hawk
white tailed Hawk?
Osprey (little bit out of range!)
Scintillant Hummingbird
white throated mountain Gem
blue throated Toucanet
dark Pewee
social Flycatcher(the road to the trail)
Tropical Kingbird (the road to the trail)
black Phoebe (the road to the trail)
mountain Elaenia
yellowish Flycatcher
three wattled bellbird Female! (Terry)
black faced Solitair
spotted Barbtail (Brenda)
ruddy Treerunner
mountain Trush
yellow winged Vireo
tawny crowned Greenlet
rufous browed Peppershrike (making a nest)
brown capped Vireo
black throated green Warbler
black burnian Warbler
black and white  warbler(Mike)
Wilson's Warbler
three striped Warbler
slaty Flowerpiercer
red faced Spinetail (Terry)
slate throated Redstart
collared Redstart
black cheeked Warbler
elegant Euphonia
silver throated Tanager
golden crowned Chlorophonia
common bush Tanager
white naped brush Finch
chestnut capped brush Finch
yellow thighed Finch
yellow bellied Siskin
yellow faced Grassquit
rufous collared Sparrow
black Vulture

birding in cloud forest

It was nice to be back again in the cool mountains, that warm weather in Fortuna yesterday is not really my thing. At this moment it is cold in my country, I got all kind of nice pictures of snow and ice skating people....is also nice...but well I think that the people in Holland are thinking...grazy girl , shall we swop places.
Today it was windy , cloudy and sunny.
We only went to one spot in the cloud forest.
The bird list....

cattle Egret
broad winged Hawk (again....)
white tipped Dove
sulphur winged Parakeets in flight
scintillant Hummingbird
stripe tailed Hummingbird
red faced Spinetail
blue crowned Motmot
dark Pewee
tropical Kingbird
mountain Elaenia
paltry Tyrannulet
tawny crowned Greenlet
common tufted Flycatcher
yellowish Flycatcher
gray breasted Wood Wren
ochraceous Wren
black faced Solitair
mountain Thrush
long tailed silky Flycatcher
brown capped Vireo
Wilson's Warbler
black throated green Warbler
black burnian Warbler
collared Redstart
slate throated Redstart
three striped Warbler
golden crowned Warbler
black cheeked Warbler
flame throated Warbler
silver throated Tanager
flame colored Tanager
common bush Tanager
yellow thighed Finch
chestnut capped brush Finch
yellow bellied Siskin
rufous collared Sparrow

Birding around La Fortuna

Cloudy day, not so bad, was not sooo hot.

Not too much birds, but we saw nice birds, but had to have a lot of patience!
The bird list...
great Egret
broad winged Hawk

crested Caracara
yellow headed Caracara
white tipped Dove
sulphur winged Parakeets
yellow crowned Amazon
rufous tailed Hummingbird
bronze tailed Plumeleteer

keel billed Toucan
black cheeked Woodpecker
lineated Woodpecker

Tropical Kingbird
boat billed Flycatcher
great Kiskadee
social Flycatcher
rusty margined Flycatcher
streaked Flycatcher
Panama Flycatcher
yellow bellied Elaenia
mountain Elaenia
dusky capped Flycatcher
yellow margined Flycatcher
black capped pygmy Tyrant
black crowned Tityra (female)
lance tailed Manakin
tropical Gnatcatcher
house Wren
Bananaquit
clay colored Thrush
yellow green Vireo
Eastern meadow lark
chestnut sided Warbler
red legged Honeycreeper
green Honeycreeper
thick billed Euphonia
tawny capped Euphonia
emerald Tanager
blue gray Tanager
Palm tanager
Passerini's Tanager
rufous Mourner
Montezuma  Oropendola
great tailed Grackle
Turkey Vulture
black Vulture
black Phoebe
blue and white Swallow

It was a nice day....

Birds on the sendero los Quetzales

It did start cloudy, not too much wind very nice couple of birdwatchers , later once in a while sunny, clouds in and out...It started slow with the birds and then ...they showed up after an hour with patience.

The first three wattled Bell bird this season, they are back earlier.(last week I heard him already)
The picture above you see him making the sound.

A broad winged Hawk .(took it through the scoop)

A not shy red faced Spinetail

The bird list...
black Vulture
broad winged Hawk
white tipped Dove on the road to the sendero
gray Hawk on the road to Boquete
white throated mountain Gem
red faced Spinetail
ruddy Treerunner
spotted Barbtail
prong billed Barbet
tropical Kingbird road to Boquete
dark Pewee
paltry Tyrannulet
yellowish Flycatcher(a lot)
common tufted Flycatcher
black and white Becard(female)
barred Becard(Female)
three wattled Bellbird
gray breasted WoodWren
black faced Solitair
mountain Thrush
long tailed silky Flycatchers
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
yellow winged Vireo
Wilson's Warblers
black burnian Warbler
black cheeked Warbler
slate throated Redstart
collared Redstart
common bush Tanager
yellow thighed Finch
rufous collared Sparrow
great tailed Grackle on the road to Boquete
blue and white Swallow