busy times

The last week was very busy, a lot of "new" bird watchers... and quit a bit of birds. 
 Exept on  the way to Bocas with two birders, we did leave very early from Boquete , but still not really a lot of birds.

I saw a lifer (unfortunately the birders with me ..did not see them) Saw them (two) very good. I had long time the chance to see them working on the leaves.
Nashville Warblers!!  And I had my camera in the car ......

Also nice, after passing the continental divide a mixed group with silver throated Tanagers and Emerald Tanagers..great view. On the continental divide not so birdie. When I came back in the afternoon , I did go to the same spot and still(around 5pm) not so birdie. I saw 3 birds flying in a brush and for a half hour I saw dark wings going up and down , but I could not see them...Thrush liky...man what a frustraton..I took a picture of the brush....

Enough flowers, but not so much Hummers

But there is always a nice tree to watch with Montezuma Oropendulas, busy building nests

I think the weather was too good on the continental divide, blue skies!! The birds were fast silent.

The bird list....17th of February....Caldera/Fortuna/Palo seco/comarca Ngobe bugle/Almirante
cattle Egrets
yellow headed Caracara
broad winged Hawk
fork tailed Flycatchers
pale vented Pigeon
sulphur winged Parakeets
brown throated Parakeets
rufous tailed Hummingbird
white tailed Emerald
black cheeked Woodpecker
golden bellied Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
chestnut sided Warbler
female scarlet Tanager 
three striped Warbler
Nashville Warbler
silver throated Tanager
emerald Tanager
palm Tanager
common bush Tanager
Montezuma Oropendola
white collared Swifts

18th of February Boquete 2 spots
American Swallow tailed Kite
ruddy ground Dove
snowy bellied Hummingbird
rufous tailed Hummingingbird
green violet Ear
scintillant Hummingbird
white throated Hummingbird
violet Sabrewing
red faced Spinetail
ruddy Treerunner
red crowned Woodpecker
lesser Goldfinch
yellow bellied Elaenia
dark Pewee
great Kiskadee
social Flycatcher
black Phoebe
yellow bellied Elaenia
lesser Elaenia
mountain Elaenia
common Tody Flycatcher
common tufted Flycatcher
house Wren
black faced Solitair
white throated Thrush
mountain Thrush
clay colored Thrush
long tailed silky Flycatcher
yellow winged Vireo
brown capped Vireo
red eyed Vireo
yellow green Vireo
Tennessee Warbler
Philadelphia Vireo
summer Tanager
red legged Honeycreeper
collared Redstart
slate throated Redstart
bay headed Tanager
thick billed Euphonia
silver throated Tanager
blue gray Tanager
palm Tanager
scarlet rumped Tanager
flame colored Tanager
common bush Tanager
yellow thighed Finch
yellow faced Grassquit
collared Sparrow
variable Seedeater
great tailed Grackle
Turkey Vulture

Bird list Boquete 22th of February 2012
American Swallow tailed Kite
ruddy ground Dove
snowy bellied Hummingbird
scintillant Hummingbird
white throated mountain Gem
green violet Ear Hummingbird
rufous tailed Hummingbird
resplendent Quetzal
emerald Toucanet
red crowned Woodpecker
tropical Kingbird
social Flycatcher
great Kiskadee
black Phoebe
yellow bellied Elaenia
lesser Elaenia
common tody Flycatcher
yellowish Flycatcher
house Wren
clay colored Thrush
brown capped Vireo
yellow green Vireo
chestnut sided Warbler
 black and white Warbler
Wilson's Warbler(Terry)
summer Tanager
Baltimore Oriole
red legged Honeycreeper
slate throated Redstart
silver throated Tanager
blue gray Tanager

 Bird list 25th of February 2012
black Vulture
gray breasted Martin
blue and white Swallow
broad winged Hawk(T)
sulphur winged Parakeets
Squirrel Cuckoo
snowy bellied Hummingbird
rufous tailed Hummingbird
long billed Starthroat
scintillant Hummingbird
green violet Ear
violet Sabrewing
white tailed Emerald
blue crowned Motmot
red crowned Woodpecker
dark Pewee
boat billed Flycatcher
piratic Flycatcher
social Flycatcher
yellow bellied Elaenia
common tody Flycatcher
yellowish Flycatcher
gray breasted WoodWren
house Wren
clay colored Thrush
white throated Thrush
yellow green Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Tennessee Warbler
black and white Warbler
blackburnian Warbler
northern Waterhrush(in flight)
Chestnut sided Warbler(T)
yellow throated Vireo(T)
summer Tanager(T)
red legged Honeycreeper
tropical Parula
golden crowned Warbler
slate throated Redstart
blue hooded Euphonia(Elegant  Euphonia)

thick billed Euphonia
yellow crowned Euphonia
blue gray Tanager
red crowned Ant Tanager(T)
common bush Tanager
buff throated Saltator
yellow throated brush Finch(white naped)
black striped Sparrow
lesser Goldfinch
variable Seed eater
great tailed Grackle
White collared Swift(T)
gray headed Cachalaca
Checking out a yellowish Flycatcher...on the left of the picture,above the hand of the birder... hard to see on the picture, you have to believe me....

and another (one) spot higher up in the cloud forest (1600 M)

Here we go, no wind , sunny , cloudy..
cattle Egret
broad winged Hawk
great black Hawk
band tailed Pigeon
sulphur winged Parakeets
snowy bellied Hummingbird
rufous tailed Hummingbird
scintillant Hummingbird
white throated mountain Gem
green violet Ear
white tailed Emerald
stripe tailed Hummingbird
red faced Spinetail (made I think a different sound...)
spectacled foliage cleaner
red headed Barbet
acorn Woodpecker
hairy Woodpecker
streak headed Woodcreeper
dark Pewee
paltry Tyrannulet
ruddy capped nightingale Thrush
black faced Solitair
brown capped Vireo
Wilson's Warbler
Philadelphia Vireo
rosy breasted Grosbeak
flame throated Warbler
slate throated Redstart
tropical Parula
Elegant Euphonia
golden browned Chlorophonia(high up in the tree)
silver throated Tanager
white winged Tanager
common bush Tanager
chestnut capped brush Finch
buff throated Saltator
yellow bellied Siskin
yellow faced Grassquit
great tailed Grackle
black Vulture
slaty Flowerpiercer(singing)
white collared Swifts

1 spot today

bird list...15 Feb 2012  Jaramillo Abajo , Boquete
cattle Egret
yellow headed Caracara
Squirrel Cuckoo
snowy bellied Hummingbird
rufous tailed Hummingbird
long billed Starthroat
magenta -throated Woodstar
green Kingfisher
great tailed Grackle
black Vulture
red crowned Woodpecker
social Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
yellow bellied Elaenia
common tody Flycatcher
clay colored Thrush
white throated Thrush
yellow green Vireo
Tennessee Warbler
Philadelphia Vireo
chestnut sided Warbler
black and white Warbler
American Redstart
Acadian Flycatcher
scarlet thighed Dacnis
red legged Honeycreeper
rufous capped Warbler
silver throated Tanager
bay headed Tanager
tropical Mockingbird
Eastern Meadowlark(Peter)
yellow crowned Euphonia
thick billed Euphonia
blue gray Tanager
scarlet rumped Tanager(Cherrie's Tanager)
buff throated Saltator
yellow throated bush Finch(white naped bush Finch)
streaked Saltator in flight
yellow faced Grassquit
ruddy breasted Seedeater
blueblack Grassquit
gray breasted Martin
blue and white Swallow
southern Lapwing (just walking almost out of my picture)

Scrub Greenlet
Groetjes Terry
http://ibc.lynxeds.com/sound/scrub-greenlet-hylophilus-flavipes/one-ind-singing-canopy-level-guyana-trails-las-claritas

Birds in the wind...

windy sunny morning....

The bird list...
green Heron
little blue Heron
yellow headed Caracara
black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
white tipped Dove
ruddy ground Dove
brown throated Parakeets
long billed Starthroat
snowy bellied Hummingbird
rufous tailed Hummingbird
magenta throated Woodstar
green violet Ear
violet Sabrewing
red crowned Woodpecker
streak headed Woodcreeper
tropical Kingbird
great Kiskadee
black Phoebe
social Flycatcher
yellow bellied Elaenia
common tody Flycatcher
white fronted Tyrannulet
house Wren
rufous and white Wren
plain Wren
clay colored Thrush
Philadelphia Vireo
Tennessee Warbler
chestnut sided Warber
summer Tanager
Acadian Flycatcher(never saw that one on that spot)
Baltimore Oriole
red legged Honey creeper
rufous capped Warbler
lesser Gold finch
yellow crowed Euphonia
thick billed Euphonia
silver throated Tanager
bay headed Tanager
elegant Euphonia
palm Tanager
blue gray Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager
red  crowned Ant Tanager
rosy Thrush Tanager
buff throated Saltator
white naped bush Finch
blue and black Seedeater
indigo Bunting (female)
yellow faced Grassquit
variable Seedeater
great tailed Grackle
tropical Mockingbird

Another morning with very enthoussiastic new birdwatchers

I think the world has two new birdwatchers since today..they were already birdwatchers, only they discovered it today, how fun!
We did go to 3 different spots, higher in the mountains(spot 2) it was rainy, but that started after we saw two american dippers in love and a couple of Quetzales and a nice white throated mountain Gem and a Scintillant Hummingbird and a yellow winged Vireo. Before I showed how does a Quetzal lookalike...because they expected a small bird what is very special to see.
They know now that it is a little bit bigger bird.

Female and male...

Then after that we went to another spot close by with much better weather. (all those micro climates..hallelujah !!)

The Bird list....
swallow tailed Kite
ruddy ground Dove
white tipped Dove
sulphur winged Parakeets
Squirrel Cuckoo
snowy bellied Hummingbird
rufous tailed Hummingbird
scintillant Hummingbird
white throated mountain Gem
violet Sabrewing
green violet Ear
red faced Spinetail
resplendent Quetzal
green  Kingfisher
red crowned Woodpecker
social Flycatcher
great Kiskadee
gray capped Flycatcher
black Phoebe
yellow bellied Elaenia
lesser Elaenia
common tody Flycatcher
yellowish Flycatcher
house Wren
black faced Solitair
orange billed nightingale Thrush
mountain Thrush
brown capped Vireo
red eyed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
black burnian Warbler
black throated green Warber
chestnut sided Warbler
rose breasted Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole
red legged Honeycreeper
slate throated Redstart
thick billed Euphonia
silver throated Tanager
bay headed Tanager
palm Tanager
blue gray Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager
common bush Tanager
buff throated Saltator
black striped Sparrow
variable Seedeater
yellow bellied Siskin
lesser Goldfinch
yellow faced Grassquit
rufous collared Sparrow
black Vulture

Birdlist 11th of February 2012 on two spots...love is in the air

It is really summer now and a lot of birds are making nest, singing, fighting and making love with each other... a pleasure for our bird watchers eyes....

Picture above...two little lesser Goldfinches, male and female , they decided that they are lovers...

This Green backed Kingfisher has already a partner (we saw two chasing  each other. ) and this is the first time on that spot that I saw two  a few times now and so...keep the eyes open where the make their nest!

The bird list....
cattle Egret
black Vulture
black Phoebe
ruddy ground Dove
snowy bellied Hummingbirds
rufous tailed Hummingbird
long billed Starthroat
magenta throated Woodstar
green backed Kingfisher
red crowned Woodpecker
streak headed Woodcreeper
great Kiskadee
social Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
mountain Elaenia
yellow bellied Elaenia
common tody Flycatcher
white throated Thrush
clay colored Thrush
house Wren
plain Wren
Tennessee Warbler
Philadelphia Vireo
chestnut sided Warbler
prothonotary Warbler
black throated green Warbler
black burnian Warbler
yellow throated Vireo
American Redstart
black and white Warbler
yellow green Vireo
Baltimore Oriole
rosy breasted Grosbeak
red legged Honeycreeper
rufous capped Warbler
Elegant Euphonia
yellow throated Euphonia
yellow crowned Euphonia
silver throated Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager
blue gray Tanager
streaked Saltator
buff throated Saltator
white naped brush Finch
ruddy breasted Seedeater
lesser Goldfinch
yellow bellied Siskin
variable Seedeater
blue black Grassquit
rufous collared Sparrow
great tailed Grackle

Could not resist to take another picture from the Elegant Euphonia...

Birdwatching in Caldera 10th of February 2012

The Bird list...
cattle Egret
yellow headed Caracara
pale vented Pigeon
brown throated Parakeet
blue headed Parrots in flight
tropical Mockingbird (picture)

snowy bellied Hummingbird
red crowned Woodpecker
lineated Woodpecker
streaked headed Woodcreeper
boat billed Flycatcher
tropical Kingbird
black Phoebe
great Kiskadee
streaked Flycatcher
yellow bellied Elaenia
lesser Elaenia
southern beardless Tyrannulet
scale crested Pygmy Tyrant
masked Tityra Picture down below)

clay colored Thrush
black burnian Warbler
yellow Warbler
Philadelphia Vireo
red legged Honeycreeper
rufous capped Warbler
thick billed Euphonia
blue gray Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager
black striped Sparrow
blue black Grosbeak
great tailed Grackle
smooth billed Ani

blue and white Swallow
gray breasted Martin

The birds did slow down fast , it was a hot morning...pffff