birds in the morning of 11th of June 2012

The morning did start cloudy and we had dry weather , but we did end with rain and a wet car...uhhh inside.
But we saw some good birds and we did see a lot of blue and white Swallows resting in the rain on a electric wire, and guess what.... a great tailed Grackle did see them also and grab (probably  an immature Swallow) from the line, it was a "national Geografic" moment for us....
Here is the list, we did start high up (1750m )and went back lower land (1200m)


blue and white Swallows
great tailed Grackle
bronzed Cowbird
white tipped Dove
white throated mountain Gem
scintillant Hummingbird
green violet Ear
stripe tailed Hummingbird female
streak breasted Treehunter
spectacled Foliage cleaner (buff throated Foliage Cleaner)
red faced Spinetail  making a nest
blue crowned Motmot
prong billed  Barbet
red crowned Woodpecker
acorn Woodpecker
tropical Kingbird
dark Pewee making a nest
lesser Elaenia
mountain Elaenia
common tufted Flycatcher(T)
rufous and white Wren making a nest
house Wren
clay colored Thrush
white throated Thrush
orange billed nightingale Thrush
black faced Solitair
brown capped Vireo
scarlet thighed Dacnis female (T)
red legged Honeycreepers
slate throated Redstart
silver throated Tanager
white winged Tanager female(T)
bay headed Tanager
blue gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
thick billed Euphonia female
flame throated Tanager
buff throated Saltator
yellow throated brush Finch (white naped brush Finch)
variable Seedeater
rufous collared Sparrow
yellow faced Grassquit(female)
gray headed Chachalaca
black Phoebe
ruddy ground Dove
white collared Swift(T)
 I am still thinking we did see the rufous Mourner..but according the books it was too high up in the mountains(1600m....)

a beautiful link

Thanks Joop for sending me this .
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xHkq1edcbk4?rel=0

a succes full trip from Boquete to Almirante on the 8th of June 2012

First time that it was not really hot during this trip..lovely for this Boquete girl and for Peggy and Gordon, the two other birders .
It did start very misty on the divide, what  a pitty, but we got a reward later... 15 lifers for Gordon and Peggy and 2 lifers!! for me.
The bank Swallow and a long tailed Tyrant.
The weather was cloudy and sometimes the sun came, the rain came.
Hard to take pictures, but I will place them anyway...
Thanks Peggy and Gordon for the great company!


Here we go....
Muscovy Ducks (3)(picture was taken out of the car, was nearby Gualaca, they were very shy and they flew fast away.

black bellied Whistling Duck
gray headed Chachalaca (T)
Anhinga
great Egret
cattle Egret
black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Swallow tailed Kites(a lot around divide)
short tailed Hawk ( juv.)

crested  Caracara
yellow headed Caracara
southern Lapwing
northern Jacana
Crimson fronted Parakeet
brown throated Parakeet
smooth billed Ani
groove billed Ani
blue and white Swallow
white collared Swifts
rufous tailed Hummingbird
white necked Jacobin Female
purple crowned Fairy
ringed Kingfisher
green Kingfisher
collared Aracari
Keel billed Toucan
black cheeked Woodpecker
lineated Woodpecker
paltry Tyrannulet
common tody Flycatcher
long tailed Tyrant (first picture..third tip from the right..ha ha)

rufous Mourner(T)
great Kiskadee
tropical Kingbird
Cinnamon Becard
black crowned Tityra

lesser Greenlet
Azure hooded Jay
blue and white Swallow
Bank Swallow
gray breasted Martin
house Wren
clay colored Thrush
crimson collared Tanager
Passerini's Tanager
Cherrie's Tanager
blue gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
bay headed Tanager
silver throated Tanager(T)
golden hooded Tanager
scarlet thighed Dacnis female
green Honeycreeper
buff throated  Tanager
blue black Grassquit
black striped Sparrow
great tailed Grackle
scarlet rumped Cacique
Montezuma Oropendola

plain colored Tanager

and a trip on the 6th of June

In Caldera..again cloudy, but later a little bit more sun.
Our patience was tested again.
The list ...
black Vulture
cattle Egret
road side Hawk (flight and far away)
yellow headed Caracara
ruddy ground Dove
Pale vented Pigeon or scaled Pigeon or red billed Pigeon
white tipped Dove
blue headed Parrot
yellow crowned Parrot
brown throated Parakeet
Squirrel Cuckoo
snowy bellied Hummingbird
rufous tailed Hummingbird
Long billed Starthroat(Gordon)
young violet Sabrewing
garden Emerald
red crowned Woodpecker
streak headed Woodcreeper
tropical Kingbird
fork tailed Flycatcher

great Kiskadee
Piratic Flycatcher
dusky capped Flycatcher
Panama Flycatcher(T)
mountain Elaenia
lesser Elaenia
yellow bellied Elaenia
southern beadless Tyrannulet
white fronted Tyrannulet
common tody Flycatcher(T)
white winged Becard
lance tailed Manakin in flight
house Wren
clay colored Thrush
lesser Greenlet
red legged Honeycreeper
thick billed Euphonia
blue gray Tanager
crimson backed Tanager
buff throated Saltator
gray headed Chachalaca's
black striped Sparrow
blueblack Grassquit
lesser Seedfinch
variable Seedeater
lesser Goldfinches
crested Oropendola
great tailed Grackle
gray breasted Martin
white collared Swift
tropical Mockingbird

And a nice Tarantula 

bird trip 5th of June 2012,

cloud forest, 1 spot 1700m..
Not too much birds... dark cloudy weather, no wind.
Here is the list:

sulphur winged Parakeets (fast in flight)
white tailed Emerald
Violet crowned Woodnymph
violet Sabrewing
green violet Ear
scaly throated Foliage cleaner (spectacled Foliage cleaner)
hairy Woodpecker
dark Pewee
mountain Elaenia
barred Becard
ochraceous Wren
orange billed nightingale Thrush
brown capped Vireo
slate throated Redstart
three striped Warbler
golden crowned Warber
tropical Parula(T)
silver throated Tanager
Elegant Euphonia
flame colored Tanager
white naped brush finch
chestnut capped brush Finch

The animal : Central American Agouti 

not a bird picture

A week ago we did arrive from Holland and stayed in Panama city and there was this monkey, just cute....

Geoffroy's Tamarin

a baby house Wren

This baby is on the point to fly out of the nest.(in the cariola of our house.)
It rains cats and dogs , what a bad timing. Every year this will happen. Around 6.30 pm...almost dark and rain. This was 2 days ago,,,all the 3 baby's are still alive, they come back every evening to sleep in the old nest.