black throated Jays and lesson's Motmots

Boquete 2020

singing yellow throated Toucan palo seco reserve Panama

Hello everybody, here a video of a "singing" yellow throated Toucan today in Palo seco reserve/continental divide.

                                     above tropical Kingbird down below a picture of the yellow
                                     throated  Toucan.

The weather was  sometimes pretty "cold" for tropical standards... but it was a good day....

down below the lists of today....

The 2th of January 2020 I was in the same area..totally different weather.. some pictures....

Pygmy Squirrel (Microsciurus spp.) :

Clearwing butterfly (Cithaerias menander)  pireta :

a small lizzard, blending in....

azure hooded Jay:

I will add the list totally down below... 

Greetings from Terry

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Palo Seco Forest Reserve/continental divide, Ngäbe-Buglé, PA
Jan 8, 2020 7:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Checklist Comments:     little bit sun , mostly clouds and some rain
70 species (+1 other taxa)

Groove-billed Ani  2
Squirrel Cuckoo  1
White-collared Swift  X
Vaux's Swift  X
Green Hermit  1
Stripe-throated Hermit  1
Crowned Woodnymph  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  1
hummingbird sp.  1
White-throated Crake  1     H heard
Magnificent Frigatebird  1     flew over
Black Vulture  X
Turkey Vulture  X
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Barred Hawk  1     soaring
Broad-winged Hawk  5     perching in different spots
Black-throated Trogon  1     HO(heard only)
Pied Puffbird  1     first I was thinking of a black and white Warbler, but this bird was sitting very still and
more round and little bit bigger. Thin black band on breast,very white breast and belly and big beak..white tipping on the tail...no picture, camera in my car!! . nearby continental divide, carib side, very much in the open on a branch..easy ID  (big wasp nest nearby the bird)
Yellow-throated Toucan  3     seen 1 heard 2 
Keel-billed Toucan  1     HO
Laughing Falcon  1     HO
Barred Parakeet  2     flew over
Dusky Antbird  1     HO
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  2     HO
Plain-brown Woodcreeper  1
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper  2
Spotted Woodcreeper  1
Cinnamon Becard  1
Mistletoe Tyrannulet  2     HO
Tropical Pewee  1
Dusky-capped Flycatcher  1
Great Kiskadee  2
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Gray-capped Flycatcher  1
Tropical Kingbird  4
Philadelphia Vireo  1
Azure-hooded Jay  3
Scaly-breasted Wren  2     HO
House Wren  2
Stripe-breasted Wren  2
Bay Wren  1
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush  1     HO song
Clay-colored Thrush  1
Olive-backed Euphonia  2
Tawny-capped Euphonia  3
Common Chlorospingus  X
Black-striped Sparrow  1
Montezuma Oropendola  1     + song
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  2
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat  1     HO
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Slate-throated Redstart  1
Dusky-faced Tanager  2
Hepatic Tanager  3
Summer Tanager  2
Carmiol's Tanager  X
Tawny-crested Tanager  2
White-lined Tanager  3     1 male 2 female
Scarlet-rumped Tanager  X
Blue-gray Tanager  X
Speckled Tanager  1     (Terry)
Golden-hooded Tanager  7     approx
Silver-throated Tanager  3
Thick-billed Seed-Finch  2     pair
Variable Seedeater  2     pair
Bananaquit  2
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
Buff-throated Saltator  2
Black-headed Saltator  1

paja de Sombrero, Chiriquí, PA
Jan 8, 2020 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.3 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments:     sun
24 species

White-tipped Dove  2
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  1
Neotropic Cormorant  X
Black Vulture  X
Turkey Vulture  1
Lesson's Motmot  2
Amazon Kingfisher  1
Green Kingfisher  1
Red-crowned Woodpecker  1
Yellow-headed Caracara  1     flew over
Great Kiskadee  2
Social Flycatcher  2
Tropical Kingbird  3
Philadelphia Vireo  1
House Wren  1
American Dipper  1     first time I did see in that area
Clay-colored Thrush  1
Yellow-crowned Euphonia  X     HO
Crested Oropendola  1     + song
Great-tailed Grackle  X
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  2
Yellow Warbler  1     (Terry)
Blue-gray Tanager  2

Palo Seco Forest Reserve/continental divide, Ngäbe-Buglé, PA
Jan 2, 2020 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Checklist Comments:     sun later some clouds and last 30 min misty
76 species (+2 other taxa)

Short-billed Pigeon  1     ho
Groove-billed Ani  1
Squirrel Cuckoo  2
White-collared Swift  X
White-bellied Mountain-gem  X
Violet-headed Hummingbird  1
hummingbird sp.  2     1 thinking of a female snowcap... too fast for a really correct ID
White-throated Crake  1     HO
Black Vulture  X
Hook-billed Kite  1     adult female + prey
Broad-winged Hawk  X     did see 5 separate from each other
Black-throated Trogon  1     HO
Broad-billed Motmot  2     heard one seen one
Prong-billed Barbet  X     HO
Collared Aracari  1
Keel-billed Toucan  X     HO
Black-cheeked Woodpecker  1
Red-crowned Woodpecker  1
Golden-olive Woodpecker  1
Barred Parakeet  12     fly over
Russet Antshrike  1     HO
Plain Antvireo  1     HO song far away
Checker-throated Stipplethroat  1
Zeledon's Antbird  1     HO
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  2     HO
Spotted Woodcreeper  2     heard one seen one
Lineated Foliage-gleaner  1
Spotted Barbtail  1
Rufous-browed Tyrannulet  1
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant  2     heard 1 seen 1
Common Tody-Flycatcher  1
Tufted Flycatcher  1
Dark Pewee  1
Tropical Pewee  1
Yellowish Flycatcher  1
Rufous Mourner  1
Great Kiskadee  1
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Golden-bellied Flycatcher  3
Tropical Kingbird  1
Azure-hooded Jay  2
Blue-and-white Swallow  2
swallow sp.  2
Long-billed Gnatwren  1     HO
Scaly-breasted Wren  2     HO
House Wren  2
Band-backed Wren  6
Stripe-breasted Wren  1
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  X
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush  3     heard calls and later songs
Pale-vented Thrush  1
Clay-colored Thrush  2
Golden-browed Chlorophonia  2     male female
Olive-backed Euphonia  2     female and male
Tawny-capped Euphonia  2
Yellow-throated Chlorospingus  2
Common Chlorospingus  X
Black-striped Sparrow  2     HO
Golden-winged Warbler  2
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat  1     song and very fast view
Tropical Parula  1     HO
Blackburnian Warbler  X
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Costa Rican Warbler  X
Wilson's Warbler  1
Slate-throated Redstart  3
Hepatic Tanager  4
Summer Tanager  2
White-winged Tanager  1     HO
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Passerini's)  X
Blue-gray Tanager  4
Speckled Tanager  1
Spangle-cheeked Tanager  4     approx
Silver-throated Tanager  X
Variable Seedeater  2     female male (w.caribbean slope form)
Bananaquit  4
Yellow-faced Grassquit  1

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last pictures of 2019

Hello everybody, I thought maybe nice to share my "best" pictures of the last month of the year 2019..before the big 2020 starts...
Here they come: gartered Trogon:

                                                           Brown violet Ear:

                                                                                  ornate Hawk Eagle immature:                                                                                                                    

ochraceous Wren:

olive striped Flycatcher:

three wattled Bellbird of this morning..not the best, but I was happy with it:

Greetings from Terry 

(this morning  list see down below)

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1900m altitude private property, Chiriquí, PA
Dec 28, 2019

Highland Tinamou  1     HO song
Spotted Wood-Quail  X     HO
Ruddy Pigeon  1
White-tipped Dove  3
Squirrel Cuckoo  1     HO
Lesser Violetear  X     + songs
Talamanca Hummingbird  2
Purple-throated Mountain-gem  1
White-throated Mountain-gem  1
Scintillant Hummingbird  2
Violet Sabrewing  1
Black Vulture  X
Ornate Hawk-Eagle  1     HO
Resplendent Quetzal  2
Northern Emerald-Toucanet  4
Acorn Woodpecker  3
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Barred Parakeet  X     HO fly over
Sulphur-winged Parakeet  X
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  1     HO
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper  1
Red-faced Spinetail  1
Three-wattled Bellbird  6
Masked Tityra  2
Barred Becard  1
Mountain Elaenia  2
Mistletoe Tyrannulet  1
Tufted Flycatcher  2
Dark Pewee  2
Yellowish Flycatcher  2
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Rufous-browed Peppershrike  1     HO
Brown-capped Vireo  1
Ochraceous Wren  1
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  4     heard also songs
Black-faced Solitaire  1     + song
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  1     HO
Mountain Thrush  X
White-throated Thrush  2
Clay-colored Thrush  1     HO call
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher  5     fly over
Elegant Euphonia  2
Yellow-bellied Siskin  1
Common Chlorospingus  3
Rufous-collared Sparrow  2
White-naped Brushfinch  2
Flame-throated Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Golden-crowned Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  X
Slate-throated Redstart  4
Flame-colored Tanager  4
White-winged Tanager  1     HO
Black-thighed Grosbeak  1
Silver-throated Tanager  2
Slaty Flowerpiercer  1
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2
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magenta throated Woodstar female in the house...

24th of December 2019

Merry Christmas everybody!
this afternoon a  female magenta throated Woodstar flew into our house... fortunately I could catch her and my camera was very close by...very quick a picture...it's not every day that you have such a small beautiful Hummingbird  in your hands...
I gave her some sugar water from one of the feeders and she did drunk it ...
She did remind me that I have to get rid of some spiderwebs  in our house... I did clean her a bit and there she "zoomed " into the forest... she will be fine! and will make baby's...lot's of males in the farm.
Greetings from a relieved Terry

Ransuil boom 16 11 19 long eared Owl the Netherlands

Hello everybody, another story, this time from the Netherlands(Holland). Hans and I decided to go in the autumn to Holland, in November. That was a long time ago and yes we do remember now again what "water cold" means...
A lot of people around us who did have a cold and so we received the cold virus also, bummer!
Next time our visits will be in somewhat warmer times in Holland and also when the days are longer, that is what we did miss the most. I am mostly awake around 6ish am and so that happens in Holland too, and now I had to wait to go outside  until it was daylight...around 9am.
It was great to see Redwings that was a long time ago and also big groups of  Goldcrests and of course Fieldfares, so happy to hear their calls!!!

But as you see above ..my movie of the "bird" highlight of the trip was in the north of Holland 2 trees full with long eared Owls (Ransuil in Dutch), they roost together in groups during the day in the Autumn and winter. I did see this before in the center of Holland, nearby where we did live before Panama. Then there were "only" 8 Owls together.
This time in just a little village in the north of Holland in an area with houses, two trees were filled with 12 long eared Owls. I can tell you, I got tears in my eyes. Also very special that I was with Hans and our good friends. So it was nice to share this moment with them.



So exciting!

Also very nice to see the common Buzzard in his white feathers, that was also a long time ago ...totally different bird then when you see them in the spring...

More and more rose-ringed Parakeets to see in Holland:

For my lists and other bird pictures, you can check them out on E-bird.
We were in Holland  from 6th of November to the 18th of November 2019.
A few days we were also in Germany, mainly  in Wetzlar , Wiesbaden and Frankfurt. Also to let my  Binoculars repaired with succes!
This was Germany in Autumn colors...: 

This was Holland in the autumn colors:




Those cold beautiful autumn days were fantastic! It was a good vacation, despite the sneezing and coughing ... Greetings from warm..sunny Boquete😉
Terry
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ornate Hawk Eagle immature Boquete Mountains in Panama

Hello all , here a nice video of the immature ornate Hawk Eagle that we did see
(who was watching who.....?)
Down below two of very nice pictures of this nice bird..that Mr. Ross Thomson did make, a nice last birding morning for him and his wife in Boquete highlands.
Greetings from Terry
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(Thank you again Ross ..also for the other pictures... as you offered me ..."you can use them on your blog" here they come...I did put your name on them... well no one will believe that I did make them.. 😉)

                                                            roadside Hawk

                                                                blue headed Parrot

                                                         rufous tailed Hummingbird