March 2020 did start.....

March started, exciting times will come soon , although..bird wise there is always something going on. We are in the second week of March...I must say..did have quit a bit of bird watching trips in different areas, but not too much migrant warblers...where are the big groups of Tennessee Warblers? It seems to get less... Ones in a while I do see a black burnian Warbler or a chestnut sided Warbler...but the big mixed flocks ...I miss them.



The amount of  resplendent Quetzales  and three wattled Bellbird  are overwhelming this season...huge amount of fruit on the trees for them, this will be a good year for them. The weather is a kind of crazy, we had some big showers in our dry season on the farm... so the garden, forest and meadows are green.. I did start with irrigation a few days ago. I am curious how our wet season will be....

Did met really nice birdwatchers. 2 Couples discovered that they were really birdwatchers and are totally hooked... and another couple was already hooked.

A lot of fun with students in the age of 20ish... they loved the cloud forest, always  a good feeling that I can show the richness, the beauty.

 When I tell about this forest and about the birds that we see and not see but hear, I feel so grateful that I can do this and that I live it!

Good sightings of young three wattled Bellbirds, see above video and down below 2 pictures, they are trying to do displays, it's funny how they sound, like a boy who is getting a heavier  puber voice.

and then suddenly a white faced Capuchin Monkey is staring at us, always surprises in nature:

And so a short story of my first week of March 2020...I end with these love birds:

a pair of flame colored Tanagers

 and a messy car.... :)

greetings from Terry

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sendero los Quetzales hike 28th of February 2020

Hello everybody, so today I was up early. Hans was hiking the Quetzal trail from Boquete towards Cerro Punta today with  a nice french couple. Then I did drive to the other side of the trail (nearby Respingo ranger station) I did park the car and normally I will wait for them.Today I wanted to hike the trail by myself, it was a while ago that I did that  down hill . We don't do that, because when the weather gets bad... (rain) then the river  is getting high and it can be a problem to cross it. And then you should go back all the way. No car waiting for us there...so that is a hassle.
Normally I wait for Hans  and the hikers and mostly I enjoy myself with the birds and a lot of times "singing" indigenous men working on the fields. Except when it rains, then I sit in the car ...sometimes for 3 hours. Well that is part of the deal.
Today it was good weather and Hans did start around 8.45am  at the ranger station  in Boquete and I started at 7.55am on the other side . ( after 1.5 hours drive)
My hope was to see the silvery throated Jays (around the 2350 m and higher)... when I hike the trail with birders, mostly we are too late to see them or mostly we do the trail  for a day, but then the Boquete side. As a birder it is hard to go faster. I did see the Jays, lovely...not a good picture , because they were "angry birds", chasing each other...

It was nice to be on the trail on my own...I realized that we are visiting this trail already 22 years.
Still very beautiful and unspoilt. On the Cerro Punta side more intensive agriculture and sneaky some forest did disappear there..but the trail after Respingo ranger station is still the same.. nobody can touch that..only wind and  rain.
I did not have the whole day...maybe next time and it was nice to hike also a bit... was amazed that the three wattled Bellbirds were so deep in the forest.
Everywhere Quetzales, this is the time that they do their displays. Even I did see already a pair making a nest

...it will be a good year for the Quetzales and Bellbirds . A lot of Bambito fruit.
Fortunately Hans and the French hikers did see male Quetzales flying and took some pictures.
They were surprised to see me (they are guest in Tinamou cottage, so I met them already before ) and even more surprised that I had coffee for them and fresh baked Cookies ("speculaas" Dutch cookie).
I moved on ...some mixed flocks, but not a lot. Nice ruddy Treerunner eating a bug

And common Chlorospingus who was showing off for me...

I took some pictures on the trail..that I want to share:

                                                     My favorite spot....

Down below my list of this morning.... greetings from Terry
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PN Volcán Barú--Sendero los Quetzales, Chiriquí, PA
Feb 28, 2020 7:55 AM - 12:35 PM
Protocol: Traveling
9.0 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments:     from respingo(500 M down below ranger) to alto chiquero (ranger)... hike with goal the silvery throated Jay (succes), partly clouds
56 species

Highland Tinamou  X     HO all over the trail songs
Black Guan  5
Ruddy Pigeon  1     HO song
Vaux's Swift  X     big group, not count , I was in forest
Green Hermit  1
Lesser Violetear  2
Talamanca Hummingbird  1
Purple-throated Mountain-gem  1
White-throated Mountain-gem  1
White-tailed Emerald  1
Cattle Egret  2
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  1
Black Hawk-Eagle  1
Resplendent Quetzal  6     heard more..all over the trail...a lot of display calls and song..pair building nest
Prong-billed Barbet  2     very active , a lot of songs
Northern Emerald-Toucanet  2
Acorn Woodpecker  3
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Sulphur-winged Parakeet  X     HO
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  2     1 heard 1 seen on trail
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper  2
Lineated Foliage-gleaner  1     HO song
Ruddy Treerunner  1
Three-wattled Bellbird  3     heard much more... more spread out into the trail even around the quebrada silencio
White-winged Becard  1     + song ..very high up... 2250 m
Eye-ringed Flatbill  1     HO song
Tufted Flycatcher  2
Yellowish Flycatcher  2
Yellow-winged Vireo  2     + song
Brown-capped Vireo  2
Silvery-throated Jay  3     heard more songs..chasing each other (not friendly)
Blue-and-white Swallow  4
Ochraceous Wren  2
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  X     HO
Black-faced Solitaire  2     heard songs all over the trail
Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush  1
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush  3
Mountain Thrush  2     heard songs too
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher  6
Golden-browed Chlorophonia  2
Elegant Euphonia  1
Yellow-bellied Siskin  X
Sooty-capped Chlorospingus  5
Common Chlorospingus  4
Rufous-collared Sparrow  3
Large-footed Finch  4
White-naped Brushfinch  2
Yellow-thighed Brushfinch  2
Wrenthrush  2     1 seen 1 heard only song
Black-cheeked Warbler  7
Wilson's Warbler  8
Collared Redstart  4
Silver-throated Tanager  2
Slaty Flowerpiercer  2     1 seen 1 HO song
Yellow-faced Grassquit  3

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bicolored Hawk immature ( buffy )

Sunday 23 February 2020

Another exciting morning...I was a little bit busy this morning, but I still had time around 10ish to go to the area la India, a part of Boquete. With my birding dog Spot and have a nice time alone in the mountains... it was hot, but mainly I was in the forest and of course I don't walk fast.

I did start with a "national Geografic" moment ...two violet Sabrewings had a nice display..never did see that so beautiful. They flew up high in the sky and dove down very fast together...but high in the blue sky they did a dance.

 I did see two white tailed Emerald males fighting with each other, the gorgets of both males were so deep emerald ..it did hurt my eyes :)

A beautiful pair of thick billed Euphonias carrying nest material and two elegant Euphonias a pair, stealing nest material from another nest... I will share that video in  a next post.

On my way back I met our neighbour of our other farm, while I was talking with him about serious stuff, I did see a shade of a bigger bird flying over...when I did say goodbye ..I walked along a big tree, some birds were upset ...like the white tailed Emeralds and I thought about the shade... looked up and yes two yellow eyes were staring at me...well you see the video above...

Have a good Sunday, mine cannot go wrong anymore.

Greetings Terry

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The list of this morning:

la India, Chiriquí, PA
Feb 23, 2020 10:30 AM - 1:15 PM
4.0 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments:     blue sky, warm


Band-tailed Pigeon  1
Vaux's Swift  X     big group
Green Hermit  1
Lesser Violetear  3
Scintillant Hummingbird  1
Violet Sabrewing  2     beautiful display between male and female. Together flew up 5 times, high up in the sky, like a dance and a fast dive down together
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird  1
White-tailed Emerald  2     fighting together, beautiful emerald throats while fighting
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  1
Black Vulture  X
Turkey Vulture  1
Swallow-tailed Kite  1
Bicolored Hawk  1     high in a tree
Northern Emerald-Toucanet  2
Lance-tailed Manakin  2     heard more..
Three-wattled Bellbird  X     heard songs a bit higher up
Yellow-bellied Elaenia  2
Mountain Elaenia  2
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Brown-capped Vireo  2
Yellow-green Vireo  1     heard more
Blue-and-white Swallow  X
Rufous-breasted Wren  1
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  X     HO
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  2
White-throated Thrush  4
Golden-browed Chlorophonia  X     HO
Thick-billed Euphonia  2

Elegant Euphonia  6     heard more songs
White-naped Brushfinch  2
American Redstart  1
Tropical Parula  2
Rufous-capped Warbler  1
Golden-crowned Warbler  2
Wilson's Warbler  1
Slate-throated Redstart  2
Flame-colored Tanager  2
White-winged Tanager  3
White-lined Tanager  2
Buff-throated Saltator  2

and I end with Spot my sweet birding dog!

display lesser Goldfinches garden Tinamou cottage Boquete Panama

Hello everybody, I don't have a lot of time to write a post, but I thought I share the male and female lesser Goldfinch in love this morning in the garden.

Greetings from sunny Boquete

Terry

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my Youtube channel....

Hello everybody...I have also a youtube channel , where I post my short videos.
I am not so active in making it public, but I thought... well I can tell you ...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ZYxy5vwWpJFVR27qQGPvw
It's about mainly birds(what a surprise 👀)
Greetings from Terry
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By the way...this picture of the northern Emerald Toucanet I took yesterday....

three wattled Bellbirds display, Boquete cloud forest in Panama

Hello Everybody...Today 5th of February 2020..the three wattled Bellbirds are very active at this moment. First picture is a male and female three wattled Bellbird, then you will see a video of 2 adult males display and after that you will see a young male (yellow streaked and the wattles are starting, he was born last year) I had to zoom in, so the videos are shaky, but still very cool....

Greetings from Terry

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yellow bellied Sapsucker..new bird on the farm !

Hello all, how exciting is this!

heard her already a few days ago.. of course I didn't know this bird call ..everytime when I was checking out the area, I did see the broad winged Hawk sitting in a tree (coffee farm) This morning I did hear it again and thought..mmmm maybe it is not the broad winged Hawk and  I could not find a call of this Hawk like that ...only that famous high whistle...

Then I thought...maybe a Catbird!!! So again into the farm and taped the calls to make my list complete, then yes the Hawk flew...but the sound did not come from the Hawk... then I was checking out the trees and whaaaaaaat.... a yellow bellied Sapsucker, female bird on the farm.. and a new bird for me.

Super Sunday!

Greetings from Terry

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