Never get bored with seeing a resplendent Quetzal.
Greetings Terry
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Friday, February 23, 2018
Thursday, February 22, 2018
resplendent Quetzales, very active 22th of February 2018
Hello All, this season I do see a lot of fruit on the trees for the Quetzales and three wattled Bellbirds.
The Quetzales are at this moment pretty active and even I did hear from guest about sightings of nest building.
So here a picture(s) of this morning, a little Quiz (first picture)...where is the bird :) (Click on the pictures to enlarge)
Greetings from Terry
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The Quetzales are at this moment pretty active and even I did hear from guest about sightings of nest building.
So here a picture(s) of this morning, a little Quiz (first picture)...where is the bird :) (Click on the pictures to enlarge)
Greetings from Terry
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Monday, February 12, 2018
red crowned Woodpecker eating Banana flower
Hello all, just a short video of the red crowned Woodpecker , I hope I can post a new story next week, it's now too busy. Greetings from Terry
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Thursday, February 1, 2018
nice birding trips and as a bonus a trip to the summit of Volcan Baru
Hello all, a busy time behind me, guests in the cottages, birding trips and Hans also quite a bit of trips. January was a good month for us... up to even a busier February. I was invited to go on a trip with other Audubon (Panama) members on a trip to the summit of the Volcano on the 29th of January. And so I did! Wauw...it was 21 years ago that I was there, feels like yesterday....
2th of November 1997 me and Hans were on the summit, we were with a nice group of Panamanians from Panama city:
And last 29th of January 2018 I was on the summit with this nice group of different country's, all bird people; English, USA, Panama, Holland , all living in Panama:
2th of November 1997 me and Hans were on the summit, we were with a nice group of Panamanians from Panama city:
Around 1pm we drove up (yes not hiking...) , did stop in a few areas.
Did see the Timberline Wrens and other highland birds.
Timberline Wren was a new bird for me . What a cuty!
We did see a nice Quetzal, they were quite busy with their calls and songs.
But one of my highlights of the trip was the Volcano Junco.
I did miss that one 21 years ago...
Yes that was a new bird too for me.
I had a very good view on them . Of course did enjoy the view and sunset.
The trip downhill is around 3 hours and of course bumpy.
We had a few stops on the way down. I love to stand still in the dark and did enjoy the full moon and the beautiful forest.
I am not so crazy with recordings, so for me was seeing the unspotted saw-whet Owl not so magic.
Happy for the other birders that they did see the little rare Owl (we did see 2 and 1 heard ...probably a pair what was answering each other, so that is good to know) and we did have also a good look on the endemic dusky Nightjar.
The next morning I did have a birding trip with two very new birdwatchers. Was still hyper from the day before . Specially the man.. he was really a birdwatcher, he did figure that out . I think he is hooked!!!
We did see great birds...even a highland Tinamou, very cute Spotted Woodquails, with their crest high up! and a good sighting of a three wattled Bellbird.
I will add the list of these two days, down below...
Greetings from Terry!
a link to a short video about driving up the summit, to get an idea...
Volcán Barú Road, Chiriquí, PA Jan 29, 2018 2:15 PM - 5:15 PM Protocol: Historical Comments: several stops on the road 54 species Black Guan 1
Black Vulture 3 Lesser Violetear 3 heard more Talamanca Hummingbird 2 Fiery-throated Hummingbird 4 Volcano Hummingbird 2 did not count , heard more Stripe-tailed Hummingbird 1 Resplendent Quetzal 2 Orange-bellied Trogon 2
Acorn Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Sulphur-winged Parakeet 5 approx group flew over, did not count Silvery-fronted Tapaculo 1 HO Spot-crowned Woodcreeper 1 Ruddy Treerunner 2 Mountain Elaenia 1 Paltry Tyrannulet 2 Tufted Flycatcher 1 Dark Pewee 1 Yellowish Flycatcher 2 Black-capped Flycatcher 2 Tropical Kingbird 1 Rufous-browed Peppershrike 1 HO Yellow-throated Vireo 2 Yellow-winged Vireo 1 Brown-capped Vireo 3 Ochraceous Wren 1 Timberline Wren 4 Gray-breasted Wood-Wren 2 Black-faced Solitaire 1 Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush 1 HO Mountain Thrush 2 Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher 1 heard more Black-and-white Warbler 2 Flame-throated Warbler 3 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Black-cheeked Warbler 3 Wilson's Warbler 4 Slate-throated Redstart 2 Collared Redstart 3 Silver-throated Tanager 2 Slaty Flowerpiercer 1 Peg-billed Finch 1 Yellow-faced Grassquit 1 Sooty-capped Chlorospingus 6 approx Common Chlorospingus 1 Rufous-collared Sparrow 4 Large-footed Finch 3 Yellow-thighed Finch 2 White-naped Brushfinch 2 Summer Tanager 1 Flame-colored Tanager 1 Elegant Euphonia 1
Volcán Barú summit, Chiriquí, PA Jan 29, 2018 6:10 PM - 7:00 PM Protocol: Historical Comments: 1 C, wind 2 species Sooty Thrush 3
Volcano Junco 5
Volcán Barú Road, Chiriquí, PA Jan 29, 2018 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Protocol: Historical 2 species Unspotted Saw-whet Owl 3 2 birds calling to each other Dusky Nightjar 1
alto Quiel, Chiriquí, PA Jan 30, 2018 8:45 AM - 12:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 kilometer(s) Comments: drizzel sun, clouds 1800 meter alt. 42 species Highland Tinamou 1 Spotted Wood-Quail 2 Black Vulture 3 Short-tailed Hawk 1 Short-billed Pigeon 1 Green-fronted Lancebill 1 Lesser Violetear 3 Talamanca Hummingbird 1 Fiery-throated Hummingbird 2
Scintillant Hummingbird 2 Red-headed Barbet 2 Acorn Woodpecker 2 Sulphur-winged Parakeet 12 Spot-crowned Woodcreeper 1 Spotted Barbtail 1 Red-faced Spinetail 1 Tufted Flycatcher 2 Dark Pewee 2 Yellowish Flycatcher 3 Boat-billed Flycatcher 2 Three-wattled Bellbird 2 heard 1 seen 1 Rufous-browed Peppershrike 1 HO Brown-capped Vireo 1 Ochraceous Wren 2 Gray-breasted Wood-Wren 3 Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush 1 Mountain Thrush 4 Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher 2 Black-and-white Warbler 2 Flame-throated Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Wilson's Warbler 4 Slate-throated Redstart 3 Collared Redstart 1 Silver-throated Tanager 2 Yellow-faced Grassquit 1 Yellow-thighed Finch 3 White-naped Brushfinch 2 Summer Tanager 2 Flame-colored Tanager 1 White-winged Tanager 2 Yellow-bellied Siskin 2
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Sunday, January 21, 2018
A trip to cerro Batipa farm 20 January 2018
Hello all,
20th of February I was next to my bed at 4.30am, today I did go with a group of birders from Boquete to Cerro Batipa, lowland ... I was prepared...loads of water, a lot of food and covered in suncream.
I am not really a lowland birder, hot , but I was excited to see the birds on this property, because it is well protected by the owner Mr Rios( he did join us... I did go birding there before... see former posts.) and always a chance to see some shy birds.
I start with a video of "my" Veraguan Mango, that we brought a visit on the way back. She is catching small insects, I did see that also today . Today(21th) we could see that she has at least one very naked tiny baby. I think she had already baby('s) yesterday.
Back to Batipa... we did arrive around 7am ..as a highland girl I love these fresh early mornings...
We were welcomed by a group of Howler Monkeys, these two are very cute!
Lot of least Grebes in this pont...
At noon it was lunch time, nice in the shade...
Around 2pm a lot of group members were heading back to Boquete.
Ann and I decided to stay and wait for the birds to be more active again. Fortunately dark clouds came in and a nice breeze. Mr. Rios let the gate open and so no stress...we had time and we took our time...lovely! On our way out we did see the cross over for Monkeys and Sloths and other animals. The new road to Panama city is ready and they did built already 4 crossings, great!
I think around 5pm we were home in Boquete...
Greetings from Terry
The list...
Batipa, Chiriquí, PA Jan 20, 2018 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM Protocol: Historical Comments: sun last 1.5 hour clouds... did not count all the birds 86 species (+1 other taxa) Little Tinamou 1 HO Pied-billed Grebe 8 Wood Stork 6 Magnificent Frigatebird 3 Cattle Egret 8 Green Heron 1 Boat-billed Heron 5 Black Vulture 1 Turkey Vulture 1 White-tailed Kite 1 Common Black Hawk 1 Roadside Hawk 3 Gray-lined Hawk 1Pale-vented Pigeon 4 Ruddy Ground-Dove 20 approx White-tipped Dove 4 Smooth-billed Ani 7 Striped Cuckoo 1 HO Vaux's Swift 20 approx Stripe-throated Hermit 2 Scaly-breasted Hummingbird 1 + song Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 3 Gartered Trogon 2 Lesson's Motmot 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 + flight call Keel-billed Toucan 2 Red-crowned Woodpecker 4 Lineated Woodpecker 2 Crested Caracara 1 Yellow-headed Caracara 1 https://youtu.be/zm-uuztZeQ4 Laughing Falcon 2 HO Bat Falcon 1 Orange-chinned Parakeet 2 Blue-headed Parrot 2 Red-lored Parrot 20 approx Mealy Parrot 1 one flew in tree, heard more Brown-throated Parakeet 20 approx Black-hooded Antshrike 3 heard more Chestnut-backed Antbird 3 heard more woodcreeper sp. 1 Plain Xenops 1 Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet 2 heard more Immature:Adult:Mouse-colored Tyrannulet 1 heard lot of songs Yellow Tyrannulet 1 HO Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet 1 HO
greenish Elaenia 1
Yellow-bellied Elaenia 3 Yellow-olive Flycatcher 1
northern-scrub Flycatcher 1 Bright-rumped Attila 2 Heard 1 seen 1 Panama Flycatcher 3 heard 1 seen 2 Great Kiskadee 2 Rusty-margined Flycatcher 1 a video with sound (Call)https://youtu.be/vFyiQa_MZuA Social Flycatcher 1 Streaked Flycatcher 3 Tropical Kingbird 6 approx Fork-tailed Flycatcher 3 Lance-tailed Manakin 2 heard more Masked Tityra 2 Rose-throated Becard 1
white-winged Becard 1 HO Scrub Greenlet 1 HO Lesser Greenlet 2 Yellow-throated Vireo 2 Philadelphia Vireo 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Mangrove Swallow 4 House Wren 2 Rufous-breasted Wren 1 Tropical Gnatcatcher 4 Clay-colored Thrush 3 Northern Waterthrush 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Prothonotary Warbler 3 Tennessee Warbler 2 Mourning Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Gray-headed Tanager 1 HO Blue-gray Tanager 2 Palm Tanager 20 approx Red-legged Honeycreeper 2 Variable Seedeater 2 Buff-throated Saltator 4 Summer Tanager 1 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Crested Oropendola 10 approx Baltimore Oriole 1 Great-tailed Grackle 2 Yellow-crowned Euphonia 6 heard much morehttp://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html
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Sunday, January 14, 2018
13th of January 2018, a day out..bird of the day.. orange breasted Falcon
Hello all,
Hans and I decided to have a slow day and did go to the Bocas del Toro side, just main land and just to enjoy the nature.
Of course we did visit the Veraguan Mango, she is still at the nest . I think she took a bath, she was all wet and cleaning her feathers. I think she must have babies now, did not see them yet, they are too tiny, but in a week probably there will be two small beaks pointing out of the nest, I will keep you posted..(see former posts) (mostly 16-18 days to hatch)
And so as we moved on...Hans was driving, I was of course staring outside the window...cannot help it...looking for birds. Did see suddenly a Falcon on top, thought first it was a Bat Falcon. Because I know the Bat Falcon quit well, because he is always nearby our house, have a nest every year...I thought this one was bigger and more orange, also in neck. I did ask Hans, he was going slower already to stop and take a quick picture.
Of course he was a kind of concerned ...because that road to Bocas was quit busy yesterday (Saturday) and we were not on a good point...please... a quick picture, zoomed in and later cropped... click and yes it was the orange breasted Falcon... I did see this bird before in Caldera , long time ago...not a bird that is really often seen.
and back home. On the way back home some stops.
What is it great to come back home too!!!
Down below some lists .
Greetings from Terry
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Hans and I decided to have a slow day and did go to the Bocas del Toro side, just main land and just to enjoy the nature.
Of course we did visit the Veraguan Mango, she is still at the nest . I think she took a bath, she was all wet and cleaning her feathers. I think she must have babies now, did not see them yet, they are too tiny, but in a week probably there will be two small beaks pointing out of the nest, I will keep you posted..(see former posts) (mostly 16-18 days to hatch)
And so as we moved on...Hans was driving, I was of course staring outside the window...cannot help it...looking for birds. Did see suddenly a Falcon on top, thought first it was a Bat Falcon. Because I know the Bat Falcon quit well, because he is always nearby our house, have a nest every year...I thought this one was bigger and more orange, also in neck. I did ask Hans, he was going slower already to stop and take a quick picture.
Of course he was a kind of concerned ...because that road to Bocas was quit busy yesterday (Saturday) and we were not on a good point...please... a quick picture, zoomed in and later cropped... click and yes it was the orange breasted Falcon... I did see this bird before in Caldera , long time ago...not a bird that is really often seen.
On one of the rivers we had our coffee... watching ringed Kingfishers and neotropic Cormorants and southern Lapwings (picture)
Cool picture that Hans took, a black Phoebe was flying in , ...I love the shade of this Phoebe.(click on picture and you see it better)
We did see along the road in total 4 Sloths, wow..and all very active..hanging upside down, moving around in tops of trees. Of course no pictures...it did happen all the time in a curve of the road.
Moving on to the shore... punta Robalo, I was there a week ago (see former post).
Typical Bocas shore area, love it! We were late..fortunately there were clouds! Good for us, not so hot!
And so after exploring a bit we did go back and had a nice meal, checked out some Boat billed Herons:
What is it great to come back home too!!!
Down below some lists .
Greetings from Terry
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Camino a Punta Róbalo, Bocas del Toro, PA Jan 13, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 7.0 kilometer(s) Comments: clouds, 3 stops 45 species (+3 other taxa) Magnificent Frigatebird 5 Neotropic Cormorant 3 Brown Pelican 8 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 2 Snowy Egret 7 Little Blue Heron 3 Cattle Egret 40 approx Green Heron 2southern Lapwing 1 Black Vulture 7 Turkey Vulture 3 Broad-winged Hawk 1 hawk sp. 1 White-throated Crake 1 heard more Purple Gallinule 6 Southern Lapwing 5 Northern Jacana 20 did not count , approx.. lot of immatures gull sp. 1 Herring or ring-billed ?Royal Tern 37 Sandwich Tern 1Ruddy Ground-Dove 11 Groove-billed Ani 5 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 1 Crested Caracara 1 Yellow-headed Caracara 1 Streak-headed Woodcreeper 1 Common Tody-Flycatcher 1 Great Kiskadee 2 Streaked Flycatcher 2 Tropical Kingbird 3 Brown Jay 1 HO swallow sp. 1 House Wren 2 Tennessee Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 1 Passerini's Tanager 3 Blue-gray Tanager 2 Blue Dacnis 4 Blue-black Grassquit 2 Thick-billed Seed-Finch 4 Variable Seedeater 5 approx White-collared Seedeater 1 Bananaquit 1 Montezuma Oropendola 40 approx Great-tailed Grackle 20 approx White-vented Euphonia 7 group together fouraging Tawny-capped Euphonia 3
on the bridge, Ngäbe-Buglé, PA Jan 13, 2018 3:30 PM - 3:55 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: clouds 15 species Keel-billed Toucan 2 Black-cheeked Woodpecker 1 Blue-headed Parrot 3 Olivaceous Woodcreeper 1 Paltry Tyrannulet 1 Tropical Kingbird 1 Tennessee Warbler 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Passerini's Tanager 4 Blue-gray Tanager 2 Speckled Tanager 2 Golden-hooded Tanager 4 Plain-colored Tanager 3 Emerald Tanager 3 Carmiol's Tanager 2
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Saturday, January 6, 2018
busy start of 2018
Hello everyone!
What a busy start of the new year we have! With great guests and nice birding outings.
Hard work but rewarding!
A rainy start too, but on our farm it was o.k.. and I did not have to cancel any birding trip , there is most of the time somewhere a dry spot... although yesterday it was my wettest day ever and "cold".
But the guests had to go to Bocas del Toro...so we did our best to find dry birding spots. We did see some nice birds!On the continental divide(Bocas del Toro) was my slowest bird time in the 20 years ever! Mist, rain cold... the birds were hiding , I would do that too when I was a bird....
So after checking the area out and drink a warm cup of tea and coffee, we moved on...
Lot of rain, some dry spots.
We did see a very wet three toed Sloth and a Crocodile, so that was great.
This on my way back home 6.26 pm
and a neotropical Cormorant of course
What a busy start of the new year we have! With great guests and nice birding outings.
Hard work but rewarding!
A rainy start too, but on our farm it was o.k.. and I did not have to cancel any birding trip , there is most of the time somewhere a dry spot... although yesterday it was my wettest day ever and "cold".
But the guests had to go to Bocas del Toro...so we did our best to find dry birding spots. We did see some nice birds!On the continental divide(Bocas del Toro) was my slowest bird time in the 20 years ever! Mist, rain cold... the birds were hiding , I would do that too when I was a bird....
So after checking the area out and drink a warm cup of tea and coffee, we moved on...
Lot of rain, some dry spots.
We did see a very wet three toed Sloth and a Crocodile, so that was great.
We did pass by "my" sweet female Veraguas Mango in Caldera...she is now official breeding.
This was at 7.15 am
The wetlands in Bocas del Toro are now really WET...
and I am always excited to see some royal Terns...
After a cloudy rainy day I drove home and got this present...
And so my list of the day of yesterday (5th of January2018) you will find down below.
I love to birdwatch on different spots in different areas.
Today of course I have to work, but this morning I had a long sleep(6.30 am out of my bed ...yes yes...) and a long coffee drink on the balcony with my husband Hans. And enjoying the morning sun and staring a kind of sleepy and with a smile.. to my little Keel billed Toucan that I did buy from a nice Ngäbe lady on our way to Bocas del Toro.
Greetings from Terry
Bird list 5 Jan 2018 from Boquete to punta Robalo(Bocas del Toro) and back
Brown
Pelican
Neotropic
Cormorant
great
Egret
Snowy
Egret
little
blue Heron
Cattle
Egret
Boat
billed Heron
black
Vulture
Turkey
Vulture
Roadside
Hawk
Bat
Falcon
crested
Caracara
yellow
headed Caracara (adult en Immature)
gray
necked Woodrail
purple
Gallinule (adult en Immature)
northern
Jacana
spotted
Sandpiper
royal
Tern
white
tipped Dove
brown
throated Parakeets
sulphur
winged Parakeet
blue
headed Parrot
Squirrel
Cuckoo
groove
billed Ani
Veraguan
Mango
violet
headed Hummingbird
violaceous
Trogon
rufous
Motmot
green
Kingfisher
keel
billed Toucan
black
cheeked Woodpecker
red
crowned Woodpecker
lineated
Woodpecker
southern
Beardless Tyrannulet
yellow
bellied Elaenia
paltry
Tyrannulet
great
Kiskadee
Panama
Flycatcher
social
Flycatcher
tropical
Flycatcher
Fork
tailed Flycatcher
brown
Jays
northern
rough winged Swallow
House
Wren
clay
colored Thrush
black
headed Nightingale Thrush
yellow
Warbler
northern
Waterthrush
Mourning
Warbler
tawny
crested Tanager
white
lined Tanager
Passerini's
Tanager
blue
gray Tanager
Palm
Tanager
golden
hooded Tanager
red
legged Honeycreeper
buff
throated Saltator
blue
black Grassquit
variable
Seedeater
yellow
faced Grassquit
black
striped Sparrow
House
Sparrow
great
tailed Grackle
Montezuma
Oropendola
olive
backed Euphonia
lesser
Goldfinch
white collared Seedeater
Bananaquit
eastern Meadowlark
brown Jays
tody Flycatcher
bronze tailed Plumleteer
band tailed Barbtail
black Guan
Woodstork
white throated Crake
white vented Pigeon
ruddy ground Dove
mealy Parrots
Montezuma Oropendola
crested Oropendola
orange chinned Parakeets
groove billed Ani and the nice birdwatchers safe to a nice Island:
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