male and female resplendent Quetzal in the cloud forest Boquete

Hello all, next time a story, now a video of the resplendent Quetzal male and female this morning...

Greetings from busy Terry

http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html

today a day off

Hello All, today was a day off for me... I did need a "cold nose" ... it is so hot weather lately, that I was ready for a high altitude, cold weather, clouds...and drizzel (bajareque)
I was up early and did go with Spot, the birding dog  to the cloud forest around the 1900 meters.
I did wear my rain jacket (Yeah!!) and my boots (yoehoeee!!!) Spot was also very happy.
As soon I was in the clouds, I did hear the resplendent Quetzales  making their calls and songs.
The whole hike I did hear them and did see them, I cannot help it, every time when it is possible to make a picture  of them ...I do it...

                                          A female Quetzal was checking out a potential
                                         "nest tree", another female was attacking her,
                                          probably she was interested in the same tree
                                          Unfortunately that was not in the picture.
                                          The male was watching the attacks .. as I did too...
                                   
                                     
                                          This Mountain Elaenia was busy to find nest
                                           material

                                          and this cute long tailed  silky Flycatcher was
                                          enjoying the wet  cold drizzel with a full stomach

Very nice was the unexpected encounter with a highland Tinamou in front of my feet. Spot and I stay silent and we were staring all to each other and very silently the Tinamou was after maybe 20 seconds, walking into the dense forest. Later I did hear the song of another Tinamou further away.

And a very nice meeting with a Wrenthrush, who was really checking us out from dense foliage, he or she was making a circle around us. I heard her/his call first and then after that I did see her/him.
Probably we were okay after that...did not hear a call anymore and later on I did hear  2 different birds singing their beautiful song.

Before lunchtime I was home after a very refreshing morning cloud forest...
                                   
                                         

                                         Spot my sweet birding dog! with a lot of patience...

Down below my list of today.
Greetings from Terry
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Bajo Mono, Chiriquí, PA
Feb 23, 2019 7:32 AM - 11:33 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.74 kilometer(s)
Comments:     with Spot( birding dog)..some sun , but mostly clouds and Bajareque
46 species

Highland Tinamou  2     1 seen 1 heard
Talamanca Hummingbird  1
Violet Sabrewing  2
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird  1
Resplendent Quetzal  10
Orange-bellied Trogon  2     Hi calls And song
Prong-billed Barbet  4
Northern Emerald-Toucanet  1
Hairy Woodpecker  3
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  1     Ho
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper  2
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner  1
Lineated Foliage-gleaner  1
Spotted Barbtail  1
Red-faced Spinetail  1
Mountain Elaenia  3
Tufted Flycatcher  2
Yellowish Flycatcher  3
Three-wattled Bellbird  1
Rufous-browed Peppershrike  2
Yellow-winged Vireo  1
Brown-capped Vireo  3
House Wren  1
Ochraceous Wren  3
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  5
American Dipper  3
Black-faced Solitaire  4
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush  1     +song
Mountain Thrush  9
White-throated Thrush  1
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher  2
Golden-browed Chlorophonia  3
Elegant Euphonia  2
Common Chlorospingus  4
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch  2
Rufous-collared Sparrow  2
Yellow-thighed Finch  6
Wrenthrush  2      And call  song, 1 seen 1 hear
Golden-winged Warbler  2     2 males chasing eachother
Tropical Parula  2
Wilson's Warbler  2
Slate-throated Redstart  8
Collared Redstart  3
Spangle-cheeked Tanager  3
Silver-throated Tanager  8
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2

time for respendent Quetzal in cloud forest Boquete Panama

Hello all, this morning a nice display show of 5 male resplendent Quetzales and the two female resplendent Quetzales , who were quiet watching those crazy males... includes enthusiastic Italian comments.... :) Sometimes my video is shaky because so much was happening , it gives a good impression of the happening... I never get used to this happening.

Of course also other birds this morning... it was really warm and dry in the cloud forest, so the birds were hiding a bit too...except these Quetzales :)

List of this morning ...see down below.

Greetings from Terry


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Pipeline Trail, Chiriquí, PA
Feb 4, 2019 7:30 AM - 12:08 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.2 kilometer(s)
Comments:     sun...warm weather
56 species (+1 other taxa)

White-tipped Dove  1
Green Hermit  2
Lesser Violetear  5
Fiery-throated Hummingbird  1
White-throated Mountain-gem  2
Scintillant Hummingbird  1
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird  2
Black-bellied Hummingbird  1
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  1
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Resplendent Quetzal  7     https://youtu.be/NcMyOmUpzxU
Hairy Woodpecker  1     HO heard only
Golden-olive Woodpecker  1     HO call
Sulphur-winged Parakeet  X     HO
Slaty Antwren  2
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  1     HO
Red-faced Spinetail  1     HO
Mountain Elaenia  X     all over
Mistletoe Tyrannulet  1
Bran-colored Flycatcher  1
Tufted Flycatcher  1
Yellowish Flycatcher  2

Bright-rumped Attila  1     HO song
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Three-wattled Bellbird  1     HO song
Barred Becard  1
Rufous-browed Peppershrike  1
Brown-capped Vireo  4
House Wren  1
Ochraceous Wren  1
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  X     HO
Black-faced Solitaire  2     heard more songs
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush  1     HO calls
Mountain Thrush  2
White-throated Thrush  1
Clay-colored Thrush  2
Elegant Euphonia  1     heard more
Yellow-bellied Siskin  X
Black-striped Sparrow  1     HO song
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch  2
Rufous-collared Sparrow  1
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush  1     HO
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Flame-throated Warbler  2
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Black-cheeked Warbler  3
Golden-crowned Warbler  4
Wilson's Warbler  3
Slate-throated Redstart  2
Flame-colored Tanager  1
White-winged Tanager  2
Black-thighed Grosbeak  1

Silver-throated Tanager  3
Blue-black Grassquit  2
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2

1th of February 2019 cloud forest in Boquete Panama

Hello All, a beautiful start of February 2019... together with my bird dog Spot a hike in the cloud forest . I have to be fit, February will be an active month... Cottages..guests and birding trips... I was doing jobs around the house but also bird watching and eating nice things...a good combi...but also a "gaining weight " combi... But hiking and bird watching is hard... but I did try it ...still I did see good birds and even a good shot of spotted Wood Quails as you see on the video. When I was going back I did see a very nice red brocket Deer, second time in the more then 20 years that we live in Boquete. In the video : ruddy capped Nightingale Thrush, three wattled Bellbird, spotted Woodquail (shaky because I had to keep Spot my dog silent , so one hand I did have my finger on his head and did softly sssssssh :) such a good dog!) chestnut capped Brush Finch (I was proud of myself of the quality of the picture...I am not the best picture taking person..) northern Emerald Toucanet, and the Deer...

Enjoy..see down below my list of that morning...

Greetings from Terry

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Feb 1, 2019 7:40 AM - 12:08 PM

slopes volcan Baru 
Protocol: Historical
Comments:     sun
61 species

Highland Tinamou  1     HO song
Black Guan  1
Spotted Wood-Quail  8
Band-tailed Pigeon  3
Short-billed Pigeon  3
White-tipped Dove  1
Chiriqui Quail-Dove  1
Lesser Violetear  4
Fiery-throated Hummingbird  1
White-throated Mountain-gem  3
Scintillant Hummingbird  1
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird  1
Ornate Hawk-Eagle  1     + song
Resplendent Quetzal  2
Orange-bellied Trogon  1
Red-headed Barbet  1
Northern Emerald-Toucanet  3     heard all over songs
Acorn Woodpecker  5
Hairy Woodpecker  3
Sulphur-winged Parakeet  7
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper  2
Lineated Foliage-gleaner  4
Streak-breasted Treehunter  1
Red-faced Spinetail  2
Mountain Elaenia  5     stop with counting...all over the place + calls and songs
Tufted Flycatcher  1
Dark Pewee  2
Yellowish Flycatcher  3     + calls
Bright-rumped Attila  1     + song
Great Kiskadee  1
Three-wattled Bellbird  2     heard more
Barred Becard  1     HO song
Rufous-browed Peppershrike  2
Brown-capped Vireo  3
Ochraceous Wren  2
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  2
Black-faced Solitaire  1     heard more songs
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush  2
Mountain Thrush  2
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher  3     heard more
Golden-browed Chlorophonia  5     approx..prob more
Elegant Euphonia  6
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch  2
Rufous-collared Sparrow  1
Yellow-thighed Finch  6     + songs and calls
White-naped Brushfinch  2
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Flame-throated Warbler  2
Mourning Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Golden-crowned Warbler  3
Wilson's Warbler  7
Slate-throated Redstart  4
Collared Redstart  1
Flame-colored Tanager  2
White-winged Tanager  2
Black-thighed Grosbeak  1     HO call
Silver-throated Tanager  2
Slaty Flowerpiercer  1     + song
Slaty Finch  2     mp4 call will follow
Yellow-faced Grassquit  2

Ooops I forgot Spot's water bowl...well this is also a way to do it..... :)

birding in Boquete ...a nice post of two ex birder guests and a note about booking sites

Hello All, we did have quit a bit of birdwatchers lately as guests, always great to see people walking around  with their binoculars or see them enjoying our cottages...
Two birdwatchers  did post a story about Boquete and yes... Tinamou cottage, so I like to share the link to their blog post:
https://albicillaexplorer.com/en/birding-boquete-quetzals-becard-christmas-traffic/#comment-458

When you do read their post , you will read that they did find the bird nr. 200 on our farm list...a rose throated Becard...female. I did see the bird also a couple of weeks later and 2 days ago in front of our balcony in the garden...I took a fast picture!

By the way.... sometimes we hear from guests...heeee you are not mentioned as a tour company on 

tripadvisor ... or heee...you are not on booking.com

O.K. that is correct.

I think we are the only ones in Boquete who are not active with these kind of sites. Guest put us on Tripadvisor, that was not our initiative. Friendly when they post a review, but we don't ask for it. We don't want to bother people to do that. Mostly the guests who stay in our Tinamou cottages are very hard working people and have a busy life. We think it is not nice to ask to write a review, while they are on vacation. 

Booking sites...we like to be our own boss... simple as that. Hans is the webmaster of our website and we are still in some travel books...

A lot of companies don't understand us at all...well we are very happy with our approach and love our life and work here in Panama. And of course we are totally happy when we get a nice review  and sweet mails and that nice post where I was starting with ...

Thank you and greetings  from Terry

http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html

                            snowy bellied Hummingbird yesterday in the forest of Tinamou cottage

and a nice Baltimore Oriole

ruta sur ..connection Boquete to Volcan area ..almost ready...casi listo

I remember as the day of yesterday.. the goverment of president Mireya Moscoso (1999-2004) did have an idea to make a connection with Boquete to Volcan /Cerro punta ..to make a road on the sendero los Quetzales . They did give it the name "camino Ecologico" In that time I was guiding tourists also on the sendero and did see 3 x surveys and that was heart breaking.... People with machetes were making space and put metal nails in the soil...while Quetzales were flying above them in March 2003 (last survey). I got questions about this, I did not want to spoil the hike/birding ...but you can understand, people got upset. In that time I was even wondering if Panama was the country that I wanted to live in...We did have a lot of meetings in that time with people for and against this road. Protests in green clothing... there was an alternative... ruta sur... Why not? it would help more communities, ... and you will safe the sendero los Quetzales in "national park Volcan Baru"!! After a big battle the protesters..young and old Panamanians .. won... and see here in my small video the result...the connection is a fact ...ruta sur is a fact... bravo! Greetings Terry van Niekerk
www.coffeeadventures.net/tinamoucottage

http://www.mop.gob.pa/progresa-proyecto-ruta-sur-en-potrerillo-arriba-palmira-abajo/

Veraguan Mango nest with 2 immatures

Hello all, this video starts with a photo of the female Veraguan Mango, she did start to build her nest 13th of December 2018, she was on the nest the 27th of December and today 24th of January 2019.. we did visit again and 2 immatures are on the nest and they will fly very soon...well done!!

Hans and I had a great day off in the forest today!! That was nice because there it was nice and cooler...on our way back we had temperatures of 37 C (Caldera) , very hot day. 😬

greetings from Terry
http://coffeeadventures.net/tinamou.html

The list of today:

Fortuna forest reserve, Chiriquí, PA
Jan 24, 2019 
Comments:  warm sun wind


Squirrel Cuckoo  1
White-collared Swift  7
Green Hermit  1
Purple-throated Mountain-gem  1
White-throated Mountain-gem  1
White-tailed Emerald  3
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird  1
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Orange-bellied Trogon  1
Sulphur-winged Parakeet  X     HO , could not see them ...in forest
Russet Antshrike  1     picture failed... it was too dark. Together with a small mixed flock...heard song, thought first it was a foliage gleaner, then  we did see him well with binoculars and did heard him first with song
Plain Antvireo  2

Slaty Antwren  1
Bicolored Antbird  2     HO calls
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo  1     HO
Streak-headed Woodcreeper  1
Yellow-bellied Elaenia  1
Olive-striped Flycatcher  1     + song
Slaty-capped Flycatcher  1
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant  2
Eye-ringed Flatbill  1     + song
Bran-colored Flycatcher  1
Tufted Flycatcher  1
Dusky-capped Flycatcher  1
Boat-billed Flycatcher  2
Social Flycatcher  1
Tropical Kingbird  1
Lesser Greenlet  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Philadelphia Vireo  2
House Wren  1
Ochraceous Wren  1     HO
Rufous-breasted Wren  1     HO
Rufous-and-white Wren  1
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren  2     more , heard more songs
Black-faced Solitaire  1     HO
White-throated Thrush  3
Clay-colored Thrush  1
Golden-browed Chlorophonia  X     HO
Tawny-capped Euphonia  3
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Tennessee Warbler  3
Tropical Parula  2
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Rufous-capped Warbler  1
Slate-throated Redstart  2
Hepatic Tanager  1
Flame-colored Tanager  1
White-winged Tanager  4
Blue-gray Tanager  2
Silver-throated Tanager  2
Yellow-faced Grassquit  3
Buff-throated Saltator  3