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Hoy fuimos a la carretera El Llano-Cartí con Tony y Linda Ward, Michael Froude y Daniel Hinckley. Antes de llegar a Chepo paramos en el sitio de anidamiento de Cattle Egrets. Hay decenas anidando (no las contamos, ver fotos). Entre otras especies anidando conté rápidamente 12 White Ibis (habían más), 7 Little Blue Herons (vimos una en nido con un huevo turquesa) y una 1 Great Egret. De particular interés fue observar no menos de 7 Anhingas (6 machos, 1 hembra) entre las aves que anidaban pero ninguna de las Anhingas estaba posada en un nido. Después fuimos a Cartí. Como a las 7:30 am paramos en el sitio donde encontramos el Central American Pygmy-Owl 2 semanas atrás y Karl lo llamó silbando. Al instante el búho contestó pero nunca lo encontramos. De camino a Cartí nos encontramos con un Plumbeous Kite anidando. En el Río Cartí Grande observamos un Bare-throated Tiger-Heron . Según el libro de George, este debería ser el 2do reporte para el Atlántico.  Otras aves observadas incl...

On November 29, while waiting out on the noontime drizzle at Cerro Azul's Birders' view, Rosabel Miró and Juan Pablo Ríos had a Brown Violetear visiting the back yard's white-flowered bushes. The bird was later seen at the tree with white flowers on the side of the house. Un poco antes de las 11:45 de la mañana, bajo una leve llovizna, llegó a los arbustos de flores rosadas, pero esta vez a los de flores blancas, un visitante raro y que primera vez se reporta para el patio de Birders’ View: el Brown Violetear. Esta ave también fue vista en el árbol con flores blancas al costado de la casa.  There's a lot of flowers, and a lot of hummingbirds around, including the regular Violet-capped Hummingbird and an abundance of the very irregular  Green Thorntail . Hoy lunes 29 de noviembre de 2010, a eso de las 10:27, en una mañana de neblina y llovizna, se acercó a los arbustos de flores rosadas ('estrellitas') que están en el patio trasero de Birders’ View, Alt...

The highlight of the Audubon Panama fieldtrip to Santa Fe, attended this year by Rosabel and Karl Kaufmann, Vivian Díaz, Olmedo Miró and Darién Montañez, was repeated encounters with flocks of Barred Parakeets , approximately 25 individuals each time. The first sighting was on Saturday, July 17 at about noon, as we began walking the 3 Cascadas Trail. The first section of trail now passes through a grove of young melastome trees that were all loaded with ripe berries and parakeets. After a few seconds they grew nervous and flew into a taller tree, and then flew off into the distance. That afternoon we ran into more (perhaps the same flock), again on berried melastomes on the road to the left past the Alto de Piedra school. On Sunday midmorning the parakeets were again at the beginning of 3 Cascadas Trail. Other notable birds seen included a few Crimson-collared Tanagers , a male Snowcap harassing a Double-toothed Kite, male and female Green Thorntails at blooming Inga trees, Black-he...

Yesterday evening, Jan Axel Cubilla and Gloriela Archbold visited Birders' View in Cerro Azul in search of Green Thorntails , and they saw three: a male, a female, and a female-plumaged bird with a long tail (a young male, perhaps). Also seen were nine other species of hummingbird, including Violet-headed and Violet-capped , and tanagers galore. More photos and details are over at Jan Axel's Blog .

Bill Adsett forwards this photo of a Crested Owl taken by Javier Araúz, perhaps in the grounds of Petroterminales de Panamá reserve near Puerto Armuelles. Rosabel Miró went to her house in Cerro Azul this morning, and she found a big tree full of flowers above her parking lot that had at least two female and one male Green Thorntail, as well as Violet-capped Hummingbirds. Como a las 4:30pm del sábado 21 de noviembre, cuando Karl y yo nos disponíamos regresarnos a la Ciudad, en el estacionamiento de Birders' View, Cerro Azul, observamos unos Green Thorntails, un macho con su cola bien larga y por lo menos dos hembras en un árbol que está justo en el estacionamiento. Este árbol tiene florecitas blancas pequeñas que cuando está en flor, atrae a los Violet-capped Hummigbirds, los Snowy-bellied Hummingbirds y a los Thorntails. Vi varias veces que los Violet-capped y el macho del Thorntail se enfrascaban en lucha pero el Thorntail nunca abandonó el árbol. Por lo general los colibriés ...

Marshall Iliff sent in reports for his three consecutive VENT tours to Panama. Highlights below: 2 Feb. Altos del María: 1 White-tipped Sicklebill, 12 Snowcaps, 4 Orange-bellied Trogons, 2 Spotted Barbtails, 3 Spotted Woodcreepers, 2 Plain Antvireos, 2 Black-crowned Antpittas, 2 White-ruffed Manakins, 1 Rufous-browed Tyrannulet, 15 Tufted Flycatchers, 12 Ochraceous Wrens, 5 Tawny-capped Euphonias, and two Black-and-yellow Tanagers, among more expected foothill species. Our one new sighting for the area was a single Brown Violet-ear singing from a high perch. We did not see this bird well, but I recognized it as a Violet-ear from its persistent single chip note that it delivered from a high perch. When we found the bird it was easily identifiable as Brown Violet-ear by its short bill and its brownish coloration with pale underparts without darker pattern or iridescence. Green Thorntail – We had three females and one adult male at El Valle 3 Feb. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – We had two bi...

Michael Gaston Harvey sent in the following report: I'm not sure if anyone still recieves these reports, but I thought some sightings from the last few months in El Valle/Altos del Maria would be of interest. I, along with Danilo Rodriguez and various other people, have found several unexpected species to be present and even common in the right habitat in this area. Barred Hawk, Black Guan, Purplish-backed Quail-Dove, White-tipped Sicklebill, Green Thorntail, Rufous-crested Coquette, White-tailed Emerald, Snowcap, Purple-throated Mountain-Gem, Orange-bellied Trogon, Tody Motmot, Blue-throated Toucanet, Red-faced Spinetail, Spotted Barbtail, White-throated Spadebill, White-thighed Swallow, Ochraceous Wren, Pale-vented Thrush, and Blue Seedeater all seem to be present fairly reliably, many of them in numbers. Other species seen on occasion include Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo, Black-crowned Antpitta, and Rufous-browed Tyrannulet. The Mountain-Gem, Snowcap, Spinetail, Barbtail, and Wre...

Rosabel Miró and Darién Montañez had brief views of a female Green Thorntail at the gardens of the Kaufmann Cerro Azul Villa. The bird flew across the garden and perched atop a tall tree, facing us, in not-so-good light for a few seconds. Its black throat and belly contrasted strongly with the white malar streaks and flank patches. The stripe across its back was not seen.