Xenornis

El día 3 de septiembre del 2017, en la carretera ya próxima a Playa La Barqueta, a unos 200 mts del hotel, divisamos a dos individuos de Eurasian Collared-dove o Tórtola Turca (Streptopelia decaocto)  que caminaban justamente en el pavimento.  La franja negra característica del el cuello y la terminación negra de las alas, nos permitió identificarlas.  El avistamiento ocurrió a eso de las 8:10 a.m. Parecían bastante familiarizadas a la gente. Posteriormente, al salir del área de playa a eso de las 11:32 am, observamos nuevamente a otro individuo sostenido en los cables eléctricos. Participaron en la observación tres personas:  Katiuska Cicilia, Emma Patiño y Yasmín Cerrud.

Yesterday morning, the birding group of Jan Axel Cubilla, Venicio Wilson, Rolando Jordán and Mario Aguirre found a number of Carib Grackles mixed in with the ubiquitous Great-tailed Grackles around the Tanara end of the old road to Chepo. Says Jan Axel: Mega. New species for Panama if accepted. At least two adult males with distinctive glossy black plumage, conspicuous  yellow eye and short (instead of long) strongly keel-shaped tail.  Seen with Great-tailed Grackles in a marshy, open area, where they feed in the ground (out of sight) and perched atop some low bushes and trees.  Heard once. Then this morning, Carlos Bethancourt found some other ones at Tortí Abajo. Raymond VanBuskirk reports: We've been scrutinizing every grackle we've seen today since hearing about a Carib Grackle near Chepo yesterday. It appears that the scrutiny has paid off. Today while leaving the site known as Torti Abajo we encountered four grackles (two males and two females) that caught ...

En la mañana del domingo 3 de agosto, Katiuska Sicilia y Yasmin Cerrud Henríquez encontaron una Eurasian Collared-Dove mientras Caminaban en la calle que llega en línea recta al hotel. Más tarde, vieron otra (tal vez el mismo individuo), Perchada en los alambres ya en la ruta de salida de La Barqueta. Era clara la raya negra en la nuca y las alas tambien de punta oscura.

Hoy 3 de sept a la 1 pm aproximadamente en un pajonal dentro de la Finca Bayano observe un ejemplar de Maguari Stork . Era un solo individuo. Lo visualice por varios minutos pero empezó a llover fuertemente por lo que tuve que retirarme del lugar.

Had a nice day trip to the finca today with Cindy and Bill Adsett. Cloud cover made the heat somewhat bearable and the roads were passable.  eBird list here . I taped two Large-billed Terns . Also found a Gray-capped Cuckoo : Cuckoo with a long tail, shaped like Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Short black bill, dark eye, dark gray slightly bushy cap and dark gray face and nape, gray extending below the eye. Throat rich rufous, breast slightly lighter rufous. Back and wings rufous. Tail, seen only from below, appeared to be black with white spots, placed similarly to spots on Yellow-billed Cuckoo's tail. Bird was in the mangroves. Mangroves suffering a massive infestation of tent caterpillars - perhaps the cuckoo was there for a feast. Bird was very skulky, often perching deep in the foliage. 

Margaret Thompson reports  a juvenile Nazca Booby  seen flying right by her boat in Golfo de Chiriquí, near Isla Bolaños and bocas pajaros, today. She also reports the continuing presence of the American White Pelican at Panamá Viejo, seen yesterday morning with two Wood Storks.

Vi un Jabiru volando más o menos a 8 metros de altura sobre la Calle Alhambra, urbanización Casablanca, Chanis. Iba en direccion este. Fecha: 12/08/17 Hora: 16:00 No pude tomar foto pero el tamaño, y los colores blanco, rojo y negro eran indiscutibles.

On August 2, 2017, a female Vermillion Flycatcher ( Pyrocephalus rubinus ) was seen in Mata Oscura, a small community between Torio and Quebro. The location is approximately 200 feet above sea level, but virtually at the rocky coast between Playa Morrillo and Playa Mata Oscura. The Morrillo estuary is very close to this location. The area was formerly cleared for cattle, but has been reforested within the past 8 years with trees and shrubs in an attempt to attract birds and other wildlife. Philip and Julie Pearce saw and photographed the bird. The bird was acting typically for a tyrant flycatcher. She was perching at the tops of the small trees and shrubs and darting up to catch insects, then returning to the same perch. She did not vocalize. This was at approximately 11:30 a.m., at the edge of a relatively clear area in relation to the surrounding heavier forest.  

Rosabel Miró and WHSRN's Rob Clay were at Panama Viejo for this morning's high tide and they found a total of 7 White-rumped Sandpipers mixed in with the Western Sandpipers and Short-billed Dowitchers. 

While counting for the Global Big Day on May 13, Jorge Herrera found a small group of Saffron Finch in Pacora. Although this is not the easternmost record on eBird, it shows that the species is slowly but seedily making its way in that general direction.

Dr. Osvaldo Quintero photographed this Brown Noddy on the mudflats at Panamá Viejo on the afternoon of Saturday May 13.

Dwarf Cuckoo (Coccycua pumila) - Reported Mar 28, 2017 13:25 by Angela Dillingham - Rio Torti, Panamá - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35506340 © Colin Dillingham Photo by Colin Dillingham. Bird identified by Colin and Angela Dillingham immediately after Colin spotted it, he showed it to Angela, and then later Jose Carlos Garcia, Francisco Denhaale, Euclides Campos, Shailesh Pinto and two other members of our tour group (Larry and Bonnie). It landed in the trees on the south side of the access road. Then it worked its way east down the fence row of trees. A fork-tailed flycatcher was chasing it for a while. It was a small cuckoo, with a dark bill with a decurved tip. It had a gray face and crown, with rufous throat and neck. There was a strong contrast between the rufous chest and cream colored belly. Legs were gray and eyes were red. Tail was gray with outer retrices shorter than central retrices. The tail feathers had thick dark subterminal tail ba...