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Calendario CBC 2010 Costa Rica

2010-12-06T12:40:00.000-08:00

Calendario CBC 2010 Costa Rica

Celeste Mountain Lodge and Maquenque Ecolodge

2010-12-05T05:04:00.000-08:00

Hi All,

I don't have much to report here so quickly: At Celeste Mountain Lodge near Bijagua de Upala I saw my first Costa Rica Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle). Also, on a dark, windy, nearly birdless late afternoon I still managed to see a Tody Motmot on the trail there – either dumb luck or there are a few of them there. It's a great lodge and the trail construction is terrific. I hope to return there and spend a good long morning. Also, they are beginning to improve the now very muddy road past the lodge to the Tenorio National Park HQ. The habitat along it is good forest edge, and I saw Spotted Antbird and Streak-crowned Antvireo along here.

Maquenque Ecolodge just north of Boca Tapada was also excellent, and in a very interesting location. I didn't get much time to bird here in the morning yesterday, and it was a dark, showery morning at that. But the afternoon before a Central American Pygmy-Owl came in close to my whistled attempt at creating a mob of tanagers, warblers, and honeycreepers, only my second in Costa Rica. Yesterday morning I saw both Scarlet and Great Green Macaws, Cinnamon Woodpecker (seems to be common there), and a female Golden-winged Warbler. Again, I look forward to returning here. It's a very comfortable lodge, and the staff includes the family members who own the lodge, and they are really nice people. I spent some time with Julio who is a sponge for information and already knows a huge amount about birds, plants, and insects.

Good Birding,

Rich Hoyer
http://birdernaturalist.blogspot.com

Tortuguero Red-footed Booby and Brown Noddies

2010-12-01T18:32:00.000-08:00

I know that no one else is contributing to this blog any more, but I can hope some people are still reading it. Is there another forum for sharing Costa Rica sightings I'm not aware of?

In any event, I'm here at Turtle Beach Lodge just scouting out lodges, and in between the squalls (continuous almost all night long, heavy downpour) today (Dec 1) I saw a brown morph Red-footed Booby sailing southward with a group of about 20 Magnificent Frigatebirds over the line of coconut trees on the inland side of the beach. There were hundreds of Laughing Gulls of all age classes also moving southward, and two Brown Noddies also going south but low over the breakers. Royal Terns were barely identifiable quite distant and mostly flying north.

There are still a few birds I would consider migrants headed to South America: Scarlet Tanager, Gray-cheeked and Swainsons's Thrush, and a group of at least 10 Chimney Swifts (the latter only yesterday afternoon).

Rich Hoyer
http://birdernaturalist.blogspot.com

Lista Oficial versión impresa

2010-03-20T00:02:00.001-07:00

Saludos pajareros!
Ya esta disponible en Amazon.com la versión impresa de la última actualización de la Lista Oficial de las aves de Costa Rica.
Recuerden que también esta disponible la versión gratuita (excel) en la web de la AOCR.

Hi all!
It is already available on Amazon.com the printed version of the latest update of the Official List of the Birds of Costa Rica.
Remember also available a free version (excel) on the website of the AOCR.

Gracias,
Gerardo Obando

2010-02-25T15:58:00.000-08:00

Hola todos

El pasado Jueves 11 de febrero Ela Villanueva, Ernesto Carman, Bill Hilton y yo observamos varias Tachycineta thalassina, Violet-green Swallow (4 o 5 individuos, probablemente estaban pasando más) mientras trabajabamos en el campo en Cañas Dulces, Liberia. En el mismo viaje visitamos Cat Fish Farm, y no encontramos grandes sorpresas, la mayor sorpresa fue encontrarnos con Jim Zook justo en la entrada y que casualmente venia a dar una vuelta rapida en las lagunas. Si vimos bastantes individuos de Anas discors, Blue-winged Teal (3000 talvez), otros interesantes Pied-billed Grebe P. podiceps, Limpkin (6), Pectoral Sandpiper C. melanotos (1), A.Coot, Fulica americana (7).

Otra cosa interesante que vi en estos dias fue un Icterus prosthemelas, Black-cowled Oriole el 23 de febrero, que observe en los jardines de Rain Forest Aerial Tram, de Jaco. Ya se habia visto en el lado Pacifico pero creo que es primera vez en ese lugar y en Jaco(?).

Saludos a todos.

J. Diego Vargas

Siga a la AOCR en Twitter

2010-02-17T08:26:00.000-08:00

Infórmese de inmediato y en un solo lugar de las últimas noticias y actividades de la Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica como giras, cursos, Comité Científico, actualizaciones de la Lista Oficial de las Aves de Costa Rica, Boletin Zeledonia, el Fondo Skutch para la investigación ornitológica, censos de aves; además de notas sobre avistamientos interesantes, entre otros temas. Compartimos y desplegamos también información de las más grandes organizaciones relacionadas con las aves de la región y en un ámbito global.
Síganos en @avesdecostarica

Confirmado: Evidencias de anidación del águila Arpia en el P.N Tortuguero

2010-01-29T11:04:00.001-08:00

Más información - More information:
http://avesdecostarica.org/Page370.html

Saludos,
Gerardo Obando,
Comité Científico, AOCR

Yellow-winged Tanager (Thraupis abbas) in la zona norte

2010-01-26T13:30:00.000-08:00

Yellow-winged Tanager (Thraupis abbas), photo by Froilan Rojas Ramirez. Compare with the Palm Tanager (T. palmarum) that is also visible in the photo

The bird was first seen by Froilan on Dec.10,2009 and last seen on Jan.20,2010. It has been visiting a banana feeder at a soda/rancho that is operated by Aventuras Arenal located along the main highway about 3 km before Los Chiles de San Carlos, Alajuela.

Like the other two Thraupis species already found in Costa Rica the Yellow-winged Tanager is a bird of semi-open country. Over the last decade the species has been moving southward through Nicaragua in the wake of deforestation. It has finally arrived in Costa Rica and it may continue its march southward.

Greater Ani again in Tortuguero

2010-01-25T17:29:00.001-08:00

Photo of Greater Ani (Crotophaga major) taken by Kevin Easley on Jan 23, 2010 in Tortuguero.

On Jan 19, 2010 Daryl Loth of Casa Marbella found a lone Greater Ani in Tortuguero in the park along the Rio Tortuguero about 400 m north of the entrance to Canos Harold, Chequero y Mora. This is the second appearance of this species in Costa Rica. The first time a lone bird was seen for several months in late 2004-early 2005 in this same area. Before this first sighting the species had not been reported west of central Panama.

White-crowned Pigeon in Tortuguero

2010-01-25T17:15:00.001-08:00

White-crowned Pigeon photographed by Chris Murray in Tortuguero on Jan 24, 2010. The bird was seen along the border between the park and the town of Tortuguero on the trail between the park station and the beach.

Nuevo avistamiento del Aguila Arpia en Tortuguero

2010-01-19T03:46:00.000-08:00

Hemos recibido un nuevo reporte del Aguila Arpia en el Parque Nacional Tortuguero. El pasado sábado 16 de enero se observo un individuo en el sector de Caño Harold.

Saludos,

Gerardo Obando, AOCR.

Christmas Bird Counts

2010-01-18T10:58:00.000-08:00

Hi All,

Will anyone be posting results from Costa Rica Christmas Bird Counts here? Why were the dates not announced here last month?

Good Birding,

Rich
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Rich Hoyer
Tucson, Arizona
http://birdernaturalist.blogspot.com/

Senior Leader for WINGS
http://wingsbirds.com
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Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) - new species for Costa Rica

2010-01-08T10:49:00.000-08:00

1. Photo by José David Vargas Fernández

2. Photo by José David Vargas Fernández

On Nov 1, 2009, at 7:30 am, José David Vargas Fernández, who is a guide for Jacamar Tours S.A., found and photographed this juvenile Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) on the rocky coast between Playa Mansita, in Hacienda Pinilla, and the estuary at Playa Avellanas, Guanacaste. The lone Piping Plover was on the fringe of a large group of Semipalmated Plovers (C. semipalmatus). JD noted that the Piping Plover seemed to keep apart from the Semipalmateds and that it made high, whistled "peep" vocalizations that were different from the more nasal calls of the Semipalmateds.

On Nov 7, at 12:50 pm, JD went back with Edgar Brenes and Gustavo Mora, who are also both Costa Rican naturalist guides, to look for the bird. They were able to find it , and photograph it, again at the same spot. There have been no subsequent reports of this bird to date.

Piping Plover is ranked as a "Near Threatened" species by the IUCN. It breeds in the US and Canada in the great plains and along the northern Atlantic coast, and winters on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the southern US and Mexico, and in the Bahamas and Greater Antilles. Its occurrence south of the Yucatan Peninsula in winter is considered as accidental.

A Few Highlights From a Short WINGS tour

2010-01-01T05:08:00.000-08:00

Dear Birders,

I've just finished leading a five-day tour in Costa Rica. There was just one avid birder in the group, a 13-year-old boy who has been birding for about a year and a half and was here on vacation with his family. His keen ears and eyes garnered us a total bird list around 250 species. Several other members of the family were also interested in seeing birds, but it wasn't a dawn-to-dusk birding group.

Just a few highlights:
At Savegre Lodge we had great views of a GREEN-FRONTED LANCEBILL hunting insects over the bridge at the entrance at about 6:15 a.m. on 29 Dec. In the gardens were two STRIPE-TAILED HUMMINGBIRDS, which I hadn't seen here before. I suspect they are usually quite a bit lower in elevation on this slope. As usual, this continues to be the best place for RESPLENDENT QUETZAL, and we watched a pair feeding from a Nectandra tree visible from the picture windows in our rooms. It was being reported that Los Lagos ($2 per person entrance) also had a very active fruiting tree.

Our morning at La Selva on 30 Dec was quite productive considering we were there for just 3 hours and that we spent time watching things such as poison dart frogs and Collared Peccaries. Great views of an immature RUDDY QUAIL-DOVE, a confiding GREAT TINAMOU, and three CRESTED GUANS by the start of the foot bridge were probably the most memorable birds, though we didn't see anything unexpected. Flocks of swifts overhead were mixed VAUX'S SWIFT and GRAY-RUMPED SWIFT.

The birding at Sueño Azul resort on 30 and 31 Dec was as good as always. A SLATY-BREASTED TINAMOU was calling a dusk at the end of the "rainforest" road, two FASCIATED TIGER-HERONS were almost always visible on the rocks downstream from the lodge, and a pair of SPECTACLED OWLS sang both nights just outside our rooms. A "whitting" empid that I did not see was probably a LEAST FLYCATCHER, but it's been long enough since I've heard a WILLOW FLYCATCHER call that I'm not sure it wasn't that species. Either would be rather rare here in mid-winter. A ROYAL FLYCATCHER on the far side of the little lake by the parking area was something of a surprise.

Finally, on the morning of 27 Dec at the Bougainvillea Hotel in Santo Domingo, Heredia, I briefly saw two birds fly over that I would have called SHINY COWBIRDS had I seen them anywhere I know the species to be common. Has this species spread into the Central Valley in recent years? I saw them so briefly that I admit I may have misjudged their size and flight style, the only other possibility being Bronzed Cowbird.

Good Birding,

Rich Hoyer

Cambios en la Lista Oficial de las Aves de CR 2009

2009-12-29T00:40:00.000-08:00

Hola,

Ya pueden obtener detalles de todos los cambios realizados en la lista oficial para el periodo 2006-2009.

http://avesdecostarica.org/Page388.html

Saludos,

Gerardo Obando

Aguila Arpia en Tortuguero

2009-12-29T00:36:00.000-08:00

Hola,

Ya esta disponible en le web de la AOCR fotos del individuo y ubicación en google maps del avistamiento del Aguila Arpia

http://avesdecostarica.org/Page370.html

Gerardo Obando

Lista Oficial de las Aves de Costa Rica 2009

2009-11-16T00:45:00.000-08:00

Hola a todos,

Les comunico que la lista Oficial actualizada al 2009 ya esta disponible en la web de la AOCR. También las evidencias fotográficas aceptadas por el Comité Científico y archivadas en el MNCR (Depto. Historia Natural) para esta actualización y anteriores podrán verlas en el siguiente enlace http://avesdecostarica.org/Page582.html
La actualización 2009 detallada con todos los cambios ya esta circulando en la versión impresa de Zeledonia 13,2 Nov. y pronto estará disponible en el siguiente enlace http://avesdecostarica.org/Page388.html

Saludos,

Gerardo Obando
Comité Científico, AOCR

Sept 18-20 Pacific pelagic gets new species for Costa Rica - Tahiti Petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata)

2009-09-24T19:28:00.000-07:00

1. Tahiti Petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata). One of five individuals seen September 18-19 off Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Surprisingly the species does not appear on the main list of the AOU for North America because of possible confusion with Phoenix Petrel (Pterodroma alba) although it has been reported regularly by researchers working in the eastern tropical Pacific and is included in Howell and Webb's Guide to the Birds of Mexico. This photo shows the long straight wing, and long thin tail profile typical of the species. Photo by Noel Ureña.

2. Tahiti Petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata). The first individual was seen only 33 km south of the tip of the Nicoya peninsula, well within the range of a one day pelagic trip out of Los Sueños or Quepos. Photo by Noel Ureña.

3. Tahiti Petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata). Distinctive large bill, dark unpatterned underwing, long thin tail, and grayish rump are all marks that help distinguish this species from Phoenix Petrel (Pterodroma alba). Photo by Noel Ureña.

4. Markham's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma markhami) - another rare species we found on this trip. Two individuals were identified. Others were possible but couldn't be seen well enough to distinguish them from the more common and very similar Black Storm-Petrel. Photo by Noel Ureña.

5. Parkinson's Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni) - only one bird was observed when it came to our chum along with a handful of Wilson's Storm-Petrels and a Pink-footed Shearwater at the end of the day on Sept 19th. Photo by Noel Ureña.

6. White Tern (Gygis alba) - again, only one individual was seen, this one just before sunset on the first day, Sept. 18th about 150 km from shore. Photo by Noel Ureña.

7. Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) - Dark morph adult, the form typically found in Costa Rican waters. We've had several trips where the last bird of the day is a Red-footed Booby that tries to land on the mast for the night. Photo by Noel Ureña.

8. Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini) - a common migrant out at sea this time of year. Most, like this bird, were almost molted into their winter plumage. We found a large flock attending a trawler that was hauling in it's nets out in the Gulf of Nicoya on Sept. 20th. Among the hundreds of Brown Boobies (Sula leucogaster) also in attendance we managed to spot one Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii). Photo by Noel Ureña.

9. Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma tethys) - by far the most common species of storm-petrel this time of year. Photo by Noel Ureña.

10. Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri) - always a regular though usually in smaller numbers than the other regular member of the genus in Pacific Costa Rican waters, the Wedge-tailed Shearwater (P. pacificus). Audubon's Shearwater complex is split by some into several species, the one found here on the Pacific side would be the Galapagos Shearwater (P. subalaris). Caribbean birds would still be Audubon's. We also saw one Manx/Townsend's Shearwater (P. puffinus/auricularis) but were unable to see it well enough, or get photos, to tell which species it might have been. Photo by Noel Ureña.

11. Paul Murgatroyd with American Redstart that came aboard the boat out in the middle of the Gulf of Nicoya. It stayed with us for about an hour and finally headed out on its own for land shortly before we reached Playa Herradura. At first timid, it soon became bold enough to perch on anyone's head or outstretched arm. Thanks to Paul for sponsoring yet another wonderful journey aboard the Floating Bear and for his contributions towards furthering our knowledge of Costa Rica's pelagic birds. Photo by Noel Ureña.

Here is the at sea list for the three day trip - September 18-20, 2009.

5 - Tahiti Petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata)
13 - unidentified petrel sp.
1 - Parkinson's Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni)
3 - Pink-footed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus)
74 - Wedge-tailed Shearwater (P. pacificus)
14 - Audubon's Shearwater (P. lherminieri)
5 - unidentified shearwater sp.
9 - Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
12 - Leach's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
(Leach's rump color: 7 white, 4 dark, 1 intermediate)
2 - Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (O. castro)
59 - Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel (O. tethys)
12 - Black Storm-Petrel (O. melania)
2 - Markham's Storm-Petrel (O. markhami)
1 - Least Storm-Petrel (O. microsoma)
33 - unidentified Storm-Petrel with white rump
3 - unidentified Storm-Petrel with dark rump
9 - Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)
1 - Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)
4 - Masked/Nazca Booby (S. dactylatra/granti)
1 - Blue-footed Booby (S. nebouxii)
606 - Brown Booby (S. leucogaster)
10 - Red-footed Booby (S. sula)
246 - Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
329 - Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
1 - Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
19 - unknown shorebird
250 - Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
5 - Red Phalarope (P. fulicarius)
59 - Sabine's Gul (Xema sabini)
1 - Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
4 - Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
1 - White Tern (Gygis alba)
9 - Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)
41 - Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
1 - Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
1 - Sandwich Tern (T. sandvicensis)
1 - Elegant Tern (T. elegans)
1 - Common/Arctic Tern (Sterna hirundo/paradisaea)
3 - Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
6 - Parasitic Jaeger (S. parasiticus)
1 - Long-tailed Jaeger (S. longicaudus)
8 - unidentified jaeger sp.
7 - Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
19 - Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
10 - Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
9 - unidentified swallow sp.
1 - American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)

Visit to Veragua Rainforest July 2009

2009-09-15T15:23:00.000-07:00

This past July, I visited Veragua Rainforest Park with Daniel Torres and Andres Daves. Both are great birders and passionate about their professions. I highly recommend it is a birding destination as well as a family destination. They have beautiful facilities and excellent habitat. The Frog exhibit and reptile vivarium are state of the art. They have a dark room to walk through with a guide to look for frogs. Their butterfly reasearch and collection are amazing.

They have reports of seeing the sulphur-rumped tanager, white-fronted nunbird, and bare-necked umbrella bird.

Veragua is 12km south from the Liverpool entrance near Limon. Very nice middle-elevation habitat.

I saw the following in a short period of time. I'm definately going to return to seek out the elusive sulphur-rumped tananger.....Lance

Great Tinamou
Plumbeous Kite
White-throated Crake
Sunbittern
Red-billed Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
Gray-chested Dove
Red-lored Parrot
Squirrel Cuckoo
Groove-billed Ani
White-collared Swift
Band-tailed Barbthroat
Western Long-tailed Hermit
Blue-chested Hummingbird
Green-crowned Brilliant
Violaceous Trogon
Rufous Motmot
Collared Aracari
Keel-billed Toucan
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Western Slaty-Antshrike
Chestnut-backed Antbird
White-collared Manakin
Red-capped Manakin
Great Kiskadee
Social Flycatcher
Black-throated Wren
Stripe-breasted Wren
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Clay-colored Robin
Dusky-faced Tanager
Passerini's Tanager
Olive-backed Euphonia
Bay-headed Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Green Honeycreeper
Blue-black Grassquit
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Black-striped Sparrow
Black-faced Grosbeak
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Montezuma Oropendola

Bicolored Hawk in San Ramon de Tres Rios

2009-06-17T20:04:00.000-07:00

Today, June 17, I saw a bicolored hawk (accipiter bicolor) at a private farm in San Ramon de Tres rios, approx. 3.5 km from the Iglesia San Rafael.

It was an adult and it had just killed an Emerald Toucanet. We discovered the kill site and the hawk flew away with the Toucan in its claws.

Sharpbill y el Correcaminos en San Carlos

2009-04-30T20:53:00.000-07:00

Hola todos. Gracias a Lance por permitirme entrar al blog.

Primero es para reportar un interesante sitio para pajarear en CR que comienzo a conocer realmente hasta ahora. En el poco conocido Parque Nacional Juan Castro Blanco, parte de la area de conservacion ACA-HN, San Carlos. Especificamente entrando por el lado Norte del cerro Platanar, no por la entrada Ciudad Quesada, Tapezco sino mas bien por Aguas Zarcas. Hay unos "casi senderos" utilizados por los pocos que todavia cazan en el Cerro, estos senderos ascienden sobre el cerro desde 800 msnm hasta unos 1800 msnm es un poco dificil pero vale la pena. Algunos de los mas interesantes registros de un par de meses atras; (27-10-08) Neomorphus geofroyi (Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo) individuo bastante oscuro (juvenil?) pasando el sendero a las 12:45 md en condiciones atmosfericas nubladas, altura promedio de 900 msnm. Tambien hace un par de semanas atras observe y pesimamente fotografie, en el mismo sendero Oxyruncus cristatus (Sharpbill) en unas copas de arboles basante altos, bastante activo se mantenia en una misma area (quiza mas de un idividuo).
Entre otros bonitos y un poco mas constantes registros estan:

Harpyhaliaetus solitarius (Solitary Eagle)
Spizaetus ornatus (Ornate Hawk-Eagle)
Selenidera spectabilis (Yellow-eared Toucanet)
Bangsia arcaei, (Blue-and-Gold Tanager)
Myrmeciza immaculata (Imaculated Antbird)
En la parte mas alta, Empidonax albigularis, White-throated FC, entre otros.
En el area mas baja y mas abierta se ven pajarillos como Icterus mesomelas (todavia incluso con los muchos jauleros que hay en la zona) y Passerina cyanea.

En conclusion me parece que el lado norte del Cerro Platanar es un buen sitio para pajarear por la variacion de alturas y por las grandes extensiones de bosque primario.
Aqui estan las cordenadas del parque por si tienen tiempo para visitarlo, a la entrada de Aguas Zarcas pueden llegar preguntando. (10° 10’ y 10° 20’ latitud norte y 84° 15’ y 84° 25’ longitud oeste)

Saludos

JD

April 3-5, 2009: Pacific pelagic proves productive.

2009-04-12T16:38:00.000-07:00

1. Parkinson's Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni). We saw 15 individuals (1 on Apr.3 and 14 on Apr.4). All birds showed pronounced flight feather molt. The species is endemic to New Zealand (as a breeder) laying eggs in November and December. It flies across the Pacific to pass the non-breeding season in waters off Cenntral and South America. The total world population is estimated at only 10,000 birds. Photo by Jim Wolfe.

2. Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius). This bird's bill color was changing from dark (non-breeding) to yellow (breeding.) Photo by Jim Wolfe.

3. Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) carrying a prize. This immature bird dropped out of nowhere crashing into the water near the boat to catch this squid. As is typical, we saw only one individual of this species. Photo by Jim Wolfe.

4. An adult Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus). This species has been the most common jaeger on almost all of our recent pelagic trips. We saw 79 birds over the course of three days including a raft of 16 birds settled on the water at dusk on April 4th. Photo by Jim Wolfe.

5. Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus). A bird in first summer plumage. The first we've seen after a number of voyages - a new addition to everyone's Costa Rica list. Notice how light-bodied and narrow-winged it is compared to the hulking Pomarine pictured above. Photo by Jim Wolfe.

6. Christmas Shearwater (Puffinus nativitatus) April 3, 2009, 51 km west of Cabo Blanco. This was one of our target species. It was first identified in Costa Rica by Bruce Mactavish in March-April, 2008 when he had several different sightings in this same general area. We saw two individuals of this species and managed to get some nice photos of one. Photo by Jim Wolfe.

7. Route of the Floating Bear 3-5 April, 2009. Map created by Bruce Young.

8. Christmas Shearwater (Puffinus nativitatus) with two light morph Wedge-tailed Shearwaters (Puffinus pacificus). Wedge-tailed and Christmas Shearwaters often share breeding sites on islands in the central Pacific. Photo by Bruce Young.

9. Masked Booby, adult (Sula dactylatra). These impressive, long-winged birds would invariably fly straight towards the boat and circle us one or two times before heading off in another direction. Photo by Bruce Young.

10. Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus). About 104 km west of Tamarindo on April 4 we came upon 3 of these amazing creatures, the largest animal that has ever lived on earth. We were able to get close to one as it made short dives (staying down 5 minutes or so) near the boat, close enough to hear it's lungs filling with air as it inhaled. Individuals can be identified by the shape of their tiny dorsal fin and the pattern of dark blotches on their back. We sent these photos to some whale researchers in California but they didn't recognize this individual. There is a resident population in the Pacific off the Central American coast but individuals from other populations may occur here as well. Photo by Bruce Young.

On April 3-5, 2009 Paul Murgatroyd, Bruce Young, Richard Garrigues, Jim Wolfe and Jim Zook went on a pelagic birding trip out of the Los Sueños marina at Playa Heradura aboard the Floating Bear, a 52 foot Beneteau 500 sailboat, with captain Greivin Prado and deck hand Juan Lopez. Our goal was to get out to the southern end of a deep water canyon (the Middle American Trench) that runs parallel to the coast off the Nicoya Peninsula. In March and April of 2008 Bruce Mactavish compiled an impressive list of birds while working as a marine mammal observer aboard a siesmic vessel operating in this area off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Nicaragua. In three days we managed to see most of the species that Bruce picked up on his 28 day cruise (we missed Red-footed Booby, Sabine's Gull, Brown Noddy and White Tern).

High on our list of objectives was to find and hopefully photograph a Christmas Shearwater, a species that Bruce Mactavish found last year. His sightings were the first ever for Costa Rica. He took some photos of birds in flight that provided evidence. Luck was with us on the afternoon of our first day when we spotted an all dark, relatively small and short-winged shearwater flying off to one side that we recognized as something different. It was rapidly winging away from us, but we were able to get on it with a pair of 12x image-stabilizing binoculars, and just as it was disappearing over the waves way out in front we saw it plop down in the water among a compact little group of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters. Trying desperately not to lose sight of the birds we cautiously moved past them at a distance and then came around so as to have the sun at our backs and approached slowly, managing to creep up to within about 25 m of them. It was nice to have the Wedge-tailed Shearwaters right there for comparison.

Here is the species list for the three days at sea:

15 - Parkinson's Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni)
2 - Pink-footed Shearwater (Puffinus creatopus)
380 - Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus)
2 - Christmas Shearwater (Puffinus nativitatis)
19 - Audubon's (Galapagos) Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)
4 - Petrel/Shearwater sp.
63 - Leach's Storm-Petrel (dark-rump) (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
4 - Wedge-rumped (Galapagos) Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma tethys)
107 - Black Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma melania)
1 - Least Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma microsoma)
1 - Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)
11 - Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)
3 - Nazca Booby (Sula granti)
463 - Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
11 - Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
310 - Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
2 - White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
2 - shorebird sp.
51 - Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
11 - Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
1 - Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)
4 - Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
2 - gull sp.
6 - Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)
2 - Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
413 - Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
2 - Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
45 - Royal Tern (Sterna maximus)
7 - Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
15 - tern sp.
79 - Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
3 - Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
1 - Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
24 - jaeger sp.

Results - March 7 Golfito pelagic

2009-03-18T10:14:00.000-07:00

Wedge-tailed Shearwater, photo by Juan Diego Vargas.

On March 7, 2009 a pelagic birding trip took place aboard the "Reina del Sur" (25 foot covered ferry-panga type boat with 175hp outboard) from the dock at Mar y Luna, Golfito, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Birding particpants: Andrew Robertson, Alison Olivieri, Julie Girard, Dionisio Paniagua, Victor Pérez, Carlos Gonzalez, Janet Peterson, Juan Diego Vargas, Jim Zook. 06:10-15:05. Farthest point out into open ocean was 41.7 kms (25 miles) SW of Cabo Blanco (tip of Osa Peninsula/mouth of Gulfo Dulce). We had planned to be out until 16:00 but decided to cut it short because of wind and a choppy sea. Overall it was pretty quiet. We saw very few marine mammals, though perhaps the best sighting of the trip was a female Orca (Killer Whale). Also no fisihing boats. We had good looks at all species except for the Bridled Terns and some flying Phalaropes.

Here is the species list:

10 - Wedge-tailed Shearwater

4 - Audubon's Shearwaters

14 - Brown Booby

17 - Brown Pelican

9 - Magnificent Frigatebird

3 - Phalarope sp.

43 - Laughing Gull

2 - Bridled Tern

126 - Black Tern

14 - Sandwich Tern

36 - Royal Tern

6 - Barn Swallow

Tropical Mockingbird in Santa Ana, March 8, 2009

2009-03-08T20:19:00.000-07:00

A Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) hung out in my backyard in Santa Ana (Valle del Sol, Lindora) all day today. I heard it singing earlier in the morning (I was able to get some song recordings). It continued to sing until early afternoon.

I'm not aware of a Mimus gilvus sighting in the Central Valley. Does anyone else have a report of the mockingbird in the Central Valley?

Lance

March 8, 2009

Golfito Pelagic trip - Mar.7

2009-02-23T18:18:00.000-08:00

(Red-necked and Red Phalaropes seen off Osa Peninsula, Apr.7, 07. Photo by Juan Pablo Elizondo)

March 4 - The boat has been filled. Thanks to all those who inquired about participating. Results will be posted here shortly after March 7. Thanks, JRZ.

There will be a full day pelagic birding trip out of Golfito on March 7, 2009. The trip is being organized by the San Vito Bird Club and will be led by Jim Zook. There are still four spaces available (out of 8 total birders). Cost is $100 per person. Beverages will be provided but everyone will need to bring their own food/lunch. We will be taking a typical 30-35 foot sport fishing vessel captained by fellow birder Andrew Roberston. We'll hope to get out into deep water 30 miles or so off the S tip of Osa Peninsula. Based on past trips around this time of year we can expect to see Audubon's and Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, Black Storm-Petrel, Brown Booby, Red-necked Phalarope, Black and Bridled Tern, Brown Noddy, Sabine's Gull, Pomarine and Parasitic Jaeger. Possible also would be Least, Leach's and Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel, Red-billed Tropicbird, Red-footed and Masked/Nazca Boobies, Red Phalarope and other migrant gulls and terns. Costa Rica's first Black-vented Shearwater was seen in waters off the Osa Peninsual this past November so there's always a chance for the unexpected.

If you are interested in reserving a space (with a $50 deposit) please contact Julie Girard at girardwoolley01@sympatico.ca for further details.

Swainson's Hawks wintering in Guanacaste

2009-02-23T17:50:00.000-08:00

During a recent two week trip to Guanacaste I ran across a group of 102 Swainson's Hawks sitting on the ground in a recently tilled field that was being flooded by irrigation waters. This was on February 11 in the rice and sugar cane fields just West of the entrance to Palo Verde NP. The wind was really blowing hard and the birds appeared to be resting more than looking for food. I see Swainson's Hawks regularly in this area during the winter months but usually in flocks of 10-20. Never seen a group this big outside of migration periods. The majority of these birds appeared to be dark morph individuals. In early January Richard Garrigues sent me a note he received from a visiting Canadian birder (Ian Platt) who on January 1 saw a group of 35 mostly light morph birds kiting and circling over the east end of the Liberia airport.

There were also a good number (15+) of Tree Swallows mingling with hundreds of Barn Swallows over the flooded rice fields near the entrance to Palo Verde NP, a fairly unusual sight.

Where, When and How of the swifts of Costa Rica

2009-01-14T11:19:00.000-08:00

Hi all,

I regret my lack of spanish. But I am on a quest to see all the species of swift in the world. I've taken a look at the Lista Oficial of Costa Rica and here are the swifts that I'd like to maximize my chances of seeing:

Cypseloides cryptus White-chinned Swift R Cypseloides cherriei Spot-fronted Swift R Streptoprocne rutila Chestnut-collared Swift R Streptoprocne zonaris White-collared Swift R Chaetura fumosa Costa Rican Swift R Chaetura cinereiventris Gray-rumped Swift R Panyptila cayennensis Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift R

I will be in the country for about 10 days, will have access to a car and will focus my efforts in the Central Valley and the Pacific Slope. The timeframe for my visit will be Feb 21-Mar 1. I request info on the where, when and how of searching for swifts in Costa Rica:

1) Where should I look? I have made a editable map which can be found here: Please feel free to make notes and such on the map. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=9.748917,-83.753428&spn=3.918901,8.344116&z=8&msid=105619599557126271692.0004607670e5411890ec7
2) When should I look? For example, "in the evenings these birds roost behind the waterfall." would be a great note.
3) Identification: I understand the _Cypseloides_ are cryptic and any tips on how to ID them would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance for any assistance. I too will research and be making annotations to this map.

Elias Elias
Arcata CA USA
fabflockfinder@gmail.com

Zona Sur Hawk

2009-01-06T08:11:00.000-08:00

On the 22nd of December I saw a juvenile hawk in the same rice field near Playa Zancudo where I saw an adult Savannah Hawk last April. I described it to Kevin Easley, who said it was probably a juvenile Savannah Hawk.

Jerry O'Donahoe

Lista Oficial Aves de CR Actualización 2008

2009-01-05T04:36:00.000-08:00

Hola a todos,

El Comité Científico de la Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica desea informarles que ya pueden bajar información en nuestro sitio web sobre la última actualización de la Lista Oficial de Costa Rica. Entre la información disponible podrán encontrar:

Cambios para el 2008 (Zeledonia 12,2)
http://avesdecostarica.org/revista.htm

Lista Oficial 2008 (Excel)
http://avesdecostarica.org/listas.htm

Nuevos registros fotográficos aceptados para la Lista Oficial 2008
http://avesdecostarica.org/Page582.html

Les recordamos que ya esta abierta la recepción de formularios y nuevas evidencias fotográficas para la actualización 2009. Para obtener el formulario y más información pueden visitar este enlace:
http://avesdecostarica.org/Page486.html

Suerte a todos,

Gerardo Obando
Comité Científico
AOCR

Sapphire-throated Hummingbird and Veraguan Mango at La Gamba

2008-12-23T13:01:00.000-08:00

This is news that Kevin Easley asked me to pass on:

Dec.23 - Kevin saw both a male Sapphire-throated Hummingbird, and several females and one male Veraguan Mango visiting Poro flowers of a living fence along the road into Esquinas Lodge. This is along the road past Gamboa taking the first right towards Esquinas instead of continuing along the road to Golfito. Go over the old log bridge (recently fixed - it had been pretty bad) and continue on to the pasture or rice field on the right and look for the Poros in flower along the fence row.

Kevin was more than a little excited with his find and left his clients to look after the birds while he rushed to find a phone to get the word out so that those who may be heading that way in the near future will be on the lookout. He said he was going back to get photos. (Kevin said he got some OK photos of the ST Hummer but not the V Mango. Steven Easley and Magda Sánchez visited the site a few days later, and Steven took some nice photos of both species, two of which are posted here. The mango photo isn't the best, aesthetically speaking, but it clearly shows that there is no black on the center of the blue throat or breast, key to the identification. To see more of Steven's great bird images visit the photo gallery at www.costaricagateway.com).

He also mentioned another good bird seen during this same trip on Dec.21 in the savannas above Buenos Aires along the road up to Dúrika - a Grasshopper Sparrow.

thanks Kevin (and Steven)!

First Ever Gray-bellied Hawk (Accipiter poliogaster) for Costa Rica

2008-12-16T20:47:00.000-08:00

This amazing photo, taken by Cristian Gamboa, documents the first ever Gray-bellied Hawk (Accipiter poliogaster) recorded in Costa Rica. It is also a first for Central America. On June 26, 2008 Octavio Ruiz spotted the bird in a tree next to the suspension bridge over the Puerto Viejo River at the Orgnaization for Tropical Studies La Selva Biological Station in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí. He was accompanied by Yahaira Rojas, Kenneth Alfaro and Cristian Gamboa. All four of these lucky birders work as guides at La Selva.

Gray-bellied Hawk is a forest raptor native to South America. The closest previously known records were from northern Colombia (although see the comments in the e-mail correspondence quoted below). It is a poorly known species and is apparently rare throughout its range. The La Selva bird is a juvenile, and looks almost exactly like a mini-Ornate Hawk-Eagle. The adult is very similar to Bicolored Hawk, the biggest difference being that it has gray thighs rather than rufous thighs. In some older references authors have speculated that birds from the southern end of the species' range (Paraguay, and southern Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina) maybe migratory. As this bird turned up in Costa Rica during the austral winter, it may have been a migrant that overshot its normal wintering grounds. However, there has been some recent discussion on this point and many experts from areas in the southern cone where Gray-bellied Hawk is found consider the species to be a year round resident there. So, migrant?, vargrant?, overlooked resident? we can only ponder the true nature of this exceptional bird.

From: sergio seipke <seipke@yahoo.com.ar> (note: Sergio is writing a guide to S.Am. raptors)
To: Bill Clark <raptours@earthlink.net> (note: Bill is a raptor expert who has authored several guides to N.Am. birds of prey)

Hi Bill! Yes, I agree, undboubtedly a Gray-bellied Hawk. Look how the dark mallar stripe touches the black cap behind the eye - you don't seed this in Ornate Hawk-eagle, where the rufous clearly separates the cap and the mallar stripe.Look for comparison at:http://farm1.static.flickr.com/34/72062929_f61e76f379.jpg?v=0Also the 'barring' on the median portion of the belly is more 'spotty' (unlike in OHE).Great news! Thanks for sharing them!!!I saw one older imature (thighs still barred, but rest like adult) in Darien, Panama in 2005, but since I took no photos and the bird was 'out of range' I usually don't mention it.
Thank you again.

Cheers!Sergio

Ps: Please make sure you encourage the observers/photographers to publish this record. You can tell them they can quote my diagnosis if the'd like to -- no problem.---

El lun 15-dic-08, Bill Clark <raptours@earthlink.net>
De: Bill Clark <raptours@earthlink.net>
Asunto: [Fwd: Fwd: fotos ave en la selva]
Para: "sergio seipke" <seipke@yahoo.com.ar>
Fecha: lunes, 15 de diciembre de 2008, 3:26 pm

Hi Sergio,I think this is a juvenile A. poliogastor.
If so, it is way out of range in Costa Rica.

Cheers, Bill

From: Jim Zook <ebirdcr@gmail.com>
To: Bill Clark <raptours@earthlink.net>
Hey Bill,
this funky little raptor was photographed here at La Selva not too long ago and its identification has stumped everyone, myself included. I'm leaning towards some transition juvenile-to-adult plumaged accipiter, but....? I've never seen anything like it before. I didn't see the bird, but those who did said it was not very big, they estimated about Double-toothed Kite sized. I've seen the branches where the bird was photographed (it was right next to the big suspension bridge on the way over to the lab clearing) and it surely must have been a fairly small bird. Anyway, hope all is well with you, and I´ll look forward to hearing your impressions.
bye for now, Jim

Eurasian Collared-Dove and other Guanacaste news

2008-12-08T15:37:00.000-08:00

Just got back from a trip to Guanacaste and wanted to pass on a few things of note.

While Brian Sullivan was here on his honeymoon, a supposed non-birding trip, not only did he manage to get a country first in the Black-vented Shearwater, he also saw a Eurasian Collared-Dove on Nov.14 while sitting in his car at the parking lot of the Jumbo supermarket mall in Liberia (this is on the SE corner of the main highway intersection in Liberia of the interamerican highway and the road to Santa Cruz). He was unable to get photos, but still not bad for having one hand tied behind your back. I was there last week and looked around on several occasions but was unable to find the bird. So, familiarize yourselves with this species, so you can separate it from the similar and ubiquitous White-winged Doves, and be on the lookout next time you're in Liberia.

Visited Pelon de La Bajura on Nov. 28, with Carlos Jimenez and Fito Downs. Things were well on their way to drying out but in the La Cutacha sector we found a huge group of Blue-winged Teal (2300) and were able to sort out 5 Fulvous Whistling-Ducks, 4 Northern Pintails, 2 Northern Shovelers, a male Lesser Scaup, and 6 American Coots. Shorebirds were much more limited, being mostly Greater (24) and Lesser (13) Yellowlegs, Least (450) and Spotted (17) Sandpipers and Black-necked Stilts (30). In there were also Stilt (3), Solitary (2), Western (1), and Baird's (1) Sandpipers, Long-billed Dowitchers (6) and Killdeer (4), and one Laughing Gull. On Nov. 23 I had made a very brief scouting visit to the area and at that time had 10 Black-bellied and 45 Semipalmated Plovers, but these were nowhere to be seen on our later visit. Five Jabirus were crammed in with hundreds of Great and Snowy Egrets and Little Blue Herons in the corners of fields that had all but dried up. Over at the Tilapia farm (part of Pelon's diverse offering of habitats) we spotted a big meandering flock of Franklin's Gulls (170) kiting in the wind and making occasional dips into the ponds. Raptors were great, as usual. Not counting vultures we had fourteen species (Osprey, White-tailed and Snail Kite, Crane, Roadside, Gray, Short-tailed, Swainson's, White-tailed and Zone-tailed Hawks, Crested Caracara, Am. Kestrel, Laughing and Peregrine Falcon). Total list for the visit was 119 species, which is not bad for lowland Guanacaste. Carlos and Fito were also jazzed about the Western Kingbirds they had seen in the morning along the road to Lomas Barbudal before we headed over to Pelon.

On Dec.2 dropped by the Lagunas Catfish Farm ponds. Numbers of birds were fairly low (only 140 Blue-winged Teal so far) but there were some nice species: 3 female Lesser Scaup, 1 female American Wigeon, 3 Common Moorhen, 13 Am.Coot, 9 Least and 2 Pied-billed Grebe, 2 S.Lapwing, 55 Long-billed Dowitcher and a flock of 30 Tricolored Munias, only 4 adults, the rest juveniles. Visitors should note that there are some people now living in a shack in the very center of the pond complex and they have three mean dogs, so beware if you try to cross the complex going W-E along the center dike. I was able to fend them off with my tripod but it was a bit dicey. Probably better in the future to skirt the perimeter.

that's all for now, JZ

Costa Rica's First Black-vented Shearwater

2008-11-27T07:57:00.001-08:00

Hi All,

Brian Sullivan obtained amazing photographs of a shearwater on Nov. 17 while off Drakes Bay en route to a diving trip at Isla del Caño that is apparently Costa Rica's first BLACK-VENTED SHEARWATER (Puffinus opisthomelas). Photos of this bird can be seen on his website at http://briansullivanphotography.com/Galleries/shearwaterspCR/.

You can see addtional examples of Brian's photography at this gallery, but be forwarned that it is slow to upload without a fast connection: http://briansullivanphotography.com/Galleries/CostaRicaBirds11-08/. Note added by Jim Zook - There is a nice photo of an adult brown morph Red-footed Booby in there, one of the other good birds Brian had on his Caño Island trip (he also had Least Storm-Petrel, Sabine's Gull, and Bridled Tern).

Good Birding and Happy Thanksgiving,

Rich

Jim Zook reports Uniform Crake and Baird's Sandpiper October 19th

2008-11-02T17:50:00.000-08:00

Hola amigos,

vengo de muchos días en el campo pero con solo dos cositas interesantes para contar.

Primero fue un Amaurolimnas concolor (Uniform Crake) el 19 de Oct. que escuché y después logré ver en Los Cusingos, finca de Alexander Skutch en Pérez Zeledón. Fue en el primer luz del día sobre un sendero inundado cerca del Río Peñas Blancas (es un sendero que sale del Sendero Petroglifo y que fue abandonado después de los daños causados por el tornado del 2006). La especie está en la lista que llevó Don Alexander para la finca, pero creo que hace mucho tiempo que no está reportado por allí (alguién más lo ha visto?). Fue mi primer registro para la especie en el Pacífico.

La segunda cosita fue dos individuos de Calidris bairdii (Baird's Sandpiper) el 20 de Oct. en el Cerro de la Muerte, km 76, entrada a La Providencia frente al puesto de MINAE, otro lado de la carretera de Chesperitos. Estaban en un charquito de agua a la par de la carretera. ¿Qué sorpresa?

Gracias Daniel por el articulo sobre los daños de la expansión piñera. Espero que controlan eso y pronto. En mis trabajos en PZ he visto muy bién como va esta locura. Dos de los 9 sitios agrícolas donde hemos estado llevando acabo conteos de monitoreo de aves desde 1999 han sido reciemtamente convertidos a piña (hay otro sitio que siempre ha estado en piña). Un sitio era un cafetal con sombra de Eucalyptus y el otro era un cañal de azucar. En este estudio, que tiene 36 sitios agricolas en cuatro diferentes regiones del país, los únicos sitios donde hemos realizados conteos (media hora en 2 hectarias) y no encontrado ningún ave son los tres piñales en PZ. A veces se ve uno o otro ave, pero muchas veces no hay nada. Desierto completo. ¿Qué tal la paz con la naturaleza?

hasta pronto, JZ

White-vented Euphonia Song?

2008-10-26T10:06:00.000-07:00

I'm 95% I heard white-vented euphonias near my house in Santa Ana. Are there any other birds that sound similiar to assorted warbler notes and chips of this Euphonia?

thanks for any help,

Lance

Yellow-headed Carara at Forum, Santa Aana October 21

2008-10-24T06:03:00.000-07:00

I saw a Yellow-headed Caracara at the Forum in Santa Ana on Tuesday October 21. Milvago chimachima is becoming more and more common.

Lance

Roy May Reports Blue-headed Vireo en Cedros Montes de Oca on October 22

2008-10-24T05:28:00.001-07:00

Ave migratoria interesante: Vireo solitarius. Lo vi ayer (22oct) a las 7:20 am brincando en un árbol de mandarina agria que tengo en el patio/jardin de mi casa en Cedros Montes de Oca.

Roy May

Migratory Report from Paco Madrigal, October 23

2008-10-24T05:25:00.000-07:00

Hola todos y todas,

18 de octubre Casa Turire, Turrialba;

Oporornis Philadelphia (Mourning Warbler 3 individuos, un macho Adulto)
Dendroica pensylvanica ( Chestnut-sided Warbler 1)
Piranga rubra (Summer Tanager 1)
Falco columbarius (Merlin 1, Lo vimos cazar y devorar un Barn Swallow asi que es un 2 x 1)
Buteo platypterus (Broad-winged Hawk 2)

Saludos,

Paco Madrigal

Daniel Martinez Reports Jabiru for 4th Year in a Row @ Kekoldi

2008-10-24T05:17:00.000-07:00

Hola amigos y amigas,

Muy interesantes todos los reportes de aves migratorias y residentes...y bueno para seguir con lo de las sorpresas y avistamientos inusuales: Por cuarto año consecutivo y esta vez con registro fotgráfico (Foto: Noel Ureña), el pasado domingo 12 de Octubre en Kéköldi con la agradable compañía de Noel Ureña y Luis Sánchez que por primera vez nos visitan por ahí, Sebastián Hernández (Director del Centro Científico Kéköldi) y David Sherwood (Periodista del Miami Herald y pajarero) pudimos observar 1 Jabiru mycteria el que aparentemente es el único individuo migratorio y con registros desde el 2005 por estos lados, ahora no tengo las fechas exactas de las 3 observaciones durante la migración de otoño, pero si puedo decirles que siempre fue en la última semana de Setiembre y esta es la primera vez que me toca estar ahí y que pasó más tarde este año probablemente por tanta lluvia, huracanes y demás...lo vimos a eso de las 9:15 de la mañana en lo que fue un excelente día de migración de rapaces (no tengo números a mano) pero gracias a Noel y Luis pues tomaron excelentes fotos ese día y pronto estarán enviando la lista de otras aves migratorias que observamos sábado y domingo. Ahora la pregunta es de donde viene este individuo y hacia donde va en estos 4 años? Gran registro para el Caribe Sur y Kéköldi!
Y de nuevo gracias a Noel por tomar la foto!

Es todo por ahora y pronto les envío más noticias desde aquí....llueve mucho lo cual es muy inusual en esta época del año.

Saludos,

DM.

Kevin Easily Report from Caribean, Gray Kingbird and Brown Noddy, 10-18-2008

2008-10-18T09:30:00.000-07:00

Just in from a 2 night trip to the Caribbean with my parents, Steven and Magda. Migrants were slow...in Puerto Viejo de Limon while passing through town I noticed what I thought was a Brown Noddy at shores edge - got out and sure enough...it was quite tame, seemed to be in fine condition. It was on the other side of the basketball court at the edge of sea...didn't expect that.

This morning while birding a side road just inland and between the 2 entrances to Cahuita NP...(opposite side of the road - biggest dirt road, go over the first hill then down to the first bridge crossing) I thought a particular Kingbird looked a bit odd - oddly enough it was a very nice adult Gray Kingbird - watched it for about an hour, sometimes at close range in good light - didn't expect that either.

Had about 100 Mississippi Kites this morning, Veery, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Mourning Warbler, Canada Warbler...numbers were not real high however with Eastern Wood Pewee topping the charts!

Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Valle del Sol 10-2008

2008-10-18T07:21:00.000-07:00

I saw a Yellow-billed Cuckoo while jogging this morning with my son Nolan at Valled del Sol, 7:00 am 10-18-2008. First one I have seen in Costa Rica.

With the gorge around Valle del Sol and the water on the golf course, Valle del Sol in Santa Ana provides great habitat for birds. I have documented 104 species, listed below:

Valle Del Sol 10-2008 - Upload a Document to Scribd

Report from Max Vindas from Caribean Aerial Tram, October 16th

2008-10-17T06:37:00.000-07:00

Hola amigos
Hoy estuve en el Teleférico, también pasado por agua y con pocos migratorios.

Contopus cooperi 1
Contopus virens 3
Empidonax flaviventris 1
Hylocinchla mustelina 1
Dendroica pensylvanica 10

Además de esto no se si se acuerdan cuando mandé unas fotos de unos uñasos muy grandes aparentemente de un Oso Caballo, bueno el oso caballo ya fue visto. Lo vió el chofer del transporte interno el cual no tenía idea de que animal había visto y su descripción era exantamente la del animal, el pensó que era algo común. dice que cuando el carro llegó a unos 30 mts de animal, el mismo levantó su cola y la irizó todabía más y salió caminando bosque adentro.

Saludos a todos.

William Granados posts migrant from Monteverde, Bahia de Potrero, 15th of October

2008-10-17T06:30:00.000-07:00

Hola Colegas
El día de ayer realice un viaje para 2 personas, de Monteverde a Bahía Potrero con una visita a Palo Verde.
El viaje estuvo pasado por agua, de principio a fin, solo con unas pocas oportunidades para poder pajarear. Sin embargo sacamos algunos pajaritos, a saber:
En Liberia contigua a Souvenir Kaltrate un grupo de 18 Burhinus bistriatus (Double-striped Thick-knees
Un Jabirú mycteria (Jabirú) cerca del puente del rio Tenorio sobre la Interamericana
En los canales nuevos cerca de Palo verde un grupo de 15 Platalea ajaja (Roseate Spoonbill)

Entre Bagaces y Palo Verde:
Hirundo rustica (Barn Swallow)
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (Cliff Swallow)
Progne subis (Purple Martin)
Tyrannus forficatus (Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher)
Empidonax minimus (Least Flycatcher)
Vireo flavoviridis (Yellow-green Vireo)
Dendroica petechia (Yellow Warbler)
Wilsonia citrina (Hooded Warbler)!!

Bajando Monteverde cerca de Sarmiento:

Wilsonia Canadensis (Canada Warbler)
Icterus galbula (Baltimore Oriole)
Contopus virens (Eastern Wood-Pewee)
Vermivora peregrine (Tennessee Warbler)
Piranga rubra (Summer Tanager)

Migrants Reported from Rincon de la Vieja by Alfredo Scott

2008-10-16T06:30:00.000-07:00

Saludos a todos.

Unos pocos màs, en Rincòn de la Vieja, 13 octubre. 1 Wilsonia canadensis (Canada Warbler)1 Seiurus aurocapilla (ovenbird)1 Oporornis formosus (Kentucky Warbler)

A. Scott

Ruddy Quail Dove in Richard Garrigues Backyard!!, October 15th in San Antonio Belen

2008-10-16T05:59:00.000-07:00

Los días atemporalados suelen traer sorpresas en estos tiempos de migración. Ayer, por ahí de las 11:00, volví a ver por la ventana de mi cuarto a un pedazo de patio que está muy sombreado y, por las últimas lluvias, muy húmedo (para no decir ya convertido en un humedal). Observé un ave brincando por el suelo y pensé, "Ha! Ya llegó el primer Catharus ustulatus (Swainson's Thrush) de la temporada." Pero, algo pareció un poquito diferente. Fui por mis binoculares y al verlo bien, mi dí cuenta que era un
Catharus fuscescens (Veery). Fue la primera vez que lo hemos observado aquí en casa y, aunque ustedes no lo crean, la primera vez que lo veo en CR! Qué bonito que un pájaro nuevo le llega a uno, en vez de tener que ir en busqueda de ello.

Pero mi regocijo fue superado por una sorpresa más grande unas horas más tarde. Por ahí de las 15:00, desde la ventana de la cocina, ví una paloma desaparecer entre unas matas. Por lo oscuro de la tarde gris, no la ví bien, pero no pareció ser un Leptotila verreaux (White-tipped Dove). Salí a buscarla y no pude creer lo que ví cuando logré encontrarla. ¡Se trataba de una hembra (o inmaduro) de Geotrygon montana (Ruddy Quail-Dove)! No tengo la menor idea de cómo llegó a mi patio en San Antonio de Belén, ¡pero ahí estaba!

Y como si fuera poco, nos visitó una tercera especie que no habíamos notado en el jardín anteriormente: Seiurus motacilla (Louisiana Waterthrush).

Los demás migratorios observados ayer eran:
Riparia riparia (Bank Swallow) – 1
Hirundo rustica (Barn Swallow) – 4
Dendroica petechia (Yellow Warbler) – 2
Seiurus noveboracensis (Northern Waterthrush) – 1
(¿Cuántas veces han visto estas dos especies de Seiurus en el mismo sitio, el mismo día?)

Hoy, el Catharus fuscescens aún anda por acá (no le culpo por no haber querido volar anoche con el mal tiempo), y aparecieron:

Oporornis formosus (Kentucky Warbler) – 1 (qué por cierto anda renco, pero anda)
Piranga rubra (Summer Tanager) – 2 (macho y hembra, los primeros de la temporada acá)

Saludos,
Richard

P.D.: Las imágenes adjuntas son sacadas del video que tomé, así que la calidad no es muy buena, pero espero que sirva.

Date Set for La Selva CBC, December 19 to 21st

2008-10-16T05:19:00.001-07:00

Es para nosotros un placer invitarle a nuestro Vigésimo Cuarto Conteo de Aves Navideño. Este se celebrará del viernes 19 al domingo 21 de diciembre. El conteo inicia el día 19 a las 12:00 media noche y termina a las 12:00 media noche del día 20. Ofreceremos hospedaje y alimentación las noches del 19 y 20 de diciembre.

Al igual que en los conteos anteriores les queremos solicitar muy respetuosamente una cuota voluntaria de ¢5,000 para sufragar parte de los gastos de este evento. Así mismo todos los extranjeros (con o sin residencia) deben cancelar el monto de $5 como apoyo al programa CBC (Christmas Bird Count) de Audubon Society, este pago servirá para actualizar las bases de datos, la página web y la publicación del resumen de los resultados de los conteos.

Les agradeceríamos confirmar su participación e indicar si requiere alimentación y hospedaje e informar sobre día y hora de llegada ANTES DEL 28 de noviembre al teléfono 766-6565; ext. 110 o 111, con el Depto de Recepción, o las direcciones electrónicas: ralva@sloth.ots.ac.cr y/o ovargas@sloth.ots.ac.cr

Morning Report Sept. 3rd, Chomes from Kevin Easley & Group

2008-10-16T05:02:00.000-07:00

Kevin Easley
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Hello Friends,
I wanted to send you a quick note on a morning of birding at Chomes on the Central coast here in Costa Rica.

Yesterday morning, Sept 3, a group of Costa Rican birders got together to see what we could turn up at the Chomes shrimp farms located on the eastern edge of the Gulf of Nicoya. I awoke at 3:45 AM, coffee, and out the door and soon picked up Jim Zook en-route to the coast. Steven Easley and his wife Magda picked up Vernon Campos around the same time while Ernesto Carman and Elaida left even earlier from Platanillo near Rancho Naturalista - all with the same goal - to look for rare migrants that might be coming through this time of year. Jim and I stopped along the entrance road to Chomes to look over swallows perched on the wire, our best bird there were two Purple Martins, a transient migrant and not common to say the least. We also stopped and scanned a ploughed field which had many shorebirds since it was high tide but we decided to put that off till later in order to take advantage of the high tide at the shrimp ponds. We met up with Steven, Magda, and Vernon at the first ponds - Jim and I caught up with the Least Terns and one winter plumage Black Tern they had located and noticed both Bank and Cliff Swallows migrating through as well. There were lots of shorebirds present - the usual suspects - and the largest collection of Semipalmated Sandpipers I have ever seen in this country. After going through this group carefully we continued to the ponds closest to the gulf. Here we found Franklin's Gull, Caspian Tern, Marbled Godwit, and Collared Plover along with the other more typical shorebirds present. Ernesto and Elaida drove up at this point and I went with them back to the front ponds (they came in a different route) as Ernesto needed Least Tern as a life bird. We nailed that for him and joined the rest of the group at a viewing point over the gulf. The others had located an American Oystercatcher so we caught up with that, Yellow (Mangrove) Warblers were present as well which is always nice to see, but no sign of the Parasitic Jaeger Steven photographed just 4 days prior with Magda and Bart Brown. We drove around more ponds which were full of water thus no shorebirds but did see a Zone-tailed Hawk fly over. Back at the ploughed fields now and we could see shorebirds flying about at times along with MANY Whimbrels but they seemed to disappear in the rows of the fields, out of sight. We decided to try and enter the farm and after Jim talked to the administrator we were able to drive around (aimlessly at times) to bird the fields proper. It was frustrating to still have distanct views of groups of shorebirds irratically flying over the fields but not get definitive looks at them. Possible Baird's, possible this, possible that was becoming the theme. A Pearl Kite flew over which took our eyes momentarily off the fields to the sky above. The habitat looked great and I felt like a rarity had to be in the next field, now the next, another, another...and this went on for a couple of hours. After making it back out to the main road we decided to give the original ploughed field one more try. With patience we watched as shorebirds would occasionally take flight only to disappear again except for the numerous Whimbrel which did not hide as affectably. We could see size difference in the Whimbrel flocks but were still not able to make out the species at they were quite distant. Steven spotted something of potential, gave me directions and I quickly had my scope on it. My announcement of "BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER!!!" was first met with a sense of shock or disbelief (as it would me as well), but my insistence gave everyone cause for hope and soon we had 4 scopes on this mythical transient migrant through Costa Rica. A new Costa Rican bird for everyone in the group and a life bird for Jim, Ernesto, Elaida, and Vernon. Our determination had paid off in a big way - this is a bird that I thought I would perhaps never see in Costa Rica. There are very few records of this species in Costa Rica - perhaps overlooked but also because there is only a narrow window of opportunity, late Aug and early Sept being what we thought would be the best time to find one here. Soon Baird's Sandpipers made an appearance - another life bird for several in the group. Steven decided to try and photograph the Buff-breasted and set off across the field. Jim and Ernesto noticed a number of shorebirds on the back field and they headed out that way while the others watched from the road. Both were successful - Steven was able to get excellent photos of the Buff-breasted and Jim and Ernesto found a lone Upland Sandpiper which didn't stick around long enough for the others. We joined Jim and Ernesto and although we missed the Upland, we did have exceptional views of two Buff-breasted and several Baird's Sandpipers which were much enjoyed. A pause at the aqueduct to get rid of extra pounds of mud on our shoes and we were out of there. Steven and Magda headed off to Miravalles, Ernesto and Elaida to Arenal, and Jim, Vernon, and myself back to the homesteads. In the end we were all delighted with the day of birding, everyone had something to celebrate.

Hasta pronto amigos!
Kevin

Jim Zook
Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:06 AM

Hi Richard,still riding the high from those Buff-breasted Sandpipers! What a thrill. Kevin forgot to mention a Harris's Hawk and a Blue-and-white Swallow, both of which I thought were interesting.
Jim Zook

Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:11 PM
To: Richard Garrigues
Hey,the field where all the good stuff was is on the left side as you drive in, after the second bridge. You'll see it easy enough. It is a big open muddy field that has been plowed, There are a few scattered little cotton plants coming up and in the SW corner there is a knee high stand of dry stems where the Double-striped Thick-Knees hang out. The next field on your left is in pineapple and there is a road with many tall trees that separates the two fields. You can get a glimpse of the field from the road but better to go in. We had to ask for permission to enter but the administrator gave us a free reign. The offices are back about 200 m towards the bridge on the E side, white gate with sprockets on the gate posts.Google maps coordinates 10.'5645, -84.88089.

Birding at Alberto Brenes 10-5-2008

2008-10-15T22:28:00.000-07:00

Tom Deligiannis and I birded (7:00 am to 1 pm) middle elevation at 550 to 800 meters approximately 1 hour from San Ramon towards Fortuna. At lake, turn left towards UCR Research station. Birding is great all the way to reserve entrance.

Highlights included:
Violet-crowned Woodnymph
Purple-crowned Fairy
Orange-bellied Trogon
Lattice-tailed Trogon
Spotted Woodcreeper
Brown-billed Scythebill
Three-wattled Bellbird
Eye-ringed Flatbill
Nightingale Wren
Philadelphia Vireo
Tennessee Warbler
Tropical Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Slate-throated Redstart
Black-and-yellow Tanager
Olive Tanager
Blue-and-gold Tanager
Emerald Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Blue Dacnis
Green Honeycreeper
Blue-black Grosbeak

Good Morning Birding at Carrara

2008-10-15T22:13:00.000-07:00

I birded the Quebrada Bonita trail at Carrara on September 27 early morning. Highlight was 6 gray-headed tanagers, 5 black-throated anthrushs, 2 northern barred woodcreepers, and a large group of chestnut-backed antbirds on an army ant swarm. I also saw a scaly-throated leaftosser tossing leaves, streak-chested antpitta, a group of stub-tailed spadebills at the park entrance, and a spot-crowned euphonia. Overall saw 47 species in several hours of birding.

migrants

2008-09-11T10:11:00.000-07:00

Tennessee Warb and Yellow Warb in my yard in San Isidro de Heredia this am. If I can't go where they are they are going to have to come to me.

Elanoides forficatus en Golfo Dulce

2008-08-28T06:49:00.000-07:00

Estimados pajareros.

Ayer tuve la gran oportunidad de realizar una gira por el Golfo Dulce. Cerca del PN Piedras Blancas (no exactamente en el parque) vimos un grupo de aproximadamente 25-30 Elanoides forficatus. No presentaban comportamiento migratorio. Desgraciadamente no pude observarles el dorso con cuidado (estaba en el bote!) para ver el tornasol. Se encontraban volando al nivel del dosel y seguían la linea de la costa. Muy tuanis!

Pablo Porras

Trip Report from Adolfo Mendez to Quetzales NP, Aug. 16th

2008-08-26T19:45:00.000-07:00

Trip on Aug-16th.

As I told you earlier, the idea was to take my boss and his family in search of the resplendent quetzal, the national bird of Guatemala, where they are originally from. I read that the quetzal is somewhat rare up there, and very few Guatemalans have seen one. Given its name, we initially visited the recently opened Quetzales NP. Its main entrance is located on kilometer 76 of the Panamerican HW, just in front of the Chespiritos Restaurant. Infrastructure is good and park rangers are very friendly. Because of its high altitude, the quetzal can not be seen on the surroundings of the rangers station. So we took one of the trails and hiked (2 km) towards lower elevations, following instructions from a guide we hired at the station (very friendly also, but not a great birder though). However, no quetzals were to be seen or heard. We returned to the station, jumped inside the car and drove 7 kms towards the village of Providencia, as the guide knew of a specific aguacatillo (Laureacea) tree which was full of fruit. After crossing a river and driving down some steep, scary slopes (4x4 vehicle, experienced driver needed), we got to the aguacatillo which was next to the road and with lots of fruit. And of course, there were plenty of quetzals there (at least 3 individuals taking turns on the tree). After the tough ride and mission accomplished, we decided to have lunch in San Gerardo (some 9 kms from the park entrance), and chose the Trogon Lodge. Ironically, just in front of the restaurant and in full view of the patrons, there was a lauracea tree with abundant fruit...and birds. There was not a moment, while we stayed there, when a quetzal was not there (to the delight of my boss). Emerald toucanets and other species also visited the tree.Conclusion: the park is not a good spot for quetzals, at least this time of year. It is better just to head down to San Gerardo and look in the usual places, just like you recommended. Below, a small list of other species I saw at the park:Black GuanBand-tailed PigeonMagnificent HummingbirdFiery-throated HummingbirdVolcano HummingbirdGray-breasted Wood-WrenBlack-billed Nightingale-ThrushMountain RobinBlack-and-yellow Silky-flycatcherThree-striped WarblerFlame-throated WarblerSooty-capped Bush Tanager

Saludos,
Adolfo

Un Neomorphito

2008-08-26T17:56:00.000-07:00

El Miércoles 20, estaba en el teleférico cuando el fotógrafo Juan Carlos Gamboa me llamo para identificar un ave que había fotografiado, me mostró una foto de un pájaro totalmente negro y con una cresta, poseía un anillo ocular azul y ahí empezaron mis sospechas, le pregunté el tamaño y me dijo que era un ave grande y que hacia un sonido con el pico y que estaba a 4 metros en una rama y que se cayo al piso. con esta información pude corroborar mis sospechas y me di cuenta que era un pichón de Neomorphus geoffroyi. Se le tomo un video con un celular a escasos centímetros de distancia y hace un interesante sonido con su pico, el nido de esta especie no esta registrado para nuestro país el nido debe de estar muy cerca de donde fue visto sin embargo no he tenido tiempo para buscarlos, si alguien desea puede comunicarse con Allan Rodriguez del teleférico que estoy seguro los llevará al sitio.

White-winged Becard at El Rodeo

2008-08-23T13:00:00.001-07:00

Went birding with Adolfo Mendez on Aug. 9th early morning around el Rodeo. Saw a group of white-winged Becards and Russet Antshrike. I have not see both species in the area before.
Below is list of birds I have seen around the University of Peace in the past several years.

U of Peace List - Upload a Document to Scribd

Help with Bird Call Recording

2008-08-20T20:41:00.000-07:00

click on the attached link and then download and listen to the attached wav file I recorded at Rancho at 700 m at 8 am in the morning. I believe this is a white-collared manakin call. It also sounds like an Occelated Antbird call. Can anyone listen and then help me distiguish between the two. Thanks....Lance

http://sites.google.com/site/bucksspot/files

Great Weekend at Rancho Naturalista

2008-08-20T05:20:00.001-07:00

I had a fabulous weekend (August 1,2, and 3) of birding at Rancho Naturalista near Turialba. I saw 113 bird over the weekend just in the trails near the lodge. Highlights include seeing a Tawny-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus mexicanus) at dawn at the hummingbird pools below lodge, a Thrush-like Schiffornis (Schiffornis turdina) on the trails around from hummingbird feeders, White-crowned manakin (Pipra pipra) on upper mountain trail on leks at around 1000 meters altitude, and Garden Emeralds (Chlorostilbon assimilis) feeding on verbinas around lodge. Snowcaps (Microchera albocoronata) and Tawny-chested Flycatchers (Aphanotriccus capitalis) are common at Rancho. The hummingbirds come into the pools at around 3:30 - 4 pm.

An adult pair and juvenile Bi-colored Hawks had been reported by the guide Herman Vemegas and some of the guest recently. In addition, Black-crested Coquettes and a stray White-crested Coquette had been reported by the guests.

Kathy Erb runs an amazing place dedicated to birding and protecting and guarding the environment. The food is great and the staff are friendly and focused on service. Visit her website at www.ranchonaturalista.net or give her a call at 2-433-8278

Great Tinamou
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
White Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Short-billed Pigeon
Ruddy Pigeon
White-tipped Dove
Gray-chested Dove
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
White-crowned Parrot
Squirrel Cuckoo
Mottled Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Pauraque
Green Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
White-necked Jacobin
Brown Violet-ear
Green-breasted Mango
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Green Thorntail
Garden Emerald
Coppery-headed Emerald
Black-bellied Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Woodnymph
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Snowcap
Green-crowned Brilliant
Purple-crowned Fairy
Violaceous Trogon
Collared Trogon
Blue-crowned Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot
Collared Aracari
Keel-billed Toucan
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner
Tawny-throated Leaftosser
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Spotted Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Plain Antvireo
Checker-throated Antwren
Dot-winged Antwren
Dusky Antbird
Immaculate Antbird
Black-faced Antthrush
Fulvous-bellied Antpitta
White-collared Manakin
White-ruffed Manakin
White-crowned Manakin
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Northern Bentbill
Yellow-olive Flycatcher
Tawny-chested Flycatcher
Bright-rumped Attila
Rufous Mourner
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Thrush-like Schiffornis
Cinnamon Becard
White-winged Becard
Masked Tityra
Black-throated Wren
Bay Wren
Stripe-breasted Wren
House Wren
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Scaly-breasted Wren
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
Clay-colored Robin
Long-billed Gnatwren
Tropical Gnatcatcher
Brown Jay
Lesser Greenlet
Tropical Parula
Bananaquit
Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Crimson-collared Tanager
Passerini's Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Olive-backed Euphonia
Golden-hooded Tanager
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
Variable Seedeater
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch
Orange-billed Sparrow
Black-striped Sparrow
Buff-throated Saltator
Black-headed Saltator
Melodious Blackbird
Yellow-billed Cacique
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola

Slaty-backed Forest Falcon at Pizote Lodge, Puerto Viejo

2008-08-04T21:45:00.000-07:00

I walked the trail above the Pizote Lodge in Puerto Viejo on July 19. I observed a Slaty-backed Forest Falcon (Micrastur mirandollei) at 4 pm at approx. 440 ft. elevation after trail turn up hill. In addition at end of trail on other side of fallen fense, I happened on an army ant swarm with spotted antbirds (Hylophylaw naevioides, observed 1 male) and Ocellated Antbirds (Pahenostictus mcleannani). On way back down trail at approx. 360 ft. elevation at trail intersection to return to lodge and to overlook, I observed group of 6 Black-chested Jays (Cyanocorax affinis).

On July 20th, I birded Kekoldi with guide Alex Paez (great birder). Observed some early raptor migrants (Swallow-tailed Kites and Double-toothed Kites) and 100s of swifts. I recommend him as a guide (8-838-0179, manakinguia@hotmail.com).

Pizote Lodge: http://www.pizotelodge.com/

Has anyone seen a sulphur-rumped Tananger (Heterospingus rubrifrons) in S. Caribean recently?

Unknown all-dark Pacific shearwater

2008-07-10T16:14:00.000-07:00

First four photos are of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters for comparison. The first photo is by Juan Pablo Elizondo taken on April 2 on a Golfito, Costa Rica trip. The other three photos (with water background) were taken by Bruce MacTavish during his March 20 to April 16, 2008 trip off Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

The final five photos are of the mystery shearwater originally thought to be a Short-tailed Shearwater. Identification presently not known. All photos are of the same individual taken on March 29, 2008. The following are data for the sightings of similar birds. Photos and observations by Bruce MacTavish.

1 on 21 March at about 25 km south of southern tip of Nicoya Peninsula.
2 on 29 March. The attached photos were taken about 60 km offshore at N 8°59.95’, W 84°44.24’.
4 on 30 March atN 8°46.121’, W 84°23.943’ about 50 km west of Osa Peninsula with 75 Wedge-tailed Shearwaters feeding around a group of 75 Common Dolphins.
1 on 1 April at about 100 km SE of Osa Peninsula.

We are seeking comments from seabird experts (there is some discussion at http://groups.google.com/group/Seabird-News/browse_thread/thread/b34a6413fd338523?hl=en ) and will update when a decision is made about the identification of this bird.

Sharpbill and Nest at Tampanti NP

2008-06-21T19:18:00.000-07:00

I had the priviledge to observe a Sharpbill (Oxyruncus cristatus) nest, mother, and 2 chicks (perhaps 3) in Tampanti National Park on June 21, 2008 with Elidier Vargas. Julio Sanchez and 6 others were also there taking pictures and field observations. Randal Ortega discovered the nest. It is the second known nest and the first to be documented in Central America.

The nest locations is up the road from the ranger station at N 09-44.931, W 083-47.119 (elevation approx. 1230 m).

Lance

Steely-vented Hummingbird (Amazilia saucerrottei) cerca de Guapiles

2008-06-12T05:01:00.000-07:00

Tomando derecha a la restaurante Troucha en la pista cerca de Guapiles hacia la montañia unos 5-7 kilometros (450 metros sobre mar), observé un colibri Amazilia saucerrottei. El ave no tenia color rufous en la ala ni cola para eliminar el cyanura (blue-tailed HB) y el tzacatl (Rufous-tailed).

No veo mencionado en libro Skutch ni en libro Garrigues en esta area. Alguien lo ha visto alli?

saludos,

Lance

Southern Lapwing in Santa Ana

2008-05-31T06:37:00.000-07:00

I saw the 2 Southern Lapwings on Valle del Sol Golf Course on the 25th of May. I frequently see them on hole 16.

Lance

Black-Crowned Tityra at el Rodeo

2008-05-17T13:57:00.000-07:00

Friday, May16th at 8:00 am, I spotted a male Black-crowned Tityra at La Universidad de la Paz (Tityra inquisitor) near the park entrance. I was not aware of this species in the Central Valley. Does anyone have a record of this species in Central Valley.

I also had a Pacific Screech Owl in my backyard on May 15th in Santa Ana.

saludos,

Lance

Golfito Pelagic Birding Trip

2008-05-08T18:28:00.000-07:00

Costa Rica Gateway organized a full day pelagic birding trip for 5 people (Kevin and Steven Easley, Magdalena Sánchez, Bart Browne and Jim Zook) out of Golfito on May 5, 2008. We went on the 28 ft. "Rosa Maria V" captained by Jay Belseski. The boat reached a point in open ocean about 45 km SW of Punta Matapalo (tip of the Osa Peninsula) before we turned back to port. Weather was fine with mild seas and no rain. The total number of birds was rather low but there was an excellent selection of species. The wonderful images shown above were taken by steady handed Steven Easley.

Puffinus pacificus Wedge-tailed Shearwater 1
Puffinus lherminieri Audubon's Shearwater 19
Shearwater sp. 1
Oceanodroma leucorhoa Leach's Storm-Petrel (dark-rump) 1
Storm-Petrel sp. 1
Phaethon aethereus Red-billed Tropicbird 1
Sula leucogaster Brown Booby 18
Pelecanus occidentalis Brown Pelican 4
Fregata magnificens Magnificent Frigatebird 3
Bubulcus ibis Cattle Egret 6
Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel 1
Calidris melanotos Pectoral Sandpiper 17
Larus atricilla Laughing Gull 18
Xema sabini Sabine's Gull 1
Anous stolidus Brown Noddy 3
Onychoprion anaethetus Bridled Tern 4
Chlidonias niger Black Tern 71
Sterna hirundo Common Tern 6
Thalasseus maximus Royal Tern 18

Reporte de San Geraldo de Dota

2008-05-04T18:39:00.001-07:00

Este fin de semana 2 de mayo hasta 4 de mayo, fui a un observar aves en el bosque del Dantica Lodge (bosque en frente del lodge y una finca y bosque primeria al otro lado del camino (2400 a 2550 mts)) y el Savegre Lodge en las Talamancas. Observé los siguientes:

Highland Tinamou (alredor de 2450 mts)
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Barred Forest-Falcon (2 falcones, uno a 50 metros norte de N 09-35.110 W 83-48.159 y el otro a N09-34.895 W083-47.720)
Spotted Wood-Quail
Band-tailed Pigeon
Sulphur-winged Parakeet
Dusky Nightjar
Vaux's Swift
Green Violet-ear
White-throated Mountain-gem
Green-crowned Brilliant
Magnificent Hummingbird
Volcano Hummingbird
Collared Trogon
Resplendent Quetzal (macho y hembra 20 metros desde el puente en frente de la oficina de Savegre)
Emerald Toucanet
Acorn Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Spotted Barbtail
Ruddy Treerunner
Streak-breasted Treehunter
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
Mountain Elaenia
Tufted Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Tropical Kingbird
Barred Becard
Blue-and-white Swallow
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher
Ochraceous Wren
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Black-faced Solitaire
Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush
Sooty Robin
Mountain Robin
Clay-colored Robin
Yellow-winged Vireo
Brown-capped Vireo
Yellow-bellied Siskin (en la jardin en frente del restaurante de Savegre)
Flame-throated Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Collared Redstart
Black-cheeked Warbler
Wrenthrush
Common Bush-Tanager
Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager
Flame-colored Tanager
Silver-throated Tanager
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Slaty Flowerpiercer
Yellow-thighed Finch
Large-footed Finch
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Yellow-billed Cacique

Lesser Nighthawks en Santa Ana

2008-05-02T05:01:00.000-07:00

He visto en la ultima semana unos Lesser Nighthawks en Santa Ana. Todavia no visto un Common Nighthawk. Los vi desde el 18 de agosto hasta el 19 de septiembre y ahora esta semana, 26 de abril hasta aller el 1 de mayo.

Royal Flycatchers en Parque Nacional Cararra

2008-04-30T05:05:00.000-07:00

Los 13 y 14 de abril durante las mananas (6 a 9 am), caminé los senderos de Cararra NP. Vi un Royal Flycatcher cerca el rio en el sendero quebrada bonita y otra que tiene nido sobre el sendero de meandrica lagoon.

Great Tinamou
Little Tinamou
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Boat-billed Heron
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Muscovy Duck
Gray Hawk
Laughing Falcon
Purple Gallinule
Northern Jacana
Black-necked Stilt
Short-billed Pigeon
White-tipped Dove
Gray-chested Dove
Scarlet Macaw
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Brown-hooded Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Squirrel Cuckoo
Western Long-tailed Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Black-headed Trogon
Baird's Trogon
Violaceous Trogon
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
White-whiskered Puffbird
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Plain Xenops
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Black-striped Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Black-hooded Antshrike
Slaty Antwren
Dot-winged Antwren
Dusky Antbird
Bare-crowned Antbird
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Black-faced Antthrush
Orange-collared Manakin
Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Paltry Tyrannulet
Northern Bentbill
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Yellow-olive Flycatcher
Golden-crowned Spadebill
Northern Royal-Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Bright-rumped Attila
Great Crested Flycatcher
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Rose-throated Becard
Masked Tityra
Rufous-naped Wren
Riverside Wren
Rufous-and-white Wren
Swainson's Thrush
Long-billed Gnatwren
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Lesser Greenlet
Green Shrike-Vireo
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Cherrie's Tanager
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Golden-hooded Tanager
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Variable Seedeater
Orange-billed Sparrow
Buff-throated Saltator
Blue-black Grosbeak
Bronzed Cowbird

Savannah Hawk en Golfo Dulce

2008-04-18T16:55:00.000-07:00

Jerry O'Donahoe reportó un Savannah Hawk en los lowlands de Golfo Dulce martes el 15 de april.

Alertas por Email

2008-04-17T06:44:00.000-07:00

Añadir su email en los settings y email para receibir los postings directos a su buzon de correo. Favor avisarme con cualquier pregunta.

saludos,

Lance

Hook-billed Kite en Punta Uva

2008-04-17T06:07:00.000-07:00

Vi un macho Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus) cerca el hotel Almendras y Corales en Punta Uva el 8 de abril en el boque a las 3 pm. Tambien, observe estos otros bichos durante el breve caminata.

Hook-billed Kite
Short-billed Pigeon
Blue-headed Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Squirrel Cuckoo
(Green Hermit) **Correccion**Long-billed Hermit (error de digitacion)
Collared Aracari
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Black-striped Woodcreeper
Black-faced Antthrush
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Stripe-breasted Wren
Scaly-breasted Wren
Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Blue-black Grosbeak
Scarlet-rumped Cacique

Leptodon cayanensis ?

2008-04-14T15:18:00.000-07:00

Alguien alguna opinión sobre este bicho ?

Lo vimos camino a el vanal La Palma en Tortuguero, el día 12 de marzo 2008.

Estaba pensando juvenil de Leptodon cayanensis, pero no estoy seguro...

Gracias, saludos

Pieter Westra

Pasos para Ser Autor de esta Blog

2008-03-30T13:02:00.000-07:00

1) Mandame su direccion de coreo electronico (email) a lbarnett@earthlink.net
Send me your email direction (send to lbarnett@earthlink.net)

2) Yo mandaré una invitación al Costa Rica Bird Forum
I will send you an invitation to the Costa Rica Bird Forum

3) Acepeta la invitacion.
Accept invitation.

4) Si no lo tiene user id y codigo al Google, crear id y codigo. La instruccion para crear Google id aparece cuando se acepta la invitacion y se intenta de entrar el sitio.
If you do not have a google user id and password, you will need to creat one. The instructions to create a user id and password will show when you accept invitation and try to enter blog site.

5) Cuando tiene el user id y codigo, entra el sitio y se puede hacer posting, etc. Cada vez que se sale el blog, tiene que entrar con su user id y codigo.
Once you have your user id and password, you are ready to enter site and begin posting. Each time you leave site, you may need to re-enter your user id and password.

6) Favor de mandarme cualquier pregunta o aydua que necesita.
Please let me know if you need help or have questions.

Saludos,

Lance A. Barnett
Santa Ana, Costa Rica
Lbarnett@earthlink.net

Cocoa Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus susrrans) en valle central

2008-03-30T09:49:00.000-07:00

Hoy, 30 de marzo, observé un Cocoa Woodcreeper en el camino de Universidad de la paz. Alguien hay reportado este bicho en el valle central antes?

Tambien vi un plain-capped Starthroat, scrub euphonia, y Barred antshrike (que lindos parajos).

saludos,

Lance

Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)

2008-02-26T13:25:00.000-08:00

El 24 de Febrero en Lagunas Catfish Farm, camino a Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, Dennis Rogers, y Rick y Debbie Anderson vieron un macho de Anas cyanoptera (Cinnamon Teal). Otro buen pato desde el mismo lugar donde salieron los dos A.creca (Green-winged Teal) una semana antes. No vieron el A.creca.

Rapaces en el puente del Rio Sucio

2008-02-25T07:36:00.000-08:00

Ayer domingo 22 en la mañana me fuí con una amiga para el Braulio Carrillo, e hicimos una parada sobre el puente del Río Sucio para buscar los Falco rufigularis y tomar fotos del río.
Justo llegando al puente (a eso de las 8:30) pasó volando una bandada de unos 25-30 Touit costaricensis. Unos 1o minutos despues, vi una rapaz blanca, y grande acercandose mientras planeaba, al empezar a planear sobre la línea de árboles me di cuenta que no era un Leucopternis albicollis, sino un Spizaetus melanoleucus (Black and White Hawk-Eagle).
El individuo empezó a tomar altura y volar sobre las montañas al lado de SJ del puente, entonces llamé a Kevin Eisley quien estaba con un grupo de pajareros frente a la percha del Falco rufigularis, para cuando llegó otro individuo de Spizaetus también estaba planeando. Gracias a Kevin pudimos verlos con telescopio!!
Ambas aves estuvieron planeando mas de 5 minutos junto a un grupo grande de vencejos, hasta que se fueron alejando nuevamente. Era una pareja de macho y hembra, era fácil ver la diferencia de tamaño entre ambos. Esta era mi primer vez viendo este bicho en CR.
Posteriormente, desde el mismo sitio vimos : Leucopternis albicollis, L. princeps, Sarcoramphus papa, Buteo platypterus y Falco rufigularis. Nada mal para una mañana dominguera, y tras esto nos dirijimos a Quebrada Gonzales donde la actividad estaba tranquila.
César Sánchez

Scissor-tail and Orange-fronted Parakeet, Santa Ana

2008-02-23T14:12:00.000-08:00

Sitting on my back porch this morning in Pozos Santa Ana, spotted a scissor-tail flycatcher, Gray-crowned Yellowthroat, Orange-fronted Parakeets (8), Ruby-throated Humingbirds, and Broad-winged Hawk. Also in the evening, a Yellow-naped Parrot roosted in trees behind house. This happens irregulary but at least every other month. I have no idea if it is an escaped cage bird or not (probalby). I saw another yellow-naped fly overhead near HSBC bank in Santa Ana just 20 minutes earlier.

Also I had a fun several hours of birding at the Nogal Private Reserve (Chiquita) in Sarapaqui this Thursday. Next time I'm there I will get a GPS reading. Nothing rare but saw 77 species and enjoyed seeing Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher, Blue-Black Grosbecks, and group of 6 Green Ibises.

Green-winged Teal

2008-02-20T18:41:00.000-08:00

Two male Green-winged Teal (Anas creca) were seen at the Lagunas Catfish Farm ponds along the highway to Playas del Coco, Guanacaste on Feb.15. They were in amongst some 1500 Blue-winged Teal (A.discors). Also of note and seen there during the same visit were 5 female N.Shoveler (A.clypeata), 1 female N.Pintail (A.acuta), 31 Am.Coot (Fulica americana) and 5 S.Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis). Most of the ducks were in the inner ponds that can't be seen from the highway. However, you can ask for permission to enter if you stop in at the restaurant and talk to the owner Rob Willis. He has been very hospitable to birders and so far asks only that you patronize the restaurant. I had the catfish fish and chips and they really hit the spot.

Killdeer en Santa Ana de Pozos

2008-02-17T20:57:00.000-08:00

17 Feb, 2008, pasaron 2 Killdeers (Charadrius vociferus) cerca mi casa en Santa Ana de Pozos. Fuera la primera pimera vez que verlos en esta area.

Hoy en la manaña por 3 horas, visité el Teleferico del Pacifico cerca Jaco. Vi 66 especies desde la pista 9.64203, 84.61348 y los senderos del parque , nada especial aparte de el Turquoise-browed Motmot, Eumomota superciliosa (afuera de su range?) y Marbled Wood-Quail, (comun pero me encanta su canción). Los guias y staff del teleferico son muy amables. Voy a volver cuando tengo mas tiempo.

saluods,

Lance

Blue-headed Vireo

2008-02-17T18:15:00.000-08:00

El 16 Feb, Carlos Jimenez y Jim Zook vieron un Vireo solitarius (Blue-headed Vireo) en los Cerros Diria (900m) detras de Santa Cruz, Guanacaste. Fue en el bosque alto siguiendo el camino despues de la pulperia en Vista del Mar.

Official List of the Birds of Costa Rica 2007

2008-02-10T05:47:00.000-08:00

The Scientific Committee of the Ornithological Association of Costa Rica informs that the Official List for Costa Rica update 2007 it is now available on-line on our web www.avesdecostarica.org

We have also opened the period for reception of Forms for the update 2008. For more information please visit the Scientific Committee website www.avesdecostarica.org/comite.htm

Cordially,
Gerardo Obando

Lista Oficial Aves de Costa Rica 2007

2008-02-10T05:27:00.000-08:00

El Comité Científico de la Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica desea comunicarles que en el sitioweb de la asociación www.avesdecostarica.org ya se encuentra disponible en-línea la última actualización del Listado Oficial para CR.

No olviden que ya estamos recibiendo formularios para la actualización 2008. Para más información pueden visitar el sitioweb del Comité Científico www.avesdecostarica.org/comite.htm

Cordiales saludos,
Gerardo Obando

Crested Caracara in Santa Ana

2008-02-07T04:41:00.000-08:00

I saw the crested caracara this morning while running. They have become common in this area (Pozos de Santa Ana). Addtionally, there are several pairs of resident Yellow-headed Caracaras. I've seen them off and on for over a year. I have commonly seen both birds near el Rodeo area for over 3 years now.

Wood Storks in Santa Ana

2008-02-05T04:40:00.000-08:00

This morning while running I saw 15-20 wood storks circling. Most I have seen in Santa Ana at one time. I usually see 1-3.

Spotted Rail and Curlew Sandpiper

2008-02-03T09:48:00.000-08:00

Here are some notes on the Spotted Rail (Nov.18, 07) and the Curlew Sandpiper (Nov.21, 07).

The coordinates for the Spotted Rail are 10.441, -85.3603. The Google Maps satellite images have great resolution but were taken in the dry season and so show dry looking rice fields. If you pan out a bit you can see that the Rio Tempisque is not far away. When I was there in November the fields closest to the river were fallow and mostly covered with water and overgrown with aquatic vegetation and the roads were just drying out enough to drive on without getting struck. The areas further away from the river were mostly in mature rice that was just being harvested. There were many ducks and shorebirds here and this is an area that you can reach via public roads without having to go through any gates. I found the rail by pure luck. I was driving slowly with the window down and heard the distress call of a frog, the one they make while being eaten by a snake. I stopped and walked over towards where the noise was coming from and as I came to the edge of a water filled ditch the rail scurried out of it and up onto the berm at the edge of a rice field. It stopped and looked at me from about five feet away and I froze not daring to raise my binos. This staring match didn't last long, but what a glorious few seconds that was. The afternoon sun was at my back and there was hardly any wind. It finally shot off into the flooded rice and out of sight. Never did find out what was making that frog cry, but it wasn't the rail.

The Curlew Sandpiper was in flooded rice fields at the La Cutacha sector of Pelón de La Bajura ( 10.4118, -85.3825 ). The roads were just starting to dry out and the mucking tractors were making their first passes through fallow muddy fields that still had a fair amount of standing water (see attached Jabiru photo to get an idea of conditions, the Golden and Black-bellied Plovers were in this same field) This is inside the Hacienda and behind a locked gate (at the good time of year). You need to get permission and enter from the Interamerican highway just W of Pijije (entrance to Lomas Barbudal is at Pijije). It is a U shaped area surrounded on three sides by the Río Tempisque, and if there is a big flood, it fills in with water during the wet season. If you were to go there now in verano the area is much as the satellite photo shows it except that it is super dry and dusty and a main thoroughfare for trucks hauling sugar cane across the Rio Tempisque. They build a temporary crossing in the dry season so cane from the N side of the river can get over to the El Viejo mill at La Guinea.

Almost got a photo of the sandpiper but just as I was setting up to digiscope it a Peregrine blew through and chased up the 3000 or so other shorebirds and ducks that were with it (G. and L. Yellowlegs, BN Stilts, Stilt Sandpipers, Dowitchers, BB Plovers, Am.Golden Plovers, and assorted peeps). I spent the next 1.5 hours trying to find it again but had to finally give up as the sun got bad (only view available was looking W) and the birds started to doze with bills under wings. In the search also picked up a Ruddy Turnstone, some Collared Plovers and a Wilson's Phalarope. Also a few Franklin's Gulls and both Caspian and Gull-billed Terns. An amazing shorebird show so far from the coast. The ducks were also great there too, mostly BW Teal but also both Whistling-Ducks, 4 N.Pintails, 9 N.Shovelers, 11 L.Scaup and 1 Am.Wigeon. Throw in 9 Jabirus and a ton of the other Palo Verde type marsh regulars and it was not to be beat.

JZ

Bird Report from 10-26-07

2007-10-31T04:21:00.000-07:00

Aves encontradas en La Conquista, La Flaminea, y alredor de Sarapaqui el 26 de octubre, 2007 por Lance Barnett y Jim Zook. Avistamientos interesantes: un adulto de Tigrisoma lineatum (Ruf. Tiger-Heron) visto en un potrero suamposo cerca de La Flaminea, y 2 Ara macao (Scarlet Macaws) volando hacia el este cerca del Hotel Gavilán.

Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Green Ibis
Black Vulture
Roadside Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Laughing Falcon
White-throated Crake
Purple Gallinule
Northern Jacana
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pale-vented Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
Ruddy Ground-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Scarlet Macaw
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
Olive-throated Parakeet
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Brown-hooded Parrot
White-crowned Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Squirrel Cuckoo
Groove-billed Ani
White-collared Swift
Chimney Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
Bronzy Hermit
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Collared Aracari
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Rufous-winged Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Slaty Spinetail
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Fasciated Antshrike
Barred Antshrike
Chestnut-backed Antbird
White-collared Manakin
Yellow Tyrannulet
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Tropical Pewee
Bright-rumped Attila
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Cinnamon Becard
Masked Tityra
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Band-backed Wren
Bay Wren
Plain Wren
House Wren
Swainson's Thrush
Clay-colored Robin
Brown Jay
Red-eyed Vireo
Lesser Greenlet
Tennessee Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
Bananaquit
White-lined Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Summer Tanager
Passerini's Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Olive-backed Euphonia
Plain-colored Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Green Honeycreeper
Shining Honeycreeper
Blue-black Grassquit
Variable Seedeater
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Black-striped Sparrow
Buff-throated Saltator
Black-headed Saltator
Red-winged Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Black-cowled Oriole
Yellow-billed Cacique
Montezuma Oropendola