Birding with Valera & Charley

We were introduced to a nice couple by Susan at Picasso a couple of weeks ago since we have a mutual interest in birding. They are from Maine and here checking out Panama for possibly living here for a couple of years. We took them to the Eugene Eisenmann trail where we hike quite often. Luckily, a Lance-tailed Manakin was quite cooperative and sat still for them to get a good look at it. Then we took them to a small local pond and saw quite a few birds and a caiman.

 Valera & Charley

 Eastern Kingbird

 Lance-tailed Manakin

 Lance-tailed Manakin

 Lance-tailed Manakin

 Mouse-colored Tyrannulet

 Squirrel Cuckoo

 male Barred Antshrike

 White-winged Becard (not a great shot, but enough to identify it)

 Streaked Saltator

 Yellow-green Vireo

 Mourning Dove

Pewee

They were going to El Valle for a few days and invited us to come up for the day for some birding. We went up last Friday and took them to a few of our favorite spots and were rewarded with seeing at least 47 different types of birds. Only 3 or maybe 4 were new for us, but we did see a couple of really interesting ones and got some better photos of some that we have seen before.

Here is a list of what we saw in El Valle:

Black-chested Jays

Chestnut-headed Oropendola

Bananaquits

Masked Tityra

Blue-headed Parrot

Cattle Egrets

Tawny-crested Tanager

Bay-headed Tanager

Golden-hooded Tanager

Grey-headed Kite

Snail Kites

Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant

Blue-black Grassquit

Thick-billed Seedeater

Roadside Hawk

Flame-rumped Tanager

Rufous-breasted Wren

Piratic Flycatcher

Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant

Rufous Mourner

Long-tailed Tyrant

Yellow-breasted Seedeater

Green Hermit Hummingbird

Rufous-capped Warbler

Canada Warbler

Buff-throated Saltator

Cocoa Wood-Creeper

Yellow-faced Grassquit

House Wren

Tropical Gnatcatcher

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Squirrel Cuckoo

Black & Yellow Tanager

Yellow-crowned Euphonia

Thick-billed Euphonia

Black-striped Sparrow

Blue-grey Tanager

Ant-tanager

Clay-colored Thrush

Orange-chinned Parakeets

Brown-throated Parrots

Plain Antvireo

Silver-throated Tanager

Blackburnian Warbler

White Hawk

Lesser Greenlet

Southern Rough-winged Swallows 

Here are some photos from the day:

 

 Black & Yellow Tanager

 Masked Tityra

 Chestnut-headed Oropendola

 Piratic Flycatcher

 Golden-hooded Tanager

 Bay-headed Tanager

 

 Rufous Mourner

 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

 Blue-grey Tanager

 immature Roadside Hawk

 Long-tailed Tyrant

Tawny-crested Tanager

 pond on the way to the birding site

 lots of cute goats there

 bird nest

 tadpoles

 school parade held up traffic for a while

 flowering tree driving around El Valle

Heliconia on the trail

 

It was an enjoyable day and we did see a ton of birds that day with the company of a wonderful couple. I have added the album of our 2 walks to my Picasa site.

 

Almost done with my April post, but may be another day or 2 to get it posted.....it's been a busy month and we are trying to prepare for our trip to Arizona in just a few days.