2012/11/06

Violet bellied hummingbird/ Julie's Hummingbird - Damophila julie - Violettbukad kolibri

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Violet bellied hummingbird/ Julie's Hummingbird - Damophila julie -
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White-vented Plumeleteer - Chalybura buffonii - Silkeskolibri

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White-vented Plumeleteer - Chalybura buffonii  - Silkeskolibri 
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White-necked Jacobin - Florisuga mellivora - Halsbandsjakobin

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 male
 
 female
 
White-necked Jacobin - Florisuga mellivora - Halsbandsjakobin

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2012/11/05

Rufescent Tiger-Heron - Tigrisoma lineatum - socó-boi

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Rufescent Tiger-Heron - Tigrisoma lineatum
NF Photo 110213  Panama, Gamboa

About Rufescent Tiger-Heron on wiki
on youtube

Wild Bird Wednesday 
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Ruddy-breasted Seedeater - Sporophila minuta

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Ruddy-breasted Seedeater, male - Sporophila minuta
NF Photo 110213  Panama, Gamboa

 About Ruddy-breasted Seedeater on IBC

I jsut got a quick look at thsi oen. Too bad it was gorgeous.

Bird D´Pot
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Wattled Jacana - Jacana jacana

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Wattled Jacana - Jacana jacana
NF Photo 110213  Panama, Gamboa

About Wattled Jacana on IBC

Wild Bird Wednesday 22
 
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Saffron Finch - Sicalis flaveola - canário-da-terra

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Saffron Finch - Sicalis flaveola - canário-da-terra - Saffransfink
NF Photo 110213  Panama City,


About Saffron Finch on wiki
on youtube


NF Winged 63     Bird D´Pot
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2012/11/04

Black-chested Hawk, barred hawk - Leucopternis princeps

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Black-chested Hawk, barred hawk - Leucopternis princeps /Morphnarchus princeps
NF Photo 110212 Parque Nacional de Tapanti

About Barred hawk on wiki
on youtube

The last bird on the last whole day on my trip. A nice sighting. :)

Wild Bird Wednesday
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Black-cowled Oriole - Icterus prosthemelas

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Black-cowled Oriole - Icterus prosthemelas
NF Photo 110212   Truchas Kiri Tapanti where we had lunch

About Black-cowled Oriole on Backyard Nature
on youtube
 

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Yellowish Flycatcher - Empidonax flavescens

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Yellowish Flycatcher - Empidonax flavescens
NF Photo 110212 Parque Nacional de Tapanti

About   Yellowish Flycatcher on wiki
on youtube

Lol, you really have to love those eyes.

Wild Bird Wednesday 24
 
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Spangle-cheeked Tanager - Tangara dowii

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Spangle-cheeked Tanager - Tangara dowii
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Black Phoebe - Sayornis nigricans

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Black Phoebe - Sayornis nigricans


Bird D´Pot

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Dark Pewee - Contopus lugubris

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Sorry, took the wrong foto

Dark Pewee - Contopus lugubris
NF Photo 110212 Parque Nacional de Tapanti
It is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama

About Dark Pewee on wiki
no vodea awailable :(   To bad I did not think of it.
 
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Chestnut-headed Oropendola - Psarocolius wagleri

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Chestnut-headed Oropendola - Psarocolius wagleri
NF Photo 110212   Parque Nacional de Tapanti

The bird is building a nest in the last shot. How it can build that way is a mystery to me at least. And how can there be room to lay on the eggs?

About Chestnut-headed Oropendola on wiki
on youtube

Wild Bird Wednesday 17    Nature Notes
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2012/11/03

Bat Falcon - Falco rufigularis - Cauré

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 Bat Falcon - Falco rufigularis - Cauré
NF Photo 110211 Cachi damm

About Bat Falcon on wiki    on Neotropical birds
There was a pair nesting at the damm. Sadly I did not get both of them in one shot. :(
Bat Falcon hunt on youtube

Shadow Shot Sunday    Bird D´Pot
 
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