A few weeks ago I went for a short morning walk around Tranquilo Bay’s gardens, to check on some of the plants I had planted recently. In the end, I had one of the most amazing birding days I have experienced on site. I had the good fortune to be outside when things started to get active. So I had two wonderful hours of great bird watching.
Some of the highlights were two Broad-winged Hawks, a young one attacking an adult one, in front of my eyes, three young Three-wattle Bellbirds, practicing their calls, and a Stub-tailed Spadebill, playing with me while I tried to capture its picture. On the trail during my wonderful walk, I spotted a Green Iguana, climbing to the canopy of the forest, just to make my morning even better.
Here is the list of what I saw and heard (H):
Magnificent Frigatebird | |
Cattle Egret | |
Little Blue Heron | |
Green Ibis | |
Black Vulture | |
Turkey Vulture | |
Broad-winged Hawk | |
Double-toothed Kite | |
Gray-necked Wood-rail | H |
White-throated Crake | H |
Short-billed Pigeon | |
Pale-vented Pigeon | |
Red-lored Parrot | |
Blue-headed Parrot | |
Stripe-throated hermit | |
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | |
Violet-crowned Woodnymph | |
Band-tailed Barbthroat | |
Blue-chested Hummingbird | |
Black-cheeked Woodpecker | |
Lineated Wookpecker | |
Western Slaty-Antshrike | |
Chestnut-backed Antbird | |
Dot-winged Antwren | |
White-flanked Antwren | |
Great Kiskadee | |
Boat-billed Flycatcher | |
Tropical Kingbird | |
Dusky-caped Flycatcher | |
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher | |
Stub-tailed Spadebill | |
Three-wattled Bellbird | |
Red-capped Manakin | |
Golden-collared Manakin | |
Masked Tityra | |
Lesser Greenlet | |
Barn Swallow | |
Bay Wren | H |
House Wren | |
Tropical Gnatcatcher | |
Long-billed Gnatwren | H |
Gray Catbird | H |
Northern Waterthrush | |
Yellow Warbler | |
Prothonotary Warbler | |
Bananaquit | |
Blue-gray Tanager | |
Tawny-crested Tanager | |
Passerini´s Tanager | |
Green Honeycreeper | |
Plain-colored Tanager | |
Buff-throated Saltator | |
Variable Seedeater | |
Summer Tanager | |
Red-throated Ant Tanager | |
Blue-black Grosbeak | |
Montezuma Oropendola | |
White-vented Euphonia |