Wintibird's International List 2015 (1 Viewer)

wintibird · Jun 21, 2015

Some little outings and a full day trip to the Ticino, southern Switzerland bring some new species:

12. June - Bannriet, Switzerland
675: Common Crane

15. June - Zürich, Switzerland
676: Mandarin Duck

18. June - Ticino, Switzerland
677: Italian Sparrow
678: Pallid Swift
679: Eurasian Eagle-Owl

Italian Sparrow (yes, believe me!); Eurasian Eagle-Owl and Common Crane:

wintibird · Jun 22, 2015

And a tick for Switzerland today. An adult Audouin's Gull was found yesterday morning at Flachsee but disappeard afterwards only to be refound late in the evening. I was there first thing this morning and got it!

22. June - Flachsee, Switzerland
680: Audouin's Gull

wintibird · Jul 4, 2015

And slowly adding more:

25. June - Silvretta, Switzerland
681: Rock Ptarmigan

2. July - Greifensee, Switzerland
682: Little Bittern

4. July - Schafberg, Switzerland
683: Griffon Vulture

We saw about 26 Vultures, an extraordinary number for Switzerland. And we had a good hike in the heatB

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wintibird · Jul 14, 2015

Probably the last additons before I leave for Costa Rica:

11. July - Klingnauer Stausee, Switzerland
684: Common Grasshopper Warbler (often heard before but now seen)

14. July - Frauenwinkel, Switzerland
685: Zitting Cisticola (my second in Switzerland)

wintibird · Jul 30, 2015

First an addendum to the list:

23. January - Stammheim, Switzerland
686: Great Egret

Now back to the timeline. Long flights from Switzerland to Newark, then to San José, arrived late at night and spent the next day around the hotel, relaxing and seeing some birds:

18. July - Hotel Robledal, Alajuela, Costa Rica
687: Wood Stork
688: Green Heron
689: Black Vulture
690: Short-tailed Hawk
691: Northern Jacana
692: Red-billed Pigeon
693: White-winged Dove
694: Inca Dove
695: Finsch's Parakeet
696: Groove-billed Ani
697: Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
698: White-collared Swift
699: Cinnamon Hummingbird
700: Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
701: Hoffmann's Woodpecker
702: Great Kiskadee
703: Tropical Kingbird
704: Blue-and-white Swallow
705: Grey-breasted Martin
706: Rufous-backed Wren
707: Clay-colored Thrush (the national bird of Costa Rica)
708: Melodious Blackbird
709: Great-tailed Grackle
710: Blue-grey Tanager
711: Greyish Saltator

Rufous-backed Wren and Ferruginous Pygmy Owl:

wintibird · Jul 31, 2015

Today first some pre-breakfast birding at the hotel grounds, then of to Braulio Carrillo National Park and closeby El Tapir Hummingbird garden. Pouring rain at times but still some excellent birds. Then on to La Selva and some birding in the cultivated land near the lowland rainforest.

19. July - Braulio Carrillo and fields around La Selva
712: Green Ibis
713: Neotropic Cormorant
714: King Vulture
715: Grey Hawk
716: Northern Crested Caracara
717: Bat Falcon
718: Short-billed Pigeon
719: Great Green Macaw
720: Red-lored Amazon
721: Northern Mealy Amazon
722: Grey-rumped Swift
723: Bronzy Hermit
724: Crowned Woodnymph
725: Snowcap
726: Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
727: Lattice-tailed Trogon
728: Broad-billed Motmot
729: Keel-billed Toucan
730: Lineated Foliage-gleaner
731: Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
732: Great Antshrike
733: Checker-throated Antwren
734: Chestnut-backed Antbird
735: Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher
736: Social Flycatcher
737: Grey-capped Flycatcher
738: Boat-billed Flycatcher
739: White-ruffed Manakin
740: White-crowned Manakin
741: Sulphur-rumped Myiobius
742: Cinnamon Becard
743: Lesser Greenlet
744: Pale-vented Thrush
745: Olive-backed Euphonia
746: Buff-rumped Warbler
747: Montezuma Oropendola
748: Spot-breasted Oriole
749: Bananaquit
750: Dusky-faced Tanager
751: Tawny-crested Tanager
752: Passerini's Tanager
753: Palm Tanager
754: Emerald Tanager
755: Speckled Tanager
756: Golden-hooded Tanager
757: Red-legged Honeycreeper
758: Black-and-yellow Tanager
759: Blue-black Grassquit
760: Variable Seedeater
761: Carmiol's Tanager

Golden-hooded Tanager:

wintibird · Jul 31, 2015

Today we spent all day at La Selva Biological Station. The local guides were very good and with their help we found a bunch of good birds.

20. July - La Selva, Costa Rica
762: Great Tinamou
763: Great Curassow
764: Bare-throated Tiger Heron
765: Little Blue Heron
766: Anhinga
767: Turkey Vulture
768: Swallow-tailed Kite
769: Laughing Falcon
770: Spotted Sandpiper
771: White-tipped Dove
772: Grey-chested Dove
773: Olive-backed Quail-Dove
774: Orange-chinned Parakeet
775: Brown-hooded Parrot
776: Squirrel Cuckoo
777: Spectacled Owl
778: Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
779: Stripe-throated Hermit
780: Blue-chested Hummingbird
781: Slaty-tailed Trogon
782: Gartered Trogon
783: Black-throated Trogon
784: American Pygmy Kingfisher
785: Green Kingfisher
786: Amazon Kingfisher
787: Ringed Kingfisher
788: Rufous Motmot
789: Pied Puffbird
790: Collared Aracari
791: Black-mandibled Toucan
792: Black-cheeked Woodpecker
793: Rufous-winged Woodpecker
794: Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
795: Plain-brown Woodcreeper
796: Northern Barred Woodcreeper
797: Cocoa Woodcreeper
798: Streak-headed Woodcreeper
799: Fasciated Antshrike
800: Black-crowned Antshrike
801: Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
802: Common Tody-Flycatcher
803: Black Phoebe
804: Tropical Pewee
805: Long-tailed Tyrant
806: White-ringed Flycatcher
807: Rufous Mourner
808: White-collared Manakin
809: Masked Tityra
810: Mangrove Swallow
811: Northern Rough-winged Swallow
812: Southern Rough-winged Swallow
813: Band-backed Wren
814: Bay Wren
815: Stripe-breasted Wren
816: House Wren
817: White-breasted Wood Wren
818: Tropical Gnatcatcher
819: Scarlet-rumped Cacique
820: Black-cowled Oriole
821: Red-winged Blackbird
822: Orange-billed Sparrow
823: Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
824: Red-throated Ant Tanager
825: Black-faced Grosbeak
826: Buff-throated Saltator
827: Blue-black Grosbeak

Great Curassow and Collared Aracari:

wintibird · Jul 31, 2015

Another half day at La Selva and then we drive on to Monteverde. Some observations on the way (notably the Potoo) and on arrival in the mountains.

21. July - La Selva to Monteverde
828: White-tailed Kite
829: Semiplumbeous Hawk
830: Zone-tailed Hawk
831: Ruddy Ground Dove
832: Orange-fronted Parakeet
833: White-crowned Parrot
834: Vermiculated Screech Owl
835: Crested Owl
836: Great Potoo
837: Long-billed Hermit
838: Long-billed Starthroat
839: Blue-diademed Motmot
840: Rufous-tailed Jacamar
841: Emerald Toucanet
842: Cinnamon Woodpecker
843: Plain Xenops
844: Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
845: Bright-rumped Attila
846: Snowy Cotinga
847: Brown Jay
848: White-throated Magpie-Jay
849: Green Honeycreeper
850: Black-headed Saltator

Crested Owl at La Selva:

wintibird · Aug 1, 2015

Full day around Monteverde, first to Monteverde Reserve (crowded as ever), then to Bajo del Tigre with excellent observations of Three-wattled Bellbird and Long-tailed Manakin.

22. July - Montverde, Costa Rica
851: Highland Tinamou
852: Band-tailed Pigeon
853: White-fronted Amazon
854: Mottled Owl
855: Violet Sabrewing
856: Green Violetear
857: Canivet's Emerald
858: Coppery-headed Emerald
859: White-bellied Mountaingem
860: Purple-throated Mountaingem
861: Green-crowned Brilliant
862: Magnificent Hummingbird
863: Prong-billed Barbet
864: Golden-olive Woodpecker
865: Pale-billed Woodpecker
866: Red-faced Spinetail
867: Streak-breasted Treehunter
868: Plain Antvireo
869: Slaty Antwren
870: Yellow-bellied Elaenia
871: Northern Tufted Flycatcher
872: Yellowish Flycatcher
873: Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
874: Three-wattled Bellbird
875: Long-tailed Manakin
876: Rufous-and-white Wren
877: Ochraceous Wren
878: Grey-breasted Wood Wren
879: Black-faced Solitaire
880: Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
881: Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush
882: Mountain Thrush
883: Yellow-throated Euphonia
884: Elegant Euphonia
885: Golden-browed Chlorophonia
886: Golden-crowned Warbler
887: Three-striped Warbler
888: Slate-throated Whitestart
889: White-eared Ground Sparrow
890: Chestnut-capped Brush Finch
891: White-naped Brush Finch
892: Common Bush Tanager
893: Spangle-cheeked Tanager
894: Yellow-faced Grassquit

Three-wattled Bellbird, star of the day:

wintibird · Aug 3, 2015

Another morning in Monteverde, visiting the Curi-Cancha Reserve. Then drive down to the Pacific lowlands, visit at a site near Puerto Morales for the Lesser Ground Cuckoo (successful) and then drive to Carara Nationalpark.

23. July - Monteverde to Carara NP
895: Grey-headed Chachalaca
896: Black Guan
897: Black-bellied Whistling Duck
898: American White Ibis
899: Magnificent Frigatebird
900: Harris's Hawk
901: Grey-necked Wood Rail
902: Black-necked Stilt
903: Caspian Tern
904: Smooth-billed Ani
905: Lesser Ground Cuckoo
906: Pauraque
907: Vaux's Swift
908: Brown Violetear
909: Steely-vented Hummingbird
910: Resplendent Quetzal
911: Black-headed Trogon
912: Collared Trogon
913: Turquoise-browed Motmot
914: Grey-throated Leaftosser
915: Olivaceous Woodcreeper
916: Spotted Woodcreeper
917: Mountain Elaenia
918: Paltry Tyrannulet
919: Northern Scrub Flycatcher
920: Brown-crested Flycatcher
921: Azure-hooded Jay - species number 3000 on my life listB

922: Plain Wren
923: Grey-crowned Yellowthroat
924: Bronzed Cowbird
925: Stripe-headed Sparrow
926: Tooth-billed Tanager

Lesser Ground Cuckoo and Resplendent Quetzal

wintibird · Aug 4, 2015

Full day at Carara National Park with a boat tour on Rio Tarcoles in the afternoon for mangrove specialists and some waders. Excellent day!

24. July - Carara NP, Costa Rica
927: Muscovy Duck
928: Roseate Spoonbill
929: Boat-billed Heron
930: Yellow-crowned Night Heron
931: Great Blue Heron
932: Tricolored Heron
933: Snowy Egret
934: Brown Pelican
935: Plumbeous Kite
936: Common Black Hawk
937: Yellow-headed Caracara
938: Purple Gallinule
939: Wilson's Plover
940: Collared Plover
941: Short-billed Dowitcher
942: Lesser Yellowlegs
943: Willet
944: Ruddy Turnstone
945: Least Sandpiper
946: Royal Tern
947: Elegant Tern
948: Cabot's Tern
949: Scarlet Macaw
950: Costa Rican Swift
951: Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
952: Mangrove Hummingbird
953: White-whiskered Puffbird
954: Barred Antshrike
955: Black-hooded Antshrike
956: Dot-winged Antwren
957: Dusky Antbird
958: Black-faced Antthrush
959: Northern Bentbill
960: Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher
961: Streaked Flycatcher
962: Panamanian Flycatcher
963: Rufous-browed Peppershrike
964: Mangrove Vireo
965: Tawny-crowned Greenlet
966: Black-bellied Wren
967: Riverside Wren
968: Thick-billed Euphonia
969: Mangrove Warbler

Boat-billed Heron:

wintibird · Aug 4, 2015

Another morning at Carara, then a longish drive south to Isidro and then up the mountains again to Savegre.

25. July - Carara to Savegre, Costa Rica
970: Crested Guan
971: Roadside Hawk
972: Pale-vented Pigeon
973: Fiery-billed Aracari
974: Red-crowned Woodpecker
975: Scaly-throated Leaftosser
976: Long-tailed Woodcreeper
977: Black-striped Woodcreeper
978: Russet Antshrike
979: Golden-crowned Spadebill
980: Orange-collared Manakin (sadly only a female)
981: Long-billed Gnatwren
982: Tropical Mockingbird
983: Sooty Thrush
984: Shiny Cowbird
985: Cherrie's Tanager

Sooty Thrush:

wintibird · Aug 4, 2015

Full day at Savegre, exploring the hotel grounds and various spots along the road. A very nice place, lots of birds, nice climate. And as the original plan for July (Namibia) was swapped with Costa Rica: 1000 again! CoolB

26. July - Savegre, Costa Rica
986: Ruddy Pigeon
987: Common Ground Dove
988: Sulphur-winged Parakeet
989: Barred Parakeet
990: Dusky Nightjar
991: Green-fronted Lancebill
992: Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
993: Grey-tailed Mountaingem
994: Volcano Hummingbird
995: Scintillant Hummingbird
996: Acorn Woodpecker
997: Hairy Woodpecker
998: Ruddy Treerunner
999: Torrent Tyrannulet
1000: Dark Pewee
1001: Black-capped Flycatcher
1002: Yellow-winged Vireo
1003: Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher
1004: Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush
1005: Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush
1006: American Dipper
1007: Flame-throated Warbler
1008: Black-cheeked Warbler
1009: Collared Whitestart
1010: Rufous-collared Sparrow
1011: Large-footed Finch
1012: Yellow-thighed Finch
1013: Sooty-capped Bush Tanager
1014: Silver-throated Tanager
1015: Slaty Flowerpiercer
1016: Flame-colored Tanager

Grey-tailed Mountaingem:

wintibird · Aug 4, 2015

Sadly already the last day in Costa Rica. What a wonderful country! I will surely return one day. Another day around Savegre and up to Cerro de la Muerte with a view down to the Pacific.

27. July - Savegre to San José, Costa Rica
1017: Spotted Wood Quail
1018: Barred Forest Falcon
1019: Fiery-throated Hummingbird
1020: Buffy Tuftedcheek
1021: Silvery-fronted Tapaculo
1022: Rough-legged Tyrannulet
1023: Black-and-yellow Phainoptila
1024: Timberline Wren
1025: Yellow-bellied Siskin
1026: Wrenthrush
1027: Volcano Junco

And back in Switzerland:
2. August - Kaltbrunnerried, Switzerland
1028: Woodchat Shrike

Buffy Tuftedcheek and Volcano Junco (or the prototype of Angry Bird)

wintibird · Aug 12, 2015

Squeezed in some birding during a family visit to Scotland:

8. August - Ferry from Gourock to Dunoon - Scotland
1029: Manx Shearwater

9. August - Around Holy Loch and the Clyde - Scotland
1030: Red-legged Partridge
1031: Sandwich Tern
1032: Eurasian Oystercatcher
1033: Northern Gannet
1034: Black Guillemot
1035: Canada Goose
1036: Great Black-backed Gull

wintibird · Aug 31, 2015

And two more species for the rest of August:

15. August - Klingnauer Stausee, Switzerland
1037: Spotted Crake

31. August - Nilibucht, Lake Constance, Switzerland
1038: Red Knot

wintibird · Sep 26, 2015

Four new species so far in September:

5. September - Flachsee, Switzerland
1039: Eurasian Spoonbill

13. September - Klingnauer Stausee, Switzerland
1040: Wood Warbler
1041: European Pied Flycatcher

26. September - Klingnauer Stausee, Switzerland
1042: Northern Goshawk (better late than never

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wintibird · Oct 17, 2015

A nice wee trip to Ouessant, off the coast of Brittany was very rewarding. It included my first Blyth's Pipit for the Western Palearctic and some other goodies. Here the additions to my year list (with an earlier one from Switzerland):

4. October - Bargen, Switzerland
1043: Red-throated Pipit

12. October - Ouessant, France
1044: European Shag
1045: Glossy Ibis
1046: Common Pheasant
1047: Black-legged Kittiwake
1048: Dartford Warbler

13. October - Ouessant, France
1049: Eurasian Woodcock
1050: Eurasian Rock Pipit
1051: Snow Bunting

14. October - Ouessant, France
1052: Merlin
1053: Yellow-browed Warbler
1054: Red-breasted Flycatcher

15. October - Ouessant, France
1055: Rosy Starling
1056: Pallas's Leaf Warbler (extremly showy!)

Rosy Starling on the church of Lampaul and some of the breathtaking landscape of the island:

wintibird · Nov 22, 2015

And some November additions:

2. November - Wildhaus, Switzerland
1057: Black Grouse

22. November - Lake Constance, Switzerland/Germany
1058: Whooper Swan
1059: Tundra Swan

wintibird · Dec 20, 2015

After I missed the Sardinian Warbler in early December luck was on my side today:

20. December - Silvaplana, Switzerland
1060: Pacific Diver

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