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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Birdingcraft" data-source="post: 1926063" data-attributes="member: 55810">I made another trip to Quebrada Gonzalez this past Saturday after a long hiatus. The sunny weather was nice for walking in the forest but bad for seing birds- like birds in rain forests and cloud forests elsewhere, they are much more active on cloudy days.We didnt see any raptors because we stayed in the forest nearly the entire time and saw very few hummingbirds. Tanager activity was pretty good though and a few species from typically higher elevations were present.On a side note, the defunct gardens at El Tapir have been chopped and dosed with herbicide! I am afraid that this reliable site for Snowcap is finished.  I think we still got 60 species for the day, notable birds being:Lattice-tailed Trogon- very quiet at this time of the year. We still managed  amale and female though after a fair amount of time and effort looking for them.Yellow-eared Toucanet- the guys I was meeting up with had two before I caught up with them. Striped Woodhaunter- one in a good mixed flock in the afternoon.Dull-mantled Antbird- brief looks at one inside the forest away from a stream (they are usually found along forest creeks).Sharpbill- one bird heard that must have been this on the back part of the loop trail (where I most often see them).White-crowned Manakin- several females visiting from slightly higher elevations.Pale-vented Thrush- lots of these feeding on understory fruits.Blue and gold Tanager- good looks at a few of these chunky specialties.Emerald, Silver-throated, Golden-hooded, Speckled, Black and Yellow, Tawny-crested, Dusky-faced, Carmiols, Common Bush, and White throatd Shrike Tanagers.Tawny-faced Gnatwren- we heard a couple of these but couldnt see them.Just after leaving, one of us got brief looks at what had to have been Red-fronted Parrotlets flying across the highway- small, green birds with a yellow blaze in the wings.Arggg- I still need a tickable viw of these elusive guys!</blockquote>

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