Mix Bag from December

December had brought some interesting birds:

Dec. 26 While birding with Osvaldo Quintero, Rafael Luck and Jan Axel
Cubilla we found a White-throated Thrush was seen atending a army ant
swarm beyond Syristes Bridge, about 11 km into Pipeline road. At the
same Antswarm where also present Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner, Russet
Antshrike and the ussual suspects of army ant swarms: Ocellated,
Bicolored and Spotted Antbirds, Plain Brown and Northern-barred
Woodcreepers and others. Jan Axel spotted a Chuckwillwidow, a lifebird for me!!

Later in the Day I joined Rosabel and Karl Kauffman, Randy and Grant to
a revision of Limbo area, we got a very cooperative Great Jacamar!
Dec. 29 Got and invitation to visit Mr Richard Bennett farm in Sierra
Llorona, Colon province and it is at 400 meters above sea level. While
walking around the garden of the house caretaker I saw a Ficus tree full
of red berries. I had seen this tree before and I remember how good at
atracting birds this fig was. First bird I got was a new specie for this
year: Rufous-winged Tanager. While I was making pictures of the
Rufous-winged Tanager I saw this "fat looking Plain-colored Tanger".

3 minutes later the bird was still there and started singing and hoped
to another branch. I found the bird again perching under the canopy and
made a picture. When I saw the picture the bird does look like a Plain
Colored Tanager but much larger. I think I missed the real bird! After
checking behaviour, calls and distribuiton I began thinking the bird was
a Gray-and-Gold Tanager which I have seen in Cerro Jefe!
Bay-headed Tanagers, Emerald Tanagers, Scarlet-thighed, Blue Cotinga,
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan and Collared Aracari.

Driving back to the main road we got a Red-and-green Macaw flying over the jungle of Sierra Llorona.
Saludos