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DeM) providedthe first provincial records for allbut one of thefive days with sightings, sin- GUATEMAL/•'•P •oPu•Gorda HONDURAS thesetwo species. glebirds were seen, with 3 passingon 7 Apr. A dead juv. Red-billed Tropicbirdwas Thisspecies is rarein Nicaragua,where it has foundon the boundarycut betweenpasture beenreported previously only in fall migra- .•n•.,• ' • ) NICA•GUA andmontane forest on theslope of Cord.Ta- tion. Rarelyseen in CentralAmerica, an ad ELSALVA•K • lamanca, Altamira, Puntarenas3 Mar (LS, SolitaryEagle was reported in CostaRica on *U.C.R.).Another juv wasfound dead in the two consecutivemornings in mid-Apr, one COSTARICA mts.of Herediaon the Pacificslope of Costa daysoaring over rot. ridges above San Gerardo Rica'sCentral Valley 6 Feb 2004.Five Nazca BiologicalStation, Monteverde, Alajuela with H. Lee Jones Boobiesand a singleBrown Booby seen on the both Blackand OrnateHawk-Eagles, which Oliver Komar 3 Mar pelagictrip off Ahuachapfinwere the providedgood size comparisons(CG). In earliestin theyear for eachspecies in E1Sal- Guatemala,another ad. was seen1 May at horebirdsand pelagics arethe new fron- vador ORS,TJ). With only three previous 1600 m in the Los Tartales Reserve, Su- tierin parts of Central America. On 13 recordsfor E1Salvador, 3 Blue-footedBoobies chitepequez(LC, KE,MC). April,for example, many of E1Salvador's seenin Bahiade La Uni6n, La Uni6n 26 Mar Short-tailedHawk is typicallysedentary, birderstook part in thesecond national shore- (ph. RIP) werenoteworthy. A feedinggroup but occasionallysmall groups of migrating birdcount, resulting in largecounts of rarely of approximately20 Red-footedBoobies were birdsare reported. In Nicaragua,a remarkable reportedspecies such as Pectoraland Still 5 km e. of CarrieBow Caye on Belize'sbarri- 85 wereseen migrating northward past La Vir- Sandpipers.And pelagictrips off E1Salvador er reef 9 Apr, and 18 werebetween Carrie gen22 Mar,with fromone to 6 birdsreported andGuatemala in Marchadded incrementally BowCaye and Glovers Reef on 1 to ourknowledge of seabirdsin thenearshore May(PB). Unlike other boobies, PacificOcean. Well awayfrom the sea, a dead this species,which breedsat Red-billedTropicbird was found on theslope Half Moon Caye,typically for- of Cordillera Talamanca in Costa Rica. Inland ageswell offshore and is seldom occurrencesofpelagic species are always of in- seen near the reef. terest,and suggest that trans-isthmus disper- In E1Salvador, 2800 Magnifi- sal maybe the mechanism[or geneflow in centFrigatebirds, mainly imms. somepelagic species with populationsin the and females,26 Mar at Isla Piri- Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean gallo,La Uni6n(ph. RIP) was • made an exceptionallyhigh •. Meanwhile,the march of open-country count.Two separate sightings of speciesinto new regions continues unabated, Bare-throatedTiger-Heron on asillustrated this season by the expansionof the R•o Sapo,Morazdn 8 & 12 GrayishSaltator into easternCosta Rica and Mar were noteworthyfor that westernPanama. E1 Salvadoradded yet an- part of E1 Salvador(ph. RIP, othernew species to its growinglist with the JSG). In Guatemala,an ad. Red- FourSurfbirds wore found at Arcos del Espino, Department ofUsulutfin inEl captureof a Black-bandedWoodcreeper at a dishEgret at SanPedro La La- Salvadoron2 April2007. Although the species issurely a regular spring tran- bandingstation only a kilometeror so from guna, Lake Atitl•n, Solold19 sient,there are only a fewrecords ofSurfbird from El 5alvadot. Photograph by RicardoIbarra Portillo. the Guatemala border. Mar (ph. CCA) wasone of the few ever recorded inland in Central America. thereon four subsequentdates through 11 Abbreviations: C.B.W.S. (Cockscomb Basin SingleAgami Herons were reported at Sum- Apr (PS,AC). A pair of Zone-tailedHawks Wildlife Sanctuary,Stann Creeh, Belize); mit Ponds,Panareal i & 28 Mar (CB and GAt, that appearedto be nestingin mangrovesat U.C.R. (Universidad de Costa Rica bird col- respectively)where they are rarely seen. On PuertoParada, Usulutdn 12 May (RP) would lection). thePacific slope of Nicaragua,where it is not be the first to nest in the coastallowlands of E1 oftenreported, aJabiru was seen 13 Aprat La- Salvador.In Panama,along Achiote Rd. in San DUCKSTHROUGH STORKS gunade Tisma, Masaya (LC, GD, PS). LorenzoN.P., ColOn, a rarejuv. CrestedEagle A groupof 750Blue-winged Teal at theE1 Pro- wasseen 28 Mar (JCG). And an ad. Black-and- gresooxidation ponds, Yoro 4 Mar (DA) were RAPTORS whiteHawk-Eagle was seen on themorning of accompaniedby a CinnamonTeal, perhaps A pair of Hook-billedKites at Normandia, 1 Mar at 1500 m at Las Alturas on the Pacific the first recorded in Honduras since 1958. Lit- Usulutdn12 May(CF) provideda goodrecord slopeof CordilleraTalamanca, Puntarenas (JZ, tleknown and rarely reported in Guatemala,a of thisrarely reported species in E1Salvador. A AO,JG). Thisspecies is rarein CostaRica, es- male and femaleOcellated Quaff were seen5 subad.male Northern Harrier, rare on the s. peciallyat thiselevation and location. Despite km e. of SanPedro Carcha, Alta Verapaz10 Pacificslope of CostaRica, was seen in a rice- a yearand a halfof fieldworkin theR•o Can- Apr (RC).Providing both the earliest seasonal growingarea at PalmarSur, Puntarenas 25 Mar grejalValley, Pico Bonito N.P., Atldntida, Or- recordand a highcount for thespecies in E1 0Z). It was in habitat similar to that in the nateHawk-Eagle was not reported until 9 Apr Salvador were 152 Audubon• Shearwaters TempisqueBasin, where it occursregularly in (DA), whenone wasseen soaring over pri- seenon a pelagicout to 50 km offthe coast of smallnumbers. Cooper's Hawks were reported maryhumid forest. After years of relentless Ahuachapdn3 Mar ORS,ph. TJ). And in Pana- passingLa Virgen,Rivas, Nicaragua between persecutionby localresidents, few largerap- ma, an Audubon'sShearwater and a Wedge- 29 Mar and 21 Apr in northwardmigration, torsremain in thisvalley. rumpedStorm-Petrel seen near IslasFrailes andanother was'seen on the late date of 3 May Rarelyreported on the Pacificslope of delSur, Los Santos 20 May (BA,CAh, SA, DM, at Lagunade Apoyo,Masaya (all PS,AC). On Guatemala,a BarredForest-Falcon was heard

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vate Reserve, Managua l0 Usulutan2 Apr (ph. RIP) provideda rareo13 Feb-13 Mar (PoS, MT) was the portunity.Records of RedKnot in El Salvador firstreported from that site. arefew, and the first spring record came as re- centlyas Apr 2004. Therefore, a group of 5 at RAILSTHROUGH Bahiade Jiquilisco 14 Apr (OK, EM, ST,JJ) PHALAROPES wasworth noting. As the worldpopulation The rarelyseen Uniform Crake continuesto declinedramatically, reports of wasreported from Panama, Costa knotsmay becomeeven rarer. Five Pectoral Rica,and Belize this spring. Two Sandpipersat AguacalienteLagoon 3 Mar were located near the Continen- (LG, BF, et al.) matched the earliest arrival tal DivideTrail, Fortuna, Chiriqm dateon recordfor thisspecies in Belize.In E1 5 May,and one was heard on the Salvador,a groupof 700 at Cerr6nGrande same date at Chiriqui Grande Res.13 Apr was exceptional, as were 260 Stilt (both DM, WA). In Costa Rica, Sandpipersthere the sameday (ph. RIP,IV). onewas seen repeatedly from 10 Fivemore Stilt Sandpipers were at LagunaE1 FiveRoseate Terns were found along the Padtic coast of southwestern ElSal- vadmon 14-15 April 2007 (one here 15 April, at BocanaSan Juan, Department Feb+ in SantaTeresa de Sabalito, Jocotal13 Apr (RM, MR). In with a flockof ofSonsonate). There are only three previous records fo• the country. Inaeased Puntarenas(CM, FO), an interior Red-neckedPhalaropes 30 km s. of Punta springobservations areneeded to determine if this species isregular in spring valleyadjacent to Panama.Very Biancaoff the sw.tip of the OsaPen. 4 Apr onthe Pacific coast. Photograph byRicardo Ibarra Portillo. rare and local in the s. Pacific in- were4 Red Phalaropes(,JZ, ph. JPEet al.). terior,this was the firstreported Thisspecies is a rarebut probably regular mi- calling in the Los Andes Reserve,Su- fromthe CotoBrus region. In Belize,one was grantin thePacific off CostaRica. Additional- chitep•quez4 Apr (KE, CA). Anotherrarely seen11 Mar (LJ,BF) near thevisitor center in ly, 6 RedPhalaropes were seen on the 3 Mar reportedraptor, Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon C.B.W.S.,where it is known to occur but is pelagictrip about30 km off the coastof wasseen along Pipeline Rd., ColOn 18 & 22 seldomreported. A Paint-bfiledCrake in the AhuachaptinORS, ph. TJ).There are few pre- Mar (GAr). At least one Collared Forest-Fal- Ia Gambarice-growing area o[ Puntarenas25 vious records for E1 Salvador. conwas heard in thearid Valle de Aguan at E1 Mar (JZ) wasin the samespot where JS col- Poligono,Yoro I-3 Mar (DA). Althoughcom- lected a dead individual 28 Feb and a live bird GULLSTHROUGH CUCKOOS mon in wet forestsin Honduras,this was in was seen 6 Mar (PM). An ad. Swallow-tailed Gull in alternate thornforest where the speciesis seldomre- TwoSouthern lapwings by a golfcourse in plumageseen in a spotlightbeam for 10min- ported.Two Crested Caracaras were reported Cariari-Herradura,Heredia 18 Apr (JW) were utesaround 7:45 p.m. while circling a boat71 in Belizethis spring. One seen regularly n. of apparentlythe firstin the CentralValley for km wsw.of PuntaGuiones 9 Apr (RG, PM, theSpanish Lookout ferry crossing of theBe- this recentlyestablished lize IL, Cayoin Feb,Mar, and earlyApr (JT, species in Costa Rica. ph. FT, ET et al.). Specificdates indicated American Golden-Plover were 10 & 26 Mar andaround 4 Apr. Pro- is rarely reportedin El vidingthe firstdocumented record for s. Be- Salvador,so a spateof lizewas an ad.seen aggressively pursuing an recordsthis springwas Ospreycarrying a fish at AguacalienteIa- noteworthy,although per- goon,Toledo 9 Mar (LJ). In Panama,one at hapsdue to increasedob- SummitPonds 30 May (KA) was at an un- server effort. Four were at usual location. RioJiboa, La Paz 27 Mar, Merlinis rarein springin manyparts of and3 werepresent there 2 CentralAmerica away from the Caribbean Apr (both TJ); 2 wereat coast,so one each in Costa Rica on Volcan kas Bocanitas,La Libertad Iraz•, Cartago,Ia Gamba,Puntarenas, and Sa- 11Apr (RIP,IV); 2 wereat balito, Puntarenasnear the Panamaborder 10, Cerr6n Grande Res., Cus- 25, & 28 Mar,respectively (all JZ) werenote- catInn13 Apr (RIP,IV); 7 worthy,as was one in Hondurasin the Valle wereat kagunaE1Jocotal, de Aguan 1 Mar (SC), and another in SanMiguel 13 Apr (RM, Thefirst Sabine's Gull reported in El Salvador since 1991, this bird was seen at ElMajahual Guatemala at Los Tartales Reserve 17 Mar MR); and one was at beach,La Libertad Department 12April 2007. Photograph byRicardo Ibarra Portillo. (KE, JP). The VolcanIraz• bird may have Bahiade Jiqufiisco,Usu- beenwintering, as the speciesis periodically lutan14 Apr (OK). A CollaredPlover was at BY,JZ) providedonly the 3rd record for Cos- reportedin the cen.highlands of CostaRica Gra Gra IagoonN.E s. of Dangriga5 Mar ta Rica,and at 9ø 44' N wasthe farthest n. yet in winter.On 8 & 16 May,at leastone Pere- (JD).This species is seldomreported in Belize reported.Providing the first report for E1Sal- grineFalcon pair and up to 2 otherbirds were awayfrom shrimpfarms. An UplandSand- vador since 1991, an imm. SabineõGull molt- seenperching and flyingtogether at E1Im- piperin a maizefield beside Iago de Gttija15 inginto ad. plumage was seen at E1Majahual, posibleN.P, Ahuachaptin (RP). The pair was Apr (NH) providedonly the 5th recordfor E1 La Libertad12 Apr (ph. RIP,IV). With only seenperforming territorial displays•diving, Salvador and the first for Santa Ana. twoprevious records for E1 Salvador, a single circling,and calling--but nesting was not ob- Thereare only a handfulof recordso[ Surf- BrownNoddy at Rio Jiboa,La Paz 13 May served.Meanwhile, in Nicaragua,a wintering bird for E1 Salvador,so a groupof 4 pho- was a big surpriseand the firstwith docu- PeregrineFalcon observed at MontibelliPri- tographedat closerange at Arcosdel Espino, mentaryevidence (ph. TJ). One or 2 Sooty

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Ternson eachof threepelagic trips off Golfi- LasAlturas (JZ, AO, JG) and anotherheard 3 served30 May 0oP,KA). to, Tambor,and Los Suerios in Mar andApr Apr at Durika(JZ) 35 km n. of LasAlturas, White-tippedSicklebills are recently turn- (CS, S•, PH, JZ) werethe firstreported on bothon the Pacificslope of CordilleraTala- ingup muchfarther n. on thes. Pacificslope thePacific pelagic day-trips run off CostaRica manca.Supported by other reports of thiselu- of CostaRica. After being reported only as far in recentyears. An exceptionallyhigh count sivespecies from the LasAltums area in the n. as Parritauntil recently,3 were seenthis of 400 LeastTerns at Isla San Sebastifin,Usu- pasttwo years,this may be the mostreliable springfor the first time in the Cararaarea: lutdn14 Apr was doublethe previousmaxi- spotin CostaRica to find thespecies. onealong Oxbow Lake Trail 17 Mar (GR),an- mum for E1Salvador (OK, ph. EM, ST,JJ). other in the samearea in late Mar (KEa), and Alsoexceptional were 3000 BlackTerns ob- OWLSTHROUGH KINGFISHERS a 3rd at PuraVida Gardens, up theroad from servedduring the 3 Mar pelagictrip off Rarelyreported in E1Salvador, a Spectacled HotelVilla Lapas,in the mts.behind Carara Ahuachapdn(JRS, TJ), along with 1500count- Owl was at Normandia,Usulutdn 12 May N.P 27 Apr (RG). It will be interestingto see edat RioJiboa 13 May (TJ). (CF). An OcellatedPoorwill was heard in late if thisspecies persists in thearea or if thisis With onlythree previous records in El Sal- Mar (CS) at Crucitasde San Carlos,about 45 onlya temporaryseasonal expansion. Always vador,5 RoseateTerns on 14-15Apr, includ- ing 2 at El Zapote,Ahuachapdn 14 Apr and3 at Bocanade San Juan, Sonsonate15 Apr (bothRIP, AEA), were exceptional. Could this speciesbe an overlooked but regular transient on thePacific coast, or wasthis simply an ex- ceptionalyear? A singleForster's Tern was at Bahiade Jiquilisco 13 Apr (OK, EM, ST,JJ). Anotherwas at RioJiboa 15 Apr,and 2 were there29 Apr (TJ). With only eightprevious recordsfor E1Salvador, 4 birdsin one month was unusual,although Apr was the month with mostprevious records. In thevicinity of PanamaCity, Elegant Terns were seen on sev- eral occasions in Mar: 30 were in Santa Clara 13 Mar,3 werein PanamaCity 20 Mar (both GAr),and 20 were in PanamaCity 31 Mar (LN); also, 3 were at Amador 24 Mar (LN). Elsewherein Panama,3 at VenadoBeach, Los Santos20 May (BA,CAh, SA, DM, DeM)pro- videdthe firstprovincial record. Two Poma- rine Jaegers 5 km off Santa Rosa on Guatemala'sPacific coast 28 Apr (PV, ph. VD), whilenot unexpected,nonetheless pro- videdthe first photographicdocumentation of thisspecies for the country.An exhausted ThisSpotted Woodcreeper photographed 13May 2007 is only the fourth recorded in El Salvador and the second recorded at thebird monitoring station in the cloud forest of Montecristo National Park. The species isapparently a very rare resident or ParasiticJaeger found on a beachat Cutuco, occasionalvisitor to the country's cloud forests. Photograph byRoselvyJu•rez. La Uni6n27 Apr (ph., fide RIP) furnished onlythe 5th recordfor El Salvador. km se.of LosChiles on theRio San Juan, Ala- of interestin the Belizelowlands, a BrownVi- A groupof 15 White-crownedPigeons was juela. The only other CostaRican records olet-carwas seen in mid-Apron theoutskirts in SitteeRiver Village, Stann Creek 9 Apr (PB). havecome from the extremenw. part of the of PuntaGorda (PHe). A femaleBlack-crested Given previousreports of the speciesin Caribbeanlowlands near Brasilia.This bird, Coquette in the Patrocinio Reserve in coastalareas of the mainlandnear Dangriga at theNicaraguan border, was much farther e. Guatemala29 Mar (KE) and another female duringthe breeding season, a mainland breed- in centralCosta Rica. As nightjarsoften go in the Belize Botanical Gardens 6 km s. of San ingsite for this insular species is suggested.A unnoticed,this species may be an established, lguacio,Cayo 3 May (JOG)were at localities Gray-headedDove 20 Mar (JV) broughtout albeit overlooked, resident in this area. Pro- wherethe specieshad not beenpreviously intothe open with a tape-recordingon Oxbow vidinga firstlocality record, a DuskyNightjar recorded. A male Blue-throated Goldentail LakeTrail in CararaN.E, Puntarenasprovided was heardnear the ContinentalDivide Trail, madea one-dayappearance at The Lodgeat a solidreport for a confusingspecies whose Fortuna5 & 7 May (DM, WA). NorthernPo- Big Falls,Toledo i6 May (R&MH, fide LJ). distributionis poorlyunderstood outside of toois seldomreported in Guatemala,a! least Thereare only two previousrecords for Be- itsstrongholds in the Nicoya Pen., Cord. Gua- in partbecause of its nocturnalhabit, so one lize.Providing a firstrecord for Bocas del Toro nacaste,and n. Caribbeanlowlands of Costa seen 17 Mar at PatrocinioReserve, Quetzahe- was a Blue-throated Goldentail at lsla Escudo Rica. As with Collared Forest-Falcon (see nango(ph. KE, CA) wasconsidered notewor- deVeraguas 12 Apr (AK, TB). above),a RuddyQuail-Dove was mist-netted thy More interesting,though, was a pair Easilythe mostabundant hummingbird in in aridthorn forest in Vallede Agu•n, E1 Poli- foundnesting in LosTartales Reserve I Apr Belize,the Rufous-tailedHummingbird is, gono1 Mar (DA) wherethe specieswas not (KE, CA). Bothmembers of the pair took however,virtually unrecorded on the Belize expected.Two Pheasant Cuckoos were report- turns incubating. Rarely seen from the cayes.A well-documentedbird on Northeast edin CostaRica this spring: 1 heard1 Mar at CanopyTower, Panama was a BlackSwift ob- Caye,Glovers Reef Atoll 8 Apr (PB)provided

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this casualspecies. On GloversReef Atoll, a Black-whiskeredVireo seen 6 Apr (PB) pro- videdonly the 5th recordfor Belize,the 2nd {or GloversReef. As wouldbe expected,all havebeen from the cayes,and all havebeen seenin springbetween 22 Marand 22 May. An apparentlylate migrantTree Swallow was on GloversReef Atoll 7 Apr (PB).This speciesis amongthe lastto arrivein Central Americain fall andthe first to leavein spring. Providinga firstrecord for CaquipecMi., Alta Verapazwas an AmericanDipper at Sequixpur, 18krn se. of SanPedro Carcha 30 Apr(RC). In Belize,White-throated Robin is normallyre- strictedto elevationsabove 600 m; however,a groupof 8 highlyvocal birds 8 Maynear the C.B.W.S. visitor center was less than 100 m s abovesea level 0B) and likely signified a small, recentlyestablished lowland population. Sev- eralbirds have been seen consistently at this popularbirding destination over the past three years(LJ, JB et al.). The influx of Cedar Waxwingsinto the Regionthis winter contin- uedinto spring. In CostaRica, waxwings were Thisfemale Gray-collared Becard netted in El Salvador's pine~oak forest on 8 April2007 represents just the thkd record for widespread,occurring mostly in smallflocks MontecristoNational Park. Photograph byVicky Galen. rangingfrom 6 to 29 birds;however, 300 were the firstrecord for the outercayes. A Ruby- trappedat the samebanding station 13 May in the Altamiraarea on the Pacificslope of throatedHummingbird in Belmopan22 Apr (ph.VG, RJ,CZ, IV). Anotherindividual was Cordillera Talamanca 3 Mar (several ob- (PB)matched the latest spring date on record bandedthere 22 Mar 2006. A pair of Bare- servers).In Guatemala,the species was wide- for Belize.In Honduras,a pair of Mountain crownedAntbirds near AguacaliemeLagoon spread,with numbersranging from 10 to 50 Trogonswas seen at a nestat the summitof 14 Mar (LJ)was at a newlocality. This species perreport. The latest occurrences were 15 May CerroUyuca, Francisco Morazdn 10 Mar (DA). is beingreported with increasing frequency in at Naranjo,Alajuela 0Z) and 16 May in the Althoughnot unexpected,few nestsof this s. Belizewhere it is likelyon theincrease as it ChelemhaReserve, Alta Verapaz (KE). specieshave been reported in theRegion. Also takesadvantage of theproliferation of second- of interestwere an ad. maleand 2 juv. Re- growthforest in theRegion. WARBLERS splendentQuetzals in thesame area 10-12 Mar Two Olive-sidedFlycatchers at RedBank, A well-studiedOrange-crowned Warbler in (DA). Thisrecord may be of conservationin- StannCreek 6 Mar 0D) and oneat Ben'sBluff, Costa Rica at Cariari-Herradura, Heredia 16 terest because the extent of cloud forest on C.B.W.S.ll Mar (MH, JH) may havebeen Apr OS) was in with a groupof Tennessee Uyucais small,amounting to 250ha, and the wintering,as was a singingWillow Flycatcher Warblers.This species is seldomdocumented pineforests below are extensively burned most at The Dump,Toledo 18 Mar (LJ).A female in CentralAmerica s. of theGuatemala high- years,potentially jeopardizing its continued Gray-collaredBecard was netted in the Mon- lands.A NorthernParula, only the 6th {orEl presencein thearea. An AmazonKingfisher at tecristopine-oak forest 8 Apr(ph. VG, RJ,CZ, Salvador,was found in mangrovesat Nor- RioGuaco, Mora•dn 8 Mar provideda newlo- GF,ARL). There are few reports of thisspecies mandia 9 Mar (RIP). Two Northern Parulas calityrecord for E1 Salvador (RIP, AEA). in E1Salvador, and thisbird representedonly were seen in the Los Tarrales Reserve 18 Mar the 3rd record for Montecristo N.P. Three (KE,Jp, JDe). The species is rarein Guatemala WOODPECKERSTHROUGH Bare-necked Umbrellabirds were found in a awayfrom the Caribbean lowlands. Two Mag- WAXWINGS two-dayperiod: one each on 6 May alongthe noliaWarblers on the outskirtsof Belmopan, In Panama,an OlivaceousPiculet was at the ContinentalDivide Trail, Chiriqm and the 3 de Belize12 May(PB) were late spring migrants. GamboaAmmo Dump, ColOn 16 Apr 0CG), Noviembre Trail, Palo Seco Protection Forest, Black-throatedBlue Warblers were reported whererare. A bird showingcharacteristics of Bocasdel Toro,and another7 May at Bijao, thisspring from two localitieson the main- both Hoffman's and Golden-fronted Wood- Fortuna (DM, WA); also at Palo Secowas a land: in Panama,a male was at Chiriqui peckerswas photographedat Rio Torola, Sharpbill8 May.These two speciesare infre- Grande6 May (CAh), and in Guatemala,a Morc•dn8 Mar 0TG). Thereis oneprevious quenfiyreported in Panama.The Blue-headed malewas seen 19 Apr (ph. CA) at 2000m in recordof a hybridin El Salvadorand one Vireothat wintered in Belmopanwas last seen the Chelemh•Reserve, where it hadnot pre- recordof an apparentlypure Hoffman's. The 22 Apr (PB).This winteringindividual pro- viouslybeen recorded. Winter 2006-2007 was firstBlack-banded Woodcreeper ever recorded vided the 3rd documented record for Belize not noteworthyfor Yellow-rumpedWarblers, in E1Salvador was trapped at the SalvaNATU- and the 2nd from this site. In CostaRica, War- soa wornfemale at LasAlturas 8 Apr 0Z, AO, RAbanding station in thecloud forest at Mon- blingVireos were seen along the Oxbow Lake JG) was of interest.Only one otherwas re- tecristoN.E, SantaAna 6 Apr (ph. VG, RJ,CZ, Trail 17 Mar 0V) andat HotelVilla Lapas in portedin CostaRica this winter. GF,ARL). Remarkably, a Spotted Woodcreeper, late Mar (DVP), both in Carara N.P. These Golden-cheeked Warbler continues to be onlythe 4th documented{or the country, was werethe 2nd and 3rd reportsthis winter for reportedin CostaRica after first being docu-

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mented in autumn 2002. A female at Cedral, SWALLOWTANAGER Bill Ahrens,Claudia Ahrens (CAh), Ken Al- Cerros de Escazfi on the s. border of the Cen- THROUGHORIOLES Iaire, SolangeAnchor, Carol C. Anderson, tral Valley8 Apr (RD, DMac, LSt) was the Providingthe westernmostrecord for the David Anderson (Honduras), George country's5th. All havebeen found in the specieswas a maleSwallow Tanager at Diablo Angehr(Panama), George Armistead (GAt), highlandssurrounding the Central Valley, and Heights,Panama City 17-18 Mar (C&BT). ClaudiaAvendafio, Philip Balderamos,Car- all but one havebeen females. Although nw. This speciesis veryrare w. of e. Dar/•n. The losBettancourt, Jim Beveridge,Timothy Bil- Nicaraguais withinthe species' accepted win- peripateticGrassland Yellow-Finch is as un- lo, Rob Cahill, Liliana Chavarria(LCh), San- ter range,it is not oftenreported there, so a predictableas the Slate-coloredSeedeater. In tiago Clarataunt,James Cone, Lori Conrad, maleseen at 1350m in El JaguarPrivate Re- someareas (e.g., near Burrell Boom, Belize), it Mark Conrad, Aura Cruz, VanessaDfvila, serve,finoteca4 Mar (LC) is worthreporting. canbe reliablyfound year after year; in other Robert Dean, John Deppman ODe), Jon In El Salvador,one at MontecristoN.E 6 Apr areas,it will appearfor only a year,or less,be- Dunn, Georges Duriaux, Kevin Easley (VG) provideda late record,as thisspecies foremoving on. Suchappears to be the case (KEa), Knut Eisermann(Guatemala), Juan usuallyhas departed the Region by theend of for The Dumpricefields 20 km nw.of Punta Pablo Elizondo, Bert Frenz, Carlos Funes, Mar. Alsoworth notingis a Yellow-throated Gorda, where flocks of 65 and 40 were re- GuillermoFunes, Vicky Galfn, JoseCarlos Warblerseen at Fortuna5 May (WA); this portedin Nov and Dec,respectively. On 8 Garcia,Joe Garel (JOG), Richard Garrigues, speciesis rarein Panama.A malePrairie War- Mar, only 15 wereseen (LJ), and none have Julie Girard,Leonard Graf, Jose Tobias Gue- bler at PelicanBeach, Dangriga 5 Mar 0D) beenseen in the areasince. Apparently, they vara, Carlos Guindon, Peter Harrington, wasat thesame site where reported last year. wereonly wintering.Only recentlyreported Nestor Herrera, Peter Herrera (PHe), Rob This speciesis not oftenseen on the main- from the Monteverde area around Santa Ele- and Marta Hirons,Mark Hubinger,Joanie land. Tying the latestspring date for the na, a Prevost'sGround-Sparrow was at theSan Hubinger,Ricardo Ibarra Portillo,Tom Jen- speciesin Belize was a Palm Warbler on GerardoBiological Station in mid-Mar(KEa). ner (El Salvador),Jorge Jimenez, Lee Jones GloversReef Atoll 3 May (PB). This bird was farther down on the Caribbean (Belize),RoseIvy Julfez, OliverKomar, An- A femaleBlackpoll Warbler was mist-net- slopethan any reported previously. drew Kratter, Aria Rosa LOpez,Dorothy ted at La lsla de SanVito, Puntarenas14 Apr A Lark Sparrowat La Angostura,Perez MacKinnon(DMac), Paco Madrigal, Romain (CM, FO) andrecaptured 16 dayslater. Most ZeledOn,San Jos• 29 Mar (JZ) providedthe Martin, Daniel Martinez (DMar), Esmeralda CostaRica records are from Nov-Jan;few are 6th record for Costa Rica and the 2nd from Martinez, Chase Mendenhall, Darien Mon- fromspring. The only CeruleanWarbler re- the San lsidro de El General area. First record- tafiez, Delicia Montafiez (DeM), Lelis portedin CostaRica this springwas a male ed in Panamain 2003, a GrayishSaltator at Navarete,Allison Olivieri, Federico Oviedo, seen3 Apr at K•kOldi,LimOn (DMar, JR). A PasoAncho above Volcfn in Mar and Apr JosePerez (JoP), Ricardo Perez, Jeffrey Pe- Hooded Warbler was seen in the Patrocinio (JC)was the firstreported e. of westernmost ters,Marvin Rivas, Gary Rosenberg, Pomares Reserve29 Mar (KE, CA).This species is rare Bocasdel Toroand provided the firstprovin- Salineton (PoS), Cesar Sfnchez, Julio in winteron the Pacificslope of n. Central cial recordfor ChiriquLThis species contin- Sfnchez,Luis Sandoval,Jos• RobertoSanta- America.Exceptionally late was a Wilson's uesto expandits rangeinto s. CostaRica as maria,Jos• SerafinGOmez, Pablo Somarfiba, Warblerin the ChelemhfReserve 27 May well, but more advancedon the Caribbean Lyn Statten(LSt), Marvin Torres,Sofia Tru- (KE). A Red-facedWarbler was observedat side whereit recentlyreached Panama. On jillo, Christyand BenTurner, Eric Tut, Fer- MontecristoN.E, SantaAna 6 Apr (VG), pro- the Pacificslope, it was first reportedfrom nandoTut,Jeronie Tut,Jay Vandergast, David vidingonly the 3rd springreport for E1Sal- about700 m in thehills behind Uvita on 3Jan VanderPluym, lseldaVega, Prat de Maria vador.The orange-breastedYellow-breasted 2006.One seen 2 May at Copalde AguaBue- Velfsquez,Soo Whiting, John Williamson, Chatfound at Sabalito27 Febwas still pres- na, 1 km w. of the Wilson BotanicalGardens Bruce Young, Carlos Zaldafia,Jim Zook ent 28 Mar 0Z). Followingthe report of (CM, FO), wasonly 5 km from the Panama (CostaRica). • Gray-throatedChats in two localitieswithin borderand represented a major expansion to C.B.W.S.29 & 31 Dec was a reportof one the south.Rare in Alta Verapaz,which is on H. lee Jones,901 East Washington Street, Apt. 126 fromyet anotherlocality within C.B.W.S.11 Guatemala'sCaribbean slope, was a Spot- Colton,California 92324, (leeiones@att. net) Mar (LJ).Whether or not thisuncommon but breastedOriole at Cobgin25 Mar (RC). Oliver I(omar widely distributedspecies in Belizehas re- SalvaNATURAConservation Science Program centlycolonized this heavilybirded park or Contributors(country coordinators in bold- 33 AvenidaSur •640, San Salvador, ElSalvador has been overlooked before is unknown. face):William Adsett, Ana EugeniaAguilar, ([email protected])

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