CENTRAL AMERICA! 
other individuai was mist-netted and banded 
at the pine-oak monitoring station in Monte- 
cristo N.E 12 Sep (IV, RJ, ph. LS, CZ). An ad. 
male seen 27 Sep at the Chelemha-Kanti Shul 
Reserves, Alta Verapaz (KE, RRX, JMS, ECR) 
furnished the first autumn record for this area 
of Guatemala. A Palm Warbler at the airstrip 
in El Real 7 Nov (KK, RM, DarM, DeM) es- 
tablished the 2nd record for Darien. Several 
warbler species on the Belize cayes this fall 
were earlier than expected. A Prairie Warbler 
on Northeast Caye, Glovers Reef 17 Aug (PB) 
was the earliest on record for Belize by one 
day; a Prothonotary Warbler on Caye Caulk- 
er 28 Jul OB) was early; an Ovenbird on Caye 
Caulker 10 Aug QB) established the earliest 
fall date for that species in Belize; a Northern 
Waterthrush on Caye Caulker 18 Aug was 
early QB); and a Common Yellowthroat on 
Caye Caulker 16 Aug QB) provided what may 
be the earliest fall record for the Region. 
An ad. male Hooded Warbler 23 Oct at Los 
Tarrales Reserve (KE, MS) was unexpected, as 
this species is rare on the Pacific slope of 
Guatemala. A Wilson's Warbler seen 16 Oct 
on Ancon Hill in Panama City QO) may have 
been the first from the Panamanian lowlands. 
This species is also very rare this far east. Rare 
anywhere in Costa Rica, a Yellow-breasted 
Chat seen at Kara Avis, Horquetas, Heredia 14 
Oct QAn) and another mist-netted at La Selva 
Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Heredia 29 
Oct (MJ, JAn) were both noteworthy. 
Providing only the fourth record for El Salvador was this female Black-throated Blue 
Warbler mist-netted 18 November 20D8 at a shade-grown coffee plantation in La 
Montahita, Municipio de Santa Ana. Photograph by Vicky Galan. 
Discovered in North America for the first time in 2007 at El 
Real near the Colombian border, this Large-billed Seed- 
Finch was photographed 21 September 2008 in the same 
area. Additional birds were seen this fall at two other locali- 
ties farther west, including one at St. Francis Reserve, in 
eastern Panama Province. Photograph by Alex Guevara. 
can be generalized to other inland localities or 
to other fall migration periods is yet to be de- 
termined. Noteworthy was at least one Cave 
Swallow identified among the Cliffs migrating 
past M.P.R. on 2 Oct (RP, CH). Meanwhile, a 
Cliff Swallow on Northeast Caye, Glovers Reef 
17 Aug (PB) was an early migrant. 
A Sedge Wren, a species rarely reported in 
Guatemala, was seen 31 Jul and 1 Aug at Erai- 
janes, 19 km se. of Guatemala City (vr. JF, 
RE). Remarkable was a female Northern 
Wheatear seen near the Las Olas Resort at 
Playa Barqueta sw. of David, Chiriqui 23 Oct 
(ph. TH). This is the first wheatear to be 
recorded in Central America, although there 
are at least two records from the n. Yucatan 
Pen. Exceptionally early 
was a well-studied Swain- 
son’s Thrush on Caye 
Caulker 18 Aug QB). Very 
rarely reported s. or e. of 
Guatemala, a Hermit 
Thrush was banded at Mon- 
tecristo N.P., Santa Ana 11 
Nov (ph. RJ, CZ). A Euro- 
pean Starling seen 25 Oct in 
the Santa Ana neighborhood 
of Panama City (KA) was 
only the 3rd Panama record, 
but its provenance must be 
questioned. The species has 
not been reported in the Re- 
gion outside of the Panama 
Canal Zone. 
Providing what may be 
the earliest fall date for the Region was a Blue- 
winged Warbler on Caye Caulker 18 Aug OB). 
A Northern Parula was at Barra de Santiago, 
Ahuachapdn 25 Oct (OK, JT, RJ). Although 
there are few records for El Salvador, it may be 
a very low-density winter resident in El Sal- 
vador’s coastal mangroves, where most of the 
records have originated. A male Black-throated 
Blue Warbler was seen 2 Nov at Fresh Catch 
Fish Farm near La Democracia (PB et al.). Al- 
though relatively common in winter on the Be- 
lize cayes, it is seldom reported from the main- 
land. Most unexpected, however, was a female 
Black-throated Blue Warbler, El Salvador’s 
4th, seen 18 Nov at a shade-grown coffee finca 
in the village of La Montanita, Municipio de 
Santa Ana, Santa Ana (ph. VG). 
Golden-cheeked Warblers continue to 
make news in the Region. A male Golden- 
cheeked Warbler was discovered by a tourist 
on Caye Chapel 1 Oct (ST). When 
JB, who lives on neighboring Caye 
Caulker, learned of this report two 
days later, he jumped in his boat 
and went to look. Fortunately, he 
was able to find it with relative ease 
in the same locality. Although this 
species has been reported from Be- 
lize on several other occasions, 
there has only been one previously 
documented record from the coun- 
try. In Honduras, at Cusuco N.E, 
Cortes, a young male was captured 2 
Aug (WS, ph. AB) and another (sex 
and age not provided) was captured 
the following day. Both birds were 
banded with green, numbered color 
bands. These captures are notable in 
being the first of this species ever 
banded on the wintering grounds. 
In El Salvador, where there is a 
small wintering population, yet an- 
THRUSH-TANAGER 
THROUGH MUNIA 
Rosy Thrush-Tanagers were found to be com- 
mon at 1800-m Finca Lerida, Boquete, 
Chiriqui on 18 Aug (KA); the previously 
This Clay-colored Sparrow, a vagrant in Guatemala, was seen in a mixed 
flock of Indigo and Painted Buntings and White-collared Seedeaters in 
Tikal on 28 October 2008. Photograph by Michael Schulz. 
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