Gatun Lake to Achiote Village

 

My 'Professional Bird Guide' here in Panama, GONZALO HORNA, arrived as planned at 18:00 yesterday and after a good nights rest we were on our way to some serious 'birding' - stand-by with the World List!

 

 FOREST DEMOSELLE

PLAIN CHACHALACA

KEEL-BILLED TOUCAN

CHESTNUT-MANDABILLED TOUCAN

SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER

MEALY AMAZON

 

GREY HAWK

BLACK-THROATED TROGON

GREY-HEADED KITE

GREY HAWK

THREE-TOED SLOTH

DOTTED-WING ANTSHRIKE

GREY-HEADED KITE

DRAGONFLY

LESSER KISKADEE

FOREST FAUNA

TRI-COLOURED HERON

WATTLED JACANA

Another Rain Forest, Another Trail!

SLATY-TAILED TROGON

WHITE-TAILED TROGON

SONG WREN

GARTERED TROGON (female)

GARTERED TROGON (male)

Pair

WILD COFFEE

WHITE-SHOULDERED TANAGER

More LEAF-CUTTER ANTS - just love 'em!

 

VINE SNAKE

BUTTERFLIES

Now guess where we went next?

Forest Fungi

ORCHIDS for the Bowie's

YELLOW-HEADED CARACARA

Fruit from which pots are made?

GOLDEN-HOODED TANAGER

Tree Trunk

RED-BREASTED BLACKBIRD

RUFECENT TIGER-HERON (this secretive bird was seen for no more than 10 seconds)

THICK-BILLED EUPHONIA (male)

THICK-BILLED EUPHONIA (female)

 

PALTRY TYRANULET

another GREY HAWK

The Day List

MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, BROWN PELICAN, GREAT BLUE HERON, RUFECENT TIGER HERON, GREAT EGRET, SNOWY EGRET, LITTLE BLUE HERON, CATTLE EGRET, BLACK VULTURE, TURKEY VULTURE, OSPREY, GREY-HEADED KITE, GREY HAWK, CRESTED CARACARA, YELLOW-HEADED CARACARA, GREY-NECKED WOODRAIL, WATTLED JACANA, WHITE-TIPPED DOVE, SHORT-BILLED PIGEON, RUDDY GROUND DOVE, ORANGE-CHINNED PARAKEET, RED-LORED PARROT, MEALY PARROT, BLUE-HEADED PARROT, SQUIRREL CUCKOO, SMOOTH-BILLED ANI, SHORT-TAILED SWIFT, BAND-RUMPED SWIFT, LESSER SWALLOW-TAILED SWIFT, WHITE-COLLARED SWIFT, RUFOUS-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD, WHITE-NECKED JACOBIN, BLACK-THROATED MANGO, SLATY-TAILED TROGON, WHITE-TAILED TROGON, GARTERED-TROGON, BLACK-THROATED TROGON,COLLARED ARACARI, KEEL-BILLED TOUCAN, BLACK-MANDABILLED TOUCAN, BLACK-CHEEKED WOODPECKER, RED-CROWNED WOODPECKER, CRIMSON-CRESTED WOODPECKER, WESTERN-SLATY ANTSHRIKE, PLAIN XENOPS, OLIVACIOUS WOODCREEPER, COCO WOODCREEPER, YELLOW TYANRALET, FOREST ELEANIA, PALTRY TYRANULET, SOUTHERN BENTBILL, EASTERN WOOD PEWEE, LESSER KISKADEE, GREAT KISKADEE, RUSTY-MARGINED FLYCATCHER, SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, TROPICAL KINGBIRD, PURPLE-THROATED FRUITCROW, GOLDEN-COLLARED MANAKIN, RED-EYED VIREO, LESSER GREENLET, PURPLE MARTIN, GREY-BREASTED SWALLOW, WHITE-EYED SWALLOW, SOUTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, BAY WREN, PLAIN WREN, SONG WREN, HOUSE WREN, TROPICAL GNATCATCHER, CLAY-COLOURED THRUSH, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER,  WHITE-SHOULDERED TANAGER, CRIMSON-BACKED TANAGER, FLAME-RUMPED TANAGER, BLUE-GREY TANAGER, PALM TANAGER, PLAIN-COLOURED TANAGER, GOLDEN-HOODED TANAGER, RED-LEGGED HONEYCREEPER, BUFF-THROATED SALTATOR, VARIABLE SEEDEATER, SUMMER TANAGER, RED-THROATED ANT-TANAGER, RED-BREASTED BLACKBIRD, GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE, YELLOW-BACKED ORIOLE, SCARLET-RUMPED CACIQUE, CHESTNET-HEADED OROPENDOLA, THICK-BILLED EUPHONIA, TAWNY-CAPPED EUPHONIA, GREEN SHRIKE-VIREO. (93)

THREE-TOED SLOTH, VINE SNAKE