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