Garden and Pipeline Road

As at the beginning of my visit to Panama, I close it with another stay at the Mateo residence not only great value for money but welcoming and overborne with wildlife - here's just some of what was seen during the brief visit.

LEMON-RUMPED TANAGER

 

GREY-HEADED TANAGER

FLAME-RUMPED TANAGER

CRIMSON-BACKED ANT-TANAGER

WHITE-TIPPED DOVE

and at long last, discernible shots of

NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH

WHOOPING MOTMOT

RUFOUS-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD

along with VIOLET-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD, a trip addition, were enjoying the garden feeder.

male SUMMER TANAGER

RED-LEGGED HONEYEATER

while a LESSER GREENLET almost escaped the lens!

another unidentified female EUPHONIA I fear

but a definite PALM TANAGER

I was wondering just what the 'Garden List' was when

Californians Leah and David Diller arrived.
They had already booked a late afternoon walk at

 the 'world renowned' Pipeline Road and kindly invited me along.

Our Guide MARCIEL

WHITE-NECKED JACOBIN male

Ditto male and female

LONG-BILLED HERMIT

WHITE-NECKED JACOBIN female

AND MALES AGAIN, HAD ENOUGH YET?

VIOLET-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD

and the nest of WHOOPING MOTMOT 

before we ascended the 176 steps of the 32 metre high Canopy Tower The view across the tree-tops was stunning but what birds were there were few and far between and always distant.

 

A female BLUE DACNIS

was soon joined by the male as up to a dozen

PURPLE-THROATED FAIRY (Hummingbirds) fed on distant blossom.

I guess like me, the reader will find this most interesting.

A TROPICAL GNATCATCHER was ummm, catching gnats

as another LESSER GREENLET 

was being far more cooperative than the one in the garden.

WHITE-SHOULDERED TANAGER

This LIZARD displayed

as KEEL-BILLED TOUCAN 'leked' some way off

while MEALY PARROTs 

conducted flight tumbling operations before finally going to roost.

What a great idea ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz!

Trip Additions:-

GREY-HEADED TANAGER, LEMON-RUMPED TANAGER, VIOLET-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD, WHITE-NECKED JACOBIN, SCALED PIGEON, BLUE COTINGA, SPECTACLED OWL

 WHITE-FACED CAPUCHIN MONKEY

photo 'borrowed' from Wiki.

Final Figures for Panama:-
Total Trip Ticks = 472
Total Trip Lifers = 135
Panama Total = 191
Panama Lifers = 64