IMG_1114b.JPGSunrise out our window on the third day of our trip to Canopy Tower, Panama |
DSC_0061b.JPGBlue-headed Parrots in the distance
Seen from the deck at Canopy Tower, Panama, before breakfast |
DSC_0116b.JPGBarbara, Kannan and Mia pose for a sunrise photo
on the deck of Canopy Tower, Panama |
DSC_0119b.JPGAdult light Short-tailed Hawk
flying over Canopy Tower, Panama |
DSC_0134b.JPGOur main guides, Carlos and Alex
on the deck at Canopy Tower, Panama |
DSC_0137b.JPGMale Green Honeycreeper
eating Cecropia seed pods off the Canopy Tower deck |
DSC_0167b.JPGMale Green Honeycreeper |
IMG_1119b.JPGKannan took this photo of the group headed down Semaphore Road
L back to front: Bob, Argie, Paul, Debbie, Mia, Larry, David, Steve
R back to front: Sara, Bob, Cindy, Bill, Jim, Mary, Kirti, Jane |
IMG_1121b.JPGA look at the forest canopy overhead |
IMG_1122b.JPGA big palm beside the road |
IMG_1126b.JPGAlong Semaphore Road, Carlos points out a bird while the group tries to catch a glimpse of it: Steve, Carlos, Kannan, Larry; Jim and Cindy behind; Alex, Bill, David, Kirti, Paul, Debbie |
IMG_1130b.JPGThere must be a bird in there somewhere. |
IMG_1135b.JPGBlack cup-shaped fungi |
IMG_1137b.JPGAn interesting insect nymph |
IMG_1139b.JPGOur group on Plantation Road on the trail of the next bird |
IMG_1143b.JPGKannan stomped above a large leaf-cutter ant mound to call out the larger guard ants. |
IMG_1151b.JPGYellow flower |
DSC_0204b.JPGBlack-throated Trogon |
DSC_0210b.JPGBlack-throated Trogon |
DSC_0216b.JPGCrimson-crested Woodpecker |
DSC_0221b.JPGCrimson-crested Woodpecker
Small black and white patch on side of head |
DSC_0253b.JPGBlack-breasted Puffbird |
DSC_0260b.JPGBlack-breasted Puffbird |
DSC_0264b.JPGBlack-breasted Puffbird |
DSC_0266b.JPGSign along the steep and winding Semaphore Road to Canopy Tower |
DSC_0268b.JPGEntrance to Stingless Bee nest
Stingless Bees have built a nest in a concrete bridge abutment. |
DSC_0270b.JPGThey built another nest in an embankment across the road. |
DSC_0274b.JPGBroad-billed Motmot
No rufous feathers below breast |
DSC_0276b.JPGKannan went off the road to show us this Chestnut-headed Oropendola
but it was very shy |
DSC_0280b.JPGBack and tail of the Chestnut-headed Oropendola |
DSC_0284b.JPGAnother blurry view of the Chestnut-headed Oropendola |
DSC_0288b.JPGAnd one more |
DSC_0294b.JPGBack out on the road, Jane was looking for the source
of some fallen flowers and found them on this vine. |
DSC_0297b.JPGClose-up of one of the flowers |
DSC_0299b.JPGFallen vine flowers |
DSC_0300b.JPGWe crossed this stream on Semaphore Hill Road. |
DSC_0303b.JPGPossible young male Checker-throated Antbird |
DSC_0306b.JPGPossible young male Checker-throated Antbird
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DSC_0331b.JPGMale Spotted Antbird |
DSC_0336b.JPGMale Spotted Antbird |
DSC_0350b.JPGDamselfly |
DSC_0352b.JPGDamselfly |
DSC_0379b.JPG"During the construction of the canal, a three mile improved road was constructed from the town of Empire to the Las Cascades plantation. This was the first paved road in the interior of Panama. This trail is the remnant of the Plantation road and along it you may still find remnant cacoa, rubber trees and coffee plants." |
DSC_0382b.JPG"Usted esta aqui." A map of Plantation Road and Semaphore Road in Soberania National Park, Panama |
DSC_0383b.JPGMap of Soberania National Park, Panama
on our path along Plantation Road |
DSC_0384b.JPGAn invitation to walk the Plantation Road. |
DSC_0386b.JPGJane, Mia, Alex, Carlos, Jim, Larry, Cindy, Sara, Bill, Argie, Paul, Debbie |
DSC_0395b.JPGGray-headed Kite in the trees above us |
DSC_0410b.JPGGray-headed Kite |
DSC_0420b.JPGToadstool |
DSC_0424b.JPGLeaf-cutter Ant |
DSC_0429b.JPGMore of those little toadstools |
DSC_0430b.JPGClose-up of the toadstools |
DSC_0445b.JPGRobber fly alongside the trail |
DSC_0449b.JPGCurious cut leaf pattern, unlike what we saw Leaf-cutter Ants doing |
DSC_0451b.JPGPlain Brown Woodcreeper |
DSC_0461b.JPGMale White-whiskered Puffbird |
DSC_0463b.JPGBack of the male White-whiskered Puffbird |
DSC_0469b.JPGFemale and male White-whiskered Puffbirds |
DSC_0473b.JPGFemale and male White-whiskered Puffbirds |
DSC_0481b.JPGSlate-colored Grosbeak |
DSC_0492b.JPGSlate-colored Grosbeak |
DSC_0512b.JPGBack view of the Black-tailed Trogon |
DSC_0541b.JPGBlack-tailed Trogon |
DSC_0559b.JPGFront view of Black-tailed Trogon
White stripe distinguishes it from Slate-tailed |
DSC_0587b.JPGRoseate dragonfly |
DSC_0589b.JPGRoseate dragonfly |
DSC_0604b.JPGHelicopter damselfly
It takes spiders or their prey from spider webs |
DSC_0606b.JPGHelicopter damselfly at rest |
DSC_0619b.JPGOne Leaf-cutter Ant going against the flow of Army Ants
Our guides noticed a lot of bird activity at the side of the road
as we returned to Canopy Tower, then noticed the wide trail of ants roadside.
The birds were eating ants and other insects stirred up by the ants. |
DSC_0090b.JPGBlack-headed Tody-flycatcher
from the deck of Canopy Tower |
DSC_0091b.JPGBlack-headed Tody-flycatcher |
DSC_0100b.JPGBlack-headed Tody-flycatcher |
DSC_0625b.JPGNorthern Barred Woodcreeper |
DSC_0629b.JPGWhite-whiskered Antbird |
DSC_0637b.JPGwhat is this bird??? |
DSC_0639b.JPGSpotted Antbird? |
DSC_0651b.JPGBack at Canopy Tower, we found this little Stripe-throated Hermit at the feeder. |
DSC_0655b.JPGIn the afternoon, we rode into Gamboa and found these Fork-tailed Flycatchers in an overgrown soccer field. |
DSC_0681b.JPGFork-tailed Flycatcher, Gamboa, Panama |
DSC_0693b.JPGFork-tailed Flycatcher at a soccer net |
DSC_0702b.JPGFork-tailed Flycatcher perched on a soccer net, Gamboa, Panama |
DSC_0707b.JPGWe went to the Canopy B & B where our guides put bananas on feeders.
Plain-colored and Palm Tanagers were among the many birds drawn in. |
DSC_0708b.JPGOrange-chinned Parakeet eating a banana, Gamboa, Panama |
DSC_0725b.JPGOrange-chinned Parakeets, Plain-colored and Palm Tanagers |
DSC_0740b.JPGBlue-gray Tanager waiting for a place at the table. |
DSC_0744b.JPGOrange-chinned Parakeets with a Clay-colored Thrush and Palm Tanager in the background |
DSC_0747b.JPGOrange-chinned Parakeets |
DSC_0759b.JPGMale Crimson-backed Tanager |
DSC_0779b.JPGSix Palm Tanagers and one Blue-Gray |
DSC_0783b.JPGOrange-chinned Parakeet, Blue-gray Tanager and Palm Tanager |
DSC_0794b.JPGCrimson-backed Tanager |
DSC_0807b.JPGRufous-tailed Hummingbird, Canopy B & B, Gamboa, Panama |
DSC_0818b.JPGFront view of Rufous-tailed Hummingbird |
DSC_0841b.JPGFour kinds of tanager
Blue-gray, Palm, Plain-colored, Crimson-backed |
DSC_0844b.JPGBlue-Gray, Palm, Plain-colored and Crimson-backed Tanagers |
DSC_0868b.JPGThe Blue-Gray Tanagers manage a momentary coup. |
DSC_0871b.JPGBlue-gray Tanagers, Canopy B & B, Gamboa, Panama |
DSC_0887b.JPGRufous-tailed Hummingbird |
DSC_0902b.JPGFlowering tree across the street from Canopy B & B |
DSC_0909b.JPGIguana in a tree at the parking area at Gamboa resort |
DSC_0914b.JPGHouse Wren scurrying into the undergrowth near one of the buildings. |
DSC_0928b.JPGCrimson-backed Tanagers and a flycatcher bathing and drinking at a puddle in the gravel road. |
DSC_0939b.JPGPale-vented Pigeon |
DSC_0950b.JPGTropical Mockingbird |
DSC_0951b.JPGMale Red-legged Honeycreeper |
DSC_0956b.JPGMale Ruddy Ground Dove |
DSC_0965b.JPGMale Ruddy Ground Dove |
DSC_0994b.JPGYellow Warbler at the bathing pool |
DSC_0005b.JPGFemale Flame-rumped Tanager
in the deep evening shade above a feeder with bananas |
DSC_0029b.JPGBack out in the sun at the edge of the lake,
we found some Wattled Jacanas wading. |
DSC_0041b.JPGWattled Jacanas at the edge of the lake at a Gamboa resort |
DSC_0045b.JPGWattled Jacana |
DSC_0050b.JPGWattled Jacana |
DSC_0072b.JPGBlue-gray, Palm and two female Flame-rumped Tanagers at a feeder |
DSC_0097b.JPGMale Flame-Rumped Tanager |
DSC_0129b.JPGFemale and Male Flame-rumped Tanagers |
DSC_0137b.JPGMale Crimson-backed Tanager |
DSC_0171b.JPGCommon Tody-flycatcher |
DSC_0187b.JPG??? sturdy bill, yellow-green color above |
DSC_0190b.JPG??? |
DSC_0196b.JPGCommon Tody-flycatcher |
DSC_0223b.JPGFemale Flame-rumped Tanager |
DSC_0226b.JPGKeel-billed Toucan
Mary and others also saw the Chestnut-mandibled Toucan here. |
DSC_0241b.JPGLittle Blue Heron wading in marshy water |
DSC_0247b.JPGAdult Rufescent Tiger-Heron
We were walking along a path near the edge of reed-filled water. |
DSC_0257b.JPGAdult Rufescent Tiger-Heron |
DSC_0274b.JPGImmature Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Just a short distance farther down the path, we saw this young bird. |
DSC_0278b.JPGImmature Rufescent Tiger-Heron |
DSC_0281b.JPGIs this a Buff-breasted Wren??? |
DSC_0286b.JPGParrots flying over |
DSC_0299b.JPGBuff-breasted Wren??? |
DSC_0310b.JPGFirst glimpse of the Collared Aracari |
DSC_0348b.JPGI kept moving around and the Collared Aracari finally turned around. |
DSC_0363b.JPGWe left the area with individual buildings a drove along a road that took us between the Gamboa resort condominiums above and these Capybaras below. Can you see the two birds? |
DSC_0368b.JPGThe Yellow-headed Caracara flew onto the back of the Capybara, apparently to eat insects off its back. |
DSC_0378b.JPGYellow-headed Caracara sitting on a Capybara lying on its side. |
DSC_0381b.JPGCaracara and Capybaras with a Purple Gallinule in the background
A second Caracara flew in and the group started Seussian rhymes about
"a pair of caracaras and a bunch of capybaras."
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DSC_0385b.JPGA birdy tree next to us by the road contained this Golden-hooded Tanager,
though it was too dark by then to do its colors justice. |
DSC_0410b.JPGAlso in the tree, this Yellow Warbler |
DSC_0415b.JPGBack to the Capybaras and Yellow-headed Caracara |
DSC_0435b.JPGTwo males and a female Red-legged Honeycreepers were also in the tree at Gamboa resort. |
DSC_0503b.JPGAnd the Yellow Warbler again |
DSC_0510b.JPGTropical Kingbird in the same tree at Gamboa resort |
DSC_0518b.JPGFemale Red-legged Honeycreeper
Singing in the tree below the Gamboa resort where we saw Capybaras |
DSC_0533b.JPGWe stopped before getting onto the highway to go back through Gamboa to Canopy Tower and spotted several birds soaring overhead, including this hawk. |
DSC_0539b.JPGSnail Kite
If you look closely, you can see its hooked bill. |