2nd Day in Panama Report
Tuesday 26 November 2013
90 °F
Hi all,
Today was my second day in Panama. It was a jam-packed day of sightseeing the canal area, giving a performance at an orphanage, and BIRDING BIRDING BIRDING!
Now, to the birds. I positively identified 47 species today (which will be tiny compared to tomorrow when I will go to Pipeline Road), and got pictures of many of them. First are the photographs of the birds, and then I will list the species.
Tropical Mockingbird
Keel-billed Toucan
Ruddy Quail-dove
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Summer Tanager (female)
Dusky Antbird
Thick-billed Euphonia (male)
Black-headed Saltator
Crimson-backed Tanager
Black-throated Mango (yes, it's a hummingbird, and that's its real name!)
Palm Tanagers
Rufous-capped Warbler
Blue-gray Tanagers
Magnificent Frigatebird (this is a male--you can tell by the small red throat patch. The female has a distinguishable white head--see next photo)
Magnificent Frigatebird (female)
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Ringed Kingfisher (at the time this photograph was taken, the kingfisher was actually perched on the front of one of the gigantic boats that was traveling through the locks on the Panama Canal)
Saffron Finch
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Social Flycatcher
Southern Lapwing
Wattled Jacana
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Here's the species list--please excuse the lack of taxonomical order.
- **Indicates life birds
Tropical Mockingbird
Clay-colored Thrush
- **Brown-headed Parrot
Yellow Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
- **Rufous-capped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Crimson-backed Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
- **Palm Tanager
- **Plain-colored Tanager
- **Thick-billed Euphonia
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
- **Keel-billed Toucan
- **Yellow-billed Cacique
- **Scarlet-rumped Cacique
- **Black-headed Saltator
- **Gray-headed Chachalaca
Magnificent Frigatebird
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
- **Bat Falcon
Yellow-headed Caracara
- **Southern Lapwing
- **Wattled Jacana
White-tipped Dove
- **Ruddy Quail-dove
- **Orange-chinned Parakeet
- **Black-throated Mango
- **Garden Emerald
- **Sapphire-throated Hummingbird
- **Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
- **White-vented Plumeleteer
- **Ringed Kingfisher
Red-crowned Woodpecker
House Wren
- **Dusky Antbird
Great Kiskadee
Social Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
- **Scrub Greenlet
Barn Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
House Sparrow
- **Saffron Finch
- **Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
The most productive birding of the day was on a bird walk with my dad around the forested grounds of the hotel. We saw everything from toucans to tanagers. It was then when we saw the two best birds of the day, the Keel-billed Toucan and the Blue-and-Gold Tanager.
Happy birding, and stay tuned for a report on tomorrow, which will surely prove to be an even better day of birding!
Henry
Keep the pictures coming Henry! We love birds. Did you see most of these near the hotel or along the canal?
by Sarah Hoffman