Hi Tweets,
My partner and I recently returned from a short but sweet trip to Panama.
Below is a list of birds we saw, most of which were seen with the help of
an amazing guide. Also, although I am not a good photographer, here is a
link to some photos on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64943435 at N07/sets/72157629938073931/Unfortunately,
I did not get any good pictures of toucans, parrots or
parakeets...we did see plenty of them, though. Also, we saw 4 different
types of trogons, among many other great birds, three types of monkeys and
two types of sloths.

Due to shortage of time, the trip was limited to the central area of the
country, primarily around Soberania National Park. I can highly recommend
Sierra Llorona Panama Lodge, near Colon on the Caribbean side, which was
very reminiscent of Cave Creek Ranch in Arizona. Also, if anyone is
interested, I can give you the name of the professional guide we hired for
a day.

*Here's my birdlist:*

Magnificent Frigatebird

Brown Pelican

Neotropic Cormorant

Great Blue Heron



Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture (hundreds and hundreds in migration)

King Vulture

Osprey

Pearl Kite

Swallow-tailed Kite

Plumbeous Kite

Crested Caracara

Yellow-headed Caracara



Sunbittern



Pale-vented Pigeon

Ruddy Ground Dove

White-tipped Dove



Orange-chinned Parakeet

Blue-headed Parrot

Red-lored Parrot

Mealy Parrot



Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Squirrel Cuckoo



Greater Ani

Smooth-billed Ani

Mottled Owl (heard only)

Crested Owl



Great Potoo (baby)

Common Potoo



Band-rumped Swift



Long-billed Hermit

Striped-throated Hermit

White-necked Jacobin

Violet-bellied Hummingbird

Blue-chested Hummingbird

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer



White-tailed Trogon

Violaceous Trogon

Black-throated Trogon

Slaty-tailed Trogon



Green Kingfisher

Black-breasted Puffbird

Pied Puffbird



Collared Aracari

Keel-billed Toucan

Chestnut-mandibled Toucan



Golden-naped Woodpecker

Black-cheeked Woodpecker

Cinnamon Woodpecker



Plain Xenops

Cocoa Woodcreeper

Western slaty-Antshrike

Spot-crowned Antvireo

White-flanked Antwren

Dot-winged Antwren

Chestnut-backed Antbird



Brown-capped tyrannulet

Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet

Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant (world's smallest songbird!)

Olivaceous Flatbill

Yellow-olive Flycatcher

Tropical Pewee

Acadian Flycatcher (heard only)

Bright-rumped Attila

Lesser Kiskadee

Great Kiskadee

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Panama Flycatcher

Rusty-margined Flycatcher

Social Flycatcher

Gray-capped Flycatcher

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Streaked Flycatcher

Piartic Flycatcher

Tropical Kingbird

Maked Tityra

Purple-throated Fruitcrow

Golden-collared Manakin

Gray-breasted Martin

White-headed Wren

Bay Wren

Buff-breasted Wren

Song Wren (heard only)

Swainson?s Thrush

Clay-colored Thrush

Tropical Mockingbird

Bay-breasted Warbler

Worm-eating Warbler

Canada Warbler



Crimson-backed Tanager

Flame-rumped Tanager

Blue-gray Tanager

Palm Tanager

Plain-colored Tanager

Golden-hooded Tanager

Scarlet-thighed Dacnis

Blue Dacnis

Green Honeycreeper

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Buff-throated Saltator



Blue-black Grassquit

Variable Seedeater

Ruddy-breasted Seedeater

Thick-billed Seed-Finch

Yellow-faced Grassquit

Orange-billed Sparrow

Black-striped Sparrow



Scarlet Tanager



Great-tailed Crackle

Yellow-backed Oriole

Yellow-tailed Oriole

Scarlet-rumped Cacique

Yellow-rumped Cacique

Baltimore Oriole

Chestnut-headed Oropendola



Fulvous-vented Euphonia

Valerie Anderson
Olympia
valhikes at gmail.com
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