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Page 1 from two weeks in Panama with my wife Becky, Tom Feild, and Geraldine King. This was my most extensive photo haul from any trip, so I'll be posting updates from Panama for weeks to come. There were too many highlights to list among our 300+ bird species, though it was an exceptional trip for mammals, reptiles and amphibians, and insects as well. Last updated: 7/19/2010
Above and below: Collared Aracaris were wonderfully common throughout our trip. You'll see more of these guys as I post updates.
Below: A Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth lounging around at Canopy Tower, Panama (July 2010).
Below: A Geoffroy's Tamarin hanging out and feeding on cecropia fruit (Panama, July 2010).
Below: A Mangrove Swallow resting along the Rio Chagres, Panama (July 2010).
Below: A Common Tody-Flycatcher nesting near the Rio Chagres, Panama (July 2010).
Below: A Rusty-margined Flycatcher hunting along the Rio Chagres, Panama (July 2010).
Below: A Squirrel Cuckoo spotted just after dawn - Canopy Tower, Panama (July 2010).
Below: An adult Snail Kite over the Rio Chagres, Panama (July 2010).
Below: A Black-breasted Puffbird singing after dawn at the Canopy Tower, Panama (July 2010).
Below: A Cinnamon Woodpecker forages in a cecropia at dawn. The field guide illustrations simply don't do these guys justice.
Below: A Bicolored Antbird poses for us on Day One.
Below: A Black-cheeked Woodpecker, a rainforest cousin of our Red-bellied Woodpecker (Panama, July 2010). The lowland-favoring Red-crowned Woodpecker is very similar to Red-bellied.
Below: A distant Scaled Pigeon, a stunning rainforest species that is heard more often than it is seen.
Below: A very large caterpillar in the rainforest near Canopy Tower, Panama (July 2010).
Below: A cooperative male Gartered Trogon (split from Violaceous Trogon) in central Panama (July 2010).
Below: A gorgeous Green Shrike-Vireo permits a rare glance and brief photo shoot (Panama, July 2010).
Below: A distant White-whiskered Puffbird (Panama, July 2010).
Below: A White-lined Bat (presumed Greater) roosting under a bridge in central Panama (July 2010).
Below: A Scarlet-rumped Cacique poses at the Canopy Tower, Panama (July 2010).
Below: Western Slaty-Antshrikes were a common rainforest species in central Panama. Their call, reminiscent of a car trying to start and finally catching, was one of the main sounds of the forests we visited (Panama, July 2010).
Below: A Broad-billed Motmot waits for the perfect flyby insect. The dirt on its bill might be from excavating a nest cavity, as this species nests in burrows in the sides of forested hills (Panama, July 2010).
More soon!