Boquete, Panama Day 6

April 6

Instead of taking our time looking for birds we headed straight to where the Quetzal nest was and were disappointed we didn’t see them. We discussed moving on or should we hang and wait and we decided to hangout and wait to see if they were in the nest. We walked back and still nothing when all of a sudden we saw 4 tail feathers coming out from the hole. So, we waited about 15 or 20 minutes to see if he would come out. We waited back where he couldn’t see us and eventually out pops his head with his tail feathers still sticking out over his head. After a while he flew out and up into a tree. We think we saw the female a little earlier on the trail. (though it could have been any female) After our Quetzal encounter we proceeded to hike to the end of the trail where the waterfall is/was. Since it is the dry season, it was pretty much non-existent. Ah well, we slowly birded our way back to the car. The packed breakfast is huge. We had 2 huge muffins, bananas, juices and trail bars. We only ate the muffins and carried the rest with us to have for snacks/lunch along with some bars & cookies that we brought.

 Resplendent Quetzal - female

Resplendent Quetzal - male tail feathers sticking out of the nest 

 close-up of tail feathers

 nest is in the tree trunk - tail feathers

 tail feathers

 out pops his head - Resplendent Quetzal - male

 eventually, he flies out and poses on a branch



Wood Thrush

Gray-chested Dove? 

 Wilson's Warbler

 stream

 normally, the waterfall would be here....

 Orange Daggerwing

 Purple-stained Daggerwing

 Black-faced Solitaire

Spot-crowned Woodcreeper 

 Spot-crowned Woodcreeper

 Brown-capped Vireo

 Tufted Flycatcher

 Tufted Flycatcher

Tufted Flycatcher in nest 

 Daggerwing

 stream

 tree full of bromeliads

 bee hives were back there

Elegant Euphonia - male

 Elegant Euphonia - male

 Elegant Euphonia - male

 Ruddy Woodcreeper

 White-throated Mountain-Gem

 White-throated Mountain-Gem

 Greg ahead on the trail

 Scarlet-thighed Dacnis

 bath time.....



Since we didn't need lunch we stopped at Fresas Café (fresa is Spanish for Strawberry). Cute place and her batidos were fantastic as were the dish of strawberries with chocolate sauce and the strawberry empanadas.



 It was a beautiful sunny day so we went for another drive to get some photos of the town and we came across a funeral procession. They were walking in the street carrying a cross and so traffic was stopped for quite a long time.

dead snake in the road



We got some pictures of the bohio at the hotel. They have a few very nice ceremonial masks displayed at the bar.



Tomorrow we are to meet Rolando at 7:30 for our last day of birding. Our packed breakfast didn't come, so we stopped at the market to get some fruit for breakfast.