Saturday, May 28, 2016

Darién, Panamá - May 4 to May 5

Darién, Panamá - May 4

AM: El Salto Road (30 minutes from Canopy Camp)
El Salto Road extends 6 km north from the Pan-American Highway and ends at the mighty Río Chucunaque.  This open road and surrounding trail at the end of the road took us into low-canopy forest.
 pretty flower along side of the road
 repairing the road to Canopy Camp

 sights along the way
 Collared Forest-Falcon
 9 month old 3-toed Sloth - on his own
 9 month old 3-toed Sloth
 9 month old 3-toed Sloth
The mother sloths leave the baby the territory where they were taught where to find food and she goes off and finds a new territory to call her own.

 Golden-green Woodpecker - female
 Red-throated Caracara
 Red-throated Caracara
 Plumbeous Kite nesting
 along the trail
Laughing Falcon
PM: Las Lagunas Road & Aruza Lagoons (1 hour from Canopy Camp) Yaviza wetlands - Cementerio de Yaviza
We have now been at the beginning and the end of the Pan-American Highway. Barrow, Alaska to Yaviza, Panama.
 








 village across the river
 village across the river
 village across the river
sights along the way
Rufescent Tiger-Heron

Darién, Panamá - May 5 - Estanques de Aruza - Quebrada Félix
AM: Serranía Filo del Tallo Hydrological Reserve (40 minutes from Canopy Camp)
Serranía Filo del Tallo is a designated Hydrological Reserve that protects a small mountain range west of the Pan-American Highway.  The Canopy Camp borders this reserve, which protects an area of 300 km2 (74,000 acres). The trail crosses a small creek  and passes through part of the reserve, then climbs upward to a plateau where there is a teak plantation. 

 view from the car

 Red-lored Parrot
 Army ants that the birds follow
 Bi-colored Antbird
 Bi-colored Antbird
 Bi-colored Antbird
 Spotted Antbird
 Black-crowned Antpitta
  Fulvous-vented Euphonia
  young Fulvous-vented Euphonia
 creek bed Greg & Domi
 Greg and fallen tree trunk
Royal Flycatcher
 Royal Flycatcher
 me in the creek bed
little frog in the leaves
 White-tailed Trogon
 mushrooms
 me in the flowering vine
 
PM: Tierra Nueva Foundation (30 minutes from Canopy Camp)
 Cattle Egret on a cow

Fork-tailed Flycatcher 
 Orange-crowned Oriole
Black-crowned Tityra - male 
Black-crowned Tityra - female 
 Black-crowned Tityra coming out of nest
 Black-crowned Tityra - female 
 cattle - all bulls on the farm
 Red-breasted Blackbird
 young bulls
 Look closely, they are covered in ticks (I brought home 7 ticks on me and Greg had only 1 on his body)

 Pied Water-Tyrant
 the cattle field - normally marshy
 young Wattled Jacana
Another couple of great days birding. We had on muck boots for the marsh, but it was pretty dry and we wouldn't have needed them. We have had great weather so far on this trip. Missing rain that was all around except where we were. We didn't realize we picked up ticks until after we got home. Actually, the morning we left for Iowa. They were nice and fat after that many days. Yikes!
 
 
 
 
 

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