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
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
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!
Sorry you had 7 ticks...bummer!!
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