Birdwatching In Panama

Our Picture Galleries with Birds from Panama

You can always find our picture galleries with birds from Panama here on our website. The Index of all galleries with birds from Panama is located here, there we have slide shows with: Birds of Prey, Hummingbirds, Trogons & Motmots, Toucan, Parrots & Macaws, Birdwatching along the Pipeline Road, Woodpeckers, the Harpy Eagle @ Soberania National Park, Tanagers, Flycatchers, Puffbirds, Herons & Egrets and much more! You can find many more great nature photos at my other website YourNaturePhotos.com where you also can upload your own pictures.

Santa Fe, Veraguas

Was up in the mountains around Santa Fe for a couple days, however the bad weather that hit almost all of Panama did not allow us to do the planed hikes, so we enjoyed a good BBQ and did just a short hike in the rain and with limited visibility, see the attached images. For more detailed info on Santa Fe, Veraguas please see this earlier blog post.

Book Description: A Guide to the Birds of Panama

Book Description: A Guide to the Birds of Panama. This is the first paperback version of the second edition of the popular A Guide to the Birds of Panama. In the second edition, published in 1989, the authors expanded information on the birds of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras: approximately 200 new species were added to the material in the 1976 edition. Over 300 additional species, some of them Panamanian, were illustrated. Sixteen new plates were added, and three of the original plates were replaced by improved versions. Throughout the book changes were made to accommodate the explosion in knowledge of the birds of Panama and nearby areas and of neotropical birds in general. The basic sequence and systematics of the AOU 1983 Check-list were adopted. Also included in the revised edition was expanded and updated information on birdfinding in Panama, prepared with the assistance of two of Panama’s best resident birders. The book also contains a special section outlining developments in Panama ornithology and conservation. “A sophisticated treatment of one of the world’s richest avifaunas.”–The Quarterly Review of Biology. For more info, some customer reviews and to order the book Birds Of Panama see this page here in our online store. This also makes a great gift for any natur lover!

Lots of Hummingbirds

Visited the Panama Rainforest Discovery Center last Sunday, after a short walk along the Pipeline road, while a light rain was refreshing the air. There are always lots of hummingbirds to see at the Center around the feeders, but now it seams even more so as so they say there arent that many blooming plants around in the forest, so they go for the easy food. There are many colorful birds to see there like the Blue-Chested-Hummingbird, Jacobin-Hummingbird, White-Vented-Plumeleteer, Hermits and others. The Panama Rainforest Discovery Center is located 1.6 km from the Pipeline Road entrance. After arriving at Gamboa town at the end of Gaillard Highway, drive 3 more km following the signs for Panama Rainforest Discovery Center. The Panama Rainforest Discovery Center is open daily from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. except Christmas and New Year days. Well worth a visit to see the hummingbirds and to go on discovery tours along the jungle paths or to climb the observation tower.

Last Weekend along the Pipeline Road

Here are a few images from last weekend along the pipeline road. I went out early and started my walk around 6:30AM, along the way there was still some fog hanging over the Canal and the sun barley started to cut trough it giving some areas some mystical looks. I was pretty much alone at that time and it is always a great feeling listening to the forest and its many voices while enjoying the fresh and cool morning air plus walking is healthy anyway so they say. The attached images show show the rarley seen Great Jacamar (thanks to Jose Carlos Garcia from birdingpanama.com for the id) that was catching some insects, a Motmot plus some butterflies along the way that caught my attention, interesting also the image of the Great Jacamar with flash and one without showing the colors of his feathers in a very distinctive light each time.

Mundo Jaguar at Summit Gardens

This post is not exactly about birds but worth checking out anyway, if you have not been to the Summit Garden Nature Park Panama in a while, then you dont know what your missing! There is a new exhibit for a while now already that is well worth seeing, its the Mundo Jaguar (Jaguar World). Great place to see this majestic powerful Jaguar close up and while there yes there is also a great variety of birds to see like the famous Harpy Eagle, the Kink Vulture for example and many others.  The park is easy accessible by a short drive from Panama City on the road to Gamboa, see the Panama Map here for location. For more details on the Summit Garden Nature Park Panama see also this earlier post.

Soberania National Park in Panama

With an extension of 19,341 hectares the Soberania National Park, located in the Province of Panama and Colon  o was created in the year 1980, forming part of the protected Panama Canal Watershed. The Soberania National Park counts with 105 species of mamals, 525 species of birds, 79 species of reptiles, 36 species of fish and an incredible abundance of plants. There are some great hiking trails in this park esay accessible by a short drive from Panama City along the way to Gamboa and beyond. The best known and a must for birdwatchers is the Pipeline Road where many bird counting records where set and where you also find the The Panama Rainforest Discovery Center with its observation tower. Other great trails are the Plantation Road, the  Camino de Cruces trail and the El Charco trail, also the Summit Nature Park is located there and well worth a visit.

Trogons in Panama

The trogons and quetzals are birds in the order Trogoniformes which contains only one family, the Trogonidae. Trogons are residents of tropical forests worldwide, with the greatest diversity in Central and South America. They feed on insects and fruit. Here in Panama along the Pipeline Road or at the Trogon Trail along the Achiote Road they can be seen frequently. You can find many more photos of Trogons from Panama here.

 

Summit Ponds

Here is another great spot to view some exotic birds: the Summit Ponds! Just in front of the Summit Nature Park (on the opposite side of the road to Gamboa) is a small road that leads a downhill and just a few yards down there to the left is the way that leads to the Summit Ponds, it consists of 2 small ponds where if lucky you might see the Boat-billed Heron, the Greater Ani and many smaller birds, if you follow that road further you find some huge bamboos where the Spectacled Owl’s hang out.  On some trees nearby we also spotted a pair of The Bat Falcon’s.

Download some great bird photo wallpapers

Download some great bird photo wallpapers from Panama for your computers desktop background! From pictures of the mighty Harpy Eagle to the colorful Toucans and from Tanagers to the Blue Crowned Motmot and Trogon plus many more. Please visit my new website Wallpapers247.com here to download the bird photo wallpapers, select the wallpaper you like best, then click on the download link below the wallpaper image then Right click on image and select Set as Background or Set as Wallpaper, its that easy.