Canopy Tower, Panama

First bird, first day. We arrived at the tower during a heavy thunderstorm. After the rain let up we went up to the observation platform for our first look around, and this was our first bird. About a week later we had one distant scope view of her very vivid male counterpart, but otherwise never saw any cotingas again, so this was a lucky bird to catch.

The observation deck of the tower allows you outrageous access to the birds that occupy the upper canopy.

Tags:   Cotinga nattererii Blue Cotinga female Panama Canopy Tower

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Canopy Tower, Panama

It is a good idea to memorize the sound that this bird makes, so that you can see it a few times, and then tune it out later. We heard it everywhere and it is a tiny bird, hard to track down.

Tags:   Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus Panama Canopy Tower

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Canopy Tower, Panama

Continues to be one of my favorite neotropical birds. I especially love to see them gliding in between trees.

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Canopy Tower

Record id shot.

Tags:   Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

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Canopy Tower, Panama

With food for nestlings.

Tags:   Green Honeycreeper female Panama Chlorophanes spiza

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