Hats off to Panama, searching for everything from Antbirds to Harpy Eagles - An illustrated talk by Alan Peters
Panama in Central America forms the narrowest part of the Meso-American isthmus linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Only slightly larger than Ireland it has an amazing avifauna of around 1000 species.
This talk is based on a visit to the Canopy Tower in 2010 set in avian-rich tropical rainforest in the Soberania National Park, very close to the famous Panama Canal. Many species were seen including Trogons, Cotingas, Parrots, Honeycreepers and lots of Antbirds.
A second trip was made in 2019 to the Darien region in eastern Panama close to the Columbian border. With limited accommodation this was in a tented camp and with very limited roads travel was often by river in dugout canoes. The major target bird of this location was the majestic and powerful Harpy Eagle with a chance to visit an active nest site.