So we took a road trip to a remote luxury community with lots of wild land and a few huge houses. It's in the mountains, and the road is so steep that you have to have 4-wheel-drive engaged to get there. It was pretty amazing!
There is a lake with a long path around it (it's incredibly well maintained) that we went partway around. Right away it was pretty exciting, with some broad-winged hawks and a swallow-tailed kite flying over.
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| swallow-tailed kite |
Then this white hawk came in, flew over a few times and settled down for a good 15 minutes. What a treat!
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| white hawk |
There were of course other cool birds at the lake, which we couldn't even see until the white hawk left. But they were gorgeous too!
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| green heron |
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| belted kingfisher |
Okay, time to hit the path. Heading through the tall tall trees........
On an actual sidewalk. It's skinny, but it's cleared and incredibly well-maintained.
And there were awesome birds! Also plenty of mosquitos. But let's not focus on that.
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| orange-bellied trogon |
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| orange-bellied trogon |
This motmot was showing off how it can swing its tail.
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| rufous motmot |
My record stands - I have never met a manakin I didn't like. I challenge you to bring me to a manakin that I don't like! :-)
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| white-ruffed manakin |
We were all excited to have a nice sighting of a snowcap! It's not in the Panama book, but..... well, there it is!
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| snowcap hummingbird |
Of course there is a 360-degree lookout at the top of a rise. And of course it is gorgeous!
Parting shot of the motmot, it might be even more gorgeous from the front!
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| rufous motmot |
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