Saturday, November 19, 2011

More Panama Birds

I am linking up with Friday Ark  and Camera Critters

These are more pic's from my birding outing with Justo of Panama's Just Adventures

Arriving a day early for our tour allowed hubby and I to go out for our day of birding. Justo took us to the Discovery Center and the famous Pipeline Road. I got 30 new lifers from our Panama trip.

These are some of the birds and a sloth we saw at the Pipeline Rd and the Rainforest Discovery Center.



Pipeline Rd sloth,  the first of three sloths we saw while in Panama for the week.



Rufous Motmot a beautiful bird and one of my 30 new lifers.



Social Flycatcher....lifer



Crimson Crested Woodpecker, similiar to the Pileated Woodie I see at home. Near this same spot we saw a Black Striped Woodcreeper. I was sorry to see it fly away before I could snap a pic. Both of these birds were also lifers.




Lots of new Hummingbird lifers, like the White Necked Jacobin another lifer.


The Pipeine Road, famous spot for birding in Panama.



A group of Black Bellied Whistling ducks, these are one of my favorite ducks. At this spot we saw the ducks, GB Heron, Wattled Jacana, Ringed Kingfisher, a beautiful Blue Dacnis. I was sorry to see that my photos of these beautiful birds were just a blurry mess. But, it was still exciting to see all of these new birds.

I hope you enjoyed my birds and sloth post. I hope you all have a great weekend and Happy Birding.

I hope you can check out more birds and animals on the Friday Ark  and Camera Critters.  Thanks to the host of Friday Ark and to Misty Dawn of Camera Critters. I look forward to these memes and to seeing all the birds and critters.

32 comments:

rainfield61 said...

Quite a number of birds!

I can imagine how excited I am with my telescope lens eyeing at them.

VioletSky said...

Your birds are a little more exciting than mine ;)
(Love the hummers by the poster)

DeniseinVA said...

Those are super enjoyable photos Eileen. I would have been so excited to see the sloth let alone all those beautiful birds.

Al said...

What a beautiful, tropical place, and excellent shots. I've never seen a sloth (and probably not any of those birds either).

laurak/ForestWalkArt :) said...

OOooohh!! love it all...especially the sloth...the rufous...and the hummers!! beautiful!

Anonymous said...

Quite an assortment! Great shots and congrats on the lifers!

Anonymous said...

that's a lot of critters, i like that last shot of all the ducks - cool finds!

happy weekend =)

TexWisGirl said...

hurray for black-bellied whistlers! :)

Bob Bushell said...

Oh, you saw 30 lifers, wow, that's a manic holiday.

Lina Gustina said...

Amazing birds! Love it a lot :)

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Anonymous said...

Beautiful bird shots! Love the hummingbirds.

Kilauea Poetry said...

I'd be jazzed just to walk inside this beautiful forest! What a bright, colorful series! Thanks-
Sorry I haven't been blogging much and have fallen a little behind (missed you).
Wishing you a relaxing weekend Eileen-

Karin M. said...

... wonderful pictures ...
LG: Karin

Leovi said...

Beautiful shots, my favorites are the hummingbirds.

Warren Baker said...

Thanks you comments on my blog Eileen :-) I wish I could visit you more often, but I never seem to have time to get round to everyone!!

You certainly have some birds on todays post that are real beauties, lucky you :-)

CameraCruise said...

Great shots!
Beautiful birds, love the hummers.

EG CameraGirl said...

Lucky you, Eileen! You saw and photographed some great birds.

Chubskulit Rose said...

The woodpecker is my favorite of all these gorgeous critters Eileen.

LeAnn said...

Wow, what a wonderful experience! Thanks for sharing these shots and letting us experience a little. It must have been exciting ti capture those shots!!!

Debbie said...

wow....another great collection!! it's so special to see the hummers again, i miss them so much!!

you always leave such kind comments on my blog, thanks. i hope you have a wonderful thanksgiving and enjoy the time with your sister. it will be funer for you, not having to cook. xo

One said...

Great set of photos! So many varieties! I am hoping the woodpecker fly my way.

Anonymous said...

wonderful photos, thanks for sharing.

eden said...

Wow, those are beautiful birds and how wonderful to see sloth in the wild. Beautiful photos as always.

Karen @ Pieces of Contentment said...

The area looks to be rich in birdlife. It must have been delightful to visit.

Hootin Anni said...

Absolutely fabulous!!! I so enjoyed this post. Amazing.

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Dianne said...

I love the sloth just hanging out
and the woodpecker is beautiful
we have one around here and I'm always looking for him but he avoids me at all costs

Maude Lynn said...

Magnificent shots!

AFTERMATH said...

Geeez! Panama! I'm envious. What a blast. I'd have to buy a badzillion more gigs of memory cards, that's for sure!

Kenneth Cole Schneider said...

You did great in Panama. Both of my visits were non-birding ones. Over 40 years ago I studied tropical medicine in Panama City, but because there was so much travel and field work I was limited to 10 Kg of luggage, so the binoculars and bird books had to stay home. A more recent trip that included the Darien Jungle and the San Blas Islands was non-birding and I was not yet into photography.

Anonymous said...

Hi Eileen, As you can guess, my favorite is the Crested Woodpecker! I have never seen one but it is quite similar as you said, to the Pileated. Have an excellent Sunday!

Delwyn said...

I enjoyed your variety of birds and loved to see the sloth.
happy days

936000 said...

Great photos Eileen, looks like you had a great time!
xx

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