Panama La Verde

Thank you to Dale for consulting none other than Fiona Reid to identify our Panamanian rat. It turns out to be a Dusky Rice Rat, Melanomys caliginosus, found in low- to mid-elevation (ca. 1,000m) Caribbean-slope forest.

Thank you, Fiona! (And her new Peterson guide is outstanding, by the way, for which thanks as well.)

Here are a couple of additional Panama photos to whet the appetite; more photos and more information are at www.panamalaverde.com and at birding@panamalaverde.com.

This Crimson-crested Woodpecker was the female of a pair we found the first day in the Metropolitan Park. In the course of the trip, we also got to see Lineated and Cinnamon Woodpeckers, [...]

Too soon! After a final breakfast at Hostal Casa de Campo, Yenia and Luis took us on a valedictory walk on Cerro Azul. The morning started out clear and calm, but within the hour the clouds rolled in, justifying all too well the name of the area: Las Nubes. It was a great stroll all [...]

There are many places in the world where you have to get up early to drive or hike to where you can see some birds. Panama, it seems to me, is the sort of place where you have to get up early and stand around on your front porch to see the sort of birds [...]

It defies logic and expectation alike, but each new site was better than the last! We fell asleep at Sierra Llorona to the grunting hoots of Mottled Owls, and awoke the next morning to find the feeders covered with hummingbirds and Chestnut-mandibled Toucans in the trees.

Sierra Llorona Lodge has a beautiful series of trails behind it, [...]