Yesterday afternoon three of the juvenile Gray-cowled Wood-Rails lined up at the pond to splash in the water for their bath. Note the sister waiting for her two brothers to finish first in the series of 4 photos below.
Wood-Rail Bath Time!
Natural Bird Bath in the Creek
Only Hummingbirds, like this Wood Nymph, bathe in this creek.
First he/she waits in a nearby tree (above) for his turn.
Tranquilo Bay Lodge, Bocas del Toro, Panama
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| Then it is a quick dip in the creek and . . . |
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| They shake the water off above before flying back to a tree.
Tranquilo Bay Lodge, Bocas del Toro, Panama
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Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama
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2018 Tranquilo Bay, Bocas del Toro, Panama
We were gone 12 hours to the mainland yesterday (Saturday) for some fantastic birding in both the lowlands and the mountain! Then around here today including a visit to the Manakin Lek with beautiful dancing male Orange Collared Manakins attracting their females, and tomorrow we go on a boat trip up an old banana boat canal for many more birds. Fantastic eco lodge! And it will take many days to catch up on my reports in the blog! 🙂 ¡Pura Vida!