These are the most beautiful little birds and I think this is some of my better shots yet of some of them, especially the Red-legged Honeycreeper & that Blue Dacnis with both shots being made at a cultural stop on our Rio San Carlos boat trip at a small farm which was a joy in addition to these two photos, relating to a simple small farm family. 🙂 Pura vida.
Some trips I put more energy into getting many more bird photos, this year in South Caribe was more relaxed and slower, focusing a little more on culture and people, but here are my 10 birds and 1 nest photos representing 8 species with 3 having both male and female photos. My one “lifer” or first-time seen bird was the Gray-necked Wood-Rail.
Birds are still my first passion, but tomorrow I will share the “Other Animals” seen here this year including one of my better sloth photos shot near the hotel, as were most of the birds. I saw a few water birds from a distance but not as many as usually seen here. And I’m very pleased with my new Tamron 60mm lense which has really helped to zoom in on more birds!
Gray-necked Wood-Rail
Slaty-tailed Trogon female
Slaty-tailed Trogon male
Yellow-throated Toucan
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Clay-colored Thrush or Yigüirro
Kiskadee
Passerini Tanager female
Passerini Tanager male
Variable Seedeater female
Montezuma Oropendola Nests
The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.
~Carly Simon
See my TRIP Photo Gallery: 2018 Caribe South, Puerto Viejofor many other kinds of photos from this fun trip and for more on the South Caribe see these other past trip galleries:
Only a sample of the many birds we saw driving from the coast up the mountain in mainland Panama at closest point to Bocas del Toro Archipelago of islands. For all that I photographed on this trip see my TRIP GALLERY 2018 Tranquilo Bay, the Birds sub-gallery.
Green Ibis
Mainland Panama near Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama
Passerini’s Tanager
Mainland Panama near Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Mainland Panama near Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama
Pale-vented Pigeon
Mainland Panama near Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama
Cattle Egret Juvenile in Nest
Mainland Panama near Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama
Boat-billed Heron Juvenile near nest
Mainland Panama near Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama
Swallowtail Kite
Mainland Panama near Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama
Silver Throated Tanager
Mainland Panama near Bocas del Toro Islands, Panama
