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Following a warm-up in Southern Florida, Sister Carol joined us for 3 epic weeks in Panamá. We divided our time in Tranquilo Bay Eco-Resort, The Lodge, and the Towers.

"Crimson-backed Tanager (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Blue-gray Tanager (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Northern Mockingbird (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Saffron Finch juvenile (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Tropical Kingbird (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Saffron Finch (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Blue-black Grassquit female (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Barred Antshrike (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Barred Antshrike (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Barred Antshrike (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Clay-colored Thrush (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Red-capped Woodpecker (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Saffron Finch (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Saffron Finch (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"House Wren (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Blue-black Grassquit (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Bridge of the Americas (© Nick Viani 1/26) From our hotel window overlooking the entrance of the Panama Canal.",

"Red-lored Parrot (© Nick Viani 1/26) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Red-lored Parrot (© Nick Viani 1/26) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.",

"Ringed Kingfisher (© Nick Viani 1/26) While waiting for our plane at the Panama City airport.",

"Crocodile (© Nick Viani 1/26) While waiting for our plane at the Panama City airport.",

"Little Blue Heron (© Nick Viani 1/26) While waiting for our plane at the Panama City airport.",

"Thick-billed Euphonia (© Nick Viani 1/26) While waiting for our plane at the Panama City airport.",

"The dock to Tranquilo Bay",

"Prothonotary Warbler (© Nick Viani 1/26) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Blue-chested Hummingbird (© Nick Viani 1/26) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"3-toed Sloth (© Nick Viani 1/26) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Savage's Foam Frog (© Nick Viani 1/26) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Short-billed Pigeon (© Nick Viani 1/27) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Prothonotary Warbler (© Nick Viani 1/27) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Tennessee Warbler (© Nick Viani 1/27) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Prothonotary Warbler (© Nick Viani 1/27) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Summer Tanager (© Nick Viani 1/27) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (© Nick Viani 1/27) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Prothonotary Warbler (© Nick Viani 1/27) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Tropical Rainfall (© Nick Viani 1/27) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Blue-gray Tanager (© Nick Viani 1/27) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Bananaquit (© Nick Viani 1/27) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Shining Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani 1/27) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Tropical Rain (© Nick Viani 1/27) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Water Catchment System (© Nick Viani 1/27) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Tropical Rain Came in Spurts (© Nick Viani 1/27) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Leeward Side of the Island (© Nick Viani 1/27) Zapatilla Cays, Bastimentos National Marine Park, Panamá",

"Osprey (© Nick Viani 1/27) Zapatilla Cays, Bastimentos National Marine Park, Panamá",

"Magnificent Frigatebird (© Nick Viani 1/27) Zapatilla Cays, Bastimentos National Marine Park, Panamá",

"Mangrove Warbler (© Nick Viani 1/27) Zapatilla Cays, Bastimentos National Marine Park, Panamá",

"Spotted Sandpiper (© Nick Viani 1/27) Zapatilla Cays, Bastimentos National Marine Park, Panamá",

"Sanderling (© Nick Viani 1/27) Zapatilla Cays, Bastimentos National Marine Park, Panamá",

"Beach scene (© Nick Viani 1/27) Zapatilla Cays, Bastimentos National Marine Park, Panamá",

"Channel surf (© Nick Viani 1/27) Zapatilla Cays, Bastimentos National Marine Park, Panamá",

"Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani 1/27) Zapatilla Cays, Bastimentos National Marine Park, Panamá",

"Yellow-rumped Warbler (© Nick Viani 1/27) Zapatilla Cays, Bastimentos National Marine Park, Panamá",

"Capuchin Monkey (© Nick Viani 1/28) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Capuchin Monkey (© Nick Viani 1/28) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Birding the property (© Nick Viani 1/28) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Stripe-throated Hermit (© Nick Viani 1/28) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Roadside Hawk (© Nick Viani 1/28) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"3-toed Sloth baby (© Nick Viani 1/28) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"3-toed Sloth - adult & baby (© Nick Viani 1/28) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Sooney, Carol, & (guide) Miguel atop 64' Tower on property (© Nick Viani 1/28) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Nicaraguan Seed-Finch (© Nick Viani 1/29) Bocas Del Toro, Isla Colón, Panamá",

"Nicaraguan Seed-Finch (© Nick Viani 1/29) Bocas Del Toro, Isla Colón, Panamá",

"Canebrake Wren (© Nick Viani 1/29) Bocas Del Toro, Isla Colón, Panamá",

"Collared Plover (© Nick Viani 1/29) Bocas Del Toro, Isla Colón, Panamá",

"Red-billed Tropicbird rookery (© Nick Viani 1/29) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Red-billed Tropicbird (© Nick Viani 1/29) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá (note: boated out to "Bird Island")",

"Black-crowned Antshrike (© Nick Viani 1/31) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Golden Silk Orb-weaver spider. (© Nick Viani 1/31) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá. Note: The tiny male will soon be consumed by the larger female."

"Butterfly Species (© Nick Viani 1/31) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Roadside Hawk (© Nick Viani 1/31) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Thick-billed Seed Finch (© Nick Viani 1/31) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Golden-collared Manikin (© Nick Viani 1/31) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Rufous-tailed Hummingbird - female (© Nick Viani 1/31) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (© Nick Viani 1/31) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"3-toed Sloth (© Nick Viani 1/31) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Prothonotary Warbler (© Nick Viani 1/31) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Chestnut-sided Warbler (© Nick Viani 2/1) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Wasp Nest (from the tower) (© Nick Viani 2/1) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Atop the 64' Tower (© Nick Viani 2/1) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

Blue Dacnis

"Red-lored Parrots (© Nick Viani 2/1) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani 2/1) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Black-crowned Antshrike (© Nick Viani 2/1) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Red-capped Manikin (© Nick Viani 2/1) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá. Note: one of several species in a mixed flock gorging on Melastoma berries.",

"Red-capped Manikin (© Nick Viani 2/1) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Bananaquit (© Nick Viani 2/1) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá. Note: one of several species in a mixed flock gorging on Melastoma berries.",

"Gray Catbird (© Nick Viani 2/1) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá. Note: one of several species in a mixed flock gorging on Melastoma berries.",

"Golden-collared Manikin (© Nick Viani 2/1) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá. Note: one of several species in a mixed flock gorging on Melastoma berries.",

"Golden-crowned Manikin (© Nick Viani 2/1) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá. Note: one of several species in a mixed flock gorging on Melastoma berries.",

"Chestnut-sided Warbler (© Nick Viani 2/1) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá. Note: one of several species in a mixed flock gorging on Melastoma berries.",

"White-vented Euphonia (© Nick Viani 2/1) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá. Note: one of several species in a mixed flock gorging on Melastoma berries.",

"Golden-collared Manakin (© Nick Viani 2/2) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá. Note: one of several species in a mixed flock gorging on Melastoma berries.",

"3-toed Sloth (© Nick Viani 2/2) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá",

"Chestnut-headed Oropendola (© Nick Viani 2/4) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Yellow-faced Grassquit (© Nick Viani 2/4) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Dusky-faced Tanager (© Nick Viani 2/4) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Clay-colored Thrush (© Nick Viani 2/4) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Common Tody-flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/4) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Louisiana Waterthrush (© Nick Viani 2/4) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Social Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/4) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Social Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/4) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Golden-hooded Tanager (© Nick Viani 2/5) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Gray-headed Chachalaca (© Nick Viani 2/5) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"White-tipped Dove - w/o the white tips (© Nick Viani 2/5) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Bay-breasted Warbler (© Nick Viani 2/5) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Crimson-backed Tanager - male on takeoff (© Nick Viani 2/5) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Crimson-backed Tanager - female (© Nick Viani 2/5) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Clay-colored Thrush after the bath (© Nick Viani 2/5) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Blue-gray Tanager (© Nick Viani 2/5) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Social Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/5) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Summer Tanager (© Nick Viani 2/5) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Rufous-crested Coquette (© Nick Viani 2/5) Canopy Lodge, Panamá - Note: this species is the world's second-smallest hummingbird after a species in Cuba. It's about the size of a large bumblebee.",

"Bay-headed Tanager (© Nick Viani 2/5) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Rufous Motmot (© Nick Viani 2/6) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Crimson-backed Tanager - female (© Nick Viani 2/6) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Gray-headed Chachalaca (© Nick Viani 2/6) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Gray-necked Wood-rail (© Nick Viani 2/6) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Tawny-crested Tanager (© Nick Viani 2/6) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"White-shouldered Tanager (© Nick Viani 2/6) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Black-chested Jay (© Nick Viani 2/7) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"Rufous Motmot (© Nick Viani 2/7) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"House Wren (© Nick Viani 2/7) Canopy Lodge, Panamá",

"2-toed Sloth (© Nick Viani 2/7) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Orange Iguana (© Nick Viani 2/7) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Black-crowned Antshrike (© Nick Viani 2/7) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Broad-billed Motmot (© Nick Viani 2/7) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Black-crowned Antshrike (© Nick Viani 2/7) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Agouti (forest rodent) (© Nick Viani 2/7) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Rufous-naped Tamarin (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Rufous-naped Tamarin (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Green Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Bicolored Antbird (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Bicolored Antbird (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Bicolored Antbird (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Black-breasted Puffbird (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Lineated Woodpecker (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Black-throated Trogon (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Black-throated Trogon (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Southern Lapwing (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Slate-colored Seedeater (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Fasciated Antshrike (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Green Heron (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"2-toed Sloth (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Black-tailed Trogon (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Collared Forest-Falcon (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Yellow Tyrannulet (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Yellow-headed Caracara (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Yellow-headed Caracara (© Nick Viani 2/8) Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Yellow-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani 2/9) Ammo Pond, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Lesser Kiskadee (© Nick Viani 2/9) Ammo Pond, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Wattled Jacana (© Nick Viani 2/9) Ammo Pond, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Rufescent Tiger-Heron (© Nick Viani 2/9) Ammo Pond, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Black-crowned Tityra",

"Black-crowned Antshrike (© Nick Viani 2/9) (© Nick Viani 2/9) Pipeline Road, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"White-whiskered Puffbird (© Nick Viani 2/9) Pipeline Road, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"White-whiskered Puffbird (© Nick Viani 2/9) Pipeline Road, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Gray-headed Tanager",

"(© Nick Viani 2/9) Pipeline Road, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"(© Nick Viani 2/9) Pipeline Road, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Northern Barred-Woodcreeper (© Nick Viani 2/9) Pipeline Road, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Bicolored Antbird",

"Yellow-rumped Cacique",

"Yellow Warbler (© Nick Viani 2/9) Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

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"Slaty-tailed Trogon (© Nick Viani 2/9) Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Gartered Trogon (© Nick Viani 2/9) Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Black-tailed Trogon (© Nick Viani 2/9) Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Tropical Kingbird (© Nick Viani 2/9) Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet (© Nick Viani 2/9) Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Canopy Tower, Panamá",

"Whooping Motmot (© Nick Viani 2/11) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City"

"Streaked Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/11) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Bay-breasted Warbler (© Nick Viani 2/11) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Basilisque Lizard (© Nick Viani 2/11) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Crimson-backed Warbler (© Nick Viani 2/11) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Red-crowned Woodpecker (© Nick Viani 2/11) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Yellow-crowned Heron (© Nick Viani 2/11) Costa del Este, Panamá City",

"Straight-billed Woodcreeper (© Nick Viani 2/11) Costa del Este, Panamá City",

"Mangrove Warbler (© Nick Viani 2/11) Costa del Este, Panamá City",

"Orange-chinned Parakeet (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Red-lored Parrot (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"White-shouldered Tanager (© Nick Viani 2/11) (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Cocoa Woodcreeper (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"White-faced Coati (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Howler Monkey (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Howler Monkey (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Container ship passing through the newer, larger Panama Canal (through the rainforest) (© Nick Viani 2/13) Viewed from Metropolitan Park overlook, Panamá City",

"From the highest point in Metropolitan Park (and in Panama City, for that matter)",

"3-toed Sloth (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Our crew in Metropolitan Paark",

"Gartered Trogon (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Crimson-crested Woodpecker (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Rufous-breasted Wren (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Streaked Flycatcher (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Yellow-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Yellow-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City",

"Barred Antshrike (© Nick Viani 2/14) Radisson Hotel grounds, Panamá City",

"Barred Antshrike (© Nick Viani 2/14) Radisson Hotel grounds, Panamá City",

"Ruddy Ground Dove (© Nick Viani 2/14) Radisson Hotel grounds, Panamá City",

"Barred Antshrike - female (© Nick Viani 2/14) Radisson Hotel grounds, Panamá City",