Birdwatching in Panama

25/04/2022

A Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) takes advantage of food taken from a gull which harassed in front of our eyes. Known for their excellent flying and gliding skills, these true pirates of the air, may grab other birds by their tail and force them to regurgitate to steal their catch. Many times the victim of the harassment drops their food and the frigatebird grabs it while in the air.

21/04/2022

Todays Half day Birding outing in Santa Fe National Park, Veraguas Panamá. It was a beautiful morning with lots of activity in the usual places. Our favorite was the Black Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus tyrannus) and the Crimson-collared Tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus). A gift to the eyes where the Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida) and the Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis). Many many migratory birds today, a reminder of the importance of Santa Fe National Park, as a resting link in their long yearly migrations.

21/04/2022

Todays Half day Birding outing in Santa Fe National Park, Veraguas Panamá. It was a beautiful morning with lots of activity in the usual places. Our favorite was the Black Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus tyrannus) and the Crimson-collared Tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus). A gift to the eyes where the Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida) and the Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis). Many many migratory birds today, a reminder of the importance of Santa Fe National Park, as a resting link in their long yearly migrations.

05/02/2022

Today our focus is on our Eco-Panama's Adventure program.
Panama is around 63.4% forested, presenting the highest forest cover of any country in Central America. This green coverage sequester on average some 160 tons of carbon per hectare, in a blending mixture of different ecosystems. A tropical landscape of mixed evergreen and deciduous forests, mangroves, wetlands, grasslands and scrubs. On our program we include visits to some of these ecosystems, such as the Cloud Forest, the mangroves and including the disappearing Tropical Dry Forest. Where we enjoy and explore the bast flora and fauna of the isthmus of Panama. �The vast forest and ecosystems have attracted for years, scientist from all around the world to do research in Panama. Institutions such as the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have a permanent presence all over the country for the same reason. In the last years we find a new generation of Panamanian scientist researching and discovering more about the rich biodiversity of the Isthmus. In the image, Panamanian botanist Rodolfo Flores showing a new plant fro science discovered by him and endemic to Santa Fe National Park in Veraguas. About 12.4% of the plants in the isthmus are endemic to Panama. Rodolfo is also a facilitator for The Naturalist Guide Academy, the educational branch of Isthmian Adventures..

05/02/2022

The Caribbean sea of Panama and the eastern Pacific after the raising of the isthmus differ considerably in upwelling events. The pacific shows an important upwelling event that brings deep nutrient-rich waters to the surface, reducing the sea surface water temperatures and an increase of primary production in the feeding chain. Offers a high planktonic productivity, with corals and seagrasses found only in very specific areas, specially the Gulf of Chiriquí. Large schools of fish, and the migration of two separate populations of humpback whales close to the pacific coast, make the region a must to explore.
Isthmian Panama Eco-Adventure programs, a journey of learning and discovery of Panama’s biodiversity.
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05/02/2022

Today our focus is on our Eco-Panama's Adventure program. An important component if the experience, is to practice regenerative travel.
With regenerative travel, the key is to be “active”, taking steps to actively improve the destinations we visit, protecting cultural and natural heritage. For years, many of us have been maintaining sustainable tourism practices not to cause a negative impact on the resources and communities we visit, however, tourism can also give the opportunity to prioritize the regeneration and protection of those resources and communities, keeping in mind to respect their authenticity. Is not just about maintaining for future generations, is about make it better for future generations.
At isthmian Adventures we are “actively” taking the steps to give travelers opportunities to create a positive impact on the destinations and people we encounter, making for them a better future generations. Simple things can make big differences be part of a reforestation project, be part of an educational program that benefits the community or participating in a local beach clean-up, the option can be endless as long we get creative.�.

01/02/2022

Today our focus will be on our Panama Birdwatching Adventure program, and our last post for the day is for Western Panama and the Bocas del Toro. With abundant birdlife the region offers some unique species to add to a birders list, as for example the Snowy cotinga and the Montezuma oropendola. 

The Panama Birdwatching Adventure, a serie of birdwatching tours for those that love birds and their habitat.

01/02/2022

Today our focus will be on our Panama Birdwatching Adventure program, and our next post is for one of our favorite areas for birdwatching in Panama: Western Panama and the Chiriqui highlands. The destination is one of the best places to encounter and see what many people consider one of the world most beautiful bird. The Resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno). 
The Panama Birdwatching Adventure, a serie of birdwatching tours for those that love birds and their habitat.

01/02/2022

Today our focus will be on our Panama Birdwatching Adventure program, and our next post is for the central area of the isthmus of Panama, for the province of Cocle and the Azuero peninsula. The lowlands, agricultural areas and savannas of the region offer great opportunities for some species related to the area, such as the Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus) and the Common ground dove (Columbina passerina). 
The Panama Birdwatching Adventure, a serie of birdwatching tours for those that love birds and their habitat.

01/02/2022

Today our focus will be on our Panama Birdwatching Adventure program, and our second post is for one of the most fascinating areas for birdwatching in Panama: Eastern Panama and Darien National Park. To the east of Panama’a capital city we find incredible birdwatching, specially as we get closer and into Darien National Park. The destination is one of the best places to encounter and see birds such as Panama’s national bird, the Harpy eagle and the Red-throated Caracara. 
The Panama Birdwatching Adventure, a serie of birdwatching tours for those that love birds and their habitat.

01/02/2022

Today our focus will be on our Panama Birdwatching Adventure program, and our first post is for one of the most popular areas for birdwatching in Panama: the Panama Canal Watershed and the surrounding areas. At a short driving distance from Panama’s capital city, we find Soberania National Park, a lush forest with more tan 500 spices of birds registered. The destination is a must for birdwatchers visiting Panama. In the image we see the a guest enjoying the view from the top of the Panama Rainforest Discovery Center and also a view of a Great jacamar (Jacamerops aureus) a rare bird sometimes found by our groups at Soberania National Park. The Panama Birdwatching Adventure, a serie of birdwatching tours for those that love birds and their habitat.

21/01/2022

Today Thursday we continue with this week focus in our Birdwatching in Santa Fe de Veraguas tour.
One of our more popular birdwatching tours, it gives you the opportunity to explore both, the Pacific and Caribe slope in the same morning.
This birdwatching tour offers incredible opportunities to see many birds, including the White-tipped sicklebill, a unique hummingbird typically found in the understory of humid forest in foothills and on mountain slopes, feeding in specific flowers which nectar can reach due to its unique shaped bill, specially certain species of heliconia, where it can be seen grasping the hanging bracts that contain the small flowers.
The fantastic world of Birdwatching, join us in this birdwatching tour and learn more as we explore this fantastic Santa Fe de Veraguas.

20/01/2022

Today Thursday we continue with this week focus in our Birdwatching in Santa Fe de Veraguas tour.
One of our more popular birdwatching tours, it gives you the opportunity to explore both, the Pacific and Caribe slope in the same morning.
This birdwatching tour offers incredible opportunities to see many birds, including the Yellow-throated Chlorospingus, a noisy bush tanager found in the canopy and subcanopy of the forest as it moves foraging in pairs or mix flocks with other species.
The fantastic world of Birdwatching, join us in this birdwatching tour and learn more as we explore this fantastic Santa Fe de Veraguas.

18/01/2022

This week we will focus in our Birdwatching in Santa Fe de Veraguas tour. This is one of our more popular tours, with chances to explore the Pacific and Caribe slope in the same morning, this birdwatching tour offer incredible opportunities to see many birds, including the Red-capped Manakin. To courtship this bird makes a snapping sound with its wings, and a move that has been compared to Michael Jackson moonwalk.
Feeding almost exclusively on fruits, these bird passes the fruit very quickly through the digestive system, typically taking less than 18 minutes to process, allowing many of the seeds to survive and making the bird an important seed disperser.
The fantastic world of Birdwatching, join us in this tour and learn more as we explore this fantastic Santa Fe de Veraguas.

17/01/2022

Birdwatching in Santa Fe de Veraguas tour. One of our more popular tours, with chances to explore the Pacific and Caribe slope in the same morning, this birdwatching tour offer incredible opportunities to see many birds, including the Blue Cotinga. A bird that brings joy to our guest every time we encounter it. The blue color that we see in this bird is created by the way the waves of light interact with the feathers and their arrangement of protein molecules, known as keratin. Different to other colors we might encounter on most birds, this is not pigmentation, is structural color.
The fantastic world of Birdwatching, join us in this tour and learn more as we explore this fantastic Santa Fe de Veraguas.

12/12/2020

Mielero dorsiazul​
Shining honeycreeper 
(Cyanerpes lucidus)

The beautiful plumage color of some male songbirds has long been explained by scientist as the result of sexual selection: brighter males are more successful as they compete for mates, so evolution favours their spread. Females, by contrast, remain drab. 
An interesting new data also shows that polygamous species with males mating with more than one female, by contrast females evolve to become more drab.

Los científicos han explicado durante mucho tiempo el hermoso color del plumaje de algunas aves cantores machos como resultado de la selección sexual: los machos más brillantes tienen más éxito cuando compiten por parejas, por lo que la evolución favorece su propagación. Las hembras, por el contrario, siguen siendo opacas.
Un nuevo dato interesante también muestra que las especies polígamas con machos apareándose con más de una hembra, resulta en que las hembras, evolucionan para volverse más opacas aun.

16/11/2020

Once a clean pasture with very few bird species, today Finca Bermejito is a Small Botanical Garden that attracts many bird species.

Un potrero limpio en un pasado, hoy Finca Bermejito es un pequeño jardín botánico que atrae una variada cantidad de especies de Avifauna.

01/11/2020

Las migratorias están aquí y su historia natural es fascinante. Es importante proteger los hábitats para estos increíbles viajeros.

The migrant birds are here and the natural history is fascinating. It,s important to protect habitats for these amazing travelers.

28/10/2020

25/10/2020

No se lo pierdan!

25/10/2020

*¡NUEVO HORARIO!* te lleva a casa aves, cantos y hotspots *AHORA, los miércoles en la noche*. Aprende con expertos que han recorrido el país en búsqueda de aves en los últimos 25 años. El miércoles 28 de octubre, con los amigos de CEASPA te conversarán de las aves del Camino de Achiote, mejor conocido internacionalmente como 'Achiote Road', ubicado próximo al Parque Nacional San Lorenzo. La cita es en el Facebook el MIÉRCOLES 28 de octubre, 7:00 p.m.

21/10/2020

Estamos en la hermosa época de migración y queremos compartir con uds sobre algunas de las aves que pasan por nuestro istmo.

We are in this beautiful migration season and we want to share with you about some of the birds that go across our isthmus.

21/10/2020

El Gavilán Barreteado (Morphnarchus princeps) Esta ave rapaz de montaña es una especie endémica de Panamá, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador y Perú. Una manera de identificarla es por sus anchas alas y por su capucha negra. Otra gran manera de identificar a esta ave es por sus silbidos descendentes.

Barred Hawk (Morphnarchus prínceps) This mountain bird of prey is endemic to Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. One way to identify it is by its wide wings and black hood. Another great way to identify this bird is by its descending whistles.

20/10/2020

Para quienes siempre preguntan: Aqui la seleccion de los mejores binoculares para pajarear segun los expertos!

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This list covers the best binoculars for birding and beyond, according to guidance from a birding expert as well as real user reviews.

15/10/2020

Fantásticas, las aves migratorias ya nos visitan....

Estamos en la hermosa época de migración y queremos compartir con uds sobre algunas de las aves que pasan por nuestro istmo.

We are in this beautiful migration season and we want to share with you about some of the birds that go across our isthmus.