After walking around
the Camp area we headed up Nando’s Trail.
It is named after one of the original guides at the Camp.
Beginning of the trail.
The trail was pretty steep
uphill, but Carlos knew of two Manakin leks and up we went!
Courting male Golden-collared Manakins are considered the dance kings of the Panama rainforest and are exclusively found in Panama and western Colombia. We saw several displaying. They make a loud snapping sound with their wings while displaying, so we always knew if there were male Golden-collared Manakins around!
Golden-collared Manakin male
Golden-collared Manakin male
The females are better camouflaged.
Golden-collared Manakin female
We hiked up another
trail where we found Golden-headed Manakins. The male is the only manakin with an entirely
black body and bright golden head. The female is a dull olive color. In this species, males hop, fly rapidly
between perches, and shimmy along branches, all the while producing various
buzzes, trills, and chips.
Golden-headed Manakin
While searching for Manakins we were treated to quick look at a White Hawk.
We saw other birds like Trogans and Toucans, and
even a Rain Toad.
White Hawk
Slatey-tailed Trogan male
Yellow-throated Toucan
Rain Toad.
We walked back to Camp
for a wonderful lunch of pulled pork, rice, beans, warm bread and a salad. After lunch we were on our own till 3:30 p.m. Mark brought his computer and spent his time
downloading the thousands of pictures he took every day.
Lots of natural light inside our tent.
Bird list at the end of Part 3.
Next time: Evening birding on the Pan-American Highway
Teri
Never seems fair that the boys are the pretty ones! Love the tent!
ReplyDeleteSo true! The tent was the nicest one I've ever been in.
DeleteHey you two, we see those responses.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures yet again.
What is your guess of how many pictures you delete once we see them on the big screen? So, of the 1000 pictures Mark takes, how many got discarded. Our keep rate is about 20% Serene says, so 80% get deleted.
When I'm really banging away I easily delete 90% of the shots. When I'm a little more careful we are about where you are, at 80/20. Ain't digital grand!!!
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