After just one morning in the vicinity of the Canopy Tower it was pretty obvious that Soberania NP was one of the best places to see trogons, motmots and puffbirds. As we wandered down Semaphore Hill (below the tower) we bumped into plenty of Slaty-tailed Trogons, Broad-billed and Rufous Motmots and a couple of Black-breasted Puffbirds (at the northern-most limit of their range here in Panama). Our first morning on Semaphore Hill was indeed a good introduction to the local avifauna with a nice selection of Neotropical birds seen including Cocoa Woodcreeper, Spotted Antbirds, Checker-throated and Dot-winged Antwrens, White-breasted Wood-Wrens, Slaty-tailed Trogons and Red-capped Manakins seen quite easily. This superb Crane Hawk (top) caused a bit of a panic as it landed near the road though!
