Away from the tower there are still plenty of sites to hunt for birds. The open marshy areas make a pleasant change from the forest birding, although admittedly birds are more widespread and common species.
It's a good place to study a wide range of flycatchers and compare the Rusty-margined Flycatcher (above) with the similar Social Flycatcher. The Rusty-margined has rufous fringes to the flight feathers and a 'blacker' mask and lacks the olive tones to the upperparts and pale fringes to some wing coverts (forming wing bars) of the Social Fly'. The latter's mask is more sooty as well.
Panama Flycatcher, Panama May 2008.
Red-crowned Woodpecker.
Orange-chinned Parakeet.
Thick-billed Euphonia.
Pale-vented Pigeon.
Pale-vented Pigeon.
