So a typical morning at the Canopy Tower will start with a watch from the upper deck overlooking the canopy and then a post breakfast walk down the road on Semaphore Hill.
White-vented Plumeleteers (above) can be seen on the feeders outside the tower along with
Blue-chested Hummers and
White-necked Jacobins.
Semaphore Hill has a nice selection of Neotropical birds including a wealth of motmots and trogons.
Violaceous (above) and
Black-throated (below)
trogons are quite common.
Plenty of
White-whiskered Puffbirds in the ravines and gulleys too (where they use the banks to make their nest holes) - see last year's Panama entry. One or two Three-toed Sloths (below) can be seen in the tall trees and the odd Two-toed as well.
From time to time we came across some ant swarms with the attendant
Bicolored and
Spotted antbirds and
Grey-headed Tanagers. However it was a few days into the trip before one of the most notable birds was found by some visiting birders when a cracking
Ocellated Antbird was found at a swarm not far from the tower. We jumped out of the bus as Alan Brown & co. (from Edinburgh) flagged us down and it wasn't too long before we got on to one of the most ornate antbirds in the Neotropics. A much wanted bird by yours truely, especially after last year's near-miss. Cheers Alan!
White-tailed Trogon, Semaphore Hill, Panama May 2008.
So a typical morning at the Canopy Tower will start with a watch from the upper deck overlooking the canopy and then a post breakfast walk down the road on Semaphore Hill. White-vented Plumeleteers (above) can be seen on the feeders outside the tower along with Blue-chested Hummers and White-necked Jacobins.
Semaphore Hill has a nice selection of Neotropical birds including a wealth of motmots and trogons. Violaceous (above) and Black-throated (below) trogons are quite common.
Plenty of White-whiskered Puffbirds in the ravines and gulleys too (where they use the banks to make their nest holes) - see last year's Panama entry. One or two Three-toed Sloths (below) can be seen in the tall trees and the odd Two-toed as well.
From time to time we came across some ant swarms with the attendant Bicolored and Spotted antbirds and Grey-headed Tanagers. However it was a few days into the trip before one of the most notable birds was found by some visiting birders when a cracking Ocellated Antbird was found at a swarm not far from the tower. We jumped out of the bus as Alan Brown & co. (from Edinburgh) flagged us down and it wasn't too long before we got on to one of the most ornate antbirds in the Neotropics. A much wanted bird by yours truely, especially after last year's near-miss. Cheers Alan!
White-tailed Trogon, Semaphore Hill, Panama May 2008. 
