The Dock at Tranquilo Bay awaiting our arrival.
Prothonotory Warbler
Blue-chested Hummingbird
Savage Foam Frog
Short-billed Pigeon
Tenessee Warbler
Summer Tanager
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Rain from the veranda, Tranquilo Bay
Blue & Gray Tanager
Shining Honeycreeper
Rainfall on the Mangrove forest.
Water-catchment system on the Tranquilo Bay dock.
From the dock into the mangroves (and the Lodge).
Yep, more rain detail.
Nick's tiny Covid Cabana from the tower.
Birding from the Tranquilo Bay Tower.
There was a narrow trap door to access the viewing platform.
Osprey with a meal.
Mangrove Warbler
Birding the trail at Cayo Zapatilla, Bastimentos National Marine Park
Spotted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Strong shore break on Cayo Zapatilla
Great-tailed Grackle
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Along the trail at Cayo Zapatillo.
Our lunch spot on Cayo Zapatilla, Bastimentos National Marine Park
Capt. Alvaro, Miguel & Nick after birding Cayo Zapatilla.
Basic (and delicious) food at Tranquilo Bay
Capuchin Monkey
Capuchin Monkey
Stripe-throated Hermit
3-toed Sloth
Early-morning scan from the Tranquilo tower before heading off on another excursion.
Carol, Sooney, & Miguel birding the forest.
Common behavior for nearly 3 weeks of birding.
Nick and Miguel on the forest trail.
Rainforest trail. Care to guess why species appeared as silhouettes?
Waiting patiently for the hummers to visit "The Pool."
Birding the Chiquita channel with Miguel.
Capt. Alvaro was an excellent birder as well as skipper.
Canebreak Wren
Birding the Chiquita channel with Capt. Alvaro.
Lunch along the Changuinola River.
2-3" choppy conditions at "Bird Island." See the Booby up there?
Red-billed Tropicbird on "Bird Island."
Hibiscus on the Tranquilo Bay property.
Nick's Covid bungalor for the week.
Kayak birding for the Mangrove Cuckoo. Found it, too!
Golden Silk Orb-weaver spider. The tiny male will soon be consumed by the larger female.
Thick-billed Seed Finch
Nick (and a colony of Capuchin Monkeys) took his meals in isolation on the veranda.
A very young 3-toed Sloth
Prothonotory Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Sunrise from the dock as Carol & Sooney prepare to bird the "mainland."
The other side of the shuttle between the islands.
Pano from atop the Tranquilo Bay tower.
Broad-winged Hawk in the Garden.
Red-capped Manakin
Prothonotory Warbler
Bananaquit
Gray Catbird
Golden-collared Manakin
Chestnut-sided Warbler
White-vented Euphonia
Golden-collared Manakin
Blue Dacnis
3-toed sloth infant munching on vegitation on the Garden.
Taking the shuttle to Bocas Del Toro en-route to Panama City.
