I went to Panama this summer for a birding trip - nothing like jumping headfirst into a new hobby by traveling internationally to look at birds. It was so much fun and I figured I'd share pictures on this blog just for kicks.
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| This is a Great-Tailed Grackle, they are so absurd |
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| First night we stayed at this hotel by the water |
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| Explored the city a bit |
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| Then flew across the country and headed to our destination in the Chiriqui Highlands |
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| Our target bird for the trip was the Three-Wattled Bellbird and we found it! It's a crazy bird |
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| The lodge had a TON of hummingbirds |
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| And other birds too |
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| One day we went down to the lowlands to see different species, like this giant tree chicken |
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| And this beautiful tanager |
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| Even more hummingbirds |
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| It was so green and beautiful there! |
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| The place we stayed grew coffee! So we did a coffee tasting and it was great |
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| I think I took the best hummingbird photos of my life there |
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| The last day we flew out somewhat early back to PTY, so we went to this Canopy Tower |
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| We saw a sloth there! |
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| And obviously more hummingbirds |
It was such a fun trip! My first international trip actually. I've spent so much of my life pouring all of my resources (time, money, blood/sweat/tears) into horses that it's been really fun to be able to do more with my life in the last year or so. I'm heading to Uruguay in about a month (!!!) for another birding trip. I really hope to be able to keep my resources well distributed when TC comes back to work. I want to ride more than I have been able to in the past few years, but I also want to keep traveling too!
