Born Again Bird Watcher Archive

“The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play…” Unless you’re a bird watcher in Panama during the Green Season – then Herodotus’ famous adage “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these courageous birders from the swift discovery of their needed life birds” comes into play. (Many may […]

It never fails. Whenever you are outstanding in your field, there is always a critic close at hand who disapproves of your efforts and is ready to give you the finger at a moment’s notice. In my case this afternoon, the field was just outside the town limits of Scappoose, the critic was a yellow […]

So up the hill we walked, venturing deeper into Parque Nacional Volcán Baru along the stone strewn path that cut through the dense green forest. The rain was only intermittent at that hour of the morning – a pattern that we would come to notice throughout our stay in Panama from the highlands to the […]

Every good day of bird watching begins with a healthy breakfast. At Los Quetzales Ecolodge in the small town of Guadalupe, Chiriqui, Panama, this includes bananas. Fresh bananas – kept on their original stalks and hung over the breakfast buffet. The only way to get fresher fruit is to go out and pick it directly […]