Xenornis

Bill Adsett, Loyda Sánchez and Delicia and Darién Montañez went to el Cenagón del Mangle to look for the Jabiru that were reported in november. They didn't see it, though. But just to make the 4 hour drive worthwile, they saw many pairs of the very rare Common Ground-Dove. On their way to the Ciénaga de Las Macanas they saw about four Aplomado Falcons, and in the Ciénaga itself had distant views of a flock of more than 50 Lesser Scaup with a few Blue-winged Teal mixed in for easy comparison.

260 species total. This is 11 species above last year's result of 249 species. Limpkin and Capped Heron near the Gamboa Airstrip (Danny George), four Southern Lapwings near the old Gamboa Golf Course (Carmen Martino), Jet Antbird, Blue Ground-Dove and Lance-tailed Manakin on the Gaillard Highway side roads (Camilo Montañez).

White-rumped Sandpiper at Rodman Ponds (Bill Porteous), Long-billed Curlew at Panamá Viejo (Rosabel Miró), Laughing Falcon, American Pygmy Kingfisher and Speckled Mourner at Old Gamboa Road (Darién Montañez), Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon and Pheasant Cuckoo on the Madden Road side roads (Loyda Sánchez)... (more coming soon).

Rosabel Miró sent a report of a trip to Rodman Ponds and the west bank of the canal. The highlight was a Limpkin seen on a small pond next to the Panamerican Highway, and a male Hooded Warbler seen on the road to the ponds Hoy fuimos con Indra Candanedo y Bill Porteus a algunos sitios que a María Allen y Danny George se le asignan para el conteo Pacífico. Uno de los problemas que enfrentamos es que han puesto una puerta con llave en la entrada a los ex-caminos del Army (K-19, etc.) y como los de seguridad no tienen llave, no pudimos entrar. Contamos con el permiso de la ARI para los conteos pero si no tenemos llave, es lo mismo que nada. Vamos a tratar de solucionar el problema. En menos de una hora pudimos observar en el área de Cocolí: - Limpkin (en la carretera interamericana, a cien metros de haber pasado la entrada a la base naval de Rodman, en un charquito al lado de la calle. se veía un poco chico a su tamaño normal y tenía el pecho y partes ventrales blancas lo que no concuerda...