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Two Hudsonian Godwit were seen at Finca Bayano on Tuesday, October 25.  Other birds of interst: 3 Long-billed Dowitcher, several Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 White-rumped Sandpiper, 1 Kildeer.  Alexis Guevara was also present during this sighting.

Gwen Keller spotted this Inca Dove at her Las Cumbres backyard this morning. It seems today was first record for Panama day.

Jan Axel Cubilla and Osvaldo Quintero found this weird sandpiper at Finca Bayano today. If it turns out to be a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper , it could be the second record in Latin America ( there's a 2014 record from Bolivia ) of this Asian shorebird. And what's a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper? Audubon explains : This Asian shorebird is related to our Pectoral Sandpiper, and like that species is it a long-distance migrant, traveling from Siberia to Australia and New Zealand. A few reach North America every year, mostly fall migrants in Alaska and the Pacific northwest; a casual stray in other areas, rare in spring. And where was it? Jan Axel explains: en los campos semi inundados en el camino detrás de las instalaciones de mantenimiento y de la pista de aterrizaje Their eBird checklist has all the details : *mega. If accepted, first report for Panama (and Central America). Similar size to nearby Pectoral Sandpiper but more pot-bellied and short-necked. Contrasting chest

3 Buhítos Pardos , ( Unspotted Saw-Whet Owl — Aegolius ridgwayi ) fueron vistos y fotografiados cerca de la cima del volcán Barú en la noche del 14 de octubre por un equipo de guias de observación de aves entre quienes destacan Raúl Velasquez, Plinio Montenegro, Rafael Gutierrez y Antonio Paniza. Esta especie de búho fue colectada una única vez en las faldas del Volcán Barú en febrero de 1965 y nunca había sido fotografiada en Panamá. En 2013, el conductor de autos de apoyo hacia la cima del volcán, Ronny Gutierrez, vio un búho “diferente” a orilla de calle. Le comento a su hermano, Rafael Gutierrez, fotógrafo y guía de observadores de aves, quien organizo una primera expedición en busca del Buhíto Pardo en noviembre de 2013 la cual no dio con rastros del búho. En diciembre de 2013 Jason Fidorra y Lena Ware logran ver y grabar esta rarísima especie de búho. Una de las pocas grabaciones recientes del búho puede ser escuchada en este enlace de Xeno Canto . En marzo de 2015 J

Today, 9 oct 2016, Les Lieurance and I, along with Bill Adsett, Cedric Kinschots and Joris Deruwe, birded Finca Bayano for 6 hours. Along with the always satisfyingly large numbers of herons, egrets and gallinules, the highlights were 3000 Blue-winged Teal, 4 Roseate Spoonbills, 1 Collared Plover, 4 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 7 Wilson's Phalaropes, 8 Solitary Sandpipers, 5 Gull-billed Terns, 1 Black Tern, 1 Gray Kingbird, 4 Bank Swallows, and 40 Dickcissels. ​Video of the Buff-breasted and Pectoral Sandpipers, taken by Les Lieurance, can be viewed at  https://youtu.be/UY4QjbSYxOI  ​