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A little update on that pair of Bicolored Wrens : On Sunday morning, 22 February 2015, Les and I and our friend Jim Danzenbaker stopped at the Yaviza cemetery on our way out of town. Along with the continuing pair of adult Bicolored Wrens, we saw a dependent chick following them around. It was very cute, with a stubby bill and yellow at the gape. Here's some video of the birds, shot on January 9 . And some bonus Spectacled Parrotlets , shot on January 8.

Between January 6-9 a party consisting of Bill Adsett, George Angehr, Charlotte Elton. Dave Klauber, and Les and Cindy Lieurance visited Darien, birding mostly around Canglon, and Yaviza. The following are some of the highlights (with photos by Bill Adsett). Pale-bellied Hermit . A few individuals seen on the El Salto Road and north of Yaviza on Jan 7. The hummingbird feeders at the Avicar Restaurant in Meteti on Jan 6 and 9 featured Scaly-breasted Hummingbird , Sapphire-throated Hummingbird , Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Snowy-bellied Hummingbird, Black-throated Mango, and Long-billed Starthroat. Spot-breasted Woodpecker . Two seen near Rio Iglesias on the afternoon of Jan 6. Barred Puffbird . Several pairs seen a few km north of Yaviza on Jan 8. Blue-and-yellow Macaw . A flyover by three individuals on Jan 6 about 7 km east of Rio Iglesias, on the south side of the Filo de Tallo, in a mostly deforested area. It's good to see the species still persists here. Spectacl...

While leading a birding trip with Todd Pepper, Advantage Tour's ( www.advantagepanama.com ) Luis Paz found a nesting pair of Bicolored Wren (Campylorhynchus griseus) at Yaviza, on Friday Aug 29, 2014 at aprox 1:30pm. At first thought to be a White-headed Wren, their much larger size and dark crown revealed what they were really looking at. This represents a significant North-Westward range expansion for the species. Good news for birders, but bad news for conservation, as this species favors disturbed areas. Also noteworthy was a juvenile Crested Eagle at the San Francisco Reserve on Thursday Aug 28.

Euclides Campos spent Christmas at the town of Paya, Darién, and he returned with a number of interesting records. First and foremost is the addition of a new species to the Panama list (and, therefore, the AOU North America list): Bicolored Wren , an unmistakable open-area wren of the Magdalena valley. He saw a pair in Paya on December 23rd and heard it again at Boca de Cupe on the 28th. He also saw a female Cape May Warbler at Paya on December 25th and photographed Dusky Pigeons near the Colombia border on the 26th. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XduDZJjj6ZM