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Ariel Aguirre continues his treks to Quebrada Bonita (La Cascada) trail in Chagres National Park. Highlights are Sunbittern on March 23 and Marbled Wood-Quail on March 27. José Tejada sent in a list of highlights from the first six months of his tenure as Burbayar Lodge's birdmonger. Highlights (of the highlights) are as follows: Central American Pygmy-Owl around the lodge and Plumbeous Hawk on the red trail on Sept. 5 2006. Great Green Macaw on waterfall trail on Sept. 10. Green-crowned Woodnymph on El Llano-Carí Rd about 3 Km north of Burbayar on Nov. 18. A possible Tawny-breasted Flycatcher (a bird similar to the common Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher but with distinctly darker orange underparts), on the red trail on Jan. 27, 2007. Slate-throated Gnatcatcher on El Llano-Cartí Rd on Jan. 28. Green Manakin on the red trail on Jan. 29. Chestnut-collared Swifts and a pair subadult Harpy Eagles on El Llano-Cartí Rd on Jan. 31. White-fronted Nunbird, Red-billed Scythebill and Thicket Antpit...

Rosabel Miró and Darién Montañez met a Field Guides group in Cerro Azul; had a high-speed sighting of a Capped Heron perched on the fence near a bridge on the final stretch of Corredor Sur as it approaches Via Tocumen. Up at Rosabel's house we had a male Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker in a mixed flock led by Olive Ttanagers, a flock of about 25 Chestnut-collared Swifts, and the usual Black and Black-and-white Hawk-Eagles and Rufous-crested Coquettes.