Xenornis

Enrique Rodríguez Álvarez sent in photos of a flock of Dickcissel photographed by the STRI dock in Gamboa on September 27.

The Canopy Tower's Carlos Bethancourt sent in the following reports: I am just writing to report a couple of bird sighting that I had last week while leading a VENT tour with Kevin Zimmer. On Wednesday Feb 6 around 8:30 am we had a White-eyed Vireo that was very vocal. The bird was on the road to the spillway area in Gatún Locks; I was able to get a decent recording of it. In the same area we had about 6 females Indigo Bunting plus a pair of Dickcissel. On Friday Feb 8 in Tocumen marsh I had a nice Northern Shoveler. I was able to get a picture of this bird that was very far away as you can see a little bit of the white crescent that show on the side of the face. Also attached is a picture of that elusive bird, the Pheasant Cuckoo, that I saw on Plantation Trail this morning. They are getting into the season since they have been very vocal lately.

Peter Burke sent in a few interesting reports from a visit to Central Panama in Early February. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: an adult female along the first 2km of Pipeline Road, Feb. 8. Stripe-throated Wren: an adult at Nusagandi with a foraging flock of mainly antwrens, Feb. 5. We both had extensive looks at the bird for a couple of minutes. Several hundred Dickcissels at the Tocumen Airport, February 1. There were probably many hundreds more as we only stayed for 15 minutes and they were passing overhead with great frequency in large groups. This flight occurred at 5:00pm or so.