Xenornis

El 9 de julio, Erick Ruiz reportó un par de cigüeñas extrañas en la Finca Río Negro, en Changuinola. Tras pedir más detalles, Roger Morales determinó que se trataba de Jabirúes , y en la mañana del 10 de Julio fue a buscarlos junto a Breicy Cedeño. La misión fue exitosa, y lograron tremendas fotos [ eBird ].  Esa tarde, Euclides Campos y Howard Laidlaw fueron a buscarlas y las re-encontraron, esta vez más cerca de la calle [ eBird ].

Vi un Jabiru volando más o menos a 8 metros de altura sobre la Calle Alhambra, urbanización Casablanca, Chanis. Iba en direccion este. Fecha: 12/08/17 Hora: 16:00 No pude tomar foto pero el tamaño, y los colores blanco, rojo y negro eran indiscutibles.

On the morning of October 10th, during a birding trip to the Bocas del Toro mainland, with a group based at Tranquilo Bay Eco Adventure Lodge, we observed a Jabiru ( Jabiru mycteria ) in the Chiriqui Grande area. That same day we observed a hawk migration, several thousands of Broad-winged Hawks ( Buteo platipterus ) and Swainson’s Hawks ( Buteo swainsoni ) and a few hundred Turkey Vultures ( Cathartes aura ).

Attached are some shots of Jabiru from Canopy Tower on May 2. See: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23187518 . Black Swift tally: 24 Apr (1), 25 Apr (1), both at Tranquilo Bay lodge. Others (6+) at Boca Rio Changuinola 26 Apr, and one at Canopy Tower 3 May. I have photos of 25 Apr and 26 Apr birds and one passing the Canopy Tower 3 May was photographed by Tim Lenz.

 As you read this, Jacobo Ortega is in Chiriquí Grande seeing the second Jabiru of the day. The first was seen from the main road on the fields on the south side, near the oil tanks up in the mountain.  The second one (photo below) was seen further out, also from the main road. Who's up for a flash trip out there?

The Canopy Tower's José Soto found a juvenile Jabiru in Tocumen Marsh, on the flooded ricefields beyond the left fork of the T-Junction by the dike trail while visiting with two tourists on the morning of September 18. This morning, Euclides Campos, José Carlos García, Mahelis Samudio and Rosabel Miró succeeded in finding and photographing the bird in pretty much the same general area. This is the first report from Central Panama since the sixties (or was it the fifties?)

Francisco Delgado reports four Jabiru at el Cenegón del Mangle, Herrera. On November 11th, Francisco Delgado visited El Cenagón del Mangle, close to París de Parita, Herrera, following a report of workers of nearby shrimp farms of a huge Wood Stork with a red throat. And, sure enough, he found four Jabiru wading in the large pond to the left. On November 25th he went there again, but this time there were only two birds present, mixed with the abundant Wood Storks. Apart from recent second-hand reports from Bocas del Toro and Colón, this is the first record of the species in Panama since the 1920's.