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On the way back from Pedasi stopped at Aguadulce on 23rd November 2014. Found a white morph Reddish Egret , photos attached. Was with George Angehr, and Jan Axel Cubilla joined us later. There were also 33 Lesser Scaup on one of the ponds.

White-rumped Sandpiper seen at Punta Chame on October 30th. Two white morph Reddish Egrets were observed at Punta Chame on November 6th. Lesser Black-backed Gull (adult) seen at Costa del Este on November 10th.

 El pasado sábado 28 de enero, Osvaldo Quintero, Euclides Campos y mi persona nos dirigimos hacia Las Macanas. Entre otras cosas, encontramos un Mangrove Cuckoo , al menos seis Killdeers , ocho Caspian Terns , cuatro American Coots , cuatro Fulvous Whistling-Ducks entre los cientos de Guíchichis y una pareja (macho y hembra) de American Wigeons . Sin embargo, más importante, observamos un grupo de al menos 10 Long-billed Dowitchers  identificadas por la llamada, un "kick" enfático, nada musical que fue emitido por las aves mientras descansaban (alarmadas?), y también cuando volaron (en serie). También notamos su pecho de un gris bastante sólido y oscuro y la cola principalmente oscura, muy evidente al volar.  El mismo día, alrededor del mediodía, observamos en las salinas de Aguadulce, una fase blanca de Reddish Egret ... un inmaduro a juzgar por su pico completamente negro. Se encontraba más o menos a mitad de la calle que atraviesa las salinas, cerca de la misma, ...

On the morning of Sunday, September 12, still high on the post-deep-water-pelagic endorphins, Björn Anderson, Ken Allaire, Gonzalo Horna and Darién Montañez headed for El Copé in search of umbrellabird. And find it we did. After walking Sendero Los Helechos Trail, where we got Black-crowned Antpitta and Stripe-breasted Wren, we did Sendero La Rana. While waiting for a mixed flock to approach, a Bare-necked Umbrellabird was spotted sitting quietly on a branch, terribly backlit but at pretty much eye level. This bird had a full hood and some bare skin around the neck. It was soon joined by a second bird, which looked scruffier all over and was probably a younger bird. The flock eventually approached and provided a first-year female Cerulean Warbler . Later on, when we were making our way back to the visitor center, we were trying to lure in a calling White-throated Shrike-Tanager when another pair of umbrellabird showed up, this time two adult-looking birds. Light was better this time,...

El sabado 28 de agosto del 2010, cuatro miembros/colaboradores de Audubon (Kilo Campos, Jan Axel Cubilla, Gloriela Archbold y Rafael Luck) se dirigieron en la acostumbrada 4WD FJ Cruiser hacia El Copé en búsqueda del Umbrellabird y otras aves. Aquí fotos del Bare-necked Umbrellabird y Golden-olive Woodpecker de El Copé. [ Visit Jan Axel's Blog for more details]. Posteriormente visitamos las Salinas de Aguadulce y reportamos entre otros Reddish Egret , Stilt Sandpiper y una bandada de aprox. 150 Black Skimmers .

On Saturday, August 7, Claudia & Bill Ahrens, Rosabel & Karl Kaufmann, and Delicia & Darién Montañez braved the threatening skies over Pedasí and headed out for Islas Frailes. Frailes del Sur were covered in birds: about 500 Bridled Terns , including some in juvenile plumage, maybe 200 Brown Noddies, and 100 Sooty Terns , including some 25 in juvenile plumage that would often fly over our boat. Further out, and after deploying the chum, we started running into procellariids: one or two Galápagos Shearwater , a single Sooty Shearwater and a dozen Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrels . Our persistence was rewarded when we approached a flock of noddies and ran into about 120 Galápagos Sheawaters sitting on the water, allowing for really close views. Of course, I completely forgot I had a camera on me. After this flock flew and floated away, we went out some more and found another similar flock, this time with about 80 Galápagos Shearwaters, similarly well-behaved. Our boatman estimated...

Jennifer Wolcott photographed this white phase Reddish Egret at Playa Pedasí (across from Isla Iguana on the mainland) on February 4. Reddish Egrets are rather rare in Panama, and the white phase is even rarer, with only one previous report from Playa El Agallito.

Euclides Campos and Laura Reyes saw one Snowy Plover amongst a big group of Semipalmated Plovers, Wilson’s Plovers and Western Sandpipers at El Agallito Beach, Chitré, on February 25th. One Forster’s Tern was seen also in the same area. On February 24th, a Reddish Egret at Aguadulce Salt Ponds. This Scissor-tailed Flycatche r at Punta Chame on February 27th.

The Canopy Tower's Carlos Bethancourt saw an immagure Reddish Egret on the rocks below the Gatún Spillway this morning. This is the same spot where one spent a couple of months in early 2002.

Bill Adsett sent in t In case you're wondering, the Reddish Egret that was discovered in December on the Gatún spillway is still there. Darién Montañez, Laval Roy and a group of birders from Quebec saw it every time they crossed the bridge, always on the spillway side. Bill Adsett and Michael Castro saw it in the same place on Saturday, March 9. And Carmen Martino is pretty sure she saw a Reddish Egret near Portobelo on November 3-4 while staying at the cabins past the "El Cañón" restaurant.

A juvenile Reddish Egret was seen at noon preening on the rocks below the Gatún Spillway by Gonzalo Horna, Darién Montañez and Guy Poisson. The bird was right next to an adult Tricolored Heron and was clearly larger than that (but smaller than a nearby Great Egret), pale grayish-cinnamon all over, browner on the head and neck and grayer on the rest of the body. The legs were dark gray, as was the bill, and it had pale yellow eyes surrounded by a bare patch of gray orbital skin. Upon approach by one of the observers it flew off to the other side of the Chagres River, but a few minutes later returned to the same rock on the right bank. Just as a reminder, this Reddish Egret was right by the Tarpon Club parking lot, where the participants of the upcoming Atlantic Christmas Bird Count are to meet at noon this sunday to do the traditional mid-day recap, and that would be a great chance to add this rare vagrant to all your Panama lists. This is only the fourth (or fifth, depending on your st...

A white phase Reddish Egret was studied carefully for half an hour at El Agallito beach, Chitré, the first report of that color phase from Panama. Also seen were a flock of Stilt Sandpipers . An adult Reddish Egret was studied carefully for half an hour at El Agallito at dusk on Saturday, march 21st by Delicia and Darién Montañez. The observations were made from very short range, and all the fieldmarks could be seen well, eliminating all other possibilities. Even though we are not aware of any previous sightings of white phase Reddish Egrets from Panama, and the fact that it is "unlikely in Panama" (Ridgely, 1989), we are convinced of the accuracy of our identification. It was about 6:00 P.M, and the tide was beginning to rise. After walking out to the water’s edge two times to watch a small flock of terns we were exhausted. We were very disappointed there were no Inca Terns, so I said I would settle for any bird new-for-Panama. I was so tired I would settle for a Reddish ...