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El pasado sábado 25 de julio fui con Osvaldo Quintero y Rafael Luck al Valle de Antón. Antes de llegar, en un camino que sale cerca de Los Llanitos (en la vía al Valle) observamos por lo menos SEIS diferentes Tody Motmots (dos tríos en distintos lugares del camino) que respondieron brevemente a las grabaciones. También escuchamos un Sepia-capped Flycatcher en el mismo sitio. Ya en El Valle, camino a La Mesa, nos detuvimos junto a unas heliconias que simplemente lucían iguales a todas las otras cuando de repente apareció un White-tipped Sicklebill, se posó sobre la flor unos segundos, para rápidamente desaparecer tal y como llegó. No regresó a pesar que nos quedamos esperándolo varios minutos. Escribí una pequeña crónica en mi blog por si quieren más detalles.

On January 30 We went to El Chirú, where we had a brilliant day of birding! First we all got excellent views of Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl and Tropical Screech-Owl... In the same area we have close views of the endemic Veraguan Mango, as well as Crested Bobwhite, Saphire-throated Hummingbird, Red-breasted Blackbird, Rufous-browed Peppershrike... After a great morning we went to Juan Hombrón where we had perfect views of Straight-billed Woodcreeper, Mouse-colored Tyrannulet, Northern Scrub-Flycatcher.... The most amazing thing for us during the day was a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, which is a rare migrant for Panama especially in the Coclé Province. We saw this bird, a juvenile, at El Chirú. Tino Sanchez (Canopy Lodge Top Guide) and I got great views of it. I had the close telescope views so I could see the bright red gorget. We could not take a picture there, but every one in the group got to see it. Once in Juan Hombrón I found another Ruby-throated but this one has less red on the gorg...

A Sepia-capped Flycatcher was seen at its usual haunts around the entrance of the trail behind the bonsai shop at the Metropolitan Nature Park.