Xenornis

Rosabel & Karl Kaufmann, Björn Anderson, and Delicia and Darién Montañez spent the weekend at Parque Nacional General de División Omar Torrijos Herrera (née El Copé), hoping against hope to run into an umbrellabird or three. As luck would have it, we saw none, but we did run into a few interesting species. Saturday's birding began as soon as we crossed the park boundaries, with a flock of migratory warblers, including the first of many Blackburnians, a couple American Redstarts and a Canada or two. After settling into the very comfortable cabin (which at $10 a night is a steal) we moved to La Rana trail, which produced Chiriquí Quail-Dove (voice only, alas), a small flock of tanagers and warblers and what looked like the remains of a Black Guan (we'd rather not think that this was our umbrellabird). We then continued along Snowcap (née La Rica) Trail, which also proved quiet at the time (near noon). On our way back we had a small flock at the intersection with La Rana tha...

The PAS fieldtrip to El Copé, Coclé, had some good reports. Slaty-capped Flycatchers and Stripe-breasted Wrens were encountered frequently and where seen (or heard) by most of the group. Hummingbirds included White-tipped Sicklebill, Purple-throated Mountain-Gem and a possible Snowcap. But the best bird of the trip was a female White-throated Shrike-Tanager seen by María Allen and Hildegar Mendoza on the new trail.