MALE RUDDY GROUND-DOVE, LA MESA RD,EL VALLE DE ANTON,COCLE PROVINCE,PANAMA, 5/24/2019

CHESTNUT-BACKED ANTBIRD, CERRO GAITAL NATIONAL PARK,EL VALLE DE ANTON,COCLE PROVINCE,PANAMA, 5/24/2019

SQUIRREL CUCKOO (PIAYA CAYANA), CERRO GAITAL NATIONAL PARK,EL VALLE DE ANTON,COCLE PROVINCE,PANAMA, 5/24/2019

      We can ID this cuckoo as a Squirrel Cuckoo as follows:

• Rufous upperparts and head, becoming paler on throat
• Greenish orbital skin surrounding yellowish iris 
• Extremely long, graduated tail.  Underside of tail is blackish with broad white tips.
• Yellowish bill
• Gray lower breast and blackish belly

      The Squirrel Cuckoo is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 875.

PINK BANANA, CERRO GAITAL NATIONAL PARK,EL VALLE DE ANTON,COCLE PROVINCE,PANAMA, 5/24/2019

MALE GREEN HERMIT (PHAETHORNIS GUY), CERRO GAITAL NATIONAL PARK, EL VALLE DE ANTON,COCLE PROVINCE,PANAMA, 5/24/2019

       We can ID this hummingbird as a male Green Hermit as follows:

• Blue-green upperparts (we can't see underparts).  How much is blue or green depends on the lighting.
• Very long, reddish, downcurved bill.
• Long, graduated tail in which the central pair of feathers are elongated and white-tipped.
• Dark mask through the eye with buff stripes above and below.

      The Green Hermit is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 874.

GREEN IGUANA, LA MESA RD,EL VALLE DE ANTON,COCLE PROVINCE,PANAMA, 5/24/2019

CRESTED OROPENDOLA IN FLIGHT FOM NEST & ON TREE, LA MESA RD,EL VALLE DE ANTON,COCLE PROVINCE,PANAMA, 5/24/2019