Panama: Spring at the Canopy Tower

Panama is one of those fortunate places where two great avifaunas meet. As one moves from the Costa Rican border east toward the Colombian border, Central American birds drop out and the truly Neotropical groups such as antbirds, woodcreepers, tyrant flycatchers, hummingbirds and tanagers begin to dominate. It all makes for an exceedingly rich birding experience. Our trip is timed to take advantage of the tail end of the winter dry season when wintering migrants and transients from North America are still widespread and combine with the return of the first inter-tropical migrants to join the very rich resident bird assemblage. The acclaimed Canopy Tower serves as a delightful home base as we explore several remarkable birding areas including Pipeline Road, which offers arguably the best lowland birding in Central America, with over 400 species recorded! After our week-long stay at the Tower we’ll relocate to the delightful Canopy Lodge, roughly two hours west of Panama City and nestled in the Talamanca Foothills. Here we’ll find extensive and lush cloud forest, dry pacific savannah, and a substantially new suite of birds.