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Life birds of Panama early May 2019 2019-05-11 - 9:13 a.m. Lifers of the Panama Raptor Expedition 2019 Peachfront's Note:  This is far away from my complete list of birds seen, which I may post in a later update. Life birds in BOLD Raptors seen this trip: Turkey Vulture Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Black Vulture King Vulture Pearl Kite Hook-billed Kite Swallow-tailed Kite White-tailed Kite CRESTED EAGLE – a life-changing experience of seeing the devoted male deliver prey (a spiny anteater youngster) and call and search persistently to locate the recently fledgled youngster HARPY EAGLE― three separate encounters, a large perched female seen on the boat on the Crested Eagle day, a second encounter when a female was spotted & chased by a Common Black-Hawk defending its fledged young & the Harpy ended up hanging around our area, the third was at the nest site where we witnessed the newly fledged bird practicing its new flying skills Black Hawk-Eagle-- a good showing around the Darien tent camp Black-and-White Hawk-Eagle – this bird at its best perched crest up for a fine showing, then mobbed by three Swallow-tailed Kites who forced the bird to fly over us for great in flight views Double-toothed Kite PLUMBEOUS HAWK-- spectacular calling bird seen well both days, with a second calling bird hidden nearby (a nest?) Common Black-Hawk – a species that fears no Harpy, apparently Savanna Hawk Roadside Hawk White Hawk – a pair and later a spare SEMIPLUMBEOUS HAWK-- not easy to find but eventually we met a fine, showy calling bird who perched well and hung around Gray-lined Hawk-- a pair, actually I neglected to put it on my list even though I've seen it before in Bolivia so my list thinks it's a new lifer Short-tailed Hawk Zone-tailed Hawk RED-THROATED CARACARA-- easy bird, appeared as soon as we stumbled out of the van at Darien camp Crested Caracara Yellow-headed Caracara Laughing Falcon Barred Forest Falcon-- last raptor of the trip, a shy bird who took some work before we saw it emerge (briefly) from the shadows to get a great full look American Kestrel Bat Falcon-- a pair snoozing in the rain Peregrine Falcon-- pairs of late migrants seen moving from Burbayar Lodge The complete list of life bird species seen in roughly the order first seen: Plumbeous Hawk – great start to the trip, a rare & little known bird with no known observed nests found in short order Black-breasted Puffbird Pied Puffbird Tropical Gnatcatcher Mottled Owl Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Band-rumped Swift Red-throated Caracara Pale-bellied Hermit Crested Eagle Golden-Collared Manakin Harpy Eagle Semiplumbeous Hawk Black-Chested Jay Whooping Motmot Black Oropendula Tropical Screech-Owl Buff-rumped Warbler Dusky-faced Tanager Gray-Lined Hawk – only a technical lifer in that I forgot to add it to my list when I observed it previously – perhaps the old “lump” with Gray Hawk hadn't been overturned at that point Cocoa Woodcreeper-a special one on one close encounter back - next All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2002-2017 by Elaine Radford