Casa Pamela Panama
Avenue de Educadores, Playa Las Lajas, Chiriqui, Panama Las Lajas, Panama

Tri-colored Herons are very active hunters in shallow water. They are one of the most strikingly plumaged herons anywhere. They can bend down so low that their ...chest can almost touch the surface of the water as they pursue fish and amphibians. Here I found them foraging in shallow water at Las Lajas, Chriqui, Panama. I have a hard time not thinking of them as "Louisiana Herons" which they were called when I first started studying birds. Egretta tricolor / Garza Tricolor. See more

The Willet is named after its loud call. It is a common shorebird of the Panamanian Pacific beaches. These photos were taken at Las Lajas. It is a very plain-lo...oking shorebird, but with a lot of personality. We also enjoy it around Assateague and Chincoteague Islands where it is a breeding species. So, another linkage bird for us. All of these photos are non-breeding adult birds with a gray plumage. They have a bold back-and-white wing pattern that makes them easy to identify in flight. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus / Playero Aliblanco. See more

The American Oystercatcher is a spectacular shorebird that we enjoy on our trips to Playa Las Lajas, Chiriqui, Panama. The blood-red eye and bill give them a di...stinctive look. Only the Whimbrel competes with them for size among the Panama shorebirds. They can be loud, sending out a "wheep!" call as they fly. I usuallly see them foraging solo or in twos. It is a connecting bird for us since we also see them at Cape May, New Jersey, and Assateague Island, Virginia. Haematopus palliatus / Osterero Americano. See more

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