PANAMA IS CRITICAL WINTERING GROUND FOR MILLIONS OF NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRDS

March 6, 2025.Reading time 5 minutes.

Prothonotary Warbler aka Golden Swamp Warbler On Wintering Grounds in Panama

Prothonotary Warblers, aka Golden Swamp Warblers to us southerners, like these photographed in Bocas del Toro, Panama 11/01-02/24, are starting to head back to the swamps of the Southeast & waterways of the mid-west. They have been ‘wintering’ during the rainy season (our fall & winter months) in the tropical rainforests and mangroves of Central […]

SOME FALL MIGRANTS & WHY I SHOT APERTURE PRIORITY

October 6, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

This is going to be a twofer post – one post, two related topics: Some shots of some of the neotropical migrants I took during the pandemic Falls of 2020 and 2021 and why my Olympus kit’s mobility is integral to my Fall migration birding preferences. Integral to the getting the shot and keeping it […]