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@stacebird @stacebird.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

The Red-billed Tropicbirds of Isla de Pajaros are a majestic sight with that long streaming tail. Bird Island is out in the more turbulent seas past the protection of the Bocas del Toro archipelago. An uninhabited island like this is perfect for nesting seabirds to nest away from land predators. 🪶

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@stacebird @stacebird.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

So it’s official, the Common #Potoo of the Magical Mangrove Tunnel is an official resident with THREE separate encounters on my kayak/snorkel tour. This frog-mouthed, nocturnal #bird capture large insects on the wing with its wide maw. To learn more about my tours email me at stacebird@gmail.com 🪶

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@stacebird @stacebird.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

The Spotted Sandpipers are back!! They're finishing up the nesting season up north and the chicks have grown their flight feathers in and, with their parents, have flown thousands of miles to show up here in Bocas del Toro to spend the winter with us. feathersawry.wordpress.com/2016/06/18/c... 🪶

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@stacebird @stacebird.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Sloths are abundant across the archipelago and not every tourist to the islands is aware of that. If you’re visiting the archipelago, it would be an utter travesty if you left without seeing a single sloth, so easily overlooked if you don’t know what you’re looking at or looking for! #sloth #bocas

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@stacebird @stacebird.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Here is one of the benefits of living in the tropics..the hummingbirds! Gems of the forest and garden, I feel so thankful to be surrounded by such beauties like this one, our White-necked Jacobin. Join me on a birdwatching tour here in Bocas del Toro, our richly biodiverse archipelago! 🪶 #birds

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@stacebird @stacebird.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

The keel-billed toucan sounds like a distant frog or insect, a chirruping beat to its own drum. Once you know it's call you'll realize they're fairly common! The sound is like a frog and a cricket had a baby. When they really get going, the call is perfectly in tempo, kru-duk, kru-duk, kru-duk! 🪶

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@stacebird @stacebird.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Important: NEVER put your feet down when you’re snorkeling! Even if it looks like just a sand /silt floor or seagrass, there’s absolutely life down there trying to grow, so let’s ALWAYS set a good example & let guests to Bocas know to be ALWAYS aware of our feet & never touch down on or near a reef.

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@stacebird @stacebird.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

How many species do you see here? The Caribbean waters of Bocas Del Toro are majorly made up of invertebrate filter feeders and photosynthesizing plants & algas. By simply floating over the reef, in one single spot, the incredible biodiversity you’ll encounter is phenomenal! #ecotourism #ecology 🐠

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@stacebird @stacebird.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Thanks so much, Daryll! Means a whole lot to me!! Have a fantastically birdy day :D

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@stacebird @stacebird.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Thanks to Equipo Halcón on a glorious Global Big Day..such a pleasure to spend the day birding w/ some wonderful human beings! Arturo and his little one along with a fantastic guest-turned-great friend, Isaac. We had a delightful day as we tallied up a number of birds to represent #BocasdelToro! 🪶

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@stacebird @stacebird.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

FELIZ GLOBAL BIG DAYYYYY! Y que suerte que tengo amigos increíbles como esos!! Cada día, vivo con demasiada agradecida vivir aquí en mi hogar de Bocas del Toro donde hay tanta biodiversidad de humanos y la naturaleza! 🪶 #birdyourworld #birdphotography #birdlover #panama #bocasdeltoro #ecotourism

Gleaming the most gorgeous shade of cerulean blue, these Blue-gray Tanagers are a favorite of birders new to the tropics. This common species can be found (and heard!) both right in "downtown" Bocas as well as in farm fields and forest edges.

The ever-present Black Vulture is a favorite of mine, I will forever appreciate to a fantastic degree..they are the cleanup crew! Can you imagine if we didn't have vultures to take care of all the rotting, festering dead things that we'd ultimately find ourselves buried in up to our necks? So say a little thank you whenever you find yourself under a kettle of vultures, soaring into the sky to locate the dead stuff, near and far! Check out that wrinkled, bare dark skin that makes for a perfect bib to keep bits and pieces of death from mixing into it's feathers!

Two-by-two-by-two! These red-lored parrots now called Amazons, are about the size of a football with gleaming yellowish green with bursts of red on their wings and the lore, or forehead above the beak. Every night you'll see the parrots heading back to their noisy communal roost after a day out on the archipelago feeding on the fruiting and flowering trees of the moment.

This semipalmate sandpiper is one of our smaller plovers, this sandpiper species being migratory and therefore spending the winter with us down here in Panamá. Now they're heading north to breed for the spring/summer. Plovers are always large-eyed, running--stop, running--stop sandpipers and the semipalmated is fairly commonly seen among the plovers but forever a lovely sight to see with bright white constrasting against a beautiful mix of brown and black..with easy identification based on the flash of white above its black and orange beak and bright orange legs.

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@stacebird @stacebird.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Top left Laughing Falcon, top right Keel-billed Toucan, bottom left Roseate Spoonbill with Brown Pelicans and Royal Terns, bottom right, Shining Honeycreeper, male. Thanks for reading! #birdyourworld #bird 🪶 #birdwatching #birdphotography #toucans #laughingfalcon #honeycreepers #panamá #bocasdeltoro

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@stacebird @stacebird.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Just a few of my sightings over the years living here in Bocas del Toro. As a professional bird guide, I'm always thrilled to share beautiful creatures as these, my avian neighbors. Look me up on BocasBiodiversity.com to learn about my birding and wildlife ecotours. #birds 🪶 #bocasdeltoro #panamá

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@stacebird @stacebird.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

A rainbow array of birds, both tropical residents and winter migratory species rely on this ample food source, our fruiting Miconia species. Enjoy this colorful collection of birds that gather on these fruiting bushes and trees. #birds #birdingtour #birding #birdwatching #panamabirds #addBirder 🪶

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@stacebird @stacebird.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

As an ecotour guide, my tropical nature & bird tours include an in-depth education on the ecosystems we encounter & how their conservation is vital to a healthy planet. In addition to birding & wildlife ecotours, I also strive to share w/ guests the beautiful indigenous Ngäbe of Bocas del Toro. 🪶 🦥

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@stacebird @stacebird.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Join me, @stacebird.bsky.social here in Panamá's Caribbean archipelago Bocas del Toro, on any of my birding & wildlife ecotour excursions. I offer tropical nature tours from snorkeling coral reefs, hiking tropical rainforest & kayaking thru mangrove ecosystems. More info at BocasBiodiversity.com 🪶 🦥

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