15th of April we went (Hans and I)to Bocas del Toro , main land , to visit the new dam in Changinola.(we know people there who are working to built the dam)
Not really birdwatching . But as a birder I check the sky, hoping on a Hawk migration.
And yes the sky was full with hawks and different Vultures. Pretty high up, but still very nice to see.
Nearby Rambala it started and it went on and on and on....
On the new dam sight...I saw only black and Turkey Vultures, Crackles and some variable Seedeaters and some Flycatchers.... not too much opportunity to ID them.
It is a building sight in the jungle, the national park la Amistad.
Mixed feelings. We like to have electricity in our houses and Panama is selling electricity, so that is a good income for the country, but I saw again that when you put a road in the nature, you make it more accessible...people will build more houses, little villages are coming in and unfortunately the indigenous people were cutting trees out of the forest , I counted already 5 big open spots in the dam area.
I am curious , what the government is going to do to prevent more cutting of the trees in La Amistad national park!!!
La Amistad International Park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in December 1990.
"The Amistad Friendship International Park is split between Panama and Costa Rica and covers 207,000 hectares It was created in 1979, by an initiative of the Panama and Costa Rica governments and stretches over the mountains of the Cordillera Central, between the provinces of Chiriquí and Bocas del Toro. There is a great bio-diversity of flora and fauna. Seven of the twelve life zones are located in it. The park is a World Heritage Site and protects the headwaters of several rivers that drain into both the Pacific and the Atlantic basin. The principle rivers that it protects are the Teribe and Changuinola
The Amistad Friendship International Park is 500 kilometers from Panama City.You get there by car from the towns of Cerro Punta, Piedra Candela, Rio Sereno and Boquete. There is an administrative office with a visitor’s center, a camping area and a guiding trail at Las Nubes (Chiriqui). Several natural trails lead into the inner areas of the park; of note are the La Cascada and Retoño Trails. There are shelters in Culebra and Cotito. There is another administrative office in Teribe (Bocas del Toro).
The park has a number of volcanic rock outcrops, steep valleys, and the highest mountains in Panama, including Cerro Fábrega (3,325 m), Cerro Itamul (3,279m) and Cerro Echandi (3,162 m). The average annual temperatures fluctuate between 15º C on its high peaks, to 24º C on the sedimentary plains of the Caribbean-facing slops. The average annual rainfall ranges between 2,500mm and 5.500mm making it extremely humid.
Very humid premontane forests grow in the lowest sedimentary plains. The climate becomes very humid tropical forests in the Cordillera Central . Above that there is premontane rainforest, low mountain rainforest, and montane rainforest. Finally, there is the sub-alpine pluvial paramo, which is found around Cerro Fabrega.
has been recorded, including the howler monkey, black-handed spider monkey, white-throated capuchin monkey, and the night monkey or jujaná (Aotus lemurinus). The park is also the home of populations of threatened species like Baird´s tapir, groove-toothed squirrel, olingo (Bassaricyon gabbil) and the shrew. The five species of cats found on the Isthmus are also present in this area.One hundred species of
one may find the mountain salamander, the letmal coral snake and the oropel snake.species recorded in the park, including the harlequin frog and the spiny toad.
Special birds recorded in the protected area are the harpy eagle, the endemic glow-throated hummingbird, the respendent Quetzal , the umbrella bird, the three-wattled bellbird and the crested eagle one of the biggest and most endangered birds of prey in the region.More than 400 different birdspieces"
Not really birdwatching . But as a birder I check the sky, hoping on a Hawk migration.
And yes the sky was full with hawks and different Vultures. Pretty high up, but still very nice to see.
Nearby Rambala it started and it went on and on and on....
On the new dam sight...I saw only black and Turkey Vultures, Crackles and some variable Seedeaters and some Flycatchers.... not too much opportunity to ID them.
It is a building sight in the jungle, the national park la Amistad.
Mixed feelings. We like to have electricity in our houses and Panama is selling electricity, so that is a good income for the country, but I saw again that when you put a road in the nature, you make it more accessible...people will build more houses, little villages are coming in and unfortunately the indigenous people were cutting trees out of the forest , I counted already 5 big open spots in the dam area.
I am curious , what the government is going to do to prevent more cutting of the trees in La Amistad national park!!!
La Amistad International Park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in December 1990.
"The Amistad Friendship International Park is split between Panama and Costa Rica and covers 207,000 hectares It was created in 1979, by an initiative of the Panama and Costa Rica governments and stretches over the mountains of the Cordillera Central, between the provinces of Chiriquí and Bocas del Toro. There is a great bio-diversity of flora and fauna. Seven of the twelve life zones are located in it. The park is a World Heritage Site and protects the headwaters of several rivers that drain into both the Pacific and the Atlantic basin. The principle rivers that it protects are the Teribe and Changuinola
The Amistad Friendship International Park is 500 kilometers from Panama City.You get there by car from the towns of Cerro Punta, Piedra Candela, Rio Sereno and Boquete. There is an administrative office with a visitor’s center, a camping area and a guiding trail at Las Nubes (Chiriqui). Several natural trails lead into the inner areas of the park; of note are the La Cascada and Retoño Trails. There are shelters in Culebra and Cotito. There is another administrative office in Teribe (Bocas del Toro).
The park has a number of volcanic rock outcrops, steep valleys, and the highest mountains in Panama, including Cerro Fábrega (3,325 m), Cerro Itamul (3,279m) and Cerro Echandi (3,162 m). The average annual temperatures fluctuate between 15º C on its high peaks, to 24º C on the sedimentary plains of the Caribbean-facing slops. The average annual rainfall ranges between 2,500mm and 5.500mm making it extremely humid.
Very humid premontane forests grow in the lowest sedimentary plains. The climate becomes very humid tropical forests in the Cordillera Central . Above that there is premontane rainforest, low mountain rainforest, and montane rainforest. Finally, there is the sub-alpine pluvial paramo, which is found around Cerro Fabrega.
has been recorded, including the howler monkey, black-handed spider monkey, white-throated capuchin monkey, and the night monkey or jujaná (Aotus lemurinus). The park is also the home of populations of threatened species like Baird´s tapir, groove-toothed squirrel, olingo (Bassaricyon gabbil) and the shrew. The five species of cats found on the Isthmus are also present in this area.One hundred species of
one may find the mountain salamander, the letmal coral snake and the oropel snake.species recorded in the park, including the harlequin frog and the spiny toad.
Special birds recorded in the protected area are the harpy eagle, the endemic glow-throated hummingbird, the respendent Quetzal , the umbrella bird, the three-wattled bellbird and the crested eagle one of the biggest and most endangered birds of prey in the region.More than 400 different birdspieces"
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