Today was the closure of this season's hawk count over the Ancon Hill in Panama City. This was a record year, including the largest number of diurnal raptors counted in one day: 2,105,060 bird in November 2nd!
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| Turkey Vultures |
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| Turkey Vultures and Swainson's Hawk |
For ten years now, the
Panama Audubon Society (
PAS) has organized these counts with the intention to monitor the migration of these species throughout the region. Panama City is right under the path of these migrating kettles, so every year we marvel at this magnificent spectacle that nature gives us. Many species of diurnal raptors migrate through Panama, but the most conspicuous are the
Turkey Vultures and both
Swainson's and
Broad-winged Hawks.
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| Swainson's Hawk (adult, pale phase) |
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| Swainson's Hawk (immature, dark phase) |
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| Broad-winged Hawk |
I want to thank the PAS and all the counters and volunteers who every year perform this arduous task. For them, CONGRATULATIONS!
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