The other morning our attention was attracted by a couple birds making a heck of racket in a nearby tree. Naturally we grabbed the cameras and went out to see what was going on.
I looked in my bird book and nothing matches these birds exactly, but the closest kind I could figure is some kind of falcon, maybe a forest falcon. Unfortunately the light wasn’t ideal to photograph any colors, but the calls came out clearly in the video.
You just never know what you are going to see around here!
The Panama Adventure 
I sure hope one of your readers know, because I see them around here in Boqueron, too, and have wondered. I’ll keep looking to see your comments section of this post.
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Karen solved the mystery – Laughing Falcon
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I can see a banded tail and the eye patch resembles the Laughing Falcon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Falcon
Not 100% sure though but it looks closer than the Forest Falcon because of the patch and the shorter beak. 🙂
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You are right! Thank you 🙂 I went back to the bird book and they aren’t even listed in the photos, just a description buried within all the other similar birds so I missed that one.
I looked them up on youtube and the others depicted there sound just like the birds we saw. Laughing Falcon it is!
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What book do you have? Mine is The Birds of Panama published by Zona Tropical Publication. I wish I could find a plant book that was as good. 🙂
Glad I could help. Laughing birds, I thought that was the Kookaburra’s speciality.
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I have the same book. I also have A Guide to the Birds of Panama: With Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras by Robert S. Ridgely and John A. Gwynne but it’s loaned out at the moment.
Yes, a plant book! and a tree book, and a bug book….
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Funny, I recognize the sound it makes but I wouldn’t have been able to put a “face” to it.
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I believe that. They are so loud it’s hard to ignore the sound even if they are hidden in the trees somewhere.
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Blogging is so great for getting us the answers we need….and fast! 🙂 Thanks for sharing this with us; love learning something new!
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Yes, very true, and I’m especially happy to have blogging friends who know about Panama so we can share things like this. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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Kris, I ‘m pretty certain that it’s a double breasted matrass thrasher. I could be wrong. let me know.
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I don’t think I’m familiar with that one.
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