Savanna Hawk PANAMA HIGH INTENSITY! This program is for serious Raptor Migration in Panama birders. Expect 5-6 hours with the Natural Resources Foundation of birding each day. October 26 - November 3, 2021 Join Natural Resources PRogRAM HIGHLIGHTS Foundation on a week-long • Count birds with Panama Audubon Society on the famous Ancón Hill, adventure in Panama during the and keep an eye out for Turkey Vulture and Broad-winged Hawk. • Search for Black-and-yellow Tanager, Plain Antvireo, and Rufous- extraordinary raptor migration, collared Sparrow in the cloud forests of Panama’s oldest national park, and witness hundreds of thousands Altos de Campana. of raptors soaring over Ancón • Journey to Soberanía National Park and continue bird counts from the Hill to South America. Spot Canopy Tower, where you may spot the elusive Aplomado Falcon. • Visit the Rainforest Discovery Center located at the world-famous migrating Swainson’s Hawk, Pipeline Road for the unique chance to observe birds residing in Mississippi Kite, and Broad- the upper stratum of the rainforest including Keel-billed and Yellow- winged Hawk, as well as resident throated Toucans, Blue Cotinga, and Masked Tityra. raptors including Gray-lined Hawk, Crested Caracara, and What’S INCLUDED? Peregrine Falcon. Count birds • Expert naturalist guide from a diversity of settings • Accommodations • Activities including rainforests, cloud forests, • Entrance fees and mangrove ecosystems. Expand • In-country transportation • Meals & beverages your bird count record during • Bottled water on bus this spectacular phenomenon of a • Carbon offset • Departure tax lifetime! KINg VulTure by paul vanderwerf holbrooktravel.com | 800-451-7111 ITINERARY along with Osprey, Peregrine Falcons and perhaps a trailing Mississippi Kite BlD = Breakfast, luNCH, DINNER or two fly long distances from their northern breeding grounds through the Isthmus to South America. The Canopy Tower, “Semaphore Hill Hawkwatch,” OCTOBER 26 - PANAMA CITY is an official count site for the Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA), and annually there are over 300,000 migrating raptors over the Arrive in Panama City and transfer to the hotel for check-in. (Check-in starts Canopy Tower itself, and over three million pass over the Isthmus of Panama. at 3 pm.) This evening, have dinner and get to know your fellow travelers in Canopy Tower’s official hawk counter will be on the deck every day from 8 am the hotel restaurant. Overnight at Holiday Inn City of Knowledge. (D) to 5 pm, counting the raptors passing over and in the vicinity. Overnight at OCTOBER 27 - PANAMA CITY Canopy Tower. (BLD) Orientation to the program is followed by morning birding at the hawkwatch NOVEMBER 1 - GAMBOA on Ancón Hill with Panama Audubon Society. Fall counts here usually exceed This morning, transfer to Gamboa Rainforest Resort, and have some time at 1.5 million birds, concentrated between October 1 and November 18. The leisure. Later this afternoon, set out for birding on the hotel grounds and the daily count record for this site was achieved on October 27, 2011, when waterfall trail, looking for species such as Southern Nightingale-Wren, Olive 893,783 birds were counted. Be alert for kettles flying over! This will be your Tanager, and Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo. Have dinner at the resort. first chance to see the migration and try your hand at spotting Turkey Vulture, Overnight at Gamboa Rainforest Resort. (BLD) Swainson’s Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, and Mississippi Kite as they make their way south in extraordinary numbers. You will also take in views of the NOVEMBER 2 - GAMBOA Panama Canal, the Old City, and downtown. Enjoy a picnic lunch, and then Have breakfast at the hotel, and then transfer to the Panama Canal’s famed head over to the Panama Bay mudflats, Panama Viejo ruins, and Costa del Miraflores Locks. Explore the museum and hopefully see a ship pass through Este area for shorebird viewing. Resident raptors of interest may include the the locks. Lunch is at the on-site restaurant. This afternoon, take a field trip to Gray-lined Hawk, Crested Caracara, Merlin, and Peregrine Falcon. Dinner the Rainforest Discovery Center, located at the world-famous Pipeline Road. and possible evening program by HWI leader. Overnight at Holiday Inn City of The 100-foot-high observation tower provides a unique chance to observe Knowledge. (BLD) birds residing in the upper stratum of the rainforest. Look for King Vulture OCTOBER 28 - EL VALLE DE ANTÓN and migrating raptors; other birds may include Mealy and Red-lored Parrots, Keel-billed and Yellow-throated Toucans, many species of tanagers, Blue Early this morning, depart for El Valle de Antón, stopping along the way Cotinga, Masked Tityra, and Green and Red-legged Honeycreepers. Continue for birding at Altos de Campana, Panama’s oldest national park. The cloud birding along Pipeline Road, looking for Crested Eagle and Hook-billed Kite. forest habitat at Campana harbors many middle-elevation species including Golden-collared Manakin, White-bellied and Blue-throated Antbirds, and the Black-and-yellow Tanager, Plain Antvireo, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Pheasant Cuckoo may also be seen. Return to the hotel for dinner. Overnight at White-ruffed Manakin, White-throated Thrush, and Bay-headed Tanager. Gamboa Rainforest Resort. (BLD) Bat Falcon, White Hawk, and Roadside Hawk may be present. Have lunch at a local restaurant. Make another stop at Punta Chame, watching for NOVEMBER 3 - DEPARTURE Savanna Hawk, American Kestrel, and Aplomado Falcon along the way. After an early breakfast, depart for the airport for your flight back to the US. Located approximately 30 minutes from Coronado on the Pacific coast, this Check-out is at noon. (B) small peninsula contains mangrove patches and ponds that are frequented by migratory shorebirds and seabirds. Return inland and continue to your accommodation in El Valle de Antón. Check in and enjoy some leisure time before dinner at the hotel. Overnight at Los Mandarinos Boutique Spa and PRogRAM PRICING Hotel. (BLD) $3,695 OCTOBER 29 - EL VALLE DE ANTÓN Early this morning, go birding at Cerro Gaital Natural Monument. The lush Price includes accommodations, meals, activities, and entrance fees as 827-acre nature reserve protects the mountainous terrain surrounding El Valle indicated in the itinerary, in-country transportation, full-time guide for de Antón and is home to more than 300 bird species. Some of the best birding duration of program, bottled water on the bus, carbon offset, and departure is done along the fringes of the reserve, where vegetation is less dense. Migrant tax. Part of your trip cost goes to support the Natural Resources Foundation. raptors can be seen here, as well as residents like the Barred Hawk and the Bat Does not include international airfare, estimated at $829 from Madison, Falcon. Look for the Tawny-crested Tanager, Chestnut-capped Brushfinch, gratuities, or items of a personal nature. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush, Green Hermit, and Spotted Woodcreeper. Have lunch at a local restaurant, and then visit the small town of El Valle to stroll the market and rub shoulders with locals buying and selling produce and handicrafts. Late this afternoon, go birding along the Cara Iguana trail, where travel PROTECTION Zone-tailed Hawk have been seen soaring among the vultures. The tropical Holbrook Travel purchases Travel Protection on behalf of all participants. dry forest’s middle-altitude habitat is home to the Rosy Thrush-Tanager, Long- These plans help provide coverage once the trip has departed and offer billed Starthroat, Little Tinamou, and Gray-headed Chachalaca. Have dinner benefits for Baggage/Personal Effects, Accident & Sickness Medical Expenses, at the hotel. Overnight at Los Mandarinos Boutique Spa and Hotel. (BLD) Emergency Evacuation and more. Refer to the Plan Document for more details. OCTOBER 30 - SOBERANÍA NATIONAL PARK Optional additional coverage is available in the form of the Group Deluxe Depart El Valle and begin the journey to Soberanía National Park. En route Plan, which offers benefits for Trip Cancellation/Interruption, in addition stop for birding at Juan Hombron for raptors such as the Savanna Hawk and, to many other insurance benefits and non-insurance assistance services. If on occasion, the elusive Aplomado Falcon. Other specialties include Veraguan interested in this optional plan, we can provide you with rates and plan Mango, White Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Bran-colored Flycatcher, Mouse-colored details. Tyrannulet, Northern Scrub-Flycatcher, Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, Wood Stork, and Plain-breasted Ground-Dove. Check in and have lunch at Canopy Tower. Afterward, complete bird counts from the tower. You may also want to visit the hummingbird feeders at the base of the tower for Long-billed Hermit, THE FINE PRINT White-necked Jacobin, Violet-bellied and Blue-chested hummingbirds and Price is based on double occupancy. For a single room throughout the trip, White-vented Plumeleteer. Occasionally, a Snowy-bellied hummingbird is add $365 per person. A $200 per person deposit and enrollment form are spotted. Overnight at Canopy Tower. (BLD) required to hold your space on the trip. This deposit is refundable minus a $100 cancellation fee until July 23, 2021, at which time final non- OCTOBER 31 - SOBERANÍA NATIONAL PARK refundable payment is due. Count birds from the tower. Some of the bird species you may see from the observation deck are Green and Red-legged Honeycreepers, Green Shrike- Vireo, Blue Cotinga, Scaled Pigeon, Red-lored parrot, Keel-billed Toucan, Collared Araçari, flycatchers of various kinds and raptors, including King This program includes optional carbon offsetting with Vulture and Ornate Hawk-Eagle. At this time of year, hawk migration is at its ClimateSafe. Learn more at holbrooktravel.com/climatesafe peak as thousands of Broad-winged and Swainson’s Hawk and Turkey Vulture, FoR MoRE INFormatioN OR TO ENROLL: Visit holbrook.travel/nrf-pn21 or contact Stefanie Plein at [email protected] or 877-910-6548.