Part One

  • Departing Miami
    Departing Miami
    On our way to Panama, thankfully with confirmation that our luggage was on the plane.  Previous experiences leaving Miami on other trips was not with luggage.
    AA 1407, B737, Floridal, February 6, 2025
    2025-02-06#4212
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Departing Miami
    Departing Miami
    AA 1407, B737, Floridal, February 6, 2025
    2025-02-06#4226
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Elliott Key
    Elliott Key
    AA 1407, B737, Floridal, February 6, 2025
    2025-02-06#4514
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Miami to Panama City
    Miami to Panama City
    Flying over a large island.
    AA 1407, B737, Floridal, February 6, 2025
    2025-02-06#4943
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Arriving Panama City
    Arriving Panama City
    Shallow coastal flat with a series of waves.
    AA 1407, B737, Floridal, February 6, 2025
    2025-02-06#5028
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crowne Plaza
    Crowne Plaza
    A nice hotel close to the airport.
    Panama City, Panama, February 6, 2025
    2025-02-06#5931
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crowne Plaza
    Crowne Plaza
    Panama City, Panama, February 6, 2025
    2025-02-06#5056
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Atlas Beer
    Atlas Beer
    Panama's water supply is modern and safe, but so is beer.
    Crowne Plaza, Panama City, Panama, February 6, 2025
    2025-02-06#1914
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Photo Site
    Photo Site
    Shallow water spot near Pipeline Road.
    near Gamboa, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5169
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hecale Longwing
    Hecale Longwing
    Heliconius hecale
    near Gamboa, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#9534
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bromeliad
    Bromeliad
    Aechmea setigera
    near Gamboa, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#9552
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hercules' Club
    Hercules' Club
    Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
    near Gamboa, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5171
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White Peacock
    White Peacock
    Anartia jatrophae
    near Gamboa, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#9580
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Butterfly Pea
    Butterfly Pea
    Centrosema pubescens
    near Gamboa, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#9582
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wild Hops
    Wild Hops
    Flemingia strobilifera - an invasive species.
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5174
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pipeline Road
    Pipeline Road
    We walked, guided, for several miles mostly photographing birds.
    Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5175
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ceibo Barrigón Flower
    Ceibo Barrigón Flower
    Pseudobombax septenatum - blooms open at dusk and drop at dawn.
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5177
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mantled Howler Monkey
    Mantled Howler Monkey
    Alouatta palliata aequatorialis
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#9601
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mantled Howler Monkey
    Mantled Howler Monkey
    Alouatta palliata aequatorialis
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#9605
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mantled Howler Monkey
    Mantled Howler Monkey
    Alouatta palliata aequatorialis
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#9610
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cohune Palm
    Cohune Palm
    Attalea cohune
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5178
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Giant Canna Lily
    Giant Canna Lily
    Canna tuerckheimii
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5179
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Camoruco
    Camoruco
    Sterculia apetala - the color of these fresh leaves deter leaf eaters.
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5181
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mantled Howler Monkey
    Mantled Howler Monkey
    Alouatta palliata aequatorialis
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#9618
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Central American Whiptail Lizard
    Central American Whiptail Lizard
    Ameiva festiva
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#9622
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Swamp Dasher
    Swamp Dasher
    Micrathyria laevigata
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#9626
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cacao Pods
    Cacao Pods
    Theobroma cacao
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5183
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Split Gill Fungus
    Split Gill Fungus
    Schizophyllum commune
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#9637
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dove Tail
    Dove Tail
    Xiphidium caeruleum
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#9639
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fungi
    Fungi
    Earliella scabrosa
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5185
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wheat Calathea
    Wheat Calathea
    Pleiostachya pruinosa
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5186
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Leafcutter Ant Nest
    Leafcutter Ant Nest
    Really large pile of excavated soil.
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5188
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dumb Cane
    Dumb Cane
    Dieffenbachia seguine
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5189
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dumb Canes
    Dumb Canes
    Dieffenbachia killipii
    La Chunga Matapalo Trail, Gamboa Rainforest, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5192
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Termite Trail
    Termite Trail
    La Chunga Matapalo Trail, Gamboa Rainforest, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5193
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panama Hat Palm
    Panama Hat Palm
    Carludovica palmata
    La Chunga Matapalo Trail, Gamboa Rainforest, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5194
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Trail
    Trail
    La Chunga Matapalo Trail, Gamboa Rainforest, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5195
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grounds
    Grounds
    Looking out over the pool area with the Chagres River in the background.
    Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Gamboa, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#0709
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kissing Flower
    Kissing Flower
    Psychotria elata
    Laguna Trail, Gamboa Rainforest, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#9664
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blue-flower Rattlepod
    Blue-flower Rattlepod
    Crotalaria verrucosa
    Laguna Trail, Gamboa Rainforest, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5201
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Incised Halberd Fern
    Incised Halberd Fern
    Tectaria incisa
    Laguna Trail, Gamboa Rainforest, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5202
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mantled Howler Monkey
    Mantled Howler Monkey
    Alouatta palliata aequatorialis
    Laguna Trail, Gamboa Rainforest, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#9698
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Natalia & Panama Ficus Tree
    Natalia & Panama Ficus Tree
    Ficus insipida
    Laguna Trail, Gamboa Rainforest, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5204
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Central American Agouti
    Central American Agouti
    Dasyprocta punctata
    Laguna Trail, Gamboa Rainforest, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#9703
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Natalia & Trail
    Natalia & Trail
    Laguna Trail, Gamboa Rainforest, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5207
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Leafcutter Ants
    Leafcutter Ants
    There are a lot of Leafcutter Ant colonies in the forest.
    Laguna Trail, Gamboa Rainforest, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5209
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Water Wall
    Water Wall
    Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Gamboa, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#1613
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lobby
    Lobby
    The resort was originally a country club with mostly an American membership.
    Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Gamboa, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#1849
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lipstick Palm
    Lipstick Palm
    Cyrtostachys renda
    Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Gamboa, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#2837
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Entrance
    Entrance
    Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Gamboa, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#2938
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Terrace View
    Terrace View
    Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Gamboa, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#3842
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bougainvillea
    Bougainvillea
    Hybrid with greater petal count.
    Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Gamboa, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#4019
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bougainvillea
    Bougainvillea
    Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Gamboa, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#4114
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Room #341
    Room #341
    The dehumidifier in the room removed about a gallon of water every day.
    Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Gamboa, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-07#5107
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Coatimundi
    Coatimundi
    Nasua narica - lone individuals are most likely male.
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 7, 2025
    2025-02-08#9772
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panama Ficus Tree
    Panama Ficus Tree
    Ficus insipida
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5213
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pipeline Road
    Pipeline Road
    Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5214
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Leafcutter Ant Nest
    Leafcutter Ant Nest
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5215
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mantled Howler Monkey
    Mantled Howler Monkey
    Alouatta palliata aequatorialis
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#9809
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Debbie & LJax
    Debbie & LJax
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#2129
    Larry L. Jackson
  • 174 Step Tower
    174 Step Tower
    A good place for a view of the forest canopy.  I passed because I prefer photographing wildlife.
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5219
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Central American Agouti
    Central American Agouti
    Dasyprocta punctata
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#9997
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Elephant Creeper
    Elephant Creeper
    Entada rheedii
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5223
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lake Calamito
    Lake Calamito
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5226
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Giant Salvinia
    Giant Salvinia
    Salvinia molesta
    Lake Calamito, Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5229
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Leaves
    Leaves
    Cupania latifolia
    Lake Calamito, Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5229
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lemon-tipped Helicopter
    Lemon-tipped Helicopter
    Mecistogaster ornata - the flight is really interesting to see.  I tried to get video but the damselfly left the area.
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#0024
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Trail
    Trail
    Lake Calamito, Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5230
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Encanto de Gamboa Restaurant
    Encanto de Gamboa Restaurant
    We had local food at this restaurant just across the road from the Panama Canal.
    Gamboa, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5233
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Juan Grande River
    Juan Grande River
    Low water during the dry season.
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5235
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pipeline Road
    Pipeline Road
    Invasive Wild Hops lining the road.
    Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5237
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Beefsteak Heliconia
    Beefsteak Heliconia
    Heliconia mariae
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5239
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panama Queen
    Panama Queen
    Aphelandra sinclairiana
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5241
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cut-leaf Philodendron
    Cut-leaf Philodendron
    Philodendron bipinnatifidum
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5242
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Vine Flower
    Unknown Vine Flower
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#0062
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Big Leaves
    Big Leaves
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5245
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canoe Tree
    Canoe Tree
    Cavanillesia platanifolia
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5246
    Larry L. Jackson
  • WW2 Pipeline
    WW2 Pipeline
    Built but never used during World War 2 to move military fuel safely from the Caribbean to the Pacific in case the West Coast of the United States was under attack.
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5247
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wheat Calathea
    Wheat Calathea
    Pleiostachya pruinosa
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5249
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fungi
    Fungi
    Trametes pubescens
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#0091
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Palm
    Black Palm
    Astrocaryum standleyanum
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5250
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Palm
    Black Palm
    Astrocaryum standleyanum - really evil looking trunk on this palm.
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5251
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Seed pods, fresh and ripe.
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#5252
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Purple Wreath
    Purple Wreath
    Petrea volubilis - flowers at the tip, bracts of previous flowers above.
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#0120
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth
    Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth
    Bradypus variegatus - lucky moment to see the sloth descending.
    Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama, February 8, 2025
    2025-02-08#0127
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Geoffroy's Tamarin
    Geoffroy's Tamarin
    Saguinus geoffroyi - on an island in the lake that supplies the water for the locks of the Panama Canal.
    Lake Gatun, Panama, September 9, 2025
    2025-02-09#0150
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Geoffroy's Tamarin
    Geoffroy's Tamarin
    Saguinus geoffroyi
    Lake Gatun, Panama, September 9, 2025
    2025-02-09#5262
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Geoffroy's Tamarin
    Geoffroy's Tamarin
    Saguinus geoffroyi
    Lake Gatun, Panama, September 9, 2025
    2025-02-09#0177
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Geoffroy's Tamarin
    Geoffroy's Tamarin
    Saguinus geoffroyi
    Lake Gatun, Panama, September 9, 2025
    2025-02-09#0184
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panamanian White-faced Capuchin
    Panamanian White-faced Capuchin
    Cebus imitator
    Lake Gatun, Panama, September 9, 2025
    2025-02-09#0193
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Island
    Island
    Lake Gatun, Panama, September 9, 2025
    2025-02-09#5265
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Water Hyacinth
    Common Water Hyacinth
    Pontederia crassipes
    Lake Gatun, Panama, September 9, 2025
    2025-02-09#5266
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Iguana
    Green Iguana
    Iguana iguana
    Lake Gatun, Panama, September 9, 2025
    2025-02-09#0207
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Geoffroy's Tamarin
    Geoffroy's Tamarin
    Saguinus geoffroyi
    Lake Gatun, Panama, September 9, 2025
    2025-02-09#0208
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panamanian White-faced Capuchin
    Panamanian White-faced Capuchin
    Cebus imitator
    Lake Gatun, Panama, September 9, 2025
    2025-02-09#5275
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panamanian White-faced Capuchin
    Panamanian White-faced Capuchin
    Cebus imitator
    Lake Gatun, Panama, September 9, 2025
    2025-02-09#5287
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panamanian White-faced Capuchin
    Panamanian White-faced Capuchin
    Cebus imitator
    Lake Gatun, Panama, September 9, 2025
    2025-02-09#0228
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panamanian White-faced Capuchin
    Panamanian White-faced Capuchin
    Cebus imitator
    Lake Gatun, Panama, September 9, 2025
    2025-02-09#5298
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mantled Howler Monkey
    Mantled Howler Monkey
    Alouatta palliata aequatorialis
    Lake Gatun, Panama, September 9, 2025
    2025-02-09#0237
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mantled Howler Monkey
    Mantled Howler Monkey
    Alouatta palliata aequatorialis
    Lake Gatun, Panama, September 9, 2025
    2025-02-09#0240
    Larry L. Jackson