Buck's Stop

Panama 2026: Boquete & Chiriqui Highlands, Feb 7 – 9

The 7th was a long travel day to Boquete in far western Panama, near the Costa Rican border.

Boquete is a small, artsy, mountain town popular with U.S. expatriates.

cropped aerial photo courtesy of Fran Hogan

We birded a couple of resorts, Boquete Tree Trek Mountain Resort, Finca Lérida Hotel and Coffee Farm; as well as Casa Sabrewing, Los Ladrillos, and two trails; Sendero Los Questzales and Sendero Culebra.

Rainy mornings affected our birding a bit…

… but afternoons were clear and beautiful.

Volcán Barú in the background, the highest mountain in Panama at 3,475m (11,401 feet).
It is an active stratovolcano.

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