SURROUNDED ON PIPELINE ROAD

Army ants cornered a birding group along Panama’s famed hotspot, leading to a bevy of bird sightings

BRIAN MAGNIER

March 2013. It was a misty morning in Gamboa, along the Panama Canal. The sun had yet to rise, but I stumbled out of bed to the tune of Palm Tanagers and Clay-colored Thrushes. Red-legged Honeycreepers hopped around frenetically in a tangle of vines in the backyard, while a couple of White-necked Jacobins took turns drinking their breakfast from a hummingbird feeder hung outside the kitchen window. Water bottles and field guides packed, and binoculars and cameras in hand, we excitedly piled in the car and headed down the road. I was on a spring break birding trip with a few college friends. Jack, whose house served as our base of operations for the endeavor, ate a quick breakfast while flipping through the Birds of Panama field guide. Ben fiddled…

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