Panama - Boquete area, the Waterfall Trail

The following morning we headed back towards Los Quetzales trail but opted instead to walk the Waterfall trail, which starts in a private property.   The birding again was really good, almost immediately we encountered Sulphur-winged Parakeets having breakfast:

You have to admire this one's ambition:

A familiar bird form our US trips, a Black-and-White Warbler:

Then we saw a Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher:

At this point we met people already leaving the area, with a Dutch national guide and some clients, all complaining about how quiet it was.  We didn't understand...

As we got into thicker forest a Spot-crowned Woodcreeper ascended a nearby tree:

We had to scramble across the river a few times to reach the end of the canyon:

There is indeed a waterfall, though not much of one:

More of a mist shower in fact:

We turned around and headed back, seeing Violet-headed Hummingbird:

White-tailed Emerald:

and Black-faced Solitaire on the way down:

as well as Mountain Thrush:

It was by now butterfly o'clock but given the altitude the birds were still out and about too as it doesn't get too hot at that altitude:

In the grassland at the base of the trail a Yellow-faced Grassquit sang:

The last bird of the trail was this Yellow-crowned Euphonia:

Time to head back to the hotel then and prepare for Helen's birthday celebration which we planned to start at 7pm, or midnight UK time!