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Rain forest
Rain forest
©Nancy Sefton
Event: Yellow Poui Flowering
Where: Soberania National Park
When: March and April
At the beginning of the rainy season, groups of the yellow poui trees flower in different parts of Soberania National Park. This event takes place once a year and lasts approximately a week.

Open to the public.
American wigeon
American wigeon
©Ros Geredien
Event: Birds Arriving
Where: Chagres National Park
When: April and May
Groups of American wigeon, blue-winged teals and lesser scaup, coming from North America, arrive at the Alajuela Lake to feed and rest on their way south.

Open to the public.
Black vulture and turkey vulture
Black vulture and turkey vulture
©Barry Smith
Event: Raptor Migration
Where: Panama Canal Watershed
When: October and November
Broad-winged, Swainson's hawks and turkey vultures migrate across Panama. Sometimes it is easy to see straggling groups of young hawks on the forest area of Chagres and Soberania National Parks.

Open to the public.
Brown pelicans
Brown pelicans
©Connie Gelb/TNC
Event: Brown Pelicans Migrating and Reproducing
Where: Taboga-Uraba Wildlife Refuge
When: December through April
About 35,000 brown pelicans arrive at the Wildlife Refuge in Taboga-Uraba from North America. It is possible to see courtship and mating in addition to feeding behavior.

Open to the public.

For additional information on a particular location, click on the name of the preserve associated with the event or visit the Panama site.