Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Presenter: Gary Davidson

2016 saw Gary, his wife and another couple spend ten weeks birding in Panama based in a house just outside Panama City. Most of their birding was concentrated in general area of their rented house. They also made a couple of trips to other parts of Panama.

The eBird checklist for Panama shows 994 species; they managed to see 389 during their time there. His presentation will focus on birds (including trogons, motmots, toucans and hummingbirds) but will also include a few mammal shots and offer a brief glimpse of Panama itself.

Gary is a retired Central Kootenays school teacher who has residing in the town of Nakusp for the last 48 years. He became an ardent birder after graduating university in 1970.

Gary has travelled extensively birding in Australia, Peru, Thailand, Taiwan, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Namibia, Panama, Costa Rica, and Jamaica. He was the very first BCFO Zoom presenter back in January of 2021.

He has been on the BCFO Board of Directors for six years and is our current president. He has also contributed to the birding community by coordinating the Nakusp CBC since 1975, conducted BBS in the west Kootenays for 30 years, has published 19 papers and is the eBird reviewer for three regions.

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