Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Watch as a petite Crimson-backed Tanager feeds a much larger immature cowbird on the Panama Fruit Feeder Cam. Cowbirds are obligate brood parasites, meaning they lay their eggs in other birds’ nests and leave the hosts to provide all the care for their young.
This is most likely a Bronzed Cowbird, a stocky songbird that prefers open areas with few trees such as agricultural fields, pastures, coastal prairie and golf courses. They are recognized by their black plumage with a velvety bronze sheen and intense red eyes.
This Bronzed Cowbird marks the 97th species seen on camera since the Panama Fruit Feeder Cam started streaming at the Canopy Lodge.
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Watch LIVE 24/7 with highlights and viewing resources at allaboutbirds.org/panamafeeders
The Panama Fruit Feeder Cam is a collaboration between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Canopy Family, and explore.org.
Learn more of what the Canopy Family has to offer at canopytower.com
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About the Site
The Panama Fruit Feeder Cam is located on the grounds of the Canopy Lodge in El Valle de Antón, Panama. This site is just over 2,000 ft above sea level in the low mountains of Cerro Gaital, with a mild springtime climate year-round. A small stream called Rio Guayabo runs past the feeders in the background, and the lush landscaping of the Canopy Lodge grounds grade into the forested slopes around them. The feeding table is around 40 feet from the main lodge, and is one of several feeders provisioned throughout the day so that guests to the lodge are greeted to spectacular views of many of the common birds found in this ecosystem.
About the Canopy Lodge
The Canopy Lodge is a full service lodge specializing in nature tourism with a focus on birds. It is about 60 miles west of Panama City in the picturesque village of El Valle de Antón, right in the center of the gigantic crater of an extinct volcano. This is the largest inhabited crater in the Western Hemisphere and second only to the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. It is surrounded by the Cerro Gaital Natural Monument.
Canopy Lodge is one of a series of three ecotourism ventures developed by the Canopy Family. The first, Canopy Tower, involved transforming a former U.S. radar station overlooking the Panama Canal in Soberanía National Park into a unique birding lodge embedded in the canopy of the surrounding forest. Their newest property, Canopy Camp, offers a taste of some of the wildest lowland rainforest in Panama in the Darién region.
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Watch as a petite Crimson-backed Tanager feeds a much larger immature cowbird on the Panama Fruit Feeder Cam. Cowbirds are obligate brood parasites, meaning they lay their eggs in other birds’ nests and leave the hosts to provide all the care for their young.
This is most likely a Bronzed Cowbird, a stocky songbird that prefers open areas with few trees such as agricultural fields, pastures, coastal prairie and golf courses. They are recognized by their black plumage with a velvety bronze sheen and intense red eyes.
This Bronzed Cowbird marks the 97th species seen on camera since the Panama Fruit Feeder Cam started streaming at the Canopy Lodge.
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Watch LIVE 24/7 with highlights and viewing resources at allaboutbirds.org/panamafeeders
The Panama Fruit Feeder Cam is a collaboration between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Canopy Family, and explore.org.
Learn more of what the Canopy Family has to offer at canopytower.com
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About the Site
The Panama Fruit Feeder Cam is located on the grounds of the Canopy Lodge in El Valle de Antón, Panama. This site is just over 2,000 ft above sea level in the low mountains of Cerro Gaital, with a mild springtime climate year-round. A small stream called Rio Guayabo runs past the feeders in the background, and the lush landscaping of the Canopy Lodge grounds grade into the forested slopes around them. The feeding table is around 40 feet from the main lodge, and is one of several feeders provisioned throughout the day so that guests to the lodge are greeted to spectacular views of many of the common birds found in this ecosystem.
About the Canopy Lodge
The Canopy Lodge is a full service lodge specializing in nature tourism with a focus on birds. It is about 60 miles west of Panama City in the picturesque village of El Valle de Antón, right in the center of the gigantic crater of an extinct volcano. This is the largest inhabited crater in the Western Hemisphere and second only to the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. It is surrounded by the Cerro Gaital Natural Monument.
Canopy Lodge is one of a series of three ecotourism ventures developed by the Canopy Family. The first, Canopy Tower, involved transforming a former U.S. radar station overlooking the Panama Canal in Soberanía National Park into a unique birding lodge embedded in the canopy of the surrounding forest. Their newest property, Canopy Camp, offers a taste of some of the wildest lowland rainforest in Panama in the Darién region.
#birdcams #live #birdfeeder #birds #wildlife #nature #nowplaying #panama
