Panama is a great place for wildlife photographers for many reasons: Five of the seven larger routes of bird migration in the Americas converge in the Isthmus.

The Isthmus of Panama and Central America arose over three million years ago through volcanic activity and has served as a bridge ever since -- allowing land and freshwater species to migrate from north to south and vice versa. 

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In fact, the country houses over 10,444 different types of plant species including 1,200 orchid varieties, 678 fern species and 1,500 varieties of trees. As well as 255 species of mammals and 1004 bird species, and the list continues. 

The hardest part about this trip is deciding what not to shoot!