If this gives you a reference point for how close the passengers were to the water, I could have scooped up this little fella in my hand as he swam by the previous day we were out (wouldn’t have been a good idea, Hydrophis Platurus is venomous). Other whale watching boats were the same size as ours.

Sometimes you go looking for nature, and sometimes nature comes looking for you 😆 I just sat in the boat with my iPhone 11 and kept filming. #nature #photography #whales

Out roaming the forest with @stacebird.bsky.social yesterday. Here’s a Black-chested Jay (Cyanocorax affines). Range is confined to Panama and some little corners of adjoining countries. 🪶 #hiking #nature #Panama #photography

Yellow-headed Caracara spotted with Bocas Biodiversity Tours @stacebird.bsky.social yesterday. There were several in the trees! 🪶 #panama #nature #photography

Worn out from a day’s hiking, and waiting for my ride back down the mountain, but Finca Lérida wasn’t done with me yet—Central America’s smallest hummingbird (Selasphorus Scintilla, Scintillant Hummingbird) dropped by to say hello. This was a female or immature male. 🪶 #nature #photography #panama