This photo was taken in: Panama
This photo was taken with: Canon XTi, w/100-400mm lens
Notes on this photo: It was the last morning of our trip and on the way back to the hotel, I passed a woody swampy area and saw this falcon. As luck would have it he was fairly low and not too far.

The photo was taken by: Herman Lawetz ,

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