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    Best Central/South American Country for Birding--Late May

    There's almost no impact of austral migrants in Panama. Nearctic ones of course and in May there may still be some but broadly speaking it's too late and the majority have departed
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    Best Central/South American Country for Birding--Late May

    I think you could do Panama without a car, certainly if only for a couple of weeks. You can get to pipeline road by public transport (with a fairly long walk), you can get to the metropolitan park easily... If prepared to travel further, it's easy to get to the San Fransisco reserve and hotel...
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    Best Central/South American Country for Birding--Late May

    The big lure of Darien is those things that are so difficult elsewhere. But the West is far better general/introductory birding. Lots of good endemics and quetzals! It's quite easy to travel even by public transport. I didn't do it but would love to do the hike from volcan
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    Best Central/South American Country for Birding--Late May

    I can't comment about May in Ecuador specifically. (But Ebird weekly presence records seem to dip a bit.) Certainly June July tends to less good: I wouldn't recommend non-Amazon Colombia then: birds tend to be quite tatty and certainly less obvious. It might be a good time to visit coastal...
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    Best Central/South American Country for Birding--Late May

    Just don't go with the guide I had (more or less the only one)
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    Best Central/South American Country for Birding--Late May

    Doubtless someone will correct me as I've not been to much of Central America. However, many South American destinations aren't great at that time. So I'd try central America. I understand Costa Rica is very safe. I had no problems in Panama (especially if you're closer to the CR border: Darien...
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