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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Hello Tweeters,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> Bill and I bravely (for us) decided we could handle a trip outside the US as far as Panama. We joined a tour there in late December and stayed through early January. We stayed in Panama City for one day, but our main lodging was in western Panama in El Valle de Anton, which I hadn’t realized was located inside the caldera of an ancient volcano. The valley is high enough to avoid the heat of the coast, but as a payback, is wet. We stayed at Canopy Lodge, which is one of a trio of accommodations owned by Raul Arias and his wife Denise. Everything is aimed at making a birder happy. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720313956550">https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720313956550</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> Since I just shared a Flickr album of photos from Washington last month, I was hesitant to post another one so soon. However, Ed Newbold and Delia Scholes were kind enough to say I should. So via the included hyperlink, you can see some of what we saw: mostly birds, but also people, scenery, and other critters. The photos are from the Panama Canal area near Panama City, the Metro Park in Panama City and from the area in and around Canopy Lodge.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Best regards and Happy New Year, Charlotte Byers, Edmonds<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>