JUAN DIAZ, PANAMA CITY'S RESILIENT RIVER

These pictures were taken in 2017 and 2018 along the River Juan Diaz in Panama City, Panama. My purpose was bird photography and this is what I found along the way. The river is alive with many types of fauna, such as otters, crocodiles, iguanas, egrets and more. Once when standing in the middle of a bridge I observed to what I estimated to be a half kilometer of trash floating downstream during the first yearly torrential rain. I am not qualified to say how the river got in this condition, but these photos will induce change.

SANDPIPER ON A NEWSPAPER

CROCODILE WITH WOMEN'S SHOE

PURPLE GALLINULE WITH ALUMINUM PARTS

KINGFISHER WITH PLASTIC BAG

TURTLES ENJOYING THE SUN

CROCODILES WATCHING TELEVISION

HERON ON A HEAP OF TRASH

EGRET WITH CURTAINS

The last time I saw this river, it looked like things were starting to get better.

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