which is only 10 minutes from Summit, and he graciously agreed. The hour was noon, which is not the best time to watch birds, however we had a very productive hour. We saw a Green Shrike Vireo at about 20 meters, we put the scope on it and everybody in the group, about 14, had a good view of this beautiful little bird which in his book Ridgely describes as "exasperatingly difficult to see". We also saw a Black-throated trogon making a nest, a Philadelphia vireo, a Short tailed hawk a Peregrine falcon and a couple of flycatchers. The Short tail hawk gave us an impressive show of its hunting skills dropping like a stone, straight down, to dissappear in the canopy. The group was ecstatic with the Tower, Dr. Ridgely too, they were all joking about staying longer in the tower, one of the older gentleman,  whose wife had stayed in the city told Dr. Ridgely: "I'm going to stay here, tell my wife I got lost in the rain forest!!"  "We came to Panama three months early" Before leaving, I asked Ridgely to sign my book the Birds of Panama and he wrote: "For Raul, with best of wishes, and may your Canopy Tower succeed! It's a great idea, and I look forward to returning". What more could I ask for?