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The PElican-- LAS Panama Tour 2025: The Quest for the Harpy Eagle

10/25/2025

Lauren Whitenack

In May of 2025, a crew of 9 adventurers joined the Lahontan Audubon Society and Crescentia Expeditions for the birding trip of a lifetime to Panama! We saw a total of 247 bird species over 9 days and covered some of the most famous birding sites in Panama, including Pipeline Road, Old Gamboa and the Panama Canal, the Canopy Tower, and Darien National Park. Join us as we recall an amazing trip with photos and memories!

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The Pelican-- Birds of Paradise, A Memoir on Mental Health and the Power of Love and Birds

10/25/2025

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Julie Ansell

Birds of Paradise, by Julie Ansell

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The PElican-- Ecuador & Galápagos: Birding Adventure in the Chocó Andes and Beyond

10/25/2025

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Kath Giel

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The PElican-- LAS Presence in Oxbow Nature

10/25/2025

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Tina Nappe

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The Pelican-- Interview with Akai Edwa

10/25/2025

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Interviewer: Sami Elfiqhi
Interviewee: Akai Edwa
Date: 01 September 2025

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The Pelican-- Learning to Care, Even After Life

10/25/2025

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Sami Elfiqhi

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The Pelican's Prized Page-- Fall 2025

10/25/2025

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When the Geese Fly Over
Sami Elfiqhi

They never said it outright,
but I always knew.
Home by sunset,
Home when the geese flew.

It was never streetlights for me,
since we lived too far out.
Where dusk comes soft,
Only a flicker, never a shout.

I’d be out in the field,
bike laid down in the grass.
Watching the clouds burst into orange
until I’d hear them pass.

The first low honks
would spread across the sky.
Then their wings appear;
a bold formation as the fly.

Lines like stitches sewing up the season.
The parents in front, little ones lots of flaps.
Learning how to leave
Learning how to come back.

I never counted the days to fall,
there was no need.
The geese always knew first
so to them I concede.

Then I’d stand, brushing seeds off my jeans
and start pedaling towards the porch light
before it even flickered on,
the geese leading me home through the night.

Changing of the Seasons
Sami Elfiqhi

The wind is different now,
a little colder and a bit older.
It shares the things it’s seen
slipping through the thinning trees,
shaking out secrets in rust and gold.

Above it all, a young hawk circles
Alone in the sky.
His wings still hold the hues of summer,
his tail faint and barred
Not yet the flame he will carry.

He doesn't know he’s changing, only that
the air feels heavier,
the sky closer,
the trees below whispering in a language
he is just beginning to understand.

The aspens redden without apology.
The oaks drop what they no longer need.
No one mourns the loss of green,
instead embracing the beautiful biology.

And so the hawk shifts, too.
Not all at once, but
feather by feather.
Until one day,
he is red
and does not remember ever being otherwise.

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The PElican-- LAS Panama Tour 2025: The Quest for the Harpy Eagle

The Pelican-- Birds of Paradise, A Memoir on Mental Health and the Power of Love and Birds

The PElican-- Ecuador & Galápagos: Birding Adventure in the Chocó Andes and Beyond

The PElican-- LAS Presence in Oxbow Nature

The Pelican-- Interview with Akai Edwa

The Pelican-- Learning to Care, Even After Life

The Pelican's Prized Page-- Fall 2025

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