DuVal, E. H. 2002 Journal 19 March 2002, continued Isla Boca Brava, Isla Saino, and Isla Palenke, Chiriqui, Panama Both areas had manakins present. At the beach near Palenke, I heard the lance-tailed duet song three times & tramped back into the mangroves to see & unband red-cop. w/ 2 coll I had heard dancing in the same area & can see why manakin may end up in mangrove habitat - the roots form a maze of perfect dance perches. And yet the study site LTMA's don't seem to spend much time in the mangroves. Too swampy? On Isla Saino, I whistled an imitation of the downwhistle & pip calls, & immediately had an unb DM coming to investigate. He did a pip flight throughout the small area of manakin - appropriate habitat: a small clump of spiny palms & saplings just inland from the beach, with a human-dug well at the north (inland) end of it. He was also observed to give solo QR bouts that lasted for more than 8/3 minutes. Is it possible that there is only one LTMA on Isla Saino? The rest of the island is burned yearly by an unknown person, and someone had been clearing