This is a portion of one of our local hydroelectric projects ... very picturesque and functional, too. Unfortunately, many of Panama's water rights are being purchased by other countries, and the newer hydroelectric projects that are going in are not so picturesque - worse, the electricity will be sent to other places and the profits will go there, too.
View of Paso Ancho from the coffee farm that's up the mountain from our house - soon, coffee beans will be ripe and the sounds of workers picking will join the bird's songs.