I painted this Black Hawk-Eagle for my host in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Cesar Romero has been extremely generous by inviting me to stay at Bocas Ridge Hotel and Residences while counting the amazing raptor migration that moves through the area in both spring and fall. The local Black Hawk-Eagles are frequently heard and seen from the hotel, and this one that I painted was the first time that I had ever seen one perched.