With his retirement, which allowed Alex (assisted by Bea) to conduct full-time research, they made collecting expeditions to Panama every year, with the last one taking place in 1966.

[1] For the couple's last collecting expedition, they went to Bea's former Caribbean homeland in 1969, which, according to her obituary, "resulted in a nice series of specimens from the island of Bonaire.

"[1] One distinctive subspecies of Grasshopper sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum beatriceae, from the plains of west-central Panama, is named in honor of Beatrice Wetmore.

Subsequently, she moved numerous times but kept with her "the vast accumulated treasure of bird paintings, prints, figurines, mementos of field expeditions, and other reminders of a long and productive ornithological life.

Her friends would jest that her hobby was moving, as she changed residences some 10 or 12 times in 18 years, apparently deriving much pleasure from rearranging all her "Wetmorabilia" in a new setting at frequent intervals, thus keeping alive the memory of Alex for herself and all those who visited her.