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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Birds of Puerto Rico

Sunrise with a Royal Tern
From PuertoRico
With life getting a bit crazy, preparing for our biggest move yet, job change, selling and buying a house in Vermont, I have sad to say not been out much birding.  Pleased to say our (fingers-crossed) upcoming new house has Kestrels on the streets around it and Killdeer in the fields.  I wanted to put up some photos of a trip to Puerto Rico from two years ago my wife and I made.  The photo quality not as good, as it is an older camera but some amazing birds.  Many birds are familiar as the isle is a stopover or breeding ground in the spring and summer.  Some are native to the local area only.

Sunrise with a pelican
From PuertoRico 
From PuertoRico
From PuertoRico
Puerto Rican Emerald (note white stripe on belly)
From PuertoRico
Puerto Rican Woodpecker
From PuertoRico
Greater Antillean (Puerto Rican) Oriole
From PuertoRico
Puerto Rican Tody
From PuertoRico
Magnificent Frigatebird
From PuertoRico
Royal Tern
From PuertoRico
Cattle Egret (note red almost seen on back/posterior head)
From PuertoRico
Common Moorhen
From PuertoRico
Scaly-Naped Pigeon
From PuertoRico
Brown Pelicans
From PuertoRico
Grey Kingbird
From PuertoRico
Killdeer
From PuertoRico
Nutmeg Manniken
From PuertoRico
Mangrove Cuckoo
From PuertoRico


Pearl-Eyed Thrasher
From PuertoRico
Least Bittern
From PuertoRico
Solitary Sandpiper
From PuertoRico
Black-Necked Stilts
From PuertoRico
Bananquit
From PuertoRico
Carribean Coot
From PuertoRico

Male Black-Faced Grassquit
From PuertoRico
Kestrel
From PuertoRico
Loggerhead Kingbird
From PuertoRico
Greater Antillean Grackle
From PuertoRico
Mated pair of American Kestrels - From PuertoRico2011
Red-Legged Thrush, has a call very reminiscent of the American Robin - From PuertoRico2011
Pair of Monk Parakeets feeding each other - From PuertoRico2011
Cattle Egret in nest with chicks - From PuertoRico2011
Troupial seen briefly - From PuertoRico2011
Ground Dove - From PuertoRico2011
Zenaida Dove - From PuertoRico2011
Green Heron - From PuertoRico2011
Pin-Tailed Whydah not yet with very long tail for displays - From PuertoRico2011
Puerto Rican Spindalis male - From PuertoRico2011
Green Mango Hummingbird - From PuertoRico2011
Osprey  - From PuertoRico2011
Green Mango showing off it's colorful tail - From PuertoRico2011
male Puerto Rican Woodpecker excavating a nest - From PuertoRico2011
Pearly Eyed Thrasher exiting it's nest in a trunk - From PuertoRico2011
Logger-Head Kingbird - From PuertoRico2011

11 comments:

  1. Mia McPhersonApril 17, 2012 at 5:00 AM

    Dan,

    Love these images from Puerto Rico, your trip must have been awesome!

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  2. UnknownApril 17, 2012 at 7:42 AM

    What a super set of birds! You have been holding out on us! Good luck w/ all the changes in your life!

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  3. Laurence ButlerApril 17, 2012 at 7:55 AM

    Very nice Dan! This is loaded with cool birds. The Spindallis is one of my dream birds, but those Woodpeckers were very cool too. NOw you've got me planning ways to get to Puerto Rico...

    Good luck with the move--looking forward to some pictures of your new birding territory.

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  4. donaldthebirderApril 17, 2012 at 1:23 PM

    Nice pics! The Solitary Sand pic looks like a winter spotted sp to me.

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  5. eileeninmdApril 17, 2012 at 5:13 PM

    Wonderful collection of birds, Dan! Seeing all the birds, I am sure you had a great trip.

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  6. Dan HuberApril 17, 2012 at 6:08 PM

    Thanks very much for the kind comments :)

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  7. CindyApril 17, 2012 at 6:28 PM

    Cool birds and great pictures, Dan. Look forward to more regular postings once all the crazyness settles for your family. Many well wishes for you all.

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  8. Julie G.April 18, 2012 at 8:24 AM

    It's especially enjoyable for me to view the birds I have never seen before. So many beauties! Puerto Rico looks like a wonderful place to go birding. Gorgeous hummingbirds. Terrific images!

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  9. hmApril 18, 2012 at 8:33 AM

    Where in Puerto Rico were you staying? I'm officially interested in going birding there!

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  10. Dan HuberApril 18, 2012 at 11:43 AM

    Thanks Cindy, Julie and Hm. We have gone a few times off season (cheaper) and stayed in the northeast part of island - the Gran Melia resort, just north of the El Junque rainforest - great spot

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  11. TammyApril 18, 2012 at 6:50 PM

    What a great collection of bird photos from Puerto Rico! Looks like a great place for birding!

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