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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-03-06 04:11 PM
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Puerto Rico Trip list!
Just got back from Puerto Rico yesterday. I was there for a conference, so spent most of my time in the San Juan area, but took a guided tour to El Yunque on Monday. My trip list is 47 birds total, with 32 of those being life birds.

Sorry for not posting in taxonomic order!

Carribean Martin
Greater Antillean Grackle (found everywhere!)
Red-legged Thrush
American Oystercatcher
Zenaida Dove
Wood Duck
Spotted Sandpiper
White-winged Dove
Common Ground Dove
Bananaquit
Northern Mockingbird
Rock Pigeon
House Sparrow
Brown Pelican
Magnificent Frigatebird (The most common seabird I saw, believe it or not)
Pearly-eyed Thrasher
Gray Kingbird
Cave Swallow
Red-tailed Hawk
Green Heron
Black-faced Grassquit
Great Egret
Puerto Rican Woodpecker
Puerto Rican Bullfinch
Puerto Rican Tody
Puerto Rican Flycatcher
Nutmeg Manniken
Black-whiskered Vireo
Antillean Euphonia
Puerto Rican Spindalis (AKA Stripe-headed Tanager)
Scaly-naped Pigeon
Mangrove Cuckoo
Loggerhead Kingbird
Shiny Cowbird
Green Mango (hummingbird)
Antillean Oriole (may soon be split into a Puerto Rican Oriole)
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Puerto Rican Tanager
Smooth-billed Ani
Cattle Egret
Little Blue Heron
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Laughing Gull
Ruddy Turnstone
Black-bellied Plover (Non-breeding plumage)
Semi-palmated Plover

I also heard but did not see the Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo, and I saw what may have been a tropicbird and what was either a masked or blue-faced booby. I also missed seeing a Northern Parula, but I'll see one on saturday at Magee Marsh, OH, probably.

all in all, a great trip. If you go and are looking for a guide, I recommend the one I used, Adventours. Hilda Morales did a great job making sure I got the maximum amount of birds and was knowledgable about habitats.


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