10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2017

On our first full day in Puerto Rico (Sunday, 15 January), Mike and I decided to start in the east of the island and work our way west. I shall never grow tired of being in places with Man-O-War Birds. It’s not everyday you get to bird from a blind that could take a hit from artillery! Such awesome creatures.

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Puerto Rico Birds Woodpeckers 2017 107

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Though we could breath a sigh of relief outside the famous “cone of uncertainty,” it has been heartbreaking to watch the devastation wrought in South Florida, the flooding up and down the eastern seaboard and Gulf Coast, and now Maria’s wrath in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. I know I was mesmerized by the show!

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Puerto Rico Bald Eagle Birds Florida 103

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Truth be told, this isn’t a genuine Lesser Antillean endemic as it is also found on Puerto Rico – however that subspecies is sometimes considered separately from any other Lesser Antillean Pewee. Even though it is fairly ubiquitous on almost every island, they are beautiful, enjoyable little birds. Found from St.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Long-time readers of this blog probably also know Tai Haku, the scuba-diving, tree-planting, bird photographing nature blogger at Earth, Wind, and Water. So with DeBooy’s Rail gone what fills the niche of a terrestrial flightless (or near flightless) rail type bird? We’re pleased to republish this post for Extinction Week.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

But, as with so many other species, these birds have been left to do their own whistle blowing. They are found in the Bahamas, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos, Antigua, Barbuda and Jamaica. They are also the rarest. Until recently.

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